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Fixed-menu diet.

A fixed-menu diet provides a list of all the foods you will eat. This kind of diet can be easy to follow because the foods are selected for you. But, you get very few different food choices which may make the diet boring and hard to follow away from home. In addition, fixed-menu diets do not teach the food selection skills necessary for keeping weight off. If you start with a fixed-menu diet, you should switch eventually to a plan that helps you learn to make meal choices on your own, such as an exchange-type diet.

Exchange-type diet
An exchange-type diet is a meal plan with a set number of servings from each of several food groups. Within each group, foods are about equal in calories and can be interchanged as you wish. For example, the starch category could include one slice of bread or 1/2 cup of oatmeal; each is about equal in nutritional value and calories. If your meal plan calls for two starch choices at breakfast, you could choose to eat two slices of bread, or one slice of bread and 1/2 cup of oatmeal. With the exchange-type diet plans, you have more day-to-day variety and you can easily follow the diet away from home. The most important advantage is that exchange-type diet plans teach the food selection skills you need to keep your weight off.

Adequate Protein
The average woman 25 years of age and older should get 50 grams of protein each day, and the average man 25 years of age and older should get 63 grams of protein each day. Adequate protein is important because it prevents muscle tissue from breaking down and repairs all body tissues such as skin and teeth. To get adequate protein in your diet, make sure you eat 2-3 servings (see Figure 2) from the Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group on the Food Guide Pyramid every day. These foods are all good sources of protein.

Prepackaged-meal Diet
These diets require you to buy prepackaged meals. Such meals may help you learn appropriate portion sizes. However, they can be costly. Before beginning this type of program, find out whether you will need to buy the meals and how much the meals cost. You should also find out whether the program will teach you how to select and prepare food, skills that are needed to sustain weight loss.

Formula Diet
Formula diets are weight-loss plans that replace one or more meals with a liquid formula. Most formula diets are balanced diets containing a mix of protein, carbohydrate, and usually a small amount of fat. Formula diets are usually sold as liquid or a powder to be mixed with liquid. Although formula diets are easy to use and do promote short-term weight loss, most people regain the weight as soon as they stop using the formula. In addition, formula diets do not teach you how to make healthy food choices, a necessary skill for keeping your weight off.

Questionable diets
You should avoid any diet that suggests you eat a certain nutrient, food, or combination of foods to promote easy weight loss. Some of these diets may work in the short term because they are low in calories. However, they are often not well balanced and may cause nutrient deficiencies. In addition, they do not teach eating habits that are important for long-term weight management.

Flexible diets.
Some programs or books suggest monitoring fat only, calories only, or a combination of the two, with the individual making the choice of both the type and amount of food eaten. This flexible type of approach works well for many people, and teaches them how to control what they eat. One drawback of flexible diets is that some don’t consider the total diet. For example, programs that monitor fat only often allow people to take in unlimited amounts of excess calories from sugars, and therefore don’t lead to weight loss.

Live With It
It is important to choose an eating plan that you can live with. The plan should also teach you how to select and prepare healthy foods, as well as how to maintain your new weight. Remember that many people tend to regain lost weight. Eating a healthful and nutritious diet to maintain your new weight, combined with regular physical activity, helps to prevent weight regain.

Sausage Stuffing
Skill Level: Easy
Carbs Per Serving: 6g

Ingredients:
3 Eggs — Beaten Seasonings
1 Pound Sausage — Seasoned
2 Large Onions — Finely Chopped
3 Stalks Celery — Finely Chopped (3 To 4) 2 Tbs. Butter
2 Tbs. Olive Oil
1 Head Cabbage ?Finely Chopped
15 Ounces Chicken Broth — Canned

Instructions:
This has all the taste of real stuffing, without the bread. You won’t miss the bread and can stuff yourself as much as you like.

