10 Diets That Work

I would have to take it a step further, and put optimum health above weight loss.

Sure, it's psychologically satisfying to see the scale move, but what's it all for? What is weight loss without health?

Over the past 6 months of heavy weight training, I have yet to lose a single pound on the scale, but my pants are back to my high school size, and I can run upstairs to the bathroom without huffing and puffing.

Huh interesting that its the "Sonoma diet" not the "California Wine Diet" I wonder what their requirements for a working diet were.

from sinda & lois ... update... 3-16-06..

well my sis & i decided to have our staples tooken out today... we just felt it nessacary.... we went to conway at dr martienz office.... with all respect he is a great doctor... it just didnt seem to be working for us at our 2 wks... anyway not sure of the lady tat we told we wanted our staples out, but she wasn't very happy with us, she left the room & we could hear her telling the others whom ever we wanted staples removed, but tats not all was said as my sis said .. i cant hear well so i unable to hear what was being said behind closed doors i could hear tat someone was talkin tats all, but sis said tat gal was not happy with us at all... but it was our money & we didnt feel we were losing it ,,, we just tried something then decided we wanted them out as tat is our privlage... i feel tat she was upset with us ... sry ! but we have rights & choices as a person... my sis did say the other gal told the lady tat we could hear her ! maybe she needs some side chair manners, i dont know , but maybe she just woke up on wrong side tis morining, i dont know but we are sry if we inconveince you ! even though we did have appts .... ! somethings work for one they may not work for another, so tat how we felt tat the ear stapling wasnt working for us... thank u dr martinez for your kindness & trying to help us !

Like many here, I'll bet, I've been on some of those diets and lost weight. Losing weight is not the problem, for me, I need a plan that gives me a way to live after the nasty weight has come off. No more diets where, yes, you can lose weight but you gain the pounds back with some of their friends along. WW is a great organization and I lost 50 lbs. but gained it all back then some. Now I want to be on the proverbial "live it" as opposed to a diet.

BTW the magazine "Real Simple" has an article on how thin people do it. i.e. live their daily lives and stay slim. There were some good ideas. This is the April issue.

Maybe all this diets work.
Ok, everybody can lose weight with this diets. That's ok.

After losing weight we come back to... sandwich, icecream etc.

Lose weight is nothing if we aren't change our life style.
This mean eat healthier and exercise.

In answer to Seattlejo's question about why the Sonoma Diet is on this list and not my book The California Wine Country Diet, the most likely answer is in a previous Diet-Blog article called "How Diets Become Popular: The Inside Story." Initially it comes down to marketing dollars. Yet a book that has value for readers can still eventually stand out by word of mouth and the power of the Internet. It is exciting for me to see this happening with my book.

Since the two Diet-Blog articles about the book appeared in January The California Wine Country Diet has gone from the 400,000s ranking on Amazon to the 200s at one point in February. Actually Forbes could have made a list of 100s of diets which work to loose weight. As Jim Jones says, the real question is how healthy is a diet and as Quig remarks can you "live it." I would add my hope that you not only live it, but also love it.

Why do I seem to crave food mostly at night? I seem to have an uncontrollable urge to eat right before I go to bed.

I guess I should have mentioned, I am about 10 pounds overweight. I workout like a crazy person but still can't loose that last 10 pounds around my middle.

Ken---if you are hungry at night, try to increase your daily water intake. I drink at least 64 ounces of water and find that if I am bored (which is when I eat the most)I try to drink more water to fill up my craving. At times I get sick of water, so I use a crystal light or lipton ice tea mix to add flavor without the calories.

Another thing you might want to try is a glass of warm milk at night. When you go to sleep, it will actually increase your metabolism while you sleep.

I think the Weight Watchers program is a really decent lifestyle plan, if you use it properly. I use their system as a general guideline for how I eat now, just not as strictly. It's also just like any other diet in the sense that if you go back to eating crap like you used to after you've lost the weight, you will indeed gain it back.

