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5 Most Popular Diet Programs Reviewed
by Tony Newton
There are many subscriber programs
available both online and in the real world for dieters.
In order to help choose one or just learn more about
them in order to help round out your daily life and
coordinate your activities, foods - - i.e. perfect diet
lifestyle, here are some of the membership programs
available.
South Beach Diet - Online at www.southbeachdiet.com
, the South Beach Diet , developed by a cardiologist
named Dr. Arthur Agatston, boasts being not about low-fat
or low-carb. But rather they teach you about the right
carbs and the right fats. Subscribers receive daily
tips, recipes, guidance from Dr. Agatston, tips to stay
on track, and tools to track your dietary goals, weight
and progress track, and program phase. They also receive
nutritional tools and a meal planner and scheduler to
log daily meals and plan for meals up to a week ahead.
A handy online Shopping List Generator
is also available for members for quickly and automatically
creating and printing out lists. And message boards
and a journal are also handy subscriber tools. Through
posts, dieters and share recipes, motivation, advice,
success and failure stories and support one another.
And they can journal via online progress diary entries
and read how their fellow members are doing.
eDiets - Online at www.ediets.com
, eDiets offers a wide range of dietary planning by
combining well known company program options (like Atkins
and Slim Fast) and others- including their own - and
personalizing the delivered end product or comprehensive
diet plans right to you. They feature email, ezine news,
helpful articles, recipes, menus and tips. eDiets also
offers options. You can add an online personal trainer
package with community boards, customizable fitness
planning, live support, mentors, chats and experts to
help you along.
The virtual trainer shows step-by-step
exercise routines so that you can watch on your computer
screen and then copy the movements in the privacy of
your own home or office. And the package can be tailored
personal fitness goals, health issues and exercise preferences.
You can also opt to add an online anytime-meetings 24/7
package with reviews of the latest nutritional products
on the market. Or you can opt to add a recipe club package
with over 2,000 recipes, grocery list aids, recipe finder
and other dietary planning solutions. Mix and match,
upgrade or downgrade options at any time. They focus
on offering a combined health, nutritional and lifestyle
for helping with the perfect diet plan.
Atkins - Atkins offers a paid subscription
program, customized through eDiets.com above. And they
offer a no-cost version with less features through their
website at https://atkins.com/myatkins/index.html .
Their free version features a personal journaling section,
recipe box, shopping list and file cabinet. Set health
and fitness goals in your journal and monitor your progress.
Have a handy place to keep your recipes. As you need
to buy ingredients, simply click and add them to your
shopping list. Save favorite tips, articles, Atkins
information and more in their file cabinet area.
Slimfast - Similar to Atkins, Slimfast
offers a paid subscription program that is customized
through eDiets.com. And they offer a no-cost version
through their website at http://www.slim-fast.com/membership.asp
. Some of the goodies offered for free membership are
individualized meal plans, personalized fitness program,
food & exercise journals, weight charts, automatic
notification of promotion & coupon offers, shopping
lists, buddy program, "Ask a Dietitian," live
chats, success stories, a ergular newsletter and a Body
Mass Index (BMI) calculator that uses height and body
weight factors.
Weight Watchers - Online at www.weightwatchers.com
, Weight Watchers offers a few choices. They have a
couple different food plans; monitor points or simply
go with food choices. Then opt for a real-world membership
with weekly meetings where you learn about healthy food
choices and activities, hear inspirational leaders/
speakers, pick up tips and program information, recipes
and menus and have confidential weigh-ins. How meetings
work is that you attend once a week for about an hour
from a huge list hosted all over. You pay a small fee
when you attend (beginning around $9 - $10 per week
with special packages / plans available, depending upon
the area). Find a meeting place online by entering your
zip code or call 800-282-8908 (24/7).
Or opt for cyber-planning with Weight
Watchers online tools. For a little less money per month,
around $5 per week, you get recipe and meal ideas in
a click, a points tracker and calendar, progress charts,
restaurant guide and other resources. And connect with
their online community 24/7 instead of driving around
town juggling meetings in your schedule.
In conclusion, arriving at the Perfect
Diet may be no quick, simple task in today's world of
fast-paced living. But there sure are many helpful planning
solutions available to fit every budget both online
and in the real world. And by choosing foods to help
with our individual health issues and concerns, and
reaching out for support, information and dietary planning
when needed, not one of us has to "go it"
alone.
Tony Newton publishes
the popular health and wellness website - http://www.1st-for-health.com
With lots of informative articles on low carb diets,
hair loss, arthritis pain relief, obesity and lots more.
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