How does the cookie diet work?
I’ve been hearing about a "cookie diet" and instead of making assumptions I was wondering how it works?
The cookie diet is simply a meal replacement. According to the R&D Diet Cookie website:
"R&D Diet Cookie provides a meal replacement cookie engineered for rapid weight loss by eliminating hunger and cravings. The cookie provides the dieter an opportunity to stop yo-yo- dieting by quickly losing the weight. Quick weight loss is the best motivator and recent studies show it is healthier to lose the weight quickly and keep it off rather than going through the cycles of losing and gaining that usually accompany slow weight loss."
So…
1. You go on a low calorie Diet (around 800/day) with the help of the cookie.
2. You lose weight quickly (because of the low calories, not the cookie) and stay on that phase of the diet as long as you want/need to because the cookie eliminates hunger and cravings.
Also according to the website, what you have learned during this time is:
1. Portion control - you’ve learned you don’t have to eat all the time because you feel full, satisfied, not craving.
2. You have taken control of your eating, food doesn’t control you anymore.
The website advises, after you lose the weight, in order to maintain your weight loss you either:
1. Incorporate the cookies, as a meal or snack substitute, into your daily eating in order to stay in control… 1 or 2 daily, or
2. Eat a healthy diet and use the cookies occasionally when you lose control of your eating.
July 20th, 2010 at 11:52 am
The "cookie diet" clearly won’t work. Dieting and cookies don’t get along that great, and fad diets never work as it is. My tips will work, though!
First of all, the most important thing you must remember with weight loss is that it does take time. It takes time for that extra weight to pile on, it will take even longer for it to fall off. That’s the biggest thing I hate about weight loss, honestly. But in the long run, your patience will pay off with a happier, healthier you! 3 - 6 pounds is the most you can probably lose in two weeks, but that depends on how over weight you are. If you’re like me, and need to lose maybe 20 - 30 pounds, we can lose about 4 on our first week or two of really working at it (at the very most, bear in mind, it will probably be 4 the first, 2 - 3 the next) and the rest of the time it will be 1 or 2 pounds a week. So, figuring from that information, it will probably take 3 - 4 months for ME to lose my weight. And with this information, you can figure how long it will take you to reach your goal.
As for what to eat, calorie amount, etc etc…
Well, the number one thing to remember is that you should not take in less than 1200 calories, or else your body will go into starvation mode, and you’ll probably wind up gaining weight instead. Your body will burn muscle instead of fat, causing a very unhealthy and unattractive look. You don’t wanna go down that road. Eat around 1200 - 1600 calories a day, maybe even more, depending on your activity level, height, weight, age, sex, and target weight.
The best foods to eat would definitely be vegetables (carrots and celery are very very good), fruits (apples and berries are very good too, both speed the metabolism, as well as celery and carrots do. but try not to live off ONLY fruits. they are good, good for you and they taste sweet, but they due to tend to have a high sugar content in them), low-fat dairies (good for vitamins, calcium and protein, but most are so high in fat, so keep the intake to a minimum) whole wheat products and lean sources of protein (such as eggs, turkey, chicken, fish, nuts, lentils, chick peas, and beans). Drink 2 - 3 liters of water daily, and I’d recommend some green tea (natural, with no sugar). Try to avoid sugary, fattening foods, diet/regular soda, fruit juices, fast food, white bread products and red meats. Also, make sure you eat just about 6 meals a day instead of 3. Make them small and healthy. Foods high in fiber are good too, because they fill you up with less food.
The best thing for exercise is cardio. It burns alot of calories and fat. I’d do 45 minutes of cardio every other day, and on the days you don’t do cardio, do strength training to build muscle, which also burns fat. And with your cardio routine, you have to make sure that your heart is beating fast, that you’re breathless and sweating alot, too. If you’re not like that when you’re done with your cardio routine, you’re not working hard enough!
Here are some cardio exercises to do:
Swimming
Jogging
Power Walking
Walking/Running On A Treadmill
Bicycling, rather on a normal bike or an exercise bike
Jump Rope
Running In Place
Stair walking
Oblique Twists
High Knees
Butt Kicks
Dancing, rather just a dance routine or DDR, is also a good way to burn fat and calories, if you move enough. Barely swaying your hips and moving your feet a little won’t do it! Blast that dance music and dance that booty off!!
There are many different forms of just about every strength exercise. Find the ones you like best and do about 15 reps 3 times in your strength routine.
Don’t forget to mix up the routine after about 2 weeks. Add more reps, do new moves, exercise longer, run faster, run farther. Whatever you can do to mix it up!!
Always stay away from fad diet and diet products because they do NOT work at all!
Hope this helps some!!!
References :
July 20th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
The cookie diet is simply a meal replacement. According to the R&D Diet Cookie website:
"R&D Diet Cookie provides a meal replacement cookie engineered for rapid weight loss by eliminating hunger and cravings. The cookie provides the dieter an opportunity to stop yo-yo- dieting by quickly losing the weight. Quick weight loss is the best motivator and recent studies show it is healthier to lose the weight quickly and keep it off rather than going through the cycles of losing and gaining that usually accompany slow weight loss."
So…
1. You go on a low calorie diet (around 800/day) with the help of the cookie.
2. You lose weight quickly (because of the low calories, not the cookie) and stay on that phase of the diet as long as you want/need to because the cookie eliminates hunger and cravings.
Also according to the website, what you have learned during this time is:
1. Portion control - you’ve learned you don’t have to eat all the time because you feel full, satisfied, not craving.
2. You have taken control of your eating, food doesn’t control you anymore.
The website advises, after you lose the weight, in order to maintain your weight loss you either:
1. Incorporate the cookies, as a meal or snack substitute, into your daily eating in order to stay in control… 1 or 2 daily, or
2. Eat a healthy diet and use the cookies occasionally when you lose control of your eating.
References :
R&D Diet Cookie website
http://www.randddietcookie.com
July 20th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Why eat cookie if you want to diet? There are lots of diets that you could use namely Atkins and Southern. But did you know that you could be healthy even though you eat. You just need a high metabolism to decrease the fat on your body. The fastest and easy way to increase your metabolism, burn more fat, and improve lifelong health and fitness is to add lean muscle to your body through resistance training. Seems easy right? Well no, you need to work to keep the body you want. It takes time, time and more time! I hope the link below could help you a lot.
References :
http://bit.ly/dpZcLG