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Dr. Ian Smith's Fat Smash Detox Worked For Me!
I am a yo-yo dieter at best. My wife and I are always trying to find the newest trends in dieting in order to lose a quick 10 lbs before an event or for ...
Close To Target Weight With South Beach Diet
I have always been one on the heavy side. I've tried various plans (halfheartedly) that included diet and exercise regimens.
No diet plan was ever a ...
Cabbage Soup Diet Can Make You Go Crazy!
I started the cabbage soup diet a few months ago. The plan is simple: make a huge batch of cabbage soup and eat this recipe for breakfast, lunch, and dinner....
South Beach Diet Living
For years I had been overweight. I tried various methods for a solution and not many of them worked. My weight was around 394 lbs. and I was tired of the ...
Cabbage Soup Diet Just Make Me Hungry
I tried the Cabbage Soup diet right before a big banquet I was speaking at. Just one week, and I thought it would be easy.
The soup was easy enough ...
Master Cleanse -- Hard To Stay On The Horse
The diet I tried was the Master Cleanse diet. I choose this one after great recommendations from a few friends and family.
I myself was on the program ...
My Failure At Weight Loss -- Slim Fast, Weight Watchers
I have been on so many diets over my life-long battle with fat. By now at the age of 46 there have been so many diet attempts I cannot put a number to ...
Special K Diet Is Simple
The Special K Diet is a very simple diet. You just eat a bowl of Special K twice a day and that's it!
One of your meals should be a full meal. I chose ...
Wonders Of South Beach Diet
Five years ago I came from a two-month vacation in the US. I was at my heaviest at 135 pounds.
I was desperate to get my post-vacation weight to 115 ...
Slim Fast Was Not Right For Me
I tried Slim Fast for about a month and a half. The shakes honestly taste really good.
I liked them, but the problem was when I first started I always ...
Eat Clean Diet Has Changed My Life
I have been overweight my entire life. I have lost ten to twenty pounds here and there throughout my adult life but I always gained it right back.
In ...
Cabbage Soup Diet Is Tough
I did the week-long cabbage soup diet a month ago, and obeyed the rules rigorously, with the exception of the beef on days 4 and 5 as I am a vegetarian....
The Biggest Loser Diet Is Awsome
I have tried every diet plan imaginable. Every diet I've tried has failed miserably. I would loose a few pounds and then gain it back.
When biggest ...
Happy South Beach Bride
My fiancee and I did the South Beach Diet's Phase One for one week prior to our wedding. We didn't have a lot to lose. We just wanted to look our best....
Flat Belly Diet is awesome!
I tried the Flat Belly Diet and was pleasantly surprised with everything I encountered. This was by far the easiest diet I have ever tried.
I was on ...
Special K Diet Worked For Poor College Student
When it comes to food, I admit I am a little more plain, and do not mind eating the same things repeatedly. That said, I really had no problem eating ...
The Book "You On A Diet" -- Lost 65 Pounds In 18 Months
I started picking up weight as an adult, along with an "inherited" fat gene. I've tried all of the popular diets -- from Atkins to Weight Watchers - which ...
Flat belly diet is a gift from heaven
I tried different kinds of diets and nothing worked before I had the book Flat Belly Diet.
Diets are really hard for me because the lifestyle changes ...
Fat Loss for Idiots Is Hard to Do with a Family
I tried the Fat Loss for Idiots diet plan for two cycles- that is twenty-two days.
Living with a husband and three sons, I found the diet plan hard ...
Slim-Fast Diet (PLUS Fiber).
I had really great success with the Slim-Fast diet about two years ago.
As so many know, the diet calls for drinking a shake for breakfast and another ...
Cabbage Soup Diet: shed toxins and water weight
For anyone looking to find a natural and healthy way to quickly shed toxins and water weight, the Cabbage Soup diet is the way to go.
You alternate ...
