Dr. Peter M. Miller is the author of the book The Hilton Head Metabolism Diet. The diet is created from Dr. Peter M. Miller's observation that a person's metabolism burns 70% of all daily calories, and the other 30% is burned through physical activity. The problem in overweight people is that they fail to burn calories through metabolism.
The Hilton Head Metabolism Diet
The program is based on changing the body's chemistry so that it burns fat naturally, and even if you eat five times a day, the weight will drop. The program consists of two repeated stages.
The first stage consists of six weeks of weight reduction. The second stage has a two-week period in which you follow a weight maintenance diet.
This cycle is repeated until the desired weight is achieved.
How the Diet Operates
The low-calorie stage contains three meals a day, plus two snacks (not more than about 1,000 calories a day). The metabolism can be boosted on weekends, and the diet can be varied by the addition of 200-250 calories each day.
In the meal plans, all portions must be measured. Multivitamins and calcium supplements are recommended and no salt is allowed. Drink at least five 250-ml glasses of water daily. Exercise is required every day, which consists of two 20-minute walks.
Sample Plan for Weekday Low-Calorie Meal
| Breakfast |
1 Oat bran English muffin, 1 tbsp low-sugar jam or jelly
Coffee or tea with sugar substitute
1 Banana |
| Lunch |
¼ cup Tuna salad on 2 slices of low-calorie whole wheat bread, lettuce, 2 slices of Tomato
6 Raw baby carrot sticks |
| Snack |
1 Apple |
| Dinner |
1¼ cups Cooked pasta, ½ cup tomato sauce
Small dinner salad with tomato, cucumber, 1 tbsp low-fat dressing
Choice of any low-calorie beverage |
| Snack |
4 cups Air-popped popcorn with no butter or salt. |
Conclusion
The structured diet plan will suit most people, but may be too demanding for some, especially if you are a larger-framed man. If so, the daily calorie consumption can be increased, and requires more weight-loss/maintenance cycles to achieve the weight goal.
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