Top 5 Most Popular Diet Programs Reviewed

There are many subscriber programs available both online
and in
the real world for dieters. In order to help choose one or
just
learn more about them in order to help round out your daily
life and coordinate your activities, foods – - i.e. perfect
diet lifestyle, here are some of the membership programs
available.

South Beach Diet – Online at www.southbeachdiet.com , the
South
Beach Diet , developed by a cardiologist named Dr. Arthur
Agatston, boasts being not about low-fat or low-carb. But
rather
they teach you about the right carbs and the right fats.
Subscribers receive daily tips, recipes, guidance from Dr.
Agatston, tips to stay on track, and tools to track your
dietary goals, weight and progress track, and program
phase.
They also receive nutritional tools and a meal planner and
scheduler to log daily meals and plan for meals up to a
week
ahead.

A handy online Shopping List Generator is also available
for
members for quickly and automatically creating and
printing out
lists. And message boards and a journal are also handy
subscriber
tools. Through posts, dieters and share recipes,
motivation,
advice, success and failure stories and support one
another.
And they can journal via online progress diary entries and
read
how their fellow members are doing.

eDiets – Online at www.ediets.com , eDiets offers a wide
range
of dietary planning by combining well known company program
options (like Atkins and Slim Fast) and others- including
their
own – and personalizing the delivered end product or
comprehensive diet plans right to you. They feature email,
ezine news, helpful articles, recipes, menus and tips.
eDiets also offers options. You can add an online personal
trainer package with community boards, customizable fitness
planning, live support, mentors, chats and experts to help
you
along.

The virtual trainer shows step-by-step exercise routines
so that you can watch on your computer screen and then
copy the
movements in the privacy of your own home or office. And
the
package can be tailored personal fitness goals, health
issues
and exercise preferences. You can also opt to add an online
anytime-meetings 24/7 package with reviews of the latest
nutritional products on the market. Or you can opt to add a
recipe club package with over 2,000 recipes, grocery list
aids,
recipe finder and other dietary planning solutions.
Mix and match, upgrade or downgrade options at any time.
They
focus on offering a combined health, nutritional and
lifestyle
for helping with the perfect diet plan.

Atkins – Atkins offers a paid subscription program,
customized
through eDiets.com above. And they offer a no-cost version
with
less features through their website at
https://atkins.com/myatkins/index.html . Their free
version
features a personal journaling section, recipe box,
shopping
list and file cabinet. Set health and fitness goals in your
journal and monitor your progress. Have a handy place to
keep
your recipes. As you need to buy ingredients, simply click
and
add them to your shopping list. Save favorite tips,
articles,
Atkins information and more in their file cabinet area.

Slimfast – Similar to Atkins, Slimfast offers a paid
subscription
program that is customized through eDiets.com. And they
offer a
no-cost version through their website at
http://www.slim-fast.com/membership.asp . Some of the
goodies
offered for free membership are individualized meal plans,
personalized fitness program, food & exercise journals,
weight
charts, automatic notification of promotion & coupon
offers,
shopping lists, buddy program, “Ask a Dietitian,” live
chats,
success stories, a ergular newsletter and a Body Mass
Index (BMI)
calculator that uses height and body weight factors.

Weight Watchers – Online at www.weightwatchers.com , Weight
Watchers offers a few choices. They have a couple
different food
plans; monitor points or simply go with food choices. Then
opt
for a real-world membership with weekly meetings where you
learn
about healthy food choices and activities, hear
inspirational
leaders/ speakers, pick up tips and program information,
recipes
and menus and have confidential weigh-ins. How meetings
work is
that you attend once a week for about an hour from a huge
list
hosted all over. You pay a small fee when you attend
(beginning
around $9 – $10 per week with special packages / plans
available,
depending upon the area). Find a meeting place online by
entering
your zip code or call 800-282-8908 (24/7).

Or opt for cyber-planning with Weight Watchers online
tools.
For a little less money per month, around $5 per week, you
get
recipe and meal ideas in a click, a points tracker and
calendar,
progress charts, restaurant guide and other resources.
And connect with their online community 24/7 instead of
driving
around town juggling meetings in your schedule.

In conclusion, arriving at the Perfect Diet may be no
quick,
simple task in today’s world of fast-paced living. But
there
sure are many helpful planning solutions available to fit
every
budget both online and in the real world. And by choosing
foods
to help with our individual health issues and concerns, and
reaching out for support, information and dietary planning
when
needed, not one of us has to “go it” alone.

Tony Newton publishes the popular health and wellness
website – http://www.1st-for-health.com
With lots of informative articles on low carb diets,
hair loss, arthritis pain relief, obesity and lots more.

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