• 3 Day Diet Review

  The 3 Day Diet is a low calorie crash diet that some people say is a “special combination of foods” that helps to create a weight loss effect in just three days. Some sites claim that you can lose up to 10lbs in just three days. … [Read More]

• ABS Diet Review

  The ABS Diet was created by David Zinczenko, who has written a book about the diet and is the editor-in-chief of Men’s Health Magazine. This diet is a healthy eating plan that encourages you to eat from a list of twelve “power” foods: … [Read More]

• Best Life Diet Review

  The Best Life Diet was created by Bob Green, who is Oprah’s personal trainer. Because Oprah herself endorses his plan (and who in America hasn’t seen Oprah’s weight fluctuations?), it is very popular indeed. In fact, you’ll even note that many foods in the grocery store bear the “Best Life Seal”, helping consumers to make good choices when they are shopping…. [Read More]

• Atkins Diet Review

  Perhaps no other diet is as controversial as the Atkins Diet. For years, doctors had been advising a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet as the only way to lose weight. Along comes Dr. Atkins, claiming the complete opposite–low carbohydrate is the way to go…. [Read More]

• Blood Type Diet Review

  Do you know your blood type? Well, according to Dr. Peter D’Adamo, creator of the blood type diet, each blood type has a specific type of eating style that is right for them. Want to know what to eat?. … [Read More]

• “Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle” Diet Review

  Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle is an ebook written by bodybuilder, personal trainer, and nutritionist Tom Venuto. He claims that the proper way to lose weight is to burn the fat with exercise and feed the muscle with proper food choices. … [Read More]

• Cabbage Soup Diet Review

  The Cabbage Soup Diet has been around a long time. Heck, I can clearly remember the smell in the refrigerator from when my mother would try this diet. It’s essentially a 7-day low calorie crash diet that involves eating unlimited amounts of cabbage soup as well as other allowable foods. … [Read More]

• The Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet Review

  The Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet, written by Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller, is based on the idea that some people are “addicted to carbohydrates” and have problems losing weight because of this. The two lost a combined 200lbs themselves by following this diet. … [Read More]

• The Cookie Diet Review

  Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet is perhaps one of the strangest diets out there. It seems like every dieter’s fantasy, doesn’t it? Eat nothing but cookies and still lose weight? … [Read More]

• The Eat to Live Program Review

  The Eat to Live program was created by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. The focus is on eating a lot of vegetables and very little starches and meats. Not meant just as a weight loss technique, eating in this manner can reverse a whole host of diseases including adult onset diabetes, arthritis, heart disease and more! … [Read More]

• eDiets Review

  eDiets is an online diet portal. They offer over 20 different diet plans ranging from popular weight loss diets (such as Atkins and the Blood Type Diet) to healthy living diets. They also have an award winning meal delivery service, Deliciously Yours. … [Read More]

• Fat Loss 4 Idiots Review

  The Fat Loss 4 Idiots plan is all the rage these days. It’s a diet program that claims you can lose 9 lbs in 11 days, while eating your favorite foods. … [Read More]

• Jillian Michaels Diet Plan Review

  If you’re in America, or even Australia, chance are you’ve seen Jillian Michaels in action on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser. Jillian is represented as a tough-as-nails drill sergeant who really pushes her team members to work hard at losing weight. … [Read More]

• The Master Cleanse Diet Review

  During The Master Cleanse (also called The Lemonade Diet), you are not allowed to eat ANY FOOD AT ALL! You drink a special lemonade mixture and herbal laxative teas along with a salt water flush. The cleanse lasts for at least 9 days and can go up to 40 days. It is supposed to cleanse you of toxins in your body. … [Read More]

• McDougall Diet Review

  According to Dr. John McDougall, fat makes you fat and you shouldn’t eat any of it. In order to quickly lose weight, you must not eat fat. This is what he says in the McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss. … [Read More]

• Medifast Meal Replacement Diet Review

  Medifast is a meal replacement diet company which has been around for over 25 years. They have helped millions of people lose weight. They are recommended by over 15,000 doctors and the results of their diet have been proven at Johns Hopkins. … [Read More]