Slim Fast is a good diet but I had trouble
I tried Slim Fast for four weeks. I was doing well but I became ill.
I wasn't sure if it was slim fast or something else so I stopped. I only intended ...
Jenny Craig worked... for a while
I went on Jenny Craig back in September. Here's sort of a rundown of how it works:
You make an appointment and go in. You get assigned a "Counselor"...
Slim-Fast tastes great, maybe too great!
A few years ago I tried the Slim-Fast diet. I actually liked the Slim-Fast diet.
I did not lose as much as I had planned to lose nor as quickly as ...
Fat Loss 4 Idiots Not Recommended
I tried the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet and I would not recommend to anyone.
Reading over the information it looked very promising and very easy.
You ...
Constantly hungry on the Cabbage Soup Diet
I tried the 7 Day Cabbage Soup Diet. Some people, although it's rare, also call it the GM diet.
You basically are restricted to certain foods each ...
Cabbage Soup Diet for a cabbage soup lover
It all started well. I love cabbage in any form, especially cabbage soup. So I thought I'd give the Cabbage Soup Diet a try.
It worked really well for ...
The Abs Diet, Worth a Shot
After trying many useless fad diets, I have found great success with the Abs Diet by Men’s Health. I found the Abs Diet book on the clearance shelf at ...
"Skinny Bitch" was effective but challenging to maintain!
After reading the book "Skinny Bitch" I decided to give veganism (which is essentially what the book encourages) a try.
I avoided all meat (easy because ...
The Master Cleanse Isn't That Bad
I decided to try the master cleanse diet for two reasons. One reason was to lose a little bit of weight. The other was to cleanse my body of toxins.
I ...
Great results from mixed diets
I have always been obese. It started when I was a child.
As an adult I tried SlimFast and failed. After starting Alli and using Special k protein drinks,...
Special K not so special.
Being an avid lover of cereal, I thought the Special K diet would be a simple and effective way to lose weight.
I picked up a box of Special K red ...
The Biggest Loser did not lose anything except my attention
Like many other people who are overweight like myself watching the biggest loser on TV I thought, "I can do that. Look, if they can I surely can."
So ...
Atkins Diet and Cabbage Soup Diet BLAH!
Atkins Diet: Being a meat and cheese lover, I really thought this diet would be for me. The first week or two were sublime!
I found the diet to ...
South Beach Diet DOES work
With the South Beach diet, it's important to read the book and understand how the body metabolizes food. With this understanding -- and the book is easy ...
Protein Power Success Diet
If you want a diet that will compliment a serious workout regimen then the protein power diet is for you.
For nearly a year I followed a strict diet ...
Curves Exercise, not Curves Diet
The Curves Diet was semi successful - they broke it down into daily calorie amounts.
One phase required you to eat 2,000 - 2,500, the second 1,600 ...
Maple Syrup Diet -- Not for the hungry
Beyonce claimed she did this amazing cleanse called the "maple syrup diet". I decided to to listen to her and try it. That was a bad idea.
She said ...
I never want to smell cabbage soup again!
A couple of years ago my mum and I decided to try the cabbage soup diet for a week. We had heard that it was the diet recommended by doctors to help patients ...
South Beach Diet Didn't Work for Me
I've actually tried the South Beach diet a few times and it didn't work very well for me.
The first 2 week phase was so hard to get through because ...
Cabbage Soup Diet
About a year ago, I tried the cabbage soup diet. I had been eating a lot of junk and chose this diet because I heard it was a good detox -- a way to get ...
slim fast diet worked for me with modifications
I used the slim fast diet after giving both to my second daughter. I had back-to-back pregnancy and never had a chance to lose the weight from my first ...
The perfect body diet
While studying we don’t take care of our diet. We just go openly for our studies.
After I finished my studies my mom started caring for my diet. She ...
Protein Diet led me to the hospital
Many years ago, I tried the Protein Diet. It was actually recommended by a doctor.
