Looking for a great diet to shed excess weight? Check out these 7 Most Popular Diets that made a real stir in Hollywood!
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Bran Pancakes with Ricotta
We all love our traditional delectable pancakes, but a healthier version of the same can give us both - taste AND good nutrition. You can take this dish two times a day. This dish contains-
• ½ cup egg white
• ½ cup flakes of bran
• ½ cup sour nonfat cream
• 1 ¾ cups ricotta nonfat cheese
• 1-tablespoon substitute of sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt, and
• Butter-flavored cooking oil
How to prepare:
Whisk egg whites, bran flakes, sour cream, salt and sugar substitute.
Spray lightly butter-flavored cooking oil on the cooking plate and let it heat up. Ladle thin layer of batter on the pan and cook till batter gets set. Turn the pancake to cook the other side until till it becomes golden colored.
Cover the prepared pancake with cinnamon before serving.
**My experience: **Serve this dish in breakfast with ham, bacon or sausages. Superb! It is a real treat.
Chocolate-Mint Shakes
You can take this dish two times a day. This dish contains-
• 2 ¼ cups of nonfat milk
• 3 ½ cups of quartered strawberries
• 1 sprig of fresh mint
• ¾ scoop of protein powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons substitute of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa-powder, and
• some crushed ice
How to prepare:
Place cocoa powder, strawberries, milk, sugar substitute, protein powder and mint in blender and grind till the mixture becomes fine. Put the crushed ice in glasses and enjoy this healthy liquid diet.
Frequently asked questions
Seared Scallops with Orange Sauce and Broccoli-Cauliflower Sauté
You can take this dish two times a day. This dish contains-
• 1-pound cauliflower florets
• 10 ounces large scallops
• 1 pound broccoli florets
• Cooking oil
• Salt
• Fine black pepper
• 1 cup of fresh orange juice
• 1 teaspoon of curry powder
How to prepare:
** **Coat the nonstick pan with cooking oil spray and let it heat up. Spread the scallops and add salt, curry powder and pepper. Cook till scallops becomes golden brown. Add cauliflower, orange juice and broccoli. Cook till broccoli remains bright green and soft to fork. Enjoy the healthy dish with orange sauce.
My experience:
To all the dieters, it seems prison like when food of choice is forbidden due to excess weight. For such people seared scallops dishes may be good alternative as this can be prepared with various flavors.
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Cheesy Italian Eggplant
You can take this dish two times a day. This dish contains-
• 3 thinly sliced tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons of dried basil
• 1 pound thinly sliced eggplant
• Salt and fine black pepper
• 1 cup of tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons of dried Italian seasoning
• 1 cup ricotta fat-free cheese
• ½ cup of part-skimmed mozzarella cheese in shredded form
How to prepare:
Preheat up to 400 degrees F. Season all the eggplant with salt and pepper. Roast the preparation for 15 minutes. Cover the bottom of spray coated cooking glass with slices. Spread tomato sauce and sprinkle 1tablespoon basil and Italian seasoning. After this, sprinkle salt and pepper as per your taste. Decorate the top with ricotta and mozzarella. Put other layers and bake for twenty minutes or till cheese becomes light golden colored. A healthy dish is ready for you.
My experience:
"This is a very easy to bake cheesy eggplant dish with Italian flair. A superb alternative to pasta dish. Caciocavallo dolce cheese can also be used on provolone to make some variation.
Fiesta Steak
You can take this dish two times a day. This dish contains-
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 3 minced cloves garlic,
• 1 pound flank steak
• Tomato salsa
• Salt and fresh black pepper
How to prepare:
Mix and dip steak in garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Leave to be soaked in for overnight. Heat the pan and bake the steak for about 3 minutes by altering the sides till both sides become light brown. Then reduce the heat. Now cover pan and cook further for next 5 minutes. Slice the prepared steak into ¼-inch thick pieces and enjoy this healthy dish with tomato salsa.