1. Saute your onion and celery in the butter.

2. Add sausage, brown, crumbling the sausage finely.

3.  Let the oils and butter brown on the bottom of the pan to get that great combination flavor.

4.  Add seasonings you like such as thyme, oregano, pepper, salt, to taste. If your sausage was pre-seasoned you can  just add a little black pepper.

5.   Add cabbage and continue cooking.

6.   Add chicken broth to moisten as dish starts to get dry.

7.   Put in a 3-4 qt baking dish and add the eggs.

8.   Bake in 350 degree oven for 20-30 minutes.

If you haven’t put in a good deal of planning and preparation before you set out, you probably won’t cross the finish line.

So, how do you plan and prepare? You use simple strategies that, in fact, are the same techniques you might use if you were training for a race. You focus on the long-term goal you’ve set for yourself. You take simple, daily steps over a long period of time. Much of your preparation has more to do with attitude than food.

Here are some tips to put you on the right track. And for a regular dose of motivation once you begin your diet, click here to sign up for the Weight Management newsletter.
Build muscle to burn calories

Sure, regular aerobic exercise such as walking, running, or swimming is an important part of any weight-loss plan, but weight lifting or other resistance training also helps because it builds muscle mass. Muscle burns more calories than fat!

You don’t have to buy any heavy equipment. You can purchase freehand weights for about $10 each. Or learn to lift your own body weight doing pushups and lunges on your living room rug.

Heavier, challenging weights develop muscle better than small weights, notes Trentlyon. Try doing between 8 and 15 repetitions, three times during a workout. The last few reps of each set should be very challenging without compromising your form, she says.

Women should not be afraid to lift weights, Trentlyon says. Women don’t have enough testosterone to develop the bulging muscles you see on men. Instead, women’s muscles become stronger and more toned.

Cut 200 calories at a time

Track your normal diet for a few days, then cut out just 200 calories a day. Don’t worry about what kinds of calories you’re cutting, whether fat or carbohydrate or protein.

Behaviors and lifestyle can be extremely difficult things to change, especially as we age, says David Schteingart, MD, a professor of endocrinology and director of the obesity rehabilitation program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. But simple steps maintained over time are what works.

Cutting a small number of calories from your daily total is much more effective than crash dieting, says Schteingart.

Add good food to your plate

Add food if you’re on a diet? Yes indeed, says Catherine Fitzgerald, RD, director of health promotion at the University of Michigan Health System. It’s always better to go with what we can do, rather than what we can’t do, she says. So, rather than cutting out entire food groups, add something good to your diet, something you enjoy eating. Set reachable goals, like eating an extra serving of fruits or vegetables, she says. You can also make healthier choices when you eat out. Even fast-food restaurants include healthier items on their menus these days.

A healthy choice is just as easy to make today as an unhealthy one, she says.

Keep a daily food journal

Most folks will keep honest in a food log, and it hurts to write words like ‘brownie’ or ‘cheesecake,’ says Kiku Trentlyon, a sports trainer for the New York Sports Club in Manhattan.

A journal can help you see trends in your eating behavior. Most people have some dietary tic that they need to control in order to drop weight. For some, it’s snacking in the late afternoon. For others, it’s raiding the refrigerator at night. In the journal, you can see your weak times in the day and work with them. Instead of a candy bar at 3 in the afternoon, substitute a piece of fresh fruit. Keep baby carrots in the refrigerator so you have something to eat at night besides ice cream.

Limit portion sizes

Consider food your fuel, not your recreation. Food gives you the energy you need to enjoy the other activities of life. You don’t need to weigh yourself down, just like you don’t need to carry a 50-gallon gas tank on your car. So, eat the amount you need to eat for energy.

As a general rule, one serving of anything is the size of your palm. The portion may appear small, but that is because we live in an excessive society. A meal should ideally consist of one serving of lean protein and one serving of complex carbohydrates, says Trentlyon. Vegetables are great if they are steamed plain or raw, and fruit is essential.
Eat 6 times a day

By eating small meals every 2 or 3 hours, your metabolism is constantly stimulated.

