Jillian Michaels’ diet begins with a very basic
premise. This premise is that for weight loss to occur
calories going out have to be greater than calories
coming in.
The diet can be customized to allow a dieter to
determine how many calories should be consumed
each day based on how many calories are being
expended during the day generally, how many are
being used through exercise, and what a person’s specific
weight loss goals are.
A pound of fat is comprised
of about 3500 calories. That means that to lose a
pound each week a dieter would have to use up 3500
more calories than are taken in that week. Spread
evenly thought the week this means that each day
500 more calories should be used than are taken in.
So if a dieter calculates that he or she is using 2000
calories a day that person should consume 1500 each
day to lose one pound per week.
Jillian Michaels breaks her diet down into three
parts: self, science, and sweat. Each of these parts
comprises one of the parts she feels is important for
successful, long-term weight loss and better health.
Her diet provides information, recommendations,
and opportunities for the dieter to customize their
program in each of these areas.
By ‘‘self’’ Michaels means all of the psychological
and emotional issues and problems associated with
eating, bad habits, and being overweight.
She shares
many of her own insights that she gained from when
she was overweight, and ways that she managed to
overcome her own problems.
Michaels focuses largely on ways to change problem
behaviors. Problem behaviors include any kind of
eating behaviors that stem from reasons other than
hunger or necessary nutrition.
These include eating
when a person feels stressed or upset instead of when
they are hungry. Michaels believes that it is important
to identify and change these problem behaviors
because these are often the reasons that people have
difficulty controlling their calorie intake.
She provides
suggestions for ways to change these behaviors, and
offers alternative ways to deal with the underlying
issues such as stress. She also deals with issues like
the emotional aspects of being overweight.
Throughout
all of her diet and exercise program she provides
inspiration to help the dieter overcome any setbacks
and find the inner force to keep going and meet their
goals.
