Don't over diet! According to Neal Barnard, MD author of Breaking the Food Seduction, eating too little can work against dieting. Eating too little not only depletes glucose, it also curtails the production of leptin, a hormone made by fat cells that helps regulate appetite. "Within a few days of starting a diet, your leptin levels can drop by half. Plummeting levels can increase appetite and bring on a binge."
Use this formula to determine the number of calories you should eat a day. Multiply your target weight X 10 and never eat fewer calories than that number daily. In other words if your target weight is 140 pounds, you should not eat less than 1400 calories a day. And be sure to exercise 30 to 40 minutes a day (walking is fine and is a good exercise-expensive gyms and equipment are not necessary). And research shows that daily activity maintains healthy leptin levels.
Remember, when trying to lose weight, crash dieting is never a good idea. Always eat a healthy diet and learn to control quantity.
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