It’ll take a week or so to really get used to eating like this, but it’s well worth it, says Trentlyon. Even if you just take your 3 meals a day and split those in half, there are your 6 meals. Protein bars and shakes are also helpful.

Consult a professional

Most fitness and weight-management experts recommend you see your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. But other people can help, as well.

Personal trainers get people comfortable with gym equipment and help you design an exercise plan that fits with your weight loss goals. Registered dietitians and nutritionists are other people to consider. They are trained in designing food plans and can tailor a diet to your particular needs.

If you can, hiring a professional isn’t a bad idea, says Trentlyon, herself a personal trainer. They can function as your ‘weight baby-sitter.’ Whether you go with a personal trainer, a dietitian, or a nutritionist, they can help you set realistic weight and exercise goals.

what constitutes a healthy weight loss diet?

A diet built from whole foods — fruits, vegetables, whole grain products, and lean proteins — that is rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals and low in saturated fats and sweets is what we should strive for, says Amy Joy Lanou, PhD, nutritional director for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C.

What Color Is Your Diet?

It may sound overwhelming, but experts say it’s simple.

Start with color. The more color you have in your diet, the better.

Consume colored vegetables with reckless abandon, says fitness and nutrition expert Mark Sisson. To the extent that you can make multicolored vegetables dominate your diet, you’re going to be the healthiest you can be.

Vegetables are the best carbohydrates you can eat. They’re high in fiber and full of vitamins and minerals. Choose veggies over carbohydrates like pasta, rice, or bread, which have a high glycemic index. These carbs create a spike in blood sugar, causing you to be hungry again sooner and eat more. With all that easily accessible sugar in the bloodstream, the body burns it and stores fat.

In addition to vegetables, many fruits, including apples, oranges, pears, grapefruits, and berries are good, low-glycemic-index choices, says Shari Lieberman, PhD, clinical nutritionist, exercise physiologist, best-selling author, and nutrition counselor.

And avoid processed foods as much as possible, says Lanou.

We rely too much on highly processed foods, she says, from crackers and frozen low-fat dinners at the grocery store to fast food on the road.

What is good choice?

Fad diets may tell you otherwise, but eating a low-fat, high-carb diet won’t make you gain weight.

In fact, women actually lost a little weight when they consistently ate few fats and lots of fruits, vegetables, and grains. The finding is yet another gem mined from the huge Women’s health Initiative study.

Barbara Howard, PhD, of MedStar Research Institute in Washington, and colleagues signed up nearly 50,000 postmenopausal women aged 50-79 for the WHI Dietary Modification Trial. The majority of the women were overweight or obese and were eating diets that got 39% of calories from fat.

Forty percent of the women got intensive training and support in eating a low-fat diet with five or more servings of fruits and vegetables and six or more servings of grains. This training included 18 group counseling sessions in the first year and four sessions per year for the rest of the study. The other 60% of the women were handed a copy of U.S. dietary guidelines.

None of the women — in either group — was told to eat less or exercise more. In fact, they weren’t specifically told to lose weight.

Even so, in the first year the women trained to eat a healthy diet lost about 5 pounds. After seven and a half years, they still weighed about a pound less than the women in the group who did not receive special training.

Restricting fat intake does not lead to weight gain, Howard and colleagues conclude. Long-term recommendations to achieve a diet lower in total and saturated fat with increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and without focus on weight loss, do not cause weight gain.

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The best diet for you must have the 5 key features listed below. Choose your diet with these 5 key features in mind and you’re already halfway to your weight loss dreams.

#1 Affordable

Losing weight should not cost you thousands of dollars (unless we’re talking about surgery here and that’s an entirely different article). The best diet will be affordable for the average person.

If the diet costs too much, be very suspicious and look elsewhere. There are too many shady diets out there and as a consumer, it pays to be cautious.