• The Negative Calorie Diet Review

  The Negative Calorie Diet is based on the idea that certain foods use more calories to digest than they actually contain. By eating a diet consisting only of these “Negative Calorie Foods”, you will lose weight. … [Read More]

• Protein Power Diet Review

  Protein Power is written by Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades. I highly recommend reading the book if you’re at all interested in low carb diets. It explains the science quite well. … [Read More]

• The Slim Fast Diet Review

  The Slim Fast Diet is very famous and has been around for many years. Back when the diet first came out, you’d have “a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch, and then a sensible dinner”. This created a very low calorie diet which people would lose weight on. However, they were likely to hungry most of the time. … [Read More]

• The Sonoma Diet Review

  The Sonoma Diet is based upon the eating styles of two different regions–the Sonoma Valley in California, and the region around the Mediterranean Sea. It stresses eating very healthy foods and has a list of 10 “power foods” which they incorporate in many of the recipes. … [Read More]

• Sparkpeople Diet Plans Review

  Sparkpeople is a great resource for people who don’t want to pay money for diet advice. It’s an absolutely free diet plan. You enter in your current and desired weight and the rate at which you’d like to lose weight and Sparkpeople will generate a plan for you. … [Read More]

• Special K Diet Review

  The Special K Diet is another meal replacement diet. Instead of eating your usual breakfast and lunch, you should eat a bowl of Special K or one of their other products…protein snack bars, protein water, cereal bars, and snack bites. … [Read More]

• Stillman’s Diet Review

  Stillman’s Diet is based on the findings of Dr. Irwin Maxwell Stillman. It’s a bit confusing because there are actually three different diets created by Stillman, but it’s best to do them one right after the other. The Stillman Diet is another low carb diet. … [Read More]

• The Zone Diet Review

  If you’ve ever had a day where everything seems to go right–you wake up on time feeling refreshed, you feel mentally focused all day, you even find money on the ground–then you know what it feels like to be in The Zone. … [Read More]

• Weight Watchers Diet Plans Review

  Weight Watchers (WW) has been around for over 40 years helping people to lose weight. The focus is on sensible eating and exercise–thought to be the best way to lose weight. Weight Watchers offers two different plans–a “Flex Plan” and a “Core Plan”. … [Read More]

There are always new fad diets or weight loss supplement being introduced but unfortunately many of them just don’t live up to what they claim. They are very popular and many people will try them due to the miracle weight loss that they all promise but for most people it doesn’t pay off. In fact some of the supplements that have been on the market in the past for weight loss have actually had quite serious side effects (please note that only some products have had serious side effects and most products have been perfectly safe).

The simple truth is that if you want to lose weight you need to have confidence in yourself and a bit of will power. If you are really ready for the weight loss journey and know that it is not going to be easy but are ready to face it head on then here is a plan that can help you in your journey. Just repeat this plan every day and you will be amazed at the difference it will make in your life.

First up, we want you to get out of bed a bit earlier every morning. If you are not a morning person then this is going to be difficult at first but trust me you will grow accustomed to it and you are going to feel much better for it in the long term. The first thing you should do when you get up in the morning is drink one glass of water.

Next you want to do some exercise. I know what you are thinking; this is supposed to be a simple plan right? You know good diet and exercise is the most simple and most effective way to lose weight so just trust me with this and once you have been doing it for a little while you will really start to enjoy it. Your exercise doesn’t need to be anything strenuous; a 20 minute walk will be fine.

When you have finished your exercise then come back and have a healthy breakfast. By eating a breakfast that is fiber rich with foods like fruits, vegetables and whole grains, these foods will speed up your metabolism and give you energy.

From breakfast until lunch make sure that you drink plenty of water. It is very important for any adult to drink at least eight glasses of water a day. If you are drinking the appropriate amount of water then you are not going to fill up on junk foods.

Eat a healthy lunch and once again between lunch and dinner time make sure that you drink plenty of water. This is to ensure once again that you don’t eat too much as you will fill up on water.
I know that you are probably thinking this is nothing new – exercise and a good diet. This however really is the most effective way of losing weight. If you can put a routine like this in place and change your eating habits so that your meals are healthy and nutritious and drink lots of water in between you will lose weight quickly and you will feel much healthier and have much more energy.