This is one of those extreme diets. I was promised I would lose ...
Sonoma Diet: Complex and Expensive
I tried the Sonoma Diet after seeing one of the books for sale in the bargain bin. After a quick read through the diet seemed straightforward and the claims ...
Slim-Fast doesn't
The Slim-Fast diet didn't help me at all. I didn't like the way the shakes tasted, and I was so hungry by dinner time that it was hard to stick to "a ...
Protein Shake Diet Is An Energy Drainer
I used to be big into weightlifting and exercise. A couple years ago, in an effort to lose weight, I decided to go on a protein shake diet.
I would ...
The Infamous Grapefruit Diet
I remember trying this diet or a similar one many years ago. The belief was that the acid from the grapefruit helped to burn calories.
Back then for ...
How Slim-Fast Diet Almost Made me Join Sister in Hospital
The summer before my senior year of high school I decided to try to lose weight with Slim-Fast Diet. I was heavier than the other kids and wanted my senior ...
Jenny Craig Diet shows that not all bodies work the same way
With the Jenny Craig diet, I learned about the effects of starvation on gaining weight.
All of my life, I thought the secret to maintaining your weight ...
Mixed Feelings about South Beach Diet
I tried the South Beach diet a few years back, and have mixed feelings about it.
The first few days were a bit hard, as carbohydrates were cut out ...
Good Results from Slim-Fast Diet
Ahhhh...the never ending need to lose weight. After getting married and cooking a lot more than I did before, I needed a diet to lose 15 pounds.
I ...
Slim-Fast Diet Shimmy and Shake
I am grateful that I was able to use such a wonderful program as the Slim Fast Diet and that it was quite affordable to a poor college student!
Growing ...
Slim-Fast diet: Lose Weight But Always Hungry
I tried the Slim-Fast diet two summers ago, because I was frustrated and wanted to lose weight fast. I was on it for about eight weeks and did manage ...
Zone diet - for permanent weight control.
I started on the Zone diet over a year ago, and am still on it. The basic idea is that a diet consisting of the correct proportions of proteins, fat and ...
Slim Fast, No Thanks!
I tried Slim Fast. At just over 200 calories a serving who wouldn't lose weight consuming only two shakes and sensible dinner? Everyone would if they could ...
Special K Diet Is A No - No!
I tried the Special K Diet. It's horrible. It just didn't work for me.
Last month I planned on going on this Special K diet. It claims to lose weight ...
Special K Diet Left Me Hungry All The Time
After seeing some of the commercials on television for the Special K diet a few years ago, I decided to give it a try.
I had just had our second child,...
A Surprise From The South Beach Diet
About 6 years ago, almost everyone I knew was trying the Atkins diet. People were walking around with logs of salami and munching on beef jerky like it ...
Online success with e-diets
I used e-diets.com for about a year. I followed the recommended menus.
I found it to be a lot of work to follow. I had to cook dinner every night, and ...
The Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean Diet that I tried changed my point of view towards life. Really to speak up the truth, it really worked for me!
I had tried various ...
Suzanne Somers eating plan is crazy but works!
I have used the Suzanne Somers method of eating for many years. At first, it was really hard to follow.
The rules were few but they seemed so difficult ...
The South Beach Diet really works.
I have always struggled with weight. Since I was 10 years old my weight has fluctuated.
The day that I went into the bathroom, stepped on the scale ...
SugarBusters Wore Me Down
I have a real sweet tooth and love carbs (not the good kind), so SugarBusters had a lot of appeal. I bought the book and started the diet a few days later ...
Master Cleanse
I decided that I wanted to do the Master Cleanse as a way to jump start my dieting program and get me on the right track to lose weight.
I did the ...
Dedicated Belly Fat diet
I have always had a hard time with diets. Sweets are my nemesis. The Belly Fat diet wasn't that difficult to follow and the food was really good.
The ...