I’ll give you an example of what I mean:

A close friend of mine went to a well-known weight loss clinic in our area and was told she had to pay the yearly fees up front (around $1000 NOT including food). They also told her she had to buy their food in bulk (like $500 for a year’s worth of chocolate).

When the chocolate gave her heart palpitations and she had to take it back, they told her it was non-refundable. She was out the money for the chocolate. Plus, she feels she can’t leave the program because she’s paid the yearly fees (which, you guessed it, are also non-refundable).

She unfortunately made the mistake of ignoring her instincts and paying way too much money for a diet program. If you notice you’re being asked for hefty fees right out of the gate, warning lights should be flashing in your mind.

Now on the other hand, the best diet WILL cost you something. It actually is better if you put some cash on the table for your diet program. Why? Because when we invest in something we’re more likely to stick with it. When we invest in something we are more likely to follow through and get the results we want.

For example I did a liver detox several months ago. I’m not really into liver detoxing but I read an article and figured I’d try it.

The detox kit cost me a whopping $50 and when I opened the instructions they told me I had to give up junk food for two weeks. In any other universe I would have laughed and simply forgotten about detoxing my liver. But because I’d shelled out $50, I was invested – I decided that I hopefully wouldn’t starve from lack of junk food over two weeks and suffered through it.

If I’d gotten the detox kit for free there’s no way I would have followed those instructions. But because I was invested, I followed through and now have a healthier liver thanking me for it.

So when searching for the best diet, putting out some money on yourself and your dreams of a better body is actually a healthy thing. Just keep in mind that you shouldn’t have to spend thousands of dollars on it.

#2 Compatible with Your Tastes and Lifestyle

This is THE most crucial step however it’s the one where most people go wrong. When choosing a diet, they simply pick one and go, without considering if it is compatible with their tastes and lifestyle.

For example, if you hate feeling deprived or empty you might want to choose a program that lets you eat many times during the day so you don’t feel hungry. If you get bored easily you want a diet program that gives you tremendous variety and flexibility. If you don’t do a lot of cooking or food preparation, you’ll want to look at a program where the food is pre-made for you.

Diets are like cars – there are hundreds of different models out there, each with their own unique features. And they can get you where you want to go. But your personality might gel better with certain features than others.

Dieting is hard enough. Don’t make it harder on yourself by choosing a diet not compatible with who you are. Setting yourself up for success will also guarantee that you’ll stick it out until you reach your goal.

And one other thing, the best diet will be one that you can get excited about. Choose a diet that you enjoy, that you believe in, that may actually be – gulp – fun.

Emotional excitement will fade in time, yes. But it can give you enough of an emotional push to get you over the initial hump. By that time your first few pounds will have come off and will serve as your continuing motivation.

So those are 3 key considerations when looking for the best diet. Keep them in mind and you will progress in leaps and bounds towards your dream body. Remember, planning now may seem boring – but it’s the key to your future weight loss success.

#3 Proven Success Rate

Are there before and after pictures of people who have lost weight with that particular diet? Are there customer testimonials? Have there been independent studies done on the diet’s success rate?

The diet you choose doesn’t have to have all three of these but try to find at least some kind of proven success rate before choosing that particular program.

Finding a diet with a proven success rate not only lets you know that the diet works but it also helps give you the confidence that the diet will work FOR YOU.

Confidence is one of the most underrated factors in a successful weight loss program. If you’ve tried and failed with diets before you especially need that extra boost of confidence to carry you through the more difficult times in the diet. By reminding yourself that this diet has been proven to work – you’ll be able to keep going and reach your weight loss goals.

A related feature that gets extra points is if the diet has been recommended by an expert or a physician. Again this boosts your confidence that the diet is safe and effective.

#4 Exclude High Calorie Food

Some food have high calorie and are the main reason to let you get fat.
Here are some:

Popcorn: Hot air popcorn turns an individual into a hot air balloon when butter and salt become the star of the show.

