This is the most effective cruising speed as part of a slimming diet according to the famous doctor.
It’s spring and like every year we end up saying: “well, what if I lost a few kilos before summer?” Between the express diets that promise a “summer body” in three weeks and the before/after videos that abound on social networks, it’s difficult to know what is really reasonable. However, doctors regularly warn against excessively rapid weight loss, those which often end up transforming into a yoyo effect between the raclette of November and the chocolates of December.
Invited to the 8 p.m. news on France 2 presented by Laurent Delahousse, doctor Jimmy Mohamed rightly set the record straight in this great marathon of diets before the holidays. He actually explains that wanting to lose too quickly rarely ends well. Either the diet is so unbalanced that we mainly lose water or muscle, or it becomes impossible to maintain and we end up breaking down after a few weeks. Many people know the famous “I start Monday” which turns into a Friday evening burger and fries.
Jimmy Mohamed then insists on one point: “What people want to lose is fat.” However, fat does not disappear as quickly as some Instagram ads would have you believe. It takes time and usually more than you think. This is why Jimmy Mohamed prefers to set a precise objective, far from unrealistic promises. According to him, the right target is to lose 5% of your weight in six months. Concretely, this represents 3 kilos for a person weighing 60 kilos, around 4 kilos for someone who weighs 80 and 5 kilos for a person weighing 100 kilos.
To do this, the doctor has a ready-made tip: use his phone. In fact, he recommends “take a photo of absolutely everything you eat for a week”from morning coffee to the last evening snack. This allows us to see in black and white what we are actually consuming. “Then, certain applications make it possible to estimate calorie intake using artificial intelligence”he explains. The idea is to create a slight calorie deficit, or consume a little less calories than the body expends.
Most of the time, to obtain this deficit, it is enough to slightly reduce portions, limit ultra-processed foods or even move more on a daily basis. No need to prepare for a marathon overnight either. Walking more, cycling again or stopping the elevator when you live on the third floor is already a start.