Weight Watchers offers two different plans–a “Flex Plan” and a “Core Plan”.

In the Flex Plan, each food is given a certain amount of points. You can eat any food that you want, as long as you stay within your point range. You will have a number of points per day as well as a few extra points per week which can be used any time you need them. Extra points can be earned by doing exercise. This allows you to eat any “bad foods” that you may be craving as long as you do it in moderation and stay within your points range.

In the Core Plan, the focus is on eating only healthy and nutritious food. By filling up on good-for-you foods, there is no room in your stomach for less than healthy “treats”. You cannot eat junk foods, but you don’t have to worry about counting the points.

Both of these plans are available either online or through meetings. If you decide to join online, you’ll have access to the WW members-only website. There you’ll find recipes, articles, and more. When you choose the meetings option, you get all the online goodies, plus you get to go to local WW meetings for additional support.

Weight Watchers has been so successful because they focus on sensible eating plans that fit in with daily life. This makes it easy to continue eating healthy long after you’ve lost the weight that you needed to lose. Additionally, through meetings and the online community, you have an incredible support system that helps motivate people to stay on track.

While you are technically allowed to eat anything you want when following the points system, some people have noticed that they do not lose weight if they include “junk foods”. These types of people may have more success by following the Core Plan.

Either way, Weight Watchers is a great diet plan with an impressive track record. It’s the diet that many people have found to be successful and they often return to it if they ever get “off track” and gain a few too many pounds. Weight Watchers is one of the best long-term diet plans available.

If you’ve ever had a day where everything seems to go right–you wake up on time feeling refreshed, you feel mentally focused all day, you even find money on the ground–then you know what it feels like to be in The Zone.

The Zone is Dr. Barry Sears’ word for the proper hormonal balance that occurs when you eat a diet based on the 40:30:30 ratio.

To properly do this diet, you must first determine the amount of protein that your body needs. Then you must eat exactly that amount every day, no more, no less. From that protein amount, you can figure out the amount of carbohydrates and fat that you need to eat by following the 40:30:30 ratio.

The Zone allows for a reasonable amount of carbs compared to other low carb diets. However, the carbs should be coming from fruits and vegetables, not from grains or sugars.

You must eat regularly throughout the day, even if you are not hungry. This will help you to stay mentally alert, as well as prevent any binging.

The Zone is a great diet for many people. It teaches you proper eating habits and the good feeling that comes from being in “the zone” helps to keep you motivated. Some people have even reported improvements in medical conditions after following the program.

However, it is a bit difficult to get the portions down as precisely as Dr. Sears requires you to, especially if you want to avoid purchasing a lot of products by making your own food.

The idea of The Zone Diet is great, but most people probably don’t have the time needed for the extensive calculations required to create your ideal balance.

Interestingly, Dr. Stillman’s reasoning for the efficacy of low carb diets is a bit different than most other researchers. While others note the effect of carbohydrates on insulin levels and that without carbohydrates, the body turns to its fat for fuel, Dr. Sillman notes that it takes extra effort to burn off protein and says that with a diet high in protein, the “fires of metabolism” are raised and fat is “melted out” at a rapid rate.

The initial diet, the “Quick Weight Loss Diet”, is a highly ketogenic diet which is not recommended for an extended time. There is a list of 5 foods which are acceptable on this diet, and NO OTHER FOODS ARE ALLOWED. They are lean meats, chicken and turkey, lean fish and seafood, eggs, and non-fat cottage cheeses. There must be no fat used in preparation of any of these.

Next there is the “14 Day Shape Up Program”. During this, you eat foods which are high in protein and low in carbohydrates and fats. It’s similar to most other low carbohydrate diets.

After you have reached your goal weight, you can move on to the “Inches Off Diet”. Ironically, this is a low protein diet designed to remove the extra fat. You might stay the same weight, but the inches will start dropping off.

