If you heard an excited scream this morning, it was probably me... right after I stood on my new scale and saw that I had dropped a tremendous 10.8 pounds my first week on the Diet-to-Go Low-Fat Traditional meal plan!Yes... I said 10.8 POUNDS!My first mini-goal of my new diet is to drop 10% of my body weight. That equates to 23.6 pounds since I started at an unhealthy 236 pounds.Thanks to my great first week I am only 13 pounds away from that mini goal!I am traditionally a great starter when it comes to weight loss, but I wasn't...
I succeeded in finding a scale and performing my first weigh-in yesterday, which happened to be the first day of my brand new diet. I had feared my starting weight would sicken me. Happily, I was wrong.Although the digital readout said I weigh 236 pounds the number actually made me smile... and not because I stand 6-foot-8 and 236 is a good weight for me. I am only 5-foot-7.But I still managed to smile because 236 means I am several pounds LIGHTER than the last time I got motivated to lose some weight! I am traditionally the stereotypical yo-yo dieter...
Good news: My fresh cooler of Diet-to-Go food -- all the breakfasts, lunches and dinners I will need for the next seven days -- has just been delivered by Fed Ex.The bad news: My fat-addled brain is already spinning at the thought of cutting out the junk that has plumped me up and put me in need of a weight loss plan!Luckily, the food that I will start eating tomorrow is not only delicious but also extremely filling. And included in the package are apples, oranges, string cheese, yogurt drinks and other little extras that can easily be removed from...
Can the same fast-food company that nudged us into eating a late-night "fourth meal" and entertained us with a talking chihuahua really give us a Drive-Thru Diet plan that will help us drop a few pounds?Ay caramba... do you really have to ask?OK, so maybe Jared was able to lose some weight eating Subway's low-fat line of sandwiches, but Mr. Bad Food is finding it hard to swallow that "Christine" trimmed off 54 pounds by making repeated runs for the border.In case you haven't seen the ads, a gal named Christine claims she lost 54 pounds by eating the bulk...
If you've been stocking up on Slim-Fast drinks in preparation for a New Year's diet, you need to know that Unilever is recalling some 10 million cans of its ready-to-drink products in the U.S. and Canada. The problem: The drinks may be contaminated with a bacteria that can make you sick.This past Thursday, a spokesman at Unilever's U.S. office said the recall is "due to the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism, which may cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting." I don't know about you, but it's certainly not the way I want to lose weight! The...
I know this may sound shocking to some but I used to work for a tabloid newspaper. At the Sun, we weren't all that concerned with celebrities, but because we were a sister paper to the celeb-smearing Globe, we got to see all the trashy stories and photos before they went to print.The photos of stars who were either deemed too fat or too skinny seemed to draw the most attention. What is it about our insatiable appetite for images like this?While tawdry tales of Tiger Woods may be grabbing most of the headlines these days there remains plenty of...
When it comes to weight loss, Bo knows dieting. As part of his job as a radio personality, the Louisiana man got to try just about every hot diet that hit the market.But now that Bo is off the air and dieting on his own dime, he's tuned into the best tasting, easiest-to-follow diet he could find - and he's dropped a super 39 pounds!The program that Bo says gives him the most bang for his buck: Diet-to-Go."Diet-to-Go has been a great tool to jump-start my weight loss and I'm proof that it works if you work it," Bo says....
Special for DiettoGo.comby Linda Miner RNC, CHN, CMTAwww.MyHealthyBalance.comContrary to popular belief, the average person gains only about one pound between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This should not allay the concern over the copious amounts of white sugar, white flour and alcohol people are consuming during this time. "But it's the Holidays!!!" is the excuse, rather the plea, from people who want to indulge.It is important not to feel deprived because this may lead to binging later, but it is possible to be smart about it. Here are 6 tips to help you through the holidays:1. Offer to be the Designated...
I want to welcome everyone to the 2nd Issue of the Diet Blog Carnival! It's been exciting to see all of the submissions over this month.What is a Blog Carnival? In Case you missed the 1st Edition of the Blog Carnival, here is a brief explanation...Here's how it works: bloggers that write about dieting, weight loss, health, etc. will submit their best articles monthly. At the end of each month a host will read them all and publish their favorites. It is a really fun way to read some great articles and get introduced...
Here at Diet-to-Go, we KNOW our food is delicious, nutritionally balanced and perfectly portioned to help our customers lose weight or maintain the weight they are happy with. This is why we encourage other diet sites to review our program, now in its 19th yummy year.DietsinReview.com is the go-to site for anyone looking for the skinny on any diet plan. This past week, DietsinReview.com contributor Carmen sampled Diet-to-Go. In her latest blog, Diet-to-Go Review: The Final Word, Carmen notes:"I give Diet-to-Go two thumbs up. It's a delicious, convenient, non-stressful way to plan your meals and stay within your selected calorie...