Soups: A cup of soup can turn a Lion-Sized Appetite into a gentle purr. However, when servings aren’t kept in check and when soup comes in the form of a cream-base, grab your Diet Whip! Crackers, rolls, breads and other Soup Pals also tend to jack up the calories, particularly when butter comes calling once ‘Soup’s On!’

Sandwiches: How to turn two slices of bread, a serving of lean meat and cheese, tomatoes and lettuce into a Sandwich from the wrong side of the Diet Road:

- use 130+ calorie bread
- spread on Mayo using a paint brush
- add lots and lots of cheese
- add some more cheese
- and just a smidge more of Mayo
- oh, and don’t forget the bacon
- hey, I ordered my bread buttered and toasted!!

Baked Potato: A little dab of butter, a splash of sour cream, a cup of cheese, some tasty bacon bits – and oh yes, I guess I should sprinkle on some broccoli for color. Talking about a stuffed spud – one that your healthy diet doesn’t need.

Chocolate Skim Milk: Just because the milk is skim doesn’t excuse those chocolate calories – which can be ultra pricey when one likes their milk doubly chocolately.

Rice Cake + Peanut Butter: It’s not the rice cake the dieter has need in fretting about – rather what goes on top of it. Most of us can get a little lost in our peanut butter jar, can’t we?

Nuts: A handful of nuts can weigh in heavily on the Calorie Scales, particularly with those having large hands. Measure out servings to keep fat and calories at a healthy level. And be proud of those large hands!

Oatmeal: At 150 calories per serving and with cholesterol-lowering powers, oatmeal is a great option for dieters. However, when butter, whole milk, refined white sugar and brown sugar are added, all those healthy benefits explode – as well as the innocent dieter.

Cereal: While cereal is a healthy grain, most individuals end up eating three or more servings due to the size of their bowls. And boxed cereal can be quite tasty, thus hard to resist. Another feature is that we tend to link the finger-sized nuggets to our childhood, and the warm memories during those years.

Side Salad + Dressing: A simple healthy salad turns into a dieter’s nightmare when grated cheese, croutons, bacon bits and full-blown salad dressing is added. Opt for lite to be light.

#5 Include Top Food that can Help You Burn More Fat

These foods will help you in a variety of ways.  Some will help increase your metabolism.  Most will help make you feel more full.  Others can actually help burn fat.  The best way to add these foods to your diet is to use them to replace the junk food that you eat.  Then you’ll get a double weight loss bonus by cutting empty calories, sugars, and bad fats and by adding these diet foods.

This list is in no particular order.  There is no miracle food so number one won’t help you lose more weight than any of the other numbers.  Instead, try to add or increase the amount of all of these foods in your diet.  If you don’t like one, then focus on the other six.

1.  Hot peppers

Spicy foods such as jalape?os are one of the best diet foods.  They give a quick boost to the metabolism.  They also prove that healthy food is not necessarily bland.

2.  Broccoli

Broccoli is a powerful anticancer food.  Its high in calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, and vitamin C.  It’s filling without being high in calories.

3.  Blueberries

Blueberries are full of powerful antioxidants.  They fight against disease, give you energy, and their sweet taste makes a great snack.

4.  Almonds

Of all the nuts, almonds are the most nutritional.  Have a handful of almonds in the morning during breakfast to give you energy for the rest of the day.  They are also great to replace any unhealthy snack foods which are standing in the way of your weight loss goals.

5.  Apples

The pectin in apples makes you feel more full.  This is a great way to eat less.  In addition, the pectin actually limits your cells fat absorption.  Try an apple in the morning during breakfast or try it as a midday snack.

6.  Avocadoes

Avocadoes are proof that a food does not have to be low in fat to help you lose weight.  Instead, it needs to have the right kind of fat.  Avocadoes contain more than  25 of the essential nutrients.  When you eat an avocado you’re getting B vitamins, potassium, vitamin E, and lutein.