Each of the Stillman Diets are easy to follow. You simply eat the foods that are included on the list. There’s no need to count calories.

It is however, a bit restrictive and many people may have a hard time following the plan for the long term.

Stillman’s Diet is a fine low carbohydrate diet. If there’s something about it that you particularly like, then go ahead and start it. However, I believe that other low carb diets seem less restrictive and easier to incorporate into you lifestyle. Research your other options before making this commitment.

This diet can work, assuming that the foods you are eating are not all that healthy to begin with.

For example, if you usually swing by Starbucks on your way to work and grab a grande White Chocolate Mocha (470 calories; 18g fat) and a reduced fat muffin (380 calories; 8g fat) for breakfast and then go to McDonald’s for a cheeseburger (300 calories; 12g fat) and a medium fries (380 calories; 20g fat) for lunch, then it’s easy to see how switching to Special K can save you a lot of calories.

However, if your diet is already fairly healthy, then you probably won’t see much change.

The Special K Diet is certainly easy to understand and follow. It’s also easy and doesn’t require a lot of cooking or planning, which is great for people that are busy. It could be a good start if you currently eat a pretty unhealthy diet.

However, there’s certainly nothing special about Special K products, except for the fact that they are low calorie and get you into a “diet mentality” that causes you to think twice before eating unhealthy treats. In reality, you could do a similar thing with any healthy brand of cereal…and there are several cereals that I would choose over Special K. Special K cereal is low in fat and protein which means that it doesn’t leave you full for very long.

If you really like Special K and you are eating a lot of unhealthy foods, then you may want to use this diet to start off a healthy lifestyle. However, if you are already eating healthy, you probably won’t notice much of a difference and may want to consider other plans.

For diet, they will determine a range of calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fats that you should eat daily. You track your food. If you would like, they will show you a meal plan (which can be vegetarian).

Sparkpeople also expects you to track your exercise and to work on resistance training. You can choose whatever aerobic exercise you’d like to do and they will give suggestions of resistance exercises, based on the equipment that you have available to you.

You can find a wealth of articles and other resources at the Sparkpeople site, not just on fitness and nutrition, but on goal setting, planning, and achieving in general. After all, once you begin to get your diet under control, the rest of your life starts to fall into place as well. Sparkpeople also has an active community which can help out with any questions that you have.

In addition to all of this, they have a point system to help motivate you to succeed. Points are awarded for doing various things on the site–tracking your food and exercise, reading articles, posting to the message boards, etc. As your points reach certain levels, you begin to receive a “trophy”.

The Sparkpeople system teaches you wants that you can change your lifestyle to become a healthier person. The focus is not on losing weight, but on getting healthy, which is a good attitude for success.

Even though Sparkpeople will make meal suggestions for you, are do not have to follow them. In fact, you are free to eat any foods that you want as long as it falls into your daily calorie range. This type of flexibility helps people to stay motivated and stick to their healthy lifestyle changes. After all, it’s easy to stick with your plan when you know that you still can have a piece of birthday cake.

Sparkpeople focuses on real-world challenges and helps you to understand and overcome them. This creates a true recipe for weight loss success.

Because the site is free, you will have to face a lot of advertisements. In some cases, this may slow down the speed of the site, causing it to take quite a long time to fill out your food and exercise diaries.

Still, many people find that it is a small price to pay for the large amount of free diet and exercise advice given out by the site’s creators.

One of the major components of the Sonoma Diet is portion control. You should use a 7 inch plate or 2 cup bowl for breakfast and a 9 inch plate for lunch and dinner. They’ll tell you how to divide up those plates so that you’re getting a good amount of the right kinds of foods.

There are three “waves” to the diet. Wave 1 is the most restrictive and lasts only 10 days. It’s during this time that you’ll be cutting out refined sugars from your diet. You should expect the largest weight loss during Wave 1. Wave 2 takes you into a slightly less restrictive weight loss phase. During this wave, you are encouraged to have a glass of wine with your meals. You remain in this wave until you have reached your goal weight. After that, you move on to Wave 3, which is based on healthy eating with occasional treats.

This diet is about eating slowly and consciously and really enjoying the food that you are eating.

