The first 'diet' I'll start with are the prepared food plans (like Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Weight Watchers, etc).
***the funny thing about this ad, is it says 'results not typical'. I've seen that disclaimer on the 150 pound losers, but 30 lbs? It's not typical to lose 30 lbs? The basic plan is to eat the food they have prepared for you, and if you only eat a certain amount of it, you will lose weight. Honestly, I'm sure it's clear that this is just a low calorie diet (as I have said previously is the best) where they count the calories for you. Most of these diet plans are based on an 1800 calorie a day intake. If you learned to count calories yourself and kept to 1800 calories a day, you would lose weight for free. But, yes, that does take a lot of work at first, and these companies eliminate that work for you.
Ease of following: Pretty easy, as long as you have to money to pay for it. You do have to buy food to eat anyway, so its probably not exorbitantly more expensive than regular food. In fact, if you eat a Claim Jumper for every meal, I'm sure it is cheaper. The big problem with its 'ease' is it is a little restrictive; ie, if you wanted to Taco Bell for lunch, you can't. And if you like fresh food from your garden, that's not part of the plan either. Its mostly frozen food from the microwave.
***mmm looks deliciousMedical safety: Very safe.
Chance of keeping the weight off: Good until the money runs out, or you get bored of their food. Actually, 80% of Jenny Craig's business is repeat. In fact, if she got everyone to lose weight and keep it off, she would go out of business. She wants you to depend on her. (I shouldn't be too hard on Jenny Craig keeping people fat, so she can have business, as my grandmother thinks doctors keep people sick, so they will have business!)
Conclusion: Learn about what you are putting in your mouth! Learn how to count calories yourself and plan your own meals with your own food (and even Taco Bell's food, if you'd like). Plus you develop a life long skill and habit (if you get really good at it) that will help you be healthy FOREVER (well at least until you die).
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I don't know if you'll see this since it's been a while since you posted but I was wondering what you thought about the low-carb, no sugar diets like South Beach? I tried it for a while and lost a lot of weight but missed eating "crap" once in a while. I think the concept is great but not too realistic. Just wondering what your take is on it since they say you can have as many calories as you want but avoid all sugars and processed carbs.
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I'll hit those diets in my next diet review. I was planning on doing so sometime, so might as well be next...
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