7.  Grapefruits

Of all the citrus foods, grapefruit ranks the best as a diet food.  It can lower your insulin levels which in turn will make you less hungry.  If you don’t like grapefruit, add a different citrus fruit.  Both grapefruits and oranges can increase your metabolism.  The vitamin C actually dilutes fat.

Following above key features, you will find the best weight loss diets !

Get the skinny on which popular diets help sheds the most pounds?
“A new study tries to answer the question: Which of the big diets actually works best? Which one will help you shed the most pounds? The study rates several of the most popular diets and expert is right there.”
“Good morning, everyone. Well, it was a study that randomly assigned four different diet books and nutrition classes. After a year, the Atkins dieters experienced as good if not better way loss on average. But what’s truly unexpected is the Atkins dieters also posted the best health benefits. All this is in one of the most esteemed medical magazines: The Journal of the American Medical Association.”

Today’s gem article compared four diets from low carb(carbohydrate) to high carb and put Atkins on top. Not just for weight-loss, but for health improvements as well. Researchers track 311 women over a year. Average age: 40. Average weight: 190. The women on Atkins lost only 10 pounds on average, compared to 6 pounds for the L. E. A. R. N diet, 5 for Ornish and 3.5 for the Zone. The Atkins diet avoids carbohydrate, (and) embraces food high in protein and fat. The Zone diet limits calories, dividing foods into three zones: carbs, proteins and fats. Ornish puts strict limits on fat, in favor of greens, veges and fruits. But experts say losing weight shouldn’t be the ultimate goal.

“He can lose weight eating anything from hotdogs to candy bars. What we need to do is be healthy.”
The study’s most surprising result is that Atkins dieters also experienced the biggest drop in blood pressure. Still, nutritionists worry about the long-term consequences.
“The Atkins diet is very high in a bad fat called saturated fat. It increases your risk for heart diseases, diabetes, cancer, so it’s not a good fat to eat a lot of.”

“And the most counterintuitive part of this is the idea that the dieters on Atkins LDL or bad cholesterol levels were roughly as the same as the others, but the HDL for Atkins was better than other dieters. What researchers are unable to say, however, is whether it’s the low carbs or the high protein, which is what’s working in this diet?”

“So the criticism of the study comes from?”
“Well, a variety of places. Doctors say the most weight-loss track dieters for two years when dieters in fact gain back a lot of their weight. Also, they say the numbers are tricky, because what sounds like four pounds on average over a year is actually not statistically significant when you look at the wide range of weights of the different women who took part in the study.”

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What is eDiets?
eDiets.com is a complete online, fee based weight loss program. It will provide you fully customize and well-balanced diet plan. After asked you some questions about your current situation and your expectation, it will provide you top 3 recommend diet plans just for you. These diet plans include:

* eDiets’ Weight Loss Diet
* Their Meal Delivery Plan specificially designed for use with alli®
* Their general (non-alli®) Meal Delivery Plan
* Atkins Diet
* Winter Diet
* Glycemic Diet™
* Mediterranean Diet™
* Bill Phillips’ Eating for Life™
* Slim Fast Optima™ Diet
* Wheat-Free Meal Plan
* Low-Fat Plan
* Living with Diabetes Plan
* Heart Smart Plan
* Low-Sodium Plan
* Cholesterol Lowering Plan
* High-Fiber Plan
* Hypoglycemic/Low-Sugar Plan
* Healthy Soy Plan
* Vegetarian Plan
* Lactose-Free Plan

You are free to choose any diet you like.

Then, you’ll be asked to subscribe. Your membership includes:

* weekly menus based on the plan you choose
* shopping lists
* recipes
* online and offline support from a staff of experts including registered dietitians and personal trainers 24/7/365
* live chats with a dietitian
* animated 3-D and video support (workout how-tos, prepare a particular recipe, etc.)
* member support (message boards, dieting buddies)

It looks easy, right ? I heard the eDiet Meal Plan before, be honest, I doubt that whether it does work or not, because you know, only eat meal and then you can lose weight sounds ridiculous. So I began to find what the exact customers feedback really are.