Forking Diet For My Perfect Body
I want to tell you about my experience with the Forking Diet. Here's what happened:
I tried another diet, the Perfect Body Diet, in the past and let ...
Slim-Fast can work if you stick to it
I lost about 35 pounds on Slim-Fast. It took about a year and a half.
I had shakes for breakfast and lunch, and nothing other than that until dinner ...
Stressful on South Beach
South Beach diet has the ability to be a successful diet if you have the time to plan, shop and stay organized with your foods. It also has the ability ...
Cabbage soup diet is not recommended
I heard about the cabbage soup diet online. Some people were claiming that they lost a few pounds in as many days. I wanted to lose weight quickly as there ...
Slim-Fast Failure
I tried the Slim-Fast diet for about a month. I had a shake for breakfast and lunch, and a bar for a snack. It was fairly easy in theory as I liked the ...
Body-For-Life working and wonderful!
I tried the Body-For-Life diet after my uncle used it to get back into shape after he quit the military. He realized excellent results, and as I had always ...
Special K diet = hunger
So, I was at home when I saw a commercial for the Special K diet. The lady on the commercial seemed happy, and it promised weight loss.
All you had ...
I hate The Skinny Bitch Diet
I read the book Skinny Bitch, because i liked the title, and because i had looked for the book for so long i decided i was going to go through with giving ...
Slim Fast worked for me
Slim fast seemed to work for me – I like milkshakes and beverages though – so I guess any diet that consisted of just milkshakes would have worked for ...
Best results from Eat Clean Diet
I am not a yo-yo dieter by any means, and I don't rush out or jump into the newest diet fads out there. However, during my pregnancy with my second son,...
The Special K Diet works wonders!
I had heard a lot about the Special K Diet from friends and through television commercials. Since I was carrying some holiday weight I thought of giving ...
It was right in front of my face the whole Time!
My hubby and I tried SO many, too many, diets. A dietitian. Cleveland Clinic was disgusting -- much like Atkins. The 48 hour Cleanse. Weight Watchers -- which ...
Special K Diet - hard but worthy
I recently tried the Special K diet. What most people don't realize is that you can eat a lot of different food on this diet. For the first few days I ...
First Time Around the South Beach Diet was Great
My husband and I both went on the South Beach Diet. The first few days were difficult from cutting that much sugar out. I have never craved sugar before ...
Felt good on the Zone – and even lost weight!
After finally recognizing that I have a low blood sugar problem that made me feel drained and uninspired all the time, I began searching for a diet that ...
Cabbage Soup Diet - worked for me!
I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet, and let me tell you, it worked for me. I was skeptical when I first heard about it, but figured, what do I have to lose?...
Able to Follow Sugar Busters for Life
I went on the Sugar Busters Diet when the first book came out. Doing without sugar was very hard to do, but after the first 3 days it was an easy diet ...
Slim Fast with Fries Anyone?
I was excited when I made the decision to go on a Slim Fast diet. I had heard so much from my coworkers about the shakes and how they were a delicious ...
Slim-Fast Diet has it's ups & downs
I have tried the Slim-Fast diet a few different times in my life. A couple of times I only managed to do it for a few weeks to a month maximum, but the ...
South Beach: Great Short Term, Difficult Maintenance
I tried the South Beach diet a couple of years ago - it only lasted about six months. The first couple of weeks it was easy and quite motivating - I was ...
South Beach helped my diabetes
I tried the South Beach diet after being diagnosed as a candidate for diabetes. I decided I needed to do something.
I wanted to lose weight and reduce ...
Flat Belly Diet
The flat belly diet starts out with a 4 days jump-start. Your calories are limited and you have to drink 8 glasses of Sassy water, which is ginger, lemon,...
South Beach Diet is Great For Baby Weight
At the recommendation of some of my friends, I decided to try the South Beach Diet. After having my son, I really had a hard time getting rid of all the ...
