Four simple diet plans to help you lose weight in 2025 - no calorie counting required
2025 is finally here, and if you're looking to focus on your health this year, here are some popular diets you could follow.
Many diets offer benefits that go beyond weight loss, including improving habits and leading to a more active lifestyle.
Some diets aim to curb your appetite for weight loss while others suggest restricting calorie intake, according to Healthline.
Different diets will be more suitable, sustainable and effective for different people.
That’s why Express.co.uk have rounded up a variety of different diets to follow in 2025.
This includes the Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting, the DASH diet and a plant-based diet.
1. The Mediterranean diet
According to Healthline, the Mediterranean diet has long been considered a great diet plan.
It involves eating a diet based on foods that people in countries like Italy and Greece have traditionally eaten.
It’s rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, nuts, lentils and olive oil.
Foods like poultry, eggs and dairy are to be eaten in moderation, and red meats are limited.
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2. Intermittent fasting
Intermittent fasting is a diet plan which cycles between periods of fasting and eating.
The most popular form includes the 16/8 diet which involves limiting your calorie intake to just eight hours per day.
There’s also a 5/2 method which restricts a daily intake to 500 to 600 calories twice per week.
3. DASH diet
The DASH diet recommends specific servings of different food groups.
For example, each day, an average person on this plan could eat five servings of vegetables, five servings of fruit, seven servings of healthy grains, two servings of low-fat dairy products and two servings or fewer of lean meats.
4. Flexitarian
Healthline said: “The flexitarian eating plan does not have clear-cut rules or recommendations about calories and macronutrients, so it’s considered more of a lifestyle than a diet.
“Its principles include consuming protein from plants instead of animals, eating mostly fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains, eating the least processed forms of foods and limiting sugar and sweets.
“Additionally, it allows the flexibility to consume meat and animal products from time to time.”