If you are sick of counting calories, then the Sonoma Diet could be the right diet for you. The focus on portion control is timely. We all have heard about how portion sizes have increased over the years. Many people don’t realize how small a real portion of food should actually be. Watching your portion sizes is one of the most effective ways to lose weight, especially if you don’t want to count calories.

The diet also focuses on eating a wide variety of healthy, natural foods. You should include large amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables. Many people also appreciate that they are allowed a glass of wine with dinner. Most other diets forbid alcohol.

While the Sonoma Diet claims that it is not a low carb diet, some critics point out that it is, in fact very low in carbohydrates, especially the first wave. However, the main focus is on eliminating refined carbohydrates which are not good for you.

If you are going to follow the Sonoma Diet, you should plan to do a lot of cooking. Because the diet is based on a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, you should be prepared to spend some time in the kitchen. People who are very busy may find this difficult.

Overall, the Sonoma Diet is a very healthy eating plan that teaches you how to eat healthy in the real world. This is one of the most important aspects of being able to keep the weight off.

The Slim Fast Diet has been updated for the modern day though! Recent research has shown that eating five or six smaller meals every day helps your metabolism work faster. Now, if you want to follow the Slim Fast Diet, you use one of their meal replacement options for breakfast (shake or bar), combine a small size lunch with a meal replacement, and then eat a sensible dinner. Healthy snacks are also allowed.

You can sign up at the Slim Fast website for access to free programs and tools.

The Slim Fast Diet is certainly easy to follow, which is one of the main reasons that it appeals to so many people. It’s great for busy people who may not have the time to prepare healthy meals. They also encourage you to exercise which is a key component of any successful plan.

However, it does create a “diet mentality” that many people find detrimental to their weight loss goals. When you are on a diet, you feel deprived of the foods that you love. Hence, when you go off the diet (whether because you’ve reached your goal weight or you simply give into temptation), you are likely to overindulge and gain the weight back.

Nobody plans to be on the Slim Fast Diet for the rest of their life and this diet doesn’t teach you positive eating behaviors. This could negatively affect you when you decide that it’s time to stop.

Slim Fast works because it is a low calorie diet. There’s nothing particularly special about their products that makes you lose weight. It’s simply that you don’t eat as many calories. You could do just as well eating a similar number of calories from another source.

However, if you find something particularly motivating about the Slim Fast Diet, there’s no reason why you can’t follow the plan safely. It could be a great way to motivate yourself to break bad eating habits.

This diet is slightly less restrictive about carbs than Atkins, but it’s still quite low by normal standards. On Phase I, you should eat 30g or less of carbohydrates a day and in Phase II, you should eat 55g or less. After that, the number of carbs you are “allowed” is based on your lean body mass.

The book also contains a method for figuring out your body fat percentage, your lean body mass, and the amount of protein that your body requires. To help with meal planning, they have included charts listing ways that you can get that amount of protein as well as lists of the amounts of carbohydrates in common foods (conveniently broken up into 5g, 10g, 15g, 20g, and 35g servings depending on the level of carbs that you want to eat.)

There is also a message board regarding the diet located at The Protein Power Forums.

There is a subtle difference between Protein Power and other low carb diets. Most low carb diets focus on counting the carbs and making sure that you do not eat many of them. The focus in Protein Power, however, is more about making sure you eat enough protein. Sure, they do limit the carbs and you are still supposed to watch the carbs that you eat. But the focus of the diet is slightly different.

The Protein Power Diet is great for meat-lovers, but it’s also adaptable to a vegetarian diet. While it’s certainly never easy to be a vegetarian following a low carb diet, the slightly higher carb allowances help you to incorporate proteins from dairy products.

The Protein Diet should not be treated as just a diet to lose weight. It represents a lifestyle change. You should plan on eating in a similar fashion for the rest of you life. Fortunately, it is a healthy plan.

Low carb diets do not work for everyone. Some people find that they simply cannot tolerate that much meat or they crave pasta too much. However, if you’ve decided that you want to try a low carb diet, then the Protein Power diet is a very good choice.