{"id":39489,"date":"2011-01-06T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=39489"},"modified":"2011-01-06T12:31:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:31:42","slug":"what-is-the-2000-calorie-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/what-is-the-2000-calorie-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the 2,000 Calorie Diet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ll be honest, the 2,000 Calorie Diet is only an appropriate weight-loss diet for a special segment of the population. That segment would include active young men with lots of muscle mass, growing teenagers, women who are\u00a0extremely\u00a0active, and people who are very tall with a large frame. The rest of us? We’ll probably maintain our weight or even gain weight with this many calories.<\/p>\n

That being said, this is a delicious diet with lots of variety and lots of food to fill you up and fuel those workouts! Read on for a full 2,000 Calorie Diet eating and workout plan!<\/p>\n

2,000 Calorie Diet Eating Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breakfast: <\/strong>Make a breakfast burrito with one small whole wheat tortilla, one\u00a0scrambled egg cooked in one teaspoon canola oil, one-third of a cup of black beans and two tablespoons of salsa. Also enjoy a cup of skim milk.<\/p>\n

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Morning Snack: <\/strong>Eat one orange and a small handful of almonds.<\/p>\n

Lunch: <\/strong>Enjoy a taco salad with\u00a02 ounces tortilla chips, two\u00a0ounces of ground turkey, \u00a0half a cup of fat-free refried beans, two cups of baby spinach, diced tomato, one\u00a0ounce of low-fat cheddar cheese, two tablespoons of\u00a0salsa, one-fourth of an\u00a0avocado and a little lime juice.<\/p>\n

Afternoon snack: <\/strong>Munch on an apple with one tablespoon of natural peanut butter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dinner:<\/strong> Eat two medium slices of Hawaiian pizza with a green salad with two cups of leafy greens, a drizzle of low-fat vinaigrette<\/a> and half of a cup of skim milk.<\/p>\n

Evening treat: <\/strong>Enjoy one square of dark chocolate.<\/p>\n

2,000 Calorie Diet Exercise Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cardiovascular: <\/strong>Get 45 minutes to an hour of activity most days of the week, with a mix of low-intensity (like walking), moderate-intensity (like playing tennis) and high-intensity exercise (like running).<\/p>\n

Strength: <\/strong>Lift weights three times a week, always with a day of rest between sessions. Try to make at least one of those strength works a challenging bootcamp or other workout with plyometrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flexibility: <\/strong>Squeeze in a 15-minute yoga<\/a> workout one or two times a week, and always give your muscles a good stretch when you cool down.<\/p>\n

Sounds fun, right?<\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the 1,200 Calorie Diet?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the 1,400 Calorie Diet?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the 1,600 Calorie Diet?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the 1,800 Calorie Diet?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll be honest, the 2,000 Calorie Diet is only an appropriate weight-loss diet for a special segment of the population. That segment would include active young men with lots of muscle mass, growing teenagers, women who are\u00a0extremely\u00a0active, and people who … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,18,58],"tags":[239,345,74,30],"class_list":["post-39489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","category-womens-health","tag-calories","tag-healthy-eating","tag-weight-loss","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39489"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39715,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39489\/revisions\/39715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}