I think that where Weight Watchers has it right (not the new Core Program) is that you can eat anything. You can have very small amounts of 'crap' food, or choose to eat healthy and eat more of the healthy foods. It steers you toward eating healthy without really saying "You can never have fried chicken again" or "No more wine for you", etc. Because honestly, it DOES have to be a lifestyle change, and I can never say I will never have my favorite foods and beverages again.

I just try to find healthier substitutes, and only have the 'bad' stuff on occasion...after all, I can't watch the game without having a few beers and a few buffalo wings ( :) or substitute 'buffalo chicken breast strips') every once in a while!

Eventually you learn to like the healthier foods, though they can be more expensive. I love salads but I have learned to pile on the greens and cut back on the full fat, regular delicious dressings. Actually, I find that less dressing on a salad tastes better than a salad smothered in ranch. On the same size salad, 100 calories of full fat ranch tastes better than 100 calories of FF ranch to me. I try to choose dressings that even though they are full fat, are made of olive oil to be a bit more healthy.

The frozen food plans help in that they teach healthy portion sizes, but they can be loaded with sodium even though they don't taste like it (and then I add salt!) and can also actually be too small for me. 280 calories is a little low for a meal for me, so I usually have a frozen meal with something else, such as a yogurt or a small salad. And that is actually a lot of food!

One thing that I MUST try to convince everyone of is to eat at the kitchen table!!!!!! I was amazed that a 280 calorie healthy choice meal at a table with no distractions was more filling than a half of a pizza wile watching tv! Seriously! When you actually realize that you are eating and totally focus on your meal, it seems to me that you feel much more satisfied than when you are eating while concentrating on other things. I had heard this idea before, but was so surprised that it was 100% true.

Basically, the diet that has worked best for me is eat less calories than I burn (2,000 calorie diet for me to lose weight) while trying to maximize taste and satisfaction. I eat many of the same foods, but less of them with increased fruit and veg, and actually feel like I am eating more than I used to. And all the while losing a safe, healthy 2 lbs a week!

The glycemic index makes you read ingredient lists. That alone will make one put a few hundred daily empty calories in the trash. The trick is to never add them back.

I've only tried one of the diets listed (WW) and it did work for me but not for long. Maybe it just wasn't the right time for me or something. Right now I'm doing the Spark People program and it's working wonderfully for me. What is so great about this diet compared to many of those listed? You don't have to buy a darn thing that you normally wouldn't buy. No book to learn about the diet, no special pre-packaged foods and no membership fees. At this point I can't say enough wonderful things about Spark People!

ok i tried the old change ur eating habits and live healthily and i did the whole work out athing and im pleased to say i lost 20lbs!........thers a but coming..............after loosing that 20lbs i still have an extra 25lbs to loose and no matter how much or how little i eat or how much or little i work out i am stuck at the same weight....its been like this for 6 weeks now...please can someone help me????

When searching for on line Weight Watchers BEWARE of www.Fatloss4Idiots. The meal plans are intolerable! Like eating fruit all day except one meat w/bread lettuce and tomato optional sandwich? Non sense rotation plan of carbs vs protein. You don't get to see what you are in for before paying. Buyers BEWARE. I think it is an overpriced scam!

Ken...
Also try to drink a whey protein drink at night it will fill you up and the protein is good for your weight loss regime. During the day I also drink a whey protein drink and one right after my workout. Fitness instructors and body builders will tell you they would not reach their goals and keep them without supplementation of protein drinks. You need to drink your weight in milligrams to get the right amount of protein for proper weight management and also don't forget to drink plenty of water.

"I've been on that diet for 3 days...it works." What??? That really cracks me up! You need to eat right for life. Find out how your body works.Read "Protein Power" by Dr.'s Mark and Mary Eades. No more overweight,no more cholesterol problem,no more diabetes,no more heartburn,no more $700 a month prescriptions. I have personally seen it work over and over again. Eat like mankind was meant to eat.

Radical!!

Screw you Jenny...you may seem luscious...but your diet blows-no not like that! I gained 12 pounds below the waist.

Great diets