One of the biggest issues people have with commercial diet plans is the cost involved. For some paying money helps inspire them to stick to the diet, but what if you don’t have the money to spare? Considering the state of the economy, you might need to figure out how to follow a diet without monthly fees for recipes and food lists. As an example, let’s take a look at a longstanding popular product, The Zone Diet. We’re using this because there is a fair amount of information online and the plan itself is scientifically based, but simple to do without buying a book or website membership. [Continue reading...]
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Something called The Step Diet has been all over the news in the past few days because a woman lost over 100 pounds with it. Looking back in time, here’s some information on just what the Step Diet is and how it works. Sadly there’s nothing wacky or crazy involving eating on steps or food that looks like steps. What the Step Diet does provide, however, is a simple plan that can help you lose weight.
The basics of The Step Diet are pretty simple. The plan is designed to last 12 weeks, and combines decreasing your calorie intake with increasing your activity level. Sounds good, right? Well, the best part is you don’t have to be a nutiritionist or join a health club. The first “step” is to take a week-long inventory of your eating and activity habits. This helps to develop guidelines for the amount of food and number of steps you usually take in a day. [Continue reading...]
If you remember back a few years, the South Beach Diet was all over television and online advertisements. Ads have cooled down, but the South Beach Diet is still around and helping people lose weight. But as always, the big question is does the South Beach Diet work? And if so, how?
At first the South Beach diet works like other popular low carb plans. But it changes over time, widening the types of food you can eat. Let’s take a look at the two stages: [Continue reading...]
