Thread: Diet Plan Comparison

Thanks for the replies. Good points, all.

I agree. I highly recommend learning how to eat healthier. You want to find something that will teach you the ends and outs of adjusting to a healthier lifestyle. By eating healthier and incorporating forms of physical activity (does not have to be to the gym!) you will find yourself losing the weight! Plus, by going through this process you will learn how to live your healthy lifestyle and find that becomes habit allowing you to keep the weight off! I think that should be your primary goal! Have you guys also thought about using a health coach to help you determine what the best course of action for you is?

I totally agree with AmberKeinath. A lifelong change toward more healthy eating habits is the best way to keep your weight off. Simply dieting is not enough because as soon as you quit your plan you'll gain back all the weight you worked so hard to lose. What you need is learning how to eat healthy and, then, making healthy eating a daily choice, both for your wellness and your shape. I haven't tried the diets you mentioned, but I managed to lose some extra pounds by following a mediterranean-style eating. It's not just a diet, it's more a lifestyle, a complete set of dietary habits based on grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes and fish, providing your body with a balanced intake of proteins, fibers and fats and combining health with flavor, so sticking to it is quite easy and pleasant. The recipes are good and quick to prepare, as well. There's a good personalized mediterranean diet you and your wife could try out, just to learn the basic principles of a mediterranean-style eating and find out how many calories you should be eating. The name is Italiandiet, you can find it on the web. I tried it out as well and, apart from the weight I lose, this eating style made me feel so fit that I'm still sticking to its dietary principles. I guess this is the right approach to weight-loss, the healthiest way to keep my weight under control and get longlasting results.

I just looked into the mediteranean diet and it sounds like a good one!

Hi maverick,

Losing weight will be a lot easier since you and your wife will both be going through the process of being healthy.

I think that you can start by eating right and light. You can have a higher amount of fruits and vegetables into your meal plan and avoid eating really fatty foods.

You can also start a fun run for the two of you or if you think this will be too much, you can choose walking as a start.

You can also join a social weight loss challenge for fun and to meet other weight loss enthusiasts over the globe and even join challenges.

I hope you and your wife will keep your track into losing weight and being healthy.

Maverick,

I can speak from personal experience because I have done both Nutrisystem AND Jenny Craig. You WILL spend a small fortune on either of those two programs as well as grow sick and tired of eating the same foods over and over and over (it is all highly processed food). I have also done Weight Watchers and it is THE most practical and sensible program available. WW will teach you how to eat as you are losing and you can literally fit ANYTHING into WW (not so on the other programs). After just two weeks on Nutrisystem I could barely stand to look at the food anymore. I did one month and that was IT...yuck! WW is also very affordable and you eat all your own foods that YOU choose.

I wish you and your wife the very best in your pursuit of better health and a healthy weight loss and maintenance program.