South Beach -- Results at a Price
Last summer I tried the acclaimed Dr. Agatson's South Beach Diet. I'm eighteen years old and pretty fit and I just wanted to lose an extra 5-10 pounds,...
Slim-Fast works, for as long as you use it
Several years ago, I lost 35 pounds in about a year and a half using Slim-Fast shakes. I would have a shake for breakfast and another one for lunch.
The ...
Great results from the South Beach Diet
My wife and I both decided to try the South Beach Diet. My wife has polycystic ovary syndrome and often has thyroid issues, both of which make losing weight ...
Amazing South Beach Diet
I had made a New Year resolution 5 years ago to go on a diet and lose that additional flab around my waist. I favored the popular South Beach diet.
In ...
Success on following the Cabbage soup diet
After gaining weight week after week and month after month, to my utmost horror, I decided I couldn't take it anymore.
After all what it was leaving ...
How I lost 55 pounds in 8 months
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This is my successful story of losing 55 pounds in 7 months.
Up to 25 years old I have been over weight. I did not take any interest in ...
Flat belly with Flat Belly Diet
The Flat Belly Diet worked for me. I used it one time when I was injured and couldn't exercise.
I am a fitness freak and almost always I have tried ...
Flat Belly Diet Flop
Upon the advice of a co-worker who bought the Flat Belly Diet book and seeing her lose 10 lbs over 6 weeks, I got encouraged.
I am 15 lbs overweight ...
Hunted by the cabbage
I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet about three years ago when I wanted to get rid of the baby weight I gained after my daughter was born.
I was already ...
30 days of Flat Belly Diet
For the last one month I have been following the Flat belly Diet, the brain child of Liz Vaccariello Editor in Chief of Prevention Magazine and Cynthia ...
Amazing results with the master cleanse
While the Master Cleanse is NOT a long term diet, it is an absolutely AMAZING plan to kick start your weight loss, or to shed away those last 5 or 10 lbs ...
EAT CLEAN DIET HELPS FIGHT THE CONSTANT BATTLE
I HAVE TRIED SO MANY DIETS I DO NOT THINK I COULD NAME THEM ALL. THE ONE THAT WORKED THE BEST FOR ME WAS THE EAT CLEAN DIET.
THIS DIET IS REALLY NOT ...
Master Cleanse very hard to stick with
I have tried the Master Cleanse diet. I was on it for 14 days.
The ingredients are easy to find and it's a simple recipe to make. It was just very ...
South beach when you live in the southwest
I tried the South beach diet with my wife about one year ago. We found the book at the Costco we shopped at, and the recipes looked great.
I have struggled ...
G.I. Diet works for everyone
I got the book G.I. Diet for a present (guess why), so it became my evening reading. And the funny thing was, that there were no big restrictions, but ...
South Beach Diet: Great For Some, Pointless For Others
The South Beach Diet is really a hit or miss diet. Last year, as a new year’s resolution, my mother and I decided to try the South Beach Diet together....
South Beach Diet -- New Years Resolution
I tried the South Beach Diet last year. I had made a New Year resolution to go on a diet and lose those extra layers around my waist.
In this diet ...
Lose weight fast with a cabbage soup diet
Why the cabbage soup diet? Because over the past few years, because of having uncontrolled and undiscipline eating habits, I gained weight, from 97 pound ...
The GI Diet Really Works
I decided to purchase the book called the GI DIET after hearing so much about the low glycemic diets.
I've tried so many diets in the past, and all ...
South Beach was NOT a walk on the beach!
I had heard plenty of positive things concerning the South Beach diet, so when I came across the book The South Beach Diet, I snapped it up in a heartbeat ...
Cabbage Soup diet for quick weight loss
I tried this cabbage soup diet program which I got know through a magazine. I was reading about a female actor and I thought what's the harm in trying ...
Master Cleanse? Master Fail
I did the Master Cleanse diet for the recommended ten day period. While I lost seven pounds, I gained all seven back within a few weeks.
