| Health: Diet Deliveries
(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA In health, one of the hottest diet trends is easy; there's no cooking, no calorie counting, and no meetings. Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl says it helped one celebrity with a major transformation.Ricki Lake is showing off her new figure in Us Weekly, going from 250 pounds to 123.After years of yo-yo dieting, she says she finally found the solution -- an L.A. home delivery diet plan called Fresh Dining.Every morning, meals for the day, about 1,200 calories are dropped off.There are dozens of similar plans, sales reaching $800 million.Ronna Hall gets the zone diet delivered to her home in Penn Valley."It's a salmon salad sandwich, everything is very fresh and has a lot of flavor," Ronna said.The zone diet balances portions of protein and carbohydrates. Jennifer Aniston reportedly lost 30 pounds on the zone diet.Ronna lost eight pounds the first two weeks."I think it makes it a lot easier because it's quick, you know what you're going to have for that day, and you don't have to think I have to go to the market, get this and plan," Ronna said."In general, I think home delivery meals are underused," Dr.
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.
Politics this week
Japan's voters delivered a humiliating verdict on the government of Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, and his Liberal Democratic Party. For the first time the LDP is not the biggest party in the upper house of the Diet (parliament) after an election in which half the seats were contested. However, the LDP still enjoys a big majority in the lower house, and Mr Abe resisted calls to resign. See article Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, was reported to have met Benazir Bhutto, an exiled former prime minister, for talks about a political accommodation. Ms Bhutto insists General Musharraf must stand down from the army if he is to stay on as president. .
More bench time ahead for Sexson
Bullpen coach Jim Slaton was back with the team Wednesday, one day after being taken to the hospital with a stomach ailment. "They think it's a kidney stone," Slaton said, adding that he's feeling better. - Raul Ibanez was inserted in the cleanup spot Wednesday, one day after notching a ninth-inning single that was only his third hit in his last 21 at-bats. Ibanez responded with a single and a double in his first two trips to the plate, driving in a run and scoring twice. He finished 2 for 6. - Boston has announced that Curt Schilling will make his first start in nearly six weeks in the series finale Sunday at Safeco Field instead of Josh Beckett. Schilling has a 6-4 record and 4.20 earned-run average. For the record .
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