Here are youtube eDiet Plan show:

Maybe you only know a little about eDiet Delivery Meal Plan, question is “What does it really look like”

Actually, it is a meal plan designed by eDiet experts, and eDiet will deliver it to your home every week. You just eat their meals according to the predesigned menu.

The box like this:

eDiet Meal Plan Box

Package:

eDiet package

 Stuff inside:

Detail Inside

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I don’t know what to expect with the eDiets meals. For around $60 a week, a great surprise is how fun it is to be able to select what type of food I want for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. I felt like I was ordering hotel room service. The interface was easy and simple, accompanied by photos. Once I was done customizing each meal, I clicked save and wah-lah! I suppose a box of meals will be waiting on my doorstep next week. I’ll take a photo of this and post how it looks like.

Here is another story:

33-year-old Holly B. has been an avid exerciser for years, she had been a successful member of eDiet online program years ago, but after left the program, she regained what she’d lost. So she came back to eDiet , and discovered the eDiet Meal Delivery Plan. This time, she says, “It’s all really good, I eat everything that’s available, I just cycle through all of the meals! The list of what I like far outweighs the list of what I don’t!”

Is there bad news? Answer is YES.

Food review: Most of the food we tried on DY was really yummy. We quite enjoyed it. They have LOTS of options, which is really nice. We have many, many photos and food reviews on the blog. Click here to see all posts tagged eDiets Deliciously Yours. I did NOT find the meals to be particularly balanced. There were very few fresh veggies (or any veggies) and not a lot of whole grains that I recall. Portion size is small, but you do kind of expect that if you’re dieting. The food was really delicious and rich-tasting and did not taste like bland diet food.

Support: There was supposed to be an eDiets forum, but it didn’t work most of the time we were on the plan due to web issues. You also got access to eDiets’ dietitians via phone (if you could get through) or email (again… if you could get through and get an answer). They had an unusually high volume of service/help requests when we were using them due to the web debacle.

Customer service: Again, we may have been around during a time of extenuating circumstances, but nonetheless, the (lack of) customer service we received was absolutely inexcusable. Because of it, although I think DY is a pretty good plan and I like their variety, I am really loathe to go back to them ever. Someone on our Yahoo group unearthed a report that the CEO of eDiets was offered a huge bonus if he was able to have the company set up a new website in the first quarter of 2008; it seems like the customers really got shafted because of this deal and that eDiets put up a website that was totally not ready for prime time and everything got screwed up. I just never want to deal again with a company that treats its customers that way. I would love to see them improve, but I would really, really hesitate to get involved with them again! It’s tragic because the plan is great!

Effectiveness: We had great results until they decided to stop sending us our food!

Conclusion: Their eDiet Delivery Meal Plan is really effective  and yummy, but if can improve their  support service , that will be a perfect weight loss diet product for you!!!

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Are you serious about weight loss? This article describes weight loss myths and explains the truth about dieting.

Truth: The truth is that low carbohydrate fad diets are not effective for long-term weight loss. Cutting back on all carbs helps you lose weight initially and will even help you reach your weight loss goal, but the chances that you maintain the weight loss are slim. Restrictive diets are mentally challenging. What happens is the first time you give in to carbohydrate cravings you want more and try to make up for the time you deprived yourself of them. Furthermore, studies show that the brain needs carbohydrates for proper functioning.

Truth: Some diet pills are dangerous to your health. Over-the-counter weight loss products aren’t fully tested or FDA approved. Whether it’s a water pill, a fat blocker or a metabolism enhancer, diet pills pose a health risk and have been known to cause illness and even death. Even diet pills that are approved by the FDA are risky. Products are often pulled from shelves after research show unhealthy side effects. Diet pills may help you lose weight fast; they do not provide lasting weight loss.