Not only that,...
South Beach Worked For Me
I tried the South Beach Diet several years ago. I bought a South Beach Diet book at Target and followed the plan for several months.
The diet did work ...
The Biggest Loser - The Biggest Time Consumer
After ordering the Biggest Loser books and such which came to about 100 dollars Canadian, I had to spend my first week reading before I could even start....
HEALTHY HEART DIET
I was transferred to Kolkata and I started eating prawns rich in cholesterol and fat rich foods.
Once when I went for my regular checkup the total ...
Jenny Craig gets boring fast
I have tried the Jenny Craig diet several different times over the past 15 years. I purchased the 'life time' membership way back when I first started,...
Slim Fast Diet...a problem for me
Not too long ago I tried Slim Fast. I figured it would be easy enough to do, no major thinking required, to do it.
Just drink the specified number ...
Attempt at South Beach Diet Headed South
I tried the South Beach diet. I was only on it for a couple weeks.
It was hard because it started with a two week sort of detox period to wean the ...
Moderate balanced diet one of the best plans
MODERATE BALANCED DIET IS THE BEST SOLUTION.
I was beginning to drastically gain weight when I joined my present job due to odd work hours and unbalanced ...
Skinny Bitch Diet: it worked for me
I came across the “Skinny Bitch” diet method in a health magazine. It seemed easy to practice and I gave it a try.
My usual habit of having junk food ...
Protein Power -- not the results I wanted
I opted to try the Protein Power Diet back in 1998 because it wasn’t as restrictive as the Atkins diet and I had heard people were having great results....
The Cabbage Soup Diet -- gets you kick started.
I followed the Cabbage Soup Diet for exactly a week.
This diet requires that you makeup quite a bit of the cabbage soup since this is the staple ...
SCAN Diet - Temporary Success - Long Term Failure
A few years ago, the SCAN diet, a European program, was very popular. It was carried at all the GNCs and other nutrition stores.
It was a meal replacement ...
Unexpected but amazing results from the Zone.
I started off by weighing and measuring everything to fit the Zone proportions/blocks.
I did not reduce the amount of food of I ate, I just made it ...
GM Diet- a bit too effective
I went on the GM (General Motors) Diet for about 2 weeks. I took quite a bit of will power.
The first two days were just fruits and then just vegetables....
South Beach Diet -- Who doesn't love meat?
I was intrigued by South Beach Diet and the whole carb thing when it first started. I hesitated for years.
Then finally I started this diet with my ...
Cabbage Soup Diet -- AGHHH!
I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet a few years ago in my 20s. I was on it for 2 weeks. AGHHH!!
The first couples of days I thought it was o.k. because ...
Cabbage Soup Diet, even enjoyable
Last year, I tried the cabbage soup diet just to see whether it is as effective as people claim.
The diet is based on a very low calorie soup that ...
Enjoyed the South Beach Diet
I tried the South Beach Diet last summer and really enjoyed it. I was on it for about two months.
The first two weeks were pretty hard, because you ...
Eat This, Not That: The only diet that has worked for me...
I've realized through the "Eat This, Not That" book series where I was consuming hundreds of more calories for almost the same product. It's very easy ...
CABBAGE SOUP DIET WAS YUKKY
Having been a model in my much younger days, I developed an eating disorder that I believe stemmed from constantly trying to keep my weight down to an ...
Special K Challenge diet -- easy to follow
Special K Challenge Diet is a relatively new diet challenge floating in the market.
The K challenge basically says that if you follow their diet plan ...
Blood Type Diet Was Great but Got Boring
I tried the Blood Type Diet because it made perfect sense to me.
If you're not familiar with it, this doctor figured out this diet that was based on ...
Special K Challege -- It's better to consult a physician
I am not a person that consumes a lot of junk foods, and my weight was normal and I always felt I looked good.
But suddenly I saw a tremendous increase ...