Macrobiotic Diet

Getting Healthy, Mind, Body, And Soul With An All Organic Vegetarian Diet

I stumbled upon the Macrobiotic Diet when I decided I needed a change. I was feeling very heavy lately and the foods I was eating were just not sitting well with me any longer.

I decided to try this diet out as it claimed to be able to bring the body back to a healthier place physically, spiritually, and mentally. At first I was not too sure if I could actually give up all animal products and refined sugars.

I decided that since I had not felt good, it could not make me feel any worse. To my surprise I actually began to feel lighter and more well balanced after about a week on the diet.

The idea behind the Macrobiotic diet is to get back to nature through food. By only eating natural, unprocessed foods you cleanse the body of all the garbage it has been working too hard to process.

This cleansing allows the body to become healthy and efficient, and therefore you begin to lose weight and generally feel better over all. If you are looking for a diet that will allow you to lose weight fast, this is not it. This program is for those looking for an over all lifestyle change.

While you might lose weight from eating healthy in general, you will not see large amounts of fat loss from just this diet alone. The only way to use this diet as a weight loss program is to calorie count and make sure your intake is low compared to your daily activity.

Although the Macrobiotic Diet is a great diet for general living, if you want to lose weight this is not the diet for you. You would want to try a weight loss diet prior to using this one and us this one as a maintenance program after you have lost all the weight you desired.

While I love the way this diet makes me feel, it has not produced the desired weight loss I originally was looking for. In order for me to really lose any weight and eat the suggested foods, I had to lower the amount of food I ate and add in an exercise regime.

So, if you are looking to lose weight without adding in any extra activity, you may want to consider passing on this diet program. 

Over all, the Macrobiotic Diet is a fabulous healthy lifestyle change. As a diet to lose any significant amount of weight, I would not recommend it.

While you will feel better health wise in so many ways from this regime, most people do not begin a new diet for just that purpose. To lose weight you will need to find something else.

To maintain a healthy weight post dieting, then you might find it useful. I can say that I do feel lighter and more active since I started the regime. I have not noticed any significant loss of fat or inches though.

Review by Annette McAllister