Does the full moon diet really work?
612260
Yes! it did worked! I swear it did! I've heard about this diet on TV from long time ago and I always was exceptic, but finally I decided to give it a chance, since I had already tried another diets and pills. First of all, I am not sure if I did the diet at the exact time, cause the web page that I checked was in spanish, says that you have to start the diet an hour before the moon change its phase, it is hard to know if I am calculating the exact time for the moon phases in US, I assume that it is the same thing than calculating the time, depending on which area of US you live. If you are more interested go to the following link:   http://www.cometamagico.com.ar/menu3.htm\nand it will show you a map, and you will be able to figure out what time you can start the diet.  You can also check the moon phase calendar on this page: http://www.cometamagico.com.ar/menu3.htm\n\nSecond, I did not weight myself before starting the diet, but it doesn't  matter, I know I lost weight because I can see it and feel it on my clothes. I've done this twice and I've had great incredible results, I swear, I am not paranoid, the first time I did it I saw it on my belly, it got "flat", I thought it was my imagination, so I tried on a couple of clothes and they fit really good, I bought this strech shirt at old navy, I got the wrong size, I never used it because it was too tight for my stomach, my belly used to hang from the sides horribly!...I just had this shirt because I could not return it. I would NEVER dare to use it, but for some reason I thought it might fit after the diet, and it did, that was like the final proof!..\n\nI drank only liquids for 24 hours, it was hard in the morning, cause I am used to take my yoghurt e-ve-ry-day\nI drank a regular bottle of water every two hours, at lunch time (1:00 my stomach felt kinda hungry, so I drank a bottle of orange juice, I had to squeeze the oranges like the diets suggests, after that my stomach felt satisfied, I also drank "pinneaple water" (blend pinneaple chunks and water) and it was okay cause it is kinda sweet. I don't drink coffee and I don't like tea, and vegetable water sounds too nasty, so I rather drink water or pinneaple water or orange or grapefuit juice. I drank my last bottle for the day at 8:00, I didn't wanted to keep going to the restroom all night long. And then, I continued the diet next day and I finished my 24 hours. I drank 8 regular bottles for 24 hours. I did some research online and suggests to drink 3-4 lts. of water every 2 hours, a regular bottle has 1/2 lt., 8 bottles= 4 lts. After doing the diet my stomach felt CLEAN, I started to eat junk again and it messed up my stomach, my stomach felt bad right after I ate a burger, it was like my stomach rejected the burger. the burger was digested quickly, and I even saw changes when I used the restroom, poop will be more "hard" and not loose, that's when I realized that the diet really works for desintoxication.\nSo, this diet "forzed" me not to eat junk, otherwise it was going to make my stomach feel bad. I couldn't wait to the next full moon!...I noticed results on my hips, butt and legs the second time I did the diet, it has been almost a month since I did it and I have not gained the fat I lost, I still keep looking at my pants and I cannot believe it, my husband complains that I've lost weight. I know this diet works, I am not sick, I don't smoke, I have not been going to the gym, most of the time I am sitting at work, I do not take any medication, I am not under stress, I'm very healthy 26 year old woman, I am not vegetarian, there is nothing else that could make this big change. It is really amazing how it can happened so fast.\n\n\nI do the moon diet twice a month, I don't want to exceed. Some websites recommend to follow a mantenaince diet after moon diet, I don't do it. wow, I cannot imagine how it would be if I do the moon
1050682
Yes, and they did work.  You just need to make sure you buy them from a reputable source.  At first they make you not hungry at all (probably because it was all in my head).  Now that I've been taking them for a few months, I find the best thing is that they stop you from eating as much.  I hardly ever finish everything on my plate and they take away the urge to snack.
128864
Dieting doesnt work,but rather a healthy diet of controlled portions and calories,that supplies all of the essentials like protein,fat and a small amount of healthy low glycemic carbs such as whole grains,yams,and legumes.Plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and adequate protein.Combined with intensive exercise and a strength training routine,the right kinds of healthy fats,and a multi-vitamin supplement.Hydroxycut and all those other fad supplements dont help support the health of your body in the long run and many can be dangerous.Check with your doctor before taking anything!
181925
No.  It sucked.  I was hungry all the time.  I only lost 1 pound the first week then nothing for two weeks.  I gave up.  It doesn't help you make the actual changes you need.  I found its diet and exercise that work the best.  I did the body for life thing and it worked for me.  I lost 50 pounds in 6 months and have kept it off for 3 years.  good luck!
828366
As far as I know, it works as long as you will adhere to the recommended diets you need to eat. Most common side effect is the bowel movement changes  which is diferent from what you normally have - usually oily and bowel movement increased and a bit loose. Some degree of abdominal discomfort is the next usual side effect.\n\nSome obtained good results while others also didn't had the result they wanted . Many considerable factors seem to have a role.♥
939198
No.  Phase one is pretty strict.  Fortunately, it only lasts for a short time.  Read the book, or get it out of the library.  It is a very effective diet if you follow it carefully.\n\nGood luck!!
809268
never because you're depriving yourself of food.\nalthough they do work in the short-term, in the long-term they're very dangerous as you'll regain all the weight that you lost.\n\nthe best way to lose weight is to regulate what you eat, cut down on your emotional eating, and to work out more.
215295
None of them.\nIf you read the fine print, they all say "These claims have not been evaluated by the FDA."  They also say that the pills/whatever work best when combined with a sensible diet and exercise program. Duh, a sensible diet and exercise program works even without pills.\nA lot of people are on here pushing diet pills that they sell.  Anything that's sold on testimonials and not hard scientific data is suspect.  And their supposed science data is never published in any real medical journals or publications or reviewed by any doctors not on the companies payroll.