My experience:
I prefer Fiesta Steak over other optional weight control diets because of the following analysis:
Fat - 8% per 5g
Cholesterol: 10% per 30mg
Sodium: 33% per 790mg
Carbohydrates: 14% per 42g
Fiber: 24% per 6g
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Grilled Vegetables
You can take this dish four times a day. This dish contains-
• 12 asparagus spears
• Cooking oil spray
• 2 red quartered and seeded bell peppers,
• 2 yellow quartered and seeded bell peppers
• 1 zucchini, cut in quarters to length
• 1 eggplant, cut in quarters
• 1 yellow color squash, cut in quarters to length
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 plum tomatoes
• ½ teaspoon fresh fine black pepper
• 1/3 cup fat-free Italian dressing
• ¼ teaspoon salt
How to prepare:
Spray some cooking oil on the pan and let it heat up. Spray some olive oil on the vegetables. Spray salt and pepper on the vegetables according to your taste. Place t bell peppers on grill and cook for about 5 minutes. While cooking, stir well the vegetables turning and add on the remaining vegetables.
Add eggplant and let it grilled for 3 minutes. Add asparagus and let it grilled for 3 minutes.
Now add zucchini along with yellow squash and let it grilled for further 3 minutes. At last, add tomato plum and let it grilled for grill 3 minutes. Decorate the preparation and enjoy a healthy diet.
My experience:
** **You can increase the quantity just by adding some water. This dish keeps you well in all respect. Either use it in lightly warm form or as a cold dish.
Chinese Stir Fried Vegetables with Salmon
You can take this dish two times a day. This dish contains-
• 1 teaspoon of chopped ginger
• 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
• 1 cup julienne Chinese cabbage
• 1 cup julienne Bock Choy
• 1 cup Chinese long green beans
• ½ cup julienne carrots
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• ½ teaspoon sesame oil
• 8 ounces salmon fillet, grilled
• 1 tablespoon of chicken stock
How to prepare:
Grill the salmon for three minutes on both sides in a 350-degree oven.
Add sesame oil, long green beans, carrots, cabbage, bokchoy, garlic, bean sprouts and ginger. Cook on the medium heat for one minute.
Now add chicken stock with the spray of soy sauce. Let it be cooked till the entire vegetables become tender. Enjoy the preparation with grilled salmon.
Some Success Stories:
#1
Nia Rennix is a 25 yrs old female of 5'1". She succeeded to shed 107 pounds in 1 ½ year with very little efforts. Yes, it is true. How?
Nia started to walk on her personal treadmill for 20 minutes that too every other day. She cut out white flour, low fat foods containing and sugar from her routine diets. She started to take above mentioned diets regularly. With her changed diet schedule, she succeeded to lose 3 pounds a week and within 5 months, total weight loss was 117 pounds.
#2
** Morenal Cantarinis** is 35 yrs old male of 5'6" height. Earlier, he was accustomed to eat pastries in breakfast, bread, meat and pastas etc in lunch and dinner. As a result of this habit, by the age of 29 yrs, he weighed 215 pounds.
He started to face several problems due to excess weight. One day being inspired by his wife, he decided to shed his extra weight. He consulted his nutritionist. As per the recommendations, Morena Cantarini started to take above mentioned diets in his regular meals.
Apart from this he changed his eating habits and started to do some simple workouts. As a result, he succeeded to shed 70 pounds in just six months.
Besides the two referred above, there are numerous people who succeeded to shed their weight without doing high intensity workouts, taking specific medications or living empty stomach for long. Many celebrities too prefer to take above** **mentioned dishes in their regular meals.
Want your diet be successful too? Check out the 11 Important Tips on How to Keep to Your Diet, that will make your diet plans more effective!
I hope these Hollywood diets work for celebrities, they'll work for you too! Oh, and if you know other great diets, please do share in the comments, I'd love to hear from you...
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