The Hip and Tight Diet, a Controversy

The Hip and Tight Diet is a low calorie diet designed by Rosemary Conley. The title made it famous and particularly popular in UK, because it is a know fact that women mostly want to lose weight or sculpt their body around their hips and tights.

This is a very low fat diet, which means it includes a maximum of 1200 calories a day. But this doesn’t mean calorie counting is involved. The guideline of the diet specifies the foods which are restricted, such as: nuts and seeds, oil and lards, butter and low fat spreads.

Also, all dairy are restricted, except low-fat cottage cheese, skim milk and low-fat yoghurt.
Rosemary Conley says a typical meal should include lean meat, an unlimited amount of vegetables and a medium amount of carbohydrates.  Nutritionists argue that this specific diet is too low in healthy fats, considering that in most studies it is recommended to include in a diet fatty acids such as Omega-3 and Omega-6.

This diet’s plan is to reduce fat intake, while eating three meals a day and doing exercise. It includes three phases. In the first one, which lasts two weeks, you can have three meals a day and two snacks, but alcohol is forbidden.  Once this phase passes, an extra 300 calories a day are allowed, which can come in the form of a dessert or an alcoholic drink.

 
Moreover, specialists argue that it’s almost impossible to eat less and control the exact place where the fat will be reduced. Also, they explain that these two areas are the toughest parts of the body to work with.  A low calorie diet should be followed by a person with high motivation, because, often, in these types of diets, people experience hunger pangs and go for French fries sooner or later.