You On a Diet
"The bulk of the book spends it's time offering a plethora of information that
most diet manuals on the market don't, such as explanations on how your body
reacts to what you eat, the different types of fat your body stores, how
hormones play into your appetite and how your body actually digests food."
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"Following this two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches
from your waist" is the claim AOL Coach and author Dr. Michael Roizen's book
"YOU: On a Diet" makes right on the jacket. The program to help dieters achieve
this wishful task is very simple in its approach and a lot less extreme than
most short diets tend to be.
The "YOU" diet -- the eating plan that's at the core of the book -- is a
two-week program that's actually just a week-long plan. Dieters are asked to
repeat the same instructions they followed for Week One in Week Two -- all they
do is rotate their meals to give them the feeling of variety. Each day, dieters
eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with a light snack in between for a total of
five meals. They are encouraged to pick -- and stick to -- the same meals for
breakfast and lunch, although the diet has them eating a different dinner each
night of the week. During the week, dieters are asked to throw away any foods
they may have in the house that contain simple sugars, saturated fats, trans
fats and enriched flour.
Dieters are also instructed to exercise while following the program. Typical
routines include walking for thirty minutes and stretching for three to five
minutes daily. They are also asked to perform a 20-minute full-body workout
designed to simultaneously stretch and strengthen their muscles every other day,
for a total of three days a week.
After the two-week program, dieters are encouraged to continue following the
program for as long as they like.
Checklist
Cost: Average. The diet really doesn’t involve buying anything special meals
except more fruits and vegetables than you might currently purchase.
Meals Provided: None, although the diet does offer a handful of recipes that
dieters can try.
Diet Duration: The diet itself is a two-week program -- broken down into two,
one-week programs. Dieters are advised that they can continue using the program
as needed -- modifying it to their tastes.
Fitness Requirements: Dieters are required to walk for thirty minutes and
stretch for three to five minutes for all fourteen days of the two-week program.
They are also required to perform a 20-minute workout three times weekly.
Time Commitment: Moderate. Because this diet requires a minimum of 35 minutes to
an hour of exercise daily (split between walking, stretching, and on certain
days, performing a resistance-training program), you can expect to devote over
four hours of extra time each week to whatever meal planning the diet also
requires.
Eating Out: Moderate. The diet suggests a limited number of breakfast, lunch,
snack and dinner options (some easier to find than others), but the book does
give dieters plenty of substitutions when ordering from fast-food restaurants
and ethnic restaurants in addition to these choices.
Alcohol: Dieters are allowed one glass of alcohol, preferably at the end of
their dinner.
Vegetarian-Friendly: Yes. Although the diet plan isn’t vegetarian-specific, it’s
filled with non-meat options, including a variety of salads, fruits and
whole-grain selections.
Strict/Flexible Eating Plan: Fairly flexible. Although dieters are told what to
eat for the duration of fourteen days, they can choose from a fair amount of
different options when it comes to breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks. For
dinner, however, they give dieters only one to two choices to pick from.
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