On Losing Weight
June 22, 2009 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Home & Living
I’m now venturing into my late 30’s and I feel that it is much harder now to maintain my ideal weight. The last year or so, I have noticed that it is harder to lose the excess weight. I used to be able to eat ‘bad food’ at least 2-3x a week and not gain a single pound but now….oh gawd, all I have to do is look at greasy food and I could feel my hips expanding!
I am on the look out for the right diet programme for me. What can you suggest? I’m currently looking into:
I heard that the Atkins diet is quite controversial because of extreme results from those who tried it. I wonder if it has the same carbohydrate restrictions as South Beach Diet?
Weight Watchers. The review from Consumer Research include:
Weight Watchers is reviewed by numerous medical and general-interest publications, including Consumer Reports magazine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, the British Medical Journal, Health magazine and WebMD.com. We also consulted user opinions of this plan on TopDiets.com.
Weight Watchers has been subjected to the most clinical studies of all the weight-loss programs. This program encourages a sensible diet of healthy, ordinary foods, combined with exercise and a positive attitude. Weight Watchers is also flexible, reviewers say, which makes it easier to stick with, and its costs are reasonable. In-person group meetings and weigh-ins are the cornerstone of the Weight Watchers diet plan; the food plan demands strict calorie control, but does not require the purchase of prepackaged food. Critics of the plan say counting “points” doesn’t necessarily encourage healthier eating, but overall, Weight Watchers has a vastly better long-term record than any other diet plan, including Slim-Fast (*est. $40 per week for shakes/bars).
I’ve tried the South Beach Diet. I even bought the recipe book. It gave me great results but not sure I want to do it all over again. No carbs for the first 2 weeks of the diet left me really weak. I wonder if I can do it again.
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