Weight Loss and Exercise Stories from the front lines

What are fad diets? Basically, they are diets that promise followers to lose weight quickly. They are not your ideal diet thus they are not nutritious in nature. Following them strictly will oftentimes lead to health issues. Others, however, will argue with this definition of fad diet. They contend that [...]

Dr. Dean Ornish has been promoting his diet for many years. His primary goal was to help reduce heart disease, and weight loss seemed to be a perk to his plan. The Ornish program promotes a vegetarian lifestyle, includes 10% fat, recommends stress management and exercise as part of this lifestyle change.
The diet can [...]

This diet plan goes way back. It’s also been circulated as the NEW Mayo Clinic Diet. Just like the old Mayo Clinic Diet was a fake, this one is also based on myth. I don’t recommend it.
What you’ll eat: Breakfast:
- Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
- 2 eggs any style
- 2 slices of [...]

This is essentially a juice fast. Order a 32 oz bottle of fruit juice for as much as $24.95 and consume nothing but juice and water for 48 hours. They claim you can lose up to 10 pounds in 2 days. Unrealistic weight loss claims, and the use of the word “miracle” should alert you [...]

I know a bunch of people have had great success with Jenny Craig. My only complaint with Jenny Craig, and companies like it, is that you are paying a good amount of your money for something that you can do the research on yourself, ie. Research healthy recipes and plans, make a list, prepare your [...]

The Kashi GoLEAN plan is based on Kashi brand products. Kashi makes cereals and snacks that are whole grained, all natural, low in fat and high in fiber. We consider this as a Commercial Diet Program because the plan requires continuous purchase of their products for the duration of your diet. So the plan consists [...]

I have no idea where the title of this diet came from! The Mayo Clinic did not create this diet, nor do they advise that anyone try it because it is not nutritionally sound. A lot of the hype around this diet has been found to be false. So here’s what you do. You are [...]

The concept behind this diet is pretty simple, as the title might suggest. You can eat whatever you want for one day, but then the next day you are only allowed to eat diet wafers for the entire day. The diet wafers are sold through a multi-level marketing company called Affinity. One the days that [...]

The Polymeal diet isn’t much of a weight loss plan as it is a very healthy eating program. Researchers found that there are healthy benefits in a pill called Polypill which has been found to reduce heart disease by 80%. But the researchers were looking for a more natural way of incorporating the benefits of [...]

Am I the only one that finds just the title of this diet a little scary?? I can’t give good reviews on this diet for a couple of reasons. I have never tried it because it seems to be unhealthy because it is very low in calories. Supposedly this diet was used by Soviet Union [...]