Jerusalem Diet

The Jerusalem Diet is nothing to do with the place. In fact it was created by Ted Haggard, who has traveled to Jerusalem and during his stay at this place he witnessed weight gain.

Then he decided to lose extra pounds and for one day he had only seeds, nuts, vegetables and fruit and discovered that his clothes fit better and his sense of wellbeing was improved. Apparently he created a long term weight loss strategy that is based on light eating and regular monitor of weight.

In this particular diet, dieters are recommended to weigh themselves first thing every morning and should set a realistic weakly weight loss target. Weight loss of one or two pound in a week is good enough. If dieter misses that target then he should go on a strict diet and is only allowed to eat seeds, nuts, vegetables and fruits. The only beverage dieter is supposed to consume is water. On these days dieters are advised to undertake exercise for at least an hour.

On days when the scale weight is below the set target, then dieters are allowed to have food freely but within the principle of a healthy diet. There is no food restriction and no restriction on the portion size too. Participant can have anything as long as it is healthy. This diet plan provides motivation to keep away from over eating on free days so as to avoid the restrictions of the days when the diet is controlled and restricted.

Recommended Foods:

This diet plan pays importance on having nuts, vegetables and fruits. Dieters can also have organic food although not considered vital.

Sample Diet Plan

Breakfast: In the breakfast participants can eat fruits, eggs and yogurt. In morning snacks dieters are advised to have mixed nuts.

Lunch: In lunch you can have salad (without cheese and mayonnaise) and chicken sandwich. In afternoon snacks you can have nuts and raw carrot.

Dinner: In Dinner dieters are recommended to have just seeds, nuts and vegetables.