How to Choose Free Diet Plans

To choose a free diet plan that will work for you, it must satisfy several criteria: has a variety of healthy foods, fits within your budget and is easy to implement into your life. The best diet plan incorporates nutrition and an exercise program for both overall wellness and weight loss. You may need to adapt a free diet plan to your specific circumstances based on desired weight loss and your daily life. You can search online to find a free diet plan that works for you.

Instructions

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  Set your weight loss goal. Include the number of pounds you want to lose and a realistic time frame for the weight loss. Write the goal down in a notebook.

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  Define your exercise goal, including what you want to do for exercise, how you will exercise and the weekly time commitment. Write the goal in your notebook.

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  Factor into your prospective diet plan any food allergies or specific health and nutrition concerns. For example, there are gluten-free diets, vegetarian diets and diets that eliminate dairy products.

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  Find out how much time you have each week to apply toward this diet plan. How much time do you have for menu planning? How much time do you have for cooking healthy recipes?

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  Figure out your diet plan and exercise budget. How much money are you willing to spend on healthy food each month? How much is a gym membership? Answer these questions in your notebook.

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  Research online or in books the top four free diet plans you are interested in that you can realistically try.

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  Create a chart in your notebook listing these four free diet plans and the positives and negatives about each one.

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  Decide which free diet plan you will try.