Truth: Many top 10 fad diets are just worthless weight loss products. They are scams to fool people into making the purchase. They exist only to make money off of unsuspecting overweight individuals. A top 10 fad diet may be based on a portion of a recent study that makes sense from a dieter’s perspective, but they rarely offer the big picture. Just because a book has been published on a particular weight loss topic does not make it the best weight loss plan.

Truth: Low-fat diets actually slow your metabolism, making it more difficult to lose weight and maintain your weight loss. Low-fat diets also leave you feeling hungry and deprived. The body needs a certain amount of healthy fats for normal functioning. Fat also helps you feel full longer. Switching to fat-free and low-fat products alone will not help you reach your weight loss goals.

Truth: Supplements advertise their natural ingredients that aid weight loss. The truth is that 97% of weight loss supplements are completely worthless. Supplements are not regulated and while they may boast all natural ingredients, that doesn’t mean they are healthy for your body.

Avoid Fad diets and Lose Weight the Healthy Way

These myths bring up the questions of why people are encouraged to buy weight loss products that don’t work. Companies that sell top 10 fad diets and run weight loss scams are simply capitalizing on a billion-dollar industry. Obviously, these companies don’t want overweight people to know the truth about healthy, simple plans that work. That would cost them sales.

The healthy way to lose weight is to avoid top 10 fad diets and weight loss scams. The best kept diet plan secrets are simply this: knowing what healthy organic and whole foods to eat and when, regular exercise and having the right mindset. This simple plan is the key to obtaining and maintaining a healthy weight.

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When we discover that we are heavier than we want to be, we have a natural inclination to eat less food. We may skip lunch or eat only a tiny amount of our dinner in the hope that if we eat less our body will burn off some of its fat. But that is not necessarily true. Eating less actually makes it more difficult to lose weight.

Keep in mind that the human body took shape millions of years ago, and at that time there were diets. The only low-calorie event in people’s lives was starvation. Those who could cope with a temporary lack of food were the ones who survived. Our bodies, therefore, have developed this built-in mechanism to help us survive in the face of low food intake.

When researchers compare overweight and thin people, they find that they are roughly the same number of calories. What makes overweight people different is the amount of fat that they eat. Thin people tend to eat less fat and more complex carbohydrates.

Losing weight is not something one can do overnight. A carefully planned weight loss program requires common sense and certain guidelines. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of misinformantion floating around and lots of desperate people are easily duped and ripped off.

Every day one can open a magazine or newspaper and see advertisements touting some new product, pill or patch that will take excess weight off quickly. Everyone seems to be looking for that “magic” weight loss pill. Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight, spending billions of dollars every year on diet programs and products. Often they do lose some weight. But, if you check with the same people five years later, you will find that nearly all have regained whatever weight they lost.

A survey was done recently to try and determine if any commercial diet program could prove long-term success. Not a single program could do so. So rampant has the so-called diet industry become with new products and false claims that the FDA has now stepped in and started clamping down.

Being seriously overweight and particularly obesity can develop into a number of diseases and serious health problems, and it is now a known fact that when caloric intake is excessive, some of the excess frequently is saturated fat.

The myth is that people get heavy by eating too many calories. Calories are a consideration it’s true, but overall they are not the cause of obesity in America today. Americans actually take in fewer calories each day than they did at the beginning of the century. If calories alone were the reason we become overweight, we should all be thin. But we are not. Collectively, we are heavier than ever. Partly, it is because we are more sedentary now. But equally, as important is the fact that the fat content of the American diet has changed dramatically.

People who diet without exercising often get fatter with time. Although your weight may initially drop while dieting, such weight loss consists mostly of water and muscle. When the weight returns, it comes back as fat. To avoid getting fatter over time, increase your metabolism by exercising regularly.

Select an exercise routine that you are comfortable with and remember that walking is one of the best and easiest exercises for strengthening your bones, controlling your weight and toning your muscles.

Submitted by Joe R.