If anyone is on one, describe how the diet has helped you.
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Whole cereals: 50-60% \nVegetables: 25-30% \nBeans: 10% \nSoup: 5-10% \nSeaweed: 5% \nThe remaining 10% is composed of white fish, seeds and nuts, oil and spices, seasalt, desserts.
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Nutrisystem food sucks!!! And I was always starving to death!\nThe serving size is soooooo tiny! And I know that it is the best way to lose weight. But get real!! One of the cereal packets had 1/2 cup of cereal in it. And nearly every thing has beans in it. One of the dinners I ate the beans were stil crunchy! The deserts I got were mostly soy chips or nasty pretzels.\nJust not my idea of a diet that I could stick to.
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My wife lost almost 100 pounds on Atkins.  The first 3 weeks were tough, but then she had an easier time.  If you go on Atkins, buy the book and follow Dr. Atkins advice to the letter.  It's not a cheap diet.  It's very dangerous if you don't take all the proper vitamins, etc.  She lost 30 to 40 pounds in the first couple of months.  It was amazing.  I feel like the luckiest man in the world - I have a new, more beautiful, happier, healthier wife.
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I was thinking about going thru it. Did it work 4 you? Did you loose weight or was it a scam.
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I have done it a few times, as have several friends.  I highly recommend it.  You get a lot of yucky stuff out, lose about 1.5 lbs a day, feel good, and tend to eat healthier (and less) afterwards.\n\nYou will probably not feel good for the first 3 days.  After that, it gets much better.  More info is here:\n\nhttp://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=478
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Here are some opinions on food and diet:\n\nhttp://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-iQ_TenI9dLT74fuxz0hwQxOHovpKsgI-?cq=1\n\nAll feedback appreciated.
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It does work but it takes a lot of willpower.  I went on it after having my third child and lost about 50 lbs in 45 days. It did change how food tastes and what I eat now.  Basically it is to cleanse the body and then you go straight to eating foods good for you. Changes the way things taste so you don't head straight for junk food.  However, as with anything...to keep it off is to be active and eat small meals all day long. I have kept the weight off for 3 years now. Keyword:  Willpower:)
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It takes time but it works, along with watching what you eat. exercise works, keep trying and you will get there.
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I lost 104 pounds! I am a nurse, so was not ignorant of basic nutrition, but had allowed myself to gain this much after stopping smoking. \nI decided to eat FRUIT throughout the day, and a sensible dinner in the evening. (As my shift ran until midnight, this was needed.) I did not curb my fruit portions, just eating all I wanted. I didn't choose low cal fruits, but as many kinds as I could find. If I had alot of work that required more protein I ate yogurt, cheese, or cottage cheese. If I just needed a nice full feeling, I would have a bowl of bran cereal, with fruit, milk and yogurt. After the first 40 pounds, which fell away quickly (4 pounds per week) I came to a set-point. At that time I began walking. about a mile twice per day. (the morning walk boosts your metabolism for the next several hours.) then weight began falling off again. I went from size 22 to size 12.....and I've never felt better. The fruit was always satisfying, and I never felt deprived......more like pampered. Oh...I decided which foods were my greatest enemies, and kicked them out of the house. I allowed myself a favorite treat (ice cream, 2 cookies, etc.) once per week. That kept me from feeling deprived or punished.
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Don't think of it as a diet rather a healthy eating plan for life. Initially to lose weight you need to increase intensity but after your desired weight is achieved you can go into maintenance mode. It has worked for me and all my friends here is the plan we all follow and live happily by, good luck. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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I lost 80 lbs on it in '92.\n\nI have also had Sucsess with Atkins.\n\n-HtJ
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After trying for 10 years. I finally lost 150+ lbs (12 stone) and kept it off for over 4 years now. I am now in amazing health, all around, not just thinner.\n\nI did it without medicine, workouts, religion, going hungry or hating my food and without an operation or secret formula. I had tried counting: calories; carbs; fat; etc. I had tried jogging, swimming, weights,  aerobics, crazy medicines and starving! But nothing ever worked well or lasted very long.\n\nI also had Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, Chronic Asthma, vision and hearing loss. constant colds and ills, annual flu or pneumonia and more. I was approved for bypass surgery and  taking usually between 16 and 20 pills a day.\n\ntake a look at my before and after pictures...\n---------------------------------------------------------------\nI'm Chris...\nhttp://www.fromsadtoraw.com/Journals/Chris/Pictures/RawPictures.htm\n\nhttp://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/personalgrowthnow/album?.dir=/bfa5&.src=ph&.tok=ph1YNpEBJB8qTLBg\n\nmore info:\nhttp://www.thelighthousewebworld.com/raw.htm\n\nhttp://www.rawguru.com/rawgurus.html
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I've done the atkins diet, heres what it includes:\nThe Promise:\n\nIn 2 1/2 months you should lose 52 pounds. \n\nThe Rules:\n\nYou must drink eight 8oz. glasses of water daily (64 oz. total per day). \nAt any meal you may eat until you are full. \nYou must eat the minimum listed at each meal. (yep, this diet list the minimum you should eat). \nYou cannot eliminate anything from the diet. Especially the bacon at breakfast and the salads. You must eat the bacon and salads. These combinations of food burn the fat, omitting one part of the combination will cause the whole thing not to work. \nThe grapefruit or fruit juice is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning process. Don't add or reduce the amount of grapefruit or juice. \nCut down on coffee, it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup at meal time. \nDon't eat between meals. If you eat the suggested foods you will not get hungry. \nYou can fry food in butter and use butter generously on vegetables. \nDo not eat desserts, breads, and white vegetables or sweet potatoes. \nYou may double or triple helpings of meat, salad or vegetables. \nEat until you are stuffed. The more you eat the more weight you will lose. \nStay on the diet 12 days, then stop the diet for 2 days and repeat. \nDiet Plan:\n\nBreakfast: \nEither 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened) \n2 eggs any style \n2 slices of bacon \n\nLunch: \nEither 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened) \nSalad with any dressing \nMeat any style and any amount\n\nDinner: \nEither 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened) \nSalad with any dressing OR a red or green vegetable cooked in butter or spices. \nMeat or even Fish any style cooked any way. \nCoffee or Tea (1 cup)\n\nBedtime Snack: \n8oz. glass of tomato juice or 8 oz cup of skim milk. \n\n\nIn the first week you would have lost 10 lbs. I dropped 3 pant sizes off this diet.
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Hello, \nI know the diet and I'm on it it's great. give me you e-mail and ill send it to you. For 3 days in a row you must eat certain foods on the list then the rest of the week you eat a normal diet. When I started it i lost 6 lbs. in 3 days.\ngabynjess@yahoo.com
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Yes, me and my mom joined WW a few years ago. It did work! But it was too far for us to drive to meetings and got kind of costly. It took a little while to get going on the weight loss, but I did lose 10lbs during the time I was there. The people are very supportive, so I would recommend it to others. The only thing I got bored with, was always counting my food. But they have since changed the ways they do it. I would definitely join with someone, though. That way you don't slack as much. I'd say preferibly with someone in your home, so that you can both watch what you buy and eat together. I truthfully didn't know if the meetings encouraged me more or not to lose weight quicker. I'm the hardheaded type, so if I don't want to stay with something that I don't like, I won't.
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yes i have. actually i am taking reductil  now. i am finding them very helpfull in my first week i lost seven pounds and week by week maybe one to two pounds which is quite good i feel a much happier person aswell since i started taking them
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hi i have a diet that can take 20 pounds off of you in like 1 month so if your interested email me serbgirl90@yahoo.com