The banana diet is one of the best and easiest ways to help jumpstart your weight loss efforts. There seem to be many versions of this diet … and I have a version of this diet too. Many of the other versions of this diet seem just plain silly and not very practical.

Here is an easy to use version that will allow you to lose weight slowly and steadily. This is not an extreme diet as you may think.

You may think that the banana diet consists of eating only bananas all day. Incorrect! Obviously that’s not very practical or smart. There is only one main rule for this diet and another general rule …

Rule 1: Eat 1-2 bananas before each meal … minimum 3 times a day.

Very simple, huh? There is not much to think about. If you eat, you will eat 1-2 bananas before your meal. Practical, easy, healthy and little to remember.

Before breakfast, eat 2 bananas. Before lunch, eat 2 bananas. Before dinner, eat 1 banana. So you eat 5 bananas in total a day.

Rule # 2: Eat whatever you want for meals.

This rule is simple … eat whatever you want, as long as you eat 2 bananas before breakfast, 2 bananas before lunch, and 1 banana before dinner. Obviously, eating healthier than normal would help your weight loss efforts even more, but it’s not 100% necessary.

Bonus rule: You can replace 1 banana with an apple before breakfast and lunch.

As mentioned, you can replace a banana with an apple before breakfast and lunch. This is to help alleviate possible boredom. Nothing else.

I honestly don’t know how much weight you will lose on this or any other diet that uses bananas, however you should notice a steady weight loss. It won’t be extremely fast, so if that’s what you’re looking for … forget about the banana diet.