Dear Dr. Abby, My kids brought home a stash of Halloween candy, which was enough to haunt any parent! What's the best way to deal with this delightfully decadent supply?Candy First and foremost, I hope you shared their excitement about your kids' wonderful accomplishment! Grabbing all that loot required walking and enthusiasm, both of which burned calories. The bigger the pile, the further the mile!Now, educate them about candy.Anything with nuts is actually fairly healthy. Nuts contain good oils, while protein and fat minimize the high glycemic index of sugar.Lollipops and gumdrops are pure sugar, but fairly low in...
Special for DiettoGo.comby Monica Reinagel, host of Nutrition DivaJoy emailed me this week with a great question. She's wondering how to gauge the healthfulness of the snacks she sees at natural foods stores like Trader Joe's. "I bought honey-roasted sunflower seeds and flaxseed corn chips," she writes, "thinking that these were somewhat healthy (compared to Doritos, anyway). Does adding things like flaxseed to unhealthy things like corn chips make them more worthwhile? But does adding flavorings to seeds or nuts make them less healthy?"Joy, you have put your finger on a phenomenon called the "health halo effect." This is where...
I love fall! I think it's the prettiest and most dramatic season of the year.I was flying into Boston last week and, as I was looking out the window during the descent, I couldn't help but notice the sporadic dots of reds, yellows, and orange colors starting to take over the green foliage.Fall starts out gradually and slowly, so much so that if you don't take time to notice the one leave here, one leave there... you wake up one morning and fall has suddenly spray-painted the landscape. But like all things, the changing leaves got me thinking about weight...
I want to welcome everyone to the first ever Diet Blog Carnival.What is a Blog Carnival? A blog carnival is a fun way to showcase great bloggers and blog posts in a particular genre. In this case, dieting, health, and fitness!Here's how it works: bloggers that write about dieting, weight loss, health, etc. will submit their best articles monthly. At the end of each month a host will read them all and publish their favorites. It is a really fun way to read some great articles and get introduced to some of the best...
It's National Chicken Month so let's focus on incorporating more chicken into your healthy diet. The good news: Chicken is low in fat - it only serves up half the fat and calories of red meat. With 8 grams per ounce, it's also a wonderful source of protein.There is a flock of great ways to prepare chicken. But be sure to always remove the skin before eating your chicken. The skin is where most of a chicken's fat roosts!Perhaps you've gotten into a rut by preparing the same chicken dishes over and over. No worries. There are more than a...
Diet-to-Go has partnered with HCI Books to give away 10 free copies of the hot new title The Secret to Skinny by the Nutrition Twins, registered dietitians Tammy Lakatos Shames and Lyssie Lakatos.Winners will be chosen at random but to be eligible for a shot at this great book we want you to go to the Diet-to-Go Community ForumYour secret can be anything from a full length mirror on your fridge to replacing regular mayo with fat-free mayo.Subtitled "How Salt makes You Fat and the 4-Week Plan to Drop a Size & Get Healthier with Simple Low-Sodium Swaps," The Secret...
They say the pen is mightier than the sword. For dieters, it now appears the pen can be mightier than pills or surgery to help you lose twice the weight!No, you don't eat the pen. You use it to journal every last bite you eat during a given day.It's called food journaling and it doesn't take a doctor's prescription or a major life-changing commitment from you.A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that keeping a "food diary" can double your weight loss. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research kept tabs on 1,685 overweight and...
Expectations often lead to disappointments. This is true of having expectations of other people in our lives. It's also true about having expectations of ourselves.When it comes to dieting people often have unreasonable expectations, and this leads to negative feelings, and the negative feelings lead to overeating.How do you protect yourself from the disappointment of unreasonable expectations?Give your expectations a reality check in four simple steps: 1. Identify Your ExpectationsEveryone has expectations. It's normal to have them but do you know what they are? What do you expect from yourself and from others? What are your expectations of yourself...
While researching monthly food holidays so I could assign features for the Diet-to-Go August newsletter, I found myself mentally backsliding to a long-ago time of innocence and excitement - a time of great joy over the simple pleasures derived from my favorite summertime foods. The research definitely fueled my look back to those hot summer days that never seemed to end and the cool treats that offered comfort from both the heat and life's little problems. Yes, problems were little back then - even if they seemed huge to a child who couldn't imagine what life had in store!But I...
Since you've eaten meat and animal products your whole life, you might ponder, why switch to a vegetarian diet now? After all, you've lived your whole life eating eggs, hamburgers, chicken and hot dogs so why change?Vegetarians are people who do not eat meat, poultry or fish. Some choose to eat this way because they are opposed to the slaughter and consumption of animals. Others choose this dietary strategy because they feel it is better for the environment. There could be many reasons to switch. Start by looking in the mirror. Are you at a healthy weight? Do you look...
