Remember Jared, the guy who lost lots of weight eating Subway sandwiches all the time? Well, now there’s someone else who took the same approach and  lost weight by eating burritos everyday from Chipotle , the McDonalds owned “Mexican” Grill. Now here’s the thing, if you select a low-fat 6-inch sub from Subway like Turkey or even Ham, it’s somewhat healthy (lower in calories, low in fat) so I can see why Jared lost weight. The problem with Justin Hall who went on the Chipotle Burrito diet is that the burrito he eats every single day has 1,330 calories. He says it fills him up for a long time and the rest of the day he just eats fruits and salad. It’s working for him, he’s lost 40 pounds so far, but eating one calorie dense meal each day just doesn’t sound like it will be good for his long-term health and weight.

One big component to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and losing weight is exercise.  Justin has not added any type of exercise to his plan — he just sticks to eating the daily burrito. On one hand, his method isn’t ideal, but on the other hand, he is losing weight that could bring him down to a weight where he’d have more energy to exercise. Should he be encouraged to continue it because he is losing weight, or is he better off trying to change his habits all around that will give him sustainable success?

My thought is that he’d be better off trying to change his habits, ditching the burrito, and incorporating exercise into his daily life – but at least he’s trying. Once he decides he’s had enough burritos and stops the fad diet, he’ll likely go back to old habits and gain the weight back. What he’s eating just doesn’t sound like something that would be good in the long run for anybody. If I had to pick between the Subway diet and the Chipotle diet, I’d definitely pick Subway.

Source: Diet Blog

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