Top 5 diets to lose weight before summer

Summer is coming, we will return to the beautiful beaches, the swimming pools, the beautiful landscapes... For some, these settings are synonymous with swimsuits, figure, but also with showing off extra pounds.

First of all, we remind you that losing weight before summer is not a necessity. It is an approach that supports all those who feel better in a more toned body than the rest of the year.

To support these people, D-LAB gives you all its advice and provides its top 5 diets to lose weight before summer.

Why a diet? By diet, we mean the nutritional balance that suits you. As you know, all our slimming treatments must be accompanied by a nutritional rebalancing and regular physical activity.

Dietary rebalancing can be different depending on each person's goals and lifestyles.

Forget Weight Watchers diets, cabbage soup or the high-protein diet, here are 5 diets that will really help you, to be combined with the right slimming treatment.

To follow this diet, you need to: 

Vegetables at every meal! Raw or cooked, fill half of the plate. As for starchy foods, they should not be neglected as they are our primary source of energy. They should fill a quarter of our plate.

Prefer olive oil, the star of this diet, rather than butter, which is bad for health.

For proteins, we focus on seafood products, white meat can be consumed but without excess, and for red meat, it's a maximum of once a week. Dairy products: in moderate amounts, and red wine is tolerated at one glass per meal :)

The goal of this diet is to completely avoid prepared, industrial, overly salty, ultra-processed dishes, and refined cereals, which are the enemies of your weight loss.

Losing weight with the Mediterranean diet

a. Menu to lose weight

A sample menu for losing weight with the Mediterranean diet could include a breakfast consisting of fresh fruit, Greek yogurt, and a few nuts. 

For lunch, a salad of assorted vegetables with grilled fish and a drizzle of olive oil. Dinner could be a serving of steamed vegetables with chicken or fish, accompanied by quinoa or brown rice.

b. Meal for weight loss

Meals must be balanced and include a variety of nutrient-rich foods. 

For example, a lunch could include a quinoa salad with fresh vegetables, chickpeas, and a dressing made from olive oil and lemon. 

A dinner could be a vegetable soup with lentils and a slice of wholemeal bread.

• The cooking method strongly influences the glycemic index. The more you cook a food, the higher the cooking temperatures, etc., the more the glycemic index will rise. For example, for pasta, prefer a firm to al dente cooking rather than soft. Think about legumes, which are very interesting!

• The refining of the feed: prefer raw or dark foods over white flours or processed foods.
• The fiber content of foods
• Mix foods: the more you vary the food groups together, the lower the glycemic index.

This diet is important, even if you don't necessarily want to lose weight, but only to achieve appetite regulation.

Weight loss with the Glycemic Index diet

To lose weight with this diet, it is essential to choose foods with a low glycemic index. 

For example, choose green vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. Avoid processed foods and refined sugars that quickly raise blood sugar levels.

It's no secret anymore, the microbiota is at the heart of our well-being. To be able to shed excess pounds, you need to take care of this living micro-world.

If our intestinal flora is well balanced, and it contains enough good bacteria, then we can digest the food normally and efficiently.

Otherwise, we bloat and store fat, because our digestion is impaired and the foods ferment.

How to take care of your gut microbiota ?

First, we do a probiotic treatment for two or three months to repopulate the entire intestine with Absolu Probiopure.

This formula developed by the D-LAB NUTRICOSMETICS team contains 5 strains of lactic ferments closely resembling those in our intestines. It rebalances and promotes digestive comfort.

It can be complemented with the Enzymatic Slimming Complex, containing digestive enzymes, to digest more quickly and convert food into energy and avoid storing it.

Weight loss with the gut microbiota diet

To lose weight with this diet, it is crucial to maintain a healthy gut microbiota. 

Consume fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, and sauerkraut. Avoid processed foods and those high in sugars that disrupt the balance of the gut flora.

Chrononutrition is the practice of eating according to the times of the day.

The idea is to consume foods at the time of day when they are most useful to meet the body's energy needs. Specifically, we eat a bit of everything but at specific times of the day.

It is a very interesting diet that has proven its results on overweight individuals.

How to apply it?

In the morning, you need to eat fats to reach satiety, and especially no sugar. This will help avoid cravings and morning fatigue.

Lunch will be the largest meal in terms of quantity but without fat: proteins and starches.

If you are hungry in the afternoon: have a sweet snack, it is the time when the body assimilates sugars best.

Finally, for dinner, it should be as light as possible according to this diet, fish or white meat, and some vegetables.

Weight loss with the chrononutrition diet

To lose weight with chrononutrition, it is essential to respect meal times. 

Consume fats in the morning, proteins and carbohydrates at lunch, sugars in the afternoon, and a light dinner. This approach helps maximize the body's use of nutrients.

The simplest and most recommended for our treatments: nutritional rebalancing.

Sometimes, you don't have to look far to lose weight: changing two or three bad eating habits is enough to lose the last few extra pounds.

We eat when we are hungry, we structure our meals throughout the day by avoiding snacking in between; we eat vegetables at every meal, drink plenty of water, do not eliminate anything but eat everything in small quantities, and do not feel guilty!

A "standard" meal would consist of: half a plate of vegetables, a quarter of starches, and a quarter of proteins. We have a yogurt for dessert for the calcium intake, and we slightly reduce the usual quantities to lose weight.

Of course, all these diets can be accompanied by a slimming dietary supplement to initiate weight loss and make it sustainable.

• To speed up overall weight loss → The Fat-Burning Program
• To target cellulite → The Action-Capitons Program
• To deflate the belly and against bloating → The Flat Belly Program

Weight loss with simple dietary rebalancing

To lose weight with a dietary rebalancing, it is important to eat in a balanced and varied way. Consume vegetables at every meal, drink plenty of water, and avoid snacking. Adopt moderate portions and do not eliminate any food group.

Menu for a week

A menu for a week for women could include breakfasts based on green smoothies, lunches of varied salads, and light dinners with lean proteins and vegetables. Snacks can include fresh fruits, nuts, and plain yogurts.

Express before summer for women

For rapid weight loss before summer, it is recommended to follow a diet rich in vegetables, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Meals should be light and frequent to keep the metabolism active.

Menu for a week

A menu for a week for men could include protein-rich breakfasts like vegetable omelets, chicken salad lunches, and grilled fish dinners with vegetables. Snacks can include protein bars and dried fruits.

Express before summer for men

For rapid weight loss before summer, it is recommended to follow a diet rich in proteins, vegetables, and healthy fats. Meals should be balanced and include moderate portions of complex carbohydrates.