which diet is better south beach, Atkins, weight watchers, jenny craig ??????

Answer 1

To be honest, I'm not entirely impressed by any of them since all of them tend to tell their clients things which are incorrect. Atkins and South Beach, for their part, are atrociously wrong when it comes to proper human nutrition and work (not that the proponents would want you to know this) because if you restrict your carbohydrate intake enough your body can't use anything you eat and simply passes it on through... the upshot of which is that despite the amount of food you're allowed to eat, Atkins and South Beach are both relying on tricks to circumvent your body's natural alarm systems so you don't realize you are, in fact, starving to death. That state of ketosis Atkins seems to want you to reach is your body's last ditch effort to avoid death by starvation by first consuming its own tissue. You should do everything you can to AVOID that state, not try and reach it.

Digestion isn't about what you put in and poop out, it's what your body can extract and use out of the process. If your body can't use what you eat, you starve, no matter how much you cram down your gullet... so those are right out in my book, especially since (as a starvation diet), they're very prone to causing you to rebound and gain even more weight once you begin eating a healthy diet again.

Jenny Craig, as I recall, is trying to convince its patrons that it works by separating "good carbs" from "bad carbs" using this amazing new tool called the glycemic index. In reality, the glycemic index has been around forever and a day, and simply tells you what sort of spike you're going to see in your blood sugar by how fast your body can digest the carbohydrates in a thing and convert them to usable form... but be clear, there is no such thing as a "good carb" and a "bad carb", because the first thing your body does is turn them all into the same carb (glucose), no matter what they started out being.

The only reason foods with a high glycemic index aren't the best for you if you're trying to lose weight and can't stand feeling hungrier than normal is because they digest more quickly and empty out your stomach faster (plus if you're a diabetic the blood sugar spike could cause problems, but for most people it's not an issue).

Ever heard people say "I love Chinese food, but I'm always hungry an hour later"? Watch someone who says that next time they eat their Chinese food. I'll bet they eat a lot of rice. Rice digests faster than just about anything else, but do you see anyone telling you it's junk food? Of course not. Rice is very healthy for you. It just doesn't fill you up for very long.

Beyond that, I'm not fond of Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers as diets because they're product driven and the counselors are paid on commission... which means they may be pushed to try and sell you on diet products and options that aren't in your best interest to buy or use.

That's a big problem for me when I consider whether or not I should be trusting the advice I'm being given. Sure, the products are designed to help me lose weight, but am I getting the best advice for how to do it healthily, or am I getting the best advice for how to do it so they have a wide profit margin?

To be perfectly honest, there really isn't any need for any of them because to date the most effective and healthy diet in the long term is the one which has been around the longest. Eat a slightly restricted calorie intake, keep your diet low fat (not no-fat, low fat... you have to have some fat in your diet to stay healthy), eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and get plenty of fiber in your diet (fruits and vegetables tend to have much fewer calories for the amount you get to eat, and the fiber you eat absorbs water and makes your stomach feel full for longer periods of time), and get plenty of exercise.

The weight loss might not be as fast as it is with the other diets, but you'll notice you start to feel much better doing things the natural way, and that the effects really stick with you long term. What's more, faster isn't always better when it comes to your body. Losing weight quickly may alarm your body and make it think it's starving. That forces it to switch the metabolic mechanism it uses to process food to a more efficient one in order to conserve all the calories it can. That's fine and all while you're on a diet, but it doesn't ever switch back, so after your diet is done, going back to the amount of calories you were eating before will actually make you gain MORE weight than you were on the diet to lose in the first place. That's where the yo-yo effect comes from. One to two pounds a week is all you should really be losing, because that's as fast as you can drop weight safely.

So, just plain old healthy eating and exercising (and if you're only slightly overweight you may not even need the "diet" part of diet and exercise, you might just need a bit more exercise) ends up working the best because it lets you go back to eating a normal, healthy diet once you are done losing weight with less risk of yo-yoing farther up the scale, you know the food's going to be good for you, and it's a lot cheaper since you don't have to shell out extra money on bottles and bottles of pills, piles of prepackaged dinners, and mountains of books navigating some obscure path to weight loss rather than take the direct common-sense path.

Answer 2

Tried them all. Weight Watchers got me going a couple of years ago. I lost 25 pounds on it. It's all about burning more than you take in. Within the last year I lost 10 more pounds walking 3 or 4 days a week for 30 minutes and eating cereal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, and an evening meal with a small dessert. Just adding walking and nothing else will make you lose it real slow. And then it stays off. Once you start to consistantly exercise you don' t want to mess up all the good you did.
God Bless. Oh yeah, pray about it too.

Answer 3

That depends on what you like to eat. That being said I'd avoid dieting as it doesn't work. Simply make better and healthier food choices but don't totally deprive yourself of the foods you love.
Put out fresh fruit so when you feel like a snack you will grab that instead of chips or other junk food.
Avoid buying junk food or if you do buy small servings of it.
If you are full stop eating! If you are dinning out ask for a to-go container.
Brush your teeth after you eat... it will help keep you from snacking more.
Buy fruit juice (100% juice without sugars added) and drink a glass 20 minutes before a meal or when you feel like snacking. It goes a long way to help curb your hunger. Apples are also really good at doing the same and they are cheep.
Remember to drink lots of water as it helps you feel full and is great for your skin.
Try vegan or low fat recipes (and they are so easy to find on-line!). Make cooking a bit of an adventure, once a week try making a new dish.
Best of luck to you.

Answer 4

Weight Watcher! Atkins and South Beach can literally KILL YOU and DO cause serious health problems (I know firsthand). Jenny Craig, well the food sucks.

Answer 5

South Beach...I lost about 15 pounds 3 years ago by following it. I continue to eat in a similar fashion, I have added prohibited foods little by little back into my diet. I eat healthier, I stop and think about what I put into my mouth now.
With any diet it has to become new way of eating, learning how to eat healthy everyday..
I never diet anymore, the diet has taught me that to maintain a lifelong healthy weight I had to learn how to eat different and change my habits.

Answer 6

Atkins

Answer 7

None. They are all fade diets. The word diet really means whatever you eat is your diet. It is a lifestyle change not a quick fix. Check out Dr. Willet at Harvard medical school's diet plan. Harvard did years (decades) of research and found a lifestyle change that really works. Exercise and eating right. They also came up with a food pyramid and compared theirs to the government's pyramid. They found people were healthier in the end on their new one.

Answer 8

all of those are a waste . Here is a diet for you. Eat every fresh vegatable you can find. eat tuna or sardines at least 4 times a day. If you get hungry eat an apple. If you find you are always eating apples to avoid the vegatables and sardines...you are gonna be just fine . This diet is not expensive.

Answer 9

Personally i will go with Atkins... However, i think Weight Watches grantees that you'll lose 5kg or something, so there is somewhere you can start

Answer 10

South Beach seems to be really good, plus it eventually reintroduces you to food groups that were left out in earlier phases.

Answer 11

pack healthy snacks