The 5 Factor weight loss diet was made by celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak for celebrities that need to loose weight fast and get in shape without getting hungry and weak. The diet is based on the number 5. For five weeks you eat five meals a day and do five workout sessions a week with five exercises each.

Harley Pasternak wrote the book 5 Factor Fitness in 2004. The book 5 Factor Diet was published in 2007; it is an expanded version of the dietary portion of the 5 Factor Fitness book. This is not just another Hollywood diet gimmick, this is a nutritious, balanced diet that includes all the recommended food groups, it helps people get control of their appetites and lose pounds.

If you want to lose 10 pounds or lose 20 pounds this is a good diet because it emphases nutrition and not getting hungry. The best part is it works; it can help you change the eating behaviors that caused you to gain the weight in the first place.

Each meal has no more than five ingredients and takes no more than five minutes to prepare. Each of the 5 daily meals is low in fat and calories and a proper mix of lean protein like chicken, fish, or low-fat dairy. Each meal also has fruits and vegetables, whole grain fiber, monounsaturated fats and water or other sugar-free fluids, all in proper proportions. All refined flour and added sugar is banned.

All of the carbohydrates must have a low rank on the glycemic index scale. Lower glycemic carbohydrates will give you a more stable blood sugar level. The Glycemic index is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels. High GI carbohydrates break down rapidly during digestion and cause your body to release glucose rapidly into your bloodstream; carbohydrates that break down slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the bloodstream, have a low GI.

Drinking water before a meal helps you fill full so you will eat less food. Fiber is a part of each meal. The insoluble fiber will wash out of your system and take some of the fat from the meal with it.

It is important not to skip meals, this causes the body to store fat instead of burn it. Skipping meals tells the body to keep the fat. Eating 5 times a day, increases the metabolism so you lose fat. The 5 Factor diet has one day a week when can eat favorite foods that you have eliminated from your diet.

You are not left on your own with just a book, the website is useful and informative; it is loaded with meal plans, menus, eating and exercise plans, journals, and much more. The exercise portion of the 5 Factor diet includes activity five days a week for twenty-five minutes a day.