Continued from How Jessica Simpson Lost 10 Pounds in 10 Days.
Jessica Simpson‘s diet is depressing. What is wrong with Jessica Simpson’s diet? That is the thing – Jessica Simpson’s diet is almost perfect, which makes me want to eat a double cheeseburger with onion rings and fries. Do not get me wrong, Jessica Simpson’s diet is a very good diet to follow, assuming you have enough money to pay for the gourmet menu it offers.
But for the rest of us, Jessica Simpson’s diet represents everything that is wrong with a prototypical celebrity diet. It is very fancy and unnecessarily complicated. Do you really need tuna tartar with arugula to lose weight? Can you lose weight without espresso panna cotta?
According to a source, Jessica Simpson’s diet has gone through a major transformation. How has Jessica Simpson’s diet changed? “She went into her kitchen, got a trash bag, and started to clear it out,” says the source. Ice cream, full-fat mayo, tortilla chips, bacon and cookies are all gone now. What is in her fridge now? Low-calorie egg whites, chicken breasts, fat-free yogurt and oatmeal.
In the past, Jessica Simpson’s diet has relied rather heavily on low-carb foods, but although low-carbing has helped her lose weight, apparently Jessica was not happy with the way the diet has made her feel. Her current diet puts emphases on balance. The diet is still high in protein, which is a good thing, but it is not as strict about her carbohydrate intake, it even allows such foods as spaghetti (no, not low-carb pasta, unfortunately) and lasagna.
Jessica Simpson’s diet deconstructed So what does she eat on daily basis? She follows Harley Pasternak’s 5-Factor diet plan. Here are some of the meals on her menu.
Day 1 – Breakfast: oatmeal-berry pancakes, Snack: fruit skewers with cottage cheese, Lunch: Chinese chicken wraps with peanut-soy sauce, Snack: espresso panna cotta, Dinner: 5-Factor lasagna.
Day 2 – Breakfast: broccoli-cheddar omelet, Snack: berry protein shake, Lunch: open-face turkey blt, Snack: pears with peanut butter, Dinner: crispy chicken tostada.
Day 3 – Breakfast: Kashi Go Lean cereal and nonfat milk, Snack: cottage cheese and pears, Lunch: baked chicken and black-bean quesadillas with salsa, Snack: chicken and swiss bites, Dinner: whole-grain spaghetti with meatballs.
Day 4 – Breakfast: french toast with ricotta, Snack: chocolate mint shake, Lunch: bison steak with cauliflower-carrot mash and brown rice, Snack: egg salad with whole-grain toast points, Dinner: tuna tartar with arugula.
Day 5 – Breakfast: oatmeal berry pancakes, Snack: grilled chicken kabobs with carrot-ginger vinaigrette, Lunch: salmon sashimi with plums and edamame with ginger-scallion vinaigrette, Snack: carrot sticks with onion dip, Dinner: shrimp and brown-rice stir-fry.
How to make Jessica Simpson’s diet work for you In my biased and fair opinion, the menu above is unrealistic, but it is not hopelessly useless. The take from it is that you need to eat at least five times a day. Your diet should be high in fiber-rich, complex carbs and protein. But the most important thing is that it needs to be simple and easy to prepare.
So how do you make it simple and easy to prepare? Stick with the basics. Use a wide variety of fresh and steamed vegetables, leafy greens, healthy fats, fiber-rich fruits such as berries, almonds, walnuts, no-salt-added canned fish such as pink salmon and sardines, reduced fat (but not fat-free) organic dairy, and do not forget to load up on protein.
The bottom line on Jessica Simpson’s diet The key to any successful diet is its sustainability and simplicity. It does not matter how good your diet is if you cannot follow it for more than a week. Jessica needs to simplify her diet. She does not need fancy menus to lose weight. [via]