This lack of access to these foods can create a sense of desire for them. She has already started demonising certain ‘bad’ foods, she has purposely not bought these in order to save herself from eating them. It’s great that she is looking to do more exercise as this can be beneficial for both physical and mental health. The concern seems to be mostly about weight rather than overall health. Our dieter has chosen to follow this diet as a form of punishment - she is keen to get smaller and lose weight. I’m going to get a cheeky Chinese takeaway tonight for my last naughty meal before my new meal plan starts!” I didn’t buy any bad foods, I didn’t want to be tempted to eat them. I have been to the supermarket and bought all the healthy food I need for my new lifestyle change, I’m so excited to start! I’m going to be back in my skinny jeans in no time. I need to change my lifestyle in order to lose the weight - new meal plan and lots of exercise. “I weighed myself this morning and I cannot believe I have let myself get to this size. The diary entries are a combination of my own previous experiences and those of friends and clients, this may all not happen in the first week but it is a fair representation of what can happen on a low calorie diet. I have lived this week more times than I can count, often only one week as my body just couldn’t work properly on those calories. MyFitnessPal used to give me this amount as a daily target when I told them I wanted to lose 2 pounds a week.

I’ll also be breaking down the issues of these low calorie diets so you can hopefully understand what is going on with your body and mind if you try it. In this blog post, I have opted to diarise the life of someone on a slightly higher calorie amount - 1200 calories to be precise. It will be interesting to see the results of these diets, however there should be concerns raised about the participants’ overall health when adopting one of these diets.

I read an article this week about the NHS enrolling 5000 participants into an 800 calorie a day soup and shake diet for 12 weeks in an effort to ‘reverse’ Type 2 diabetes.

Myfitnesspal 1200 calories