In order to make the diet easier, involving the boyfriend, husband or partner usually makes it much easier to choose healthy food at the time of grocery shopping and restaurants, for example, in addition to to bring more motivation to practice physical activity.
Here's an example of a double training workout plan.
Thinking about it, Brazilian nutritionist Patricia Haiat wrote the book Diet of Couples to encourage healthy living in the couple, which indicates tips, recipes and a food plan to be followed to 2, which is divided into the 3 phases shown below.
Phase 1: Discovery
This phase lasts 7 days and is the beginning of the break in the previous routine, in which the consumption of harmful foods occurred, which will be replaced by a diet with foods beneficial to the body, with the main purpose of detoxifying the body.
- What to eat: all kinds of fruits, vegetables and plant proteins such as soybeans, lentils, beans, chickpeas, corn and peas.
- What not to eat: red meat, white meat, fish, fish, seafood, eggs, milk, cheese, yogurts, refined grains and flours, gluten foods, alcoholic beverages, sugar and artificial sweeteners.
Phase 2: Commitment
This phase lasts for at least 7 days, but must be followed until the goal of weight loss is reached, allowing moderate consumption of foods with gluten and milk and milk products.
- What to eat: from Monday to Wednesday, only vegetable proteins such as soybeans, lentils, beans, chickpeas, corn and peas. From Thursday to Sunday, lean proteins of animal origin, such as red and white meats and fish.
- What not to eat: sugar, alcoholic beverages, gluten and dairy products in excess.
Phase 3: Loyalty
This phase does not last because it is when one should keep eating habits healthy, being allowed to consume all food moderately.
- What to eat: meats, fish, pulses such as beans, soybeans, chickpeas and lentils, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams and other sources of carbohydrate, preferably whole grains such as flour, rice and pasta.
- What not to eat: foods high in white sugar, such as sweets, cakes and desserts, white flour, white rice, frozen ready-to-eat, powdered soup and fry.
Although the book has been written focused on the couple's weight loss, the same diet can be followed by the whole family or by groups of friends from work or classes who also want to lose weight, since group weight loss is faster and more effective .
To lose weight without a diet, see Simple Tips to Lose Weight Without Sacrifice.
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