| Simple Plans for Social Eating and Travel
It's one thing to stick with your diet regimen when you're at home, in control of the contents of your refrigerator and your portion sizes. But what about going out to dinner with friends? Worse, how do you stay on track when your dream vacation has you seated by the dessert cart at every meal? Eating right when you're out of your comfort zone can actually be easier than when you are at home, so long as you think smart and plan ahead. Focus on these simple tips to help you enjoy your dinners out on the town without compromising your weight loss goals. Simple Plans Incorporate meals out like any others. Don't skip meals beforehand. Plan. Don't be afraid to call ahead and find out what the specials are going to be and figure out a couple of choices. If that's not an option, ask someone with whom you're comfortable sharing your dietary concerns to help you.
Diet Delivery
(Don't hold your breath - Batali and Ducasse likely won't join the ranks of diet delivery services but some of these chefs certainly aim to emulate their
tastiness.) The Race to Be a Big Loser
We always treat weight loss like it has to be done in X amount of time by X date. Nutritionists maintain it is a gradual process and commitment that melts the weight off, not a crash two-week course. These programs suggest long-term commitment with meals delivered daily. Of course the best results happen when healthy eating is combined with portion control and exercise. The Importance of Eating Earnestly
We sampled the food from three different diet delivery meal plans: Zone Chefs, 5 Square Meals and Nutrisystem. A variety of factors were considered when sampling the fruits (vegetables, proteins and carbs) of each program.
Donna Maurillo, Food for Thought: Diet season comes with summer
Summer is always the time when people pay the most attention to their food intake. "Swimsuit season is here!" "Get in shape for summer!" We get it from magazine covers, resort-wear shops and our own internal voices. We skip carbs, don't eat anything white — flour, sugar, bread, rice — skip meals, drink meal replacements, eat cabbage soup, avoid fat and try the latest herbal weight-loss fad. But does anything work? That's what the June issue of Consumer Reports wanted to know, so they did a study to compare results. What came out on top? Of the popular diet plans, it was Volumetrics, followed by Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and Slim Fast. The Atkins Diet came in last. In the middle were the eDiet, the Zone Diet and the Ornish Diet. If you haven't heard about Volumetrics, it's a plan developed at Pennsylvania State University that trains you to eat greater quantities of low-calorie foods rather than small amounts of higher-calorie foods.
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