662906
depends on the amount. 1 Mg a week will give you results without that moon face and other side affects. You'll notice changesin your workout immediately - more energy- and in your body - growth- within one week to ten days. That is, if you have the real stuff......
89022
I've been on light therapy - it's usually used for SAD - Seasonal Adjusted Depression - it's for winter blues that come from having too little light during the day, and then we spend most of the day inside and aren't exposed to actual sunlight.  Sunlight has been shown to be necessary for our mental and physical health.  Light therapy uses full-spectrum light to replace the sun when it goes down before we get home from work.  If your problem is "winter blues" then, yes, light therapy does work.
1154010
I firmly believe that all wildlife activity coincides with the moon's cycle's. My best hunting and fishing experiences have all occurred within three days before or three days after a full moon, as well as during the full moon. By the way, don't pay any attention to those uneducated, ignorant anti's that say we are sick for doing what we do. We provide our own meat that contains no preservatives, and we do it more humanely than any slaughterhouse.
1167205
like any other eating plan it depends on whether you stick to it or not.\n\nIf you change your lifestyle and eating habits hell yeah it works great and my sister lost 60 lbs on it and is now running full marathons and she's over 40.  If she can do it anyone can, you just have to stick to it and remember it's not a temporary thing it's changing your eating habits for EVER
1148082
Over 50 years of scientific evidence in the peer reviewed literature proves that...DIETS DO NOT WORK.  The caloric theory of diet has been a miserable failure.\n\nIf you were a doctor instead of a jackass, you would know that and know why.  Human beings aren't machines.  Intake does not equal output.  We are complex, SELF-REGULATING, biological systems.\n\nOnly slashing intake of food to unreasonable levels has any discernable impact over the short term (ie under a year).  That cannot be maintained for very long and the person rapidly gains the weight back and more.  The reason they gain back more is your metabolism immediately reduces in response to starvation (especially starvation of protein).  Also, the weight is lost first from your muscle mass.  Muscle is the most biologically active tissue and is responsible for most of your metobolism.  Reducing muscle vastly reduces your caloric output.  If you eat the same diet with less muscle mass, you gain fat.  Simple as that.  Yo-yo dieting (the ONLY type of dieting people who go on diets engage in) not only doesn't work for reducing weight....it makes you fat.\n\nSo.  What does work?  A healthy diet.  The other side of the coin is someone who makes poor food choices gets fat for a variety of complex reasons.  Whole books have been written on the specifics but they don't matter.  What matters is that, healthy diet works, when engaged in as a permanent lifestyle change.  Get most of your calories (amount does not matter) as meat and most of your bulk as fresh fruits and vegetables.  Drink only water.  Only eat whole grains and those in strict moderation (there are problems with grains).  Don't eat fish...it's contaminated (however, a pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplement is very helpful for a healthy diet).  Don't eat junkfood, fast food, processed food (pasta, tofu, most vegetable oils sugar, flour, MSG, aspartame etc.) etc.  Do have olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, in reasonable quantities.  Eat butter in moderation.  Use salt with moderation (consider eliminating it as a condiment though).  That's a healthy diet and the only diet that will cause permanent weight loss.  It works by eliminating unbalanced, unnatural, non-food, foods that are the cause of obesity (over eating is definitely NOT the cause of obesity).  Also.  Stay the hell away from vegetarianism.  It is unhealthy and makes you fat.  It is downright dangerous when done incorrectly.\n\nExercise is helpful.  However, most aerobic exercise is worthless.  Engaging in 15 minutes of light aerobic exercise does help....but that is the maximum benefit people get from that.  In order for more benefit, you need to do high intensity exercise (HIT ).  If you want that, get a book and study up on it and use a heart monitor. But, for losing weight, it's weight training you want to engage in.  The more muscle you put on, the less fat you will have, is the bottom line.  Also, you can trim fat off of problem areas by building muscle there (the effect is hormonal).
744666
Not nearly as well as traditional diet and exercise.  Sorry, but that's the truth. Best of luck.
97518
Diet pills do work, although not forever.  You see, diet pills are like any other drug your body builds resistance to them and their effectiveness wears off when you take them for a while.  \n\nThey do work short term but there are better ways to boost your metabolism and lose the weight.\n\nThere are several ways to boost your metabolism but lets look at the factors that drive your metabolism first.  \n\n1. Genetics - you have very little control, but you are not a prisoner of your genes.  \n\n2. Lean Muscle Mass - this one throws most people off because women think, oh no I dont want muscles and men think I guess I have to look like a body builder.  Lean muscle mass is simply your weight minus the weight of your organs, bones, fluids and fat.  You increase lean muscle mass primarily through eating properly, resistance exercise, and a lifestyle that doesnt promote catabolizing activites (smoking, heavy drinking and drug use)\n\n3. Frequency of meals - the more meals the more the metabolic processes take place in your body and the faster your metabolism.\n\n4. Water Intake - dehydration is a major drag on metabolism.\nMost people are dehydrated and they dont know it.\n\n5. Sleep - getting enough rest allows the body to function at a higher metabolic level.\n\nYou will learn more than you ever knew about metabolism from my source .   I cant type it all here, just click the link.\n\nhttp://www.jtfit.com/metabolism/
939763
Sure, but so does any diet in which you restrict your calories to slightly undercut your daily caloric requirements. Increase your exercise or decrease your intake, and you get a net positive. \n\nIf Nutrisystem is what it takes for you to get that done, then yes it works. Follow the plan exactly and don't augment it with your own normal foods, and you'll get what you want out of it.\n\nBut it has nothing to do with Nutrisystem specifically. They are doing nothing unique. Not anti-Nutrisystem - just want people to understand what ti means to diet/eat successfully.
641713
I never found a single diet that worked for more than a day, often less! Only one thing ever worked for me, and I am currently maintaining a 50pound plus weight loss