There’s an old adage – if you fail to plan, you plan to fail – and nowhere is it more appropriate than when you’ve embarked on a 500 calorie a day diet. If you’ve ever used the calorie counting technique, you’ve most likely committed to the recommended 1200 calorie a day diet, which is also known as a low calorie diet plan, where fat losses average around 0.5 kilos or 1 pound per week. The 500 calorie diet is what experts call a very low calorie diet plan, and for a woman of average size, the estimated weekly weight loss on such a regime is around 1 kilo or 2.2 pounds. Medical professionals have always warned against eating so few calories in a day and most health experts don’t recommend you take on such a diet plan for very long, or tackle it without medical supervision. If you do chose [...] Read more »