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Most weight loss plans are complicated in particular because they include taking away food – and depending on the psychological issues that may have been at the root of your weight gain in the first place, this can be a mainly challenging thing to do. You might find yourself rebelling, even if you are psychologically committed to the idea of losing weight. You might even find that the feeling of deprivation steers you toward other self-destructive behaviors, such as smoking or drinking. If this describes you, you may well gain from therapy to deal with your weight issues and other issues underlying your weight problems.

In the meantime, eating plans that promise to assist you lose weight by adding something, rather than taking food away, might attract to you and might in fact work a lot better. This might seem counter-intuitive, in a way, because losing weight always seems to involve eating less. There are several exceptions, still. One of them is a time-honored method that involves adding a meal of semolina – a cooked grain, similar to cream of wheat – three times a day. The argument is that if you eat 300 grams of cooked semolina three times a day it will make you in addition full to binge on other foods. Your intake of other food will be minimized, and you will lose weight.

This approach is a bit controversial, and may work best as a transitory, transitional technique. For one thing, advocates of low-carb, high protein eating would be horrified at this plan. Dr. Atkins himself would roll over in his grave! Semolina is a high carb, high glycemic index food – it is pure starch. Besides, eating so a lot of it tends to make you less hungry for all other foods, including protein. Proponents of Atkins and other high protein plans would say that this is the worst possible thing you can do for your body. Needless to say, we should bear in mind that the high protein approach is also controversial, however. From a nutritionists’ opinion, neither high protein nor the semolina plan would be ideal. However, most nutritionists’ food guides put grains at the top of the chart, so the semolina plan adheres more closely to a usual food guide, only if you make an effort to also eat enough fruits, vegetables and proteins to stay in balance.

And if you do, that would approximately automatically eliminate junk food and empty calories. Few of us would be able to eat 300 g of semolina three times a day, and adequate fruits, vegetables and protein, and still be able to eat foods with excessive calories or fat. In a sense, the semolina replaces the other ‘empty’ calories that a lot of of us (if we have a weight difficulty to begin with) eat as a regular part of our diet. Eating semolina might not represent optimal nutrition, sure – but it is preferable to eating foods full of fat and additives, such as potato chips, chocolate or candy. Needless to say, the semolina diet does not forbid any of these junk foods – it just specifies that you have to consume a certain amount of semolina a day, and make certain that you are getting enough vitamins and protein in your diet. The majority of people would then automatically eliminate a lot of junk food since we simply don’t have room for it.

In and of itself, semolina is in fact not that bad as a stable food, unless you subscribe to the ‘low carb’ philosophy (in which case, you would probably never pick this diet to begin with!). It’s low fat, it’s a natural food, and like other cereals, it comes fortified with vitamins and minerals. If eating carbohydrates is your preference – and a lot of of us do pile on the weight by eating excessive amounts of pasta or bread – then the semolina will suit you. You are less likely to crave other carbohydrate-rich foods. Also, consider the fact that the semolina plan is actually quite similar to the way in which many traditional cultures ate. In the traditional Asian cuisine, for instance, rice was a staple, eaten at most meals. In some European cultures, porridge (oats) would have had the same function. Though these diets might not seem balanced to us today, they kept people alive – and within a healthy weight range – for millennia!

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