I'm trying to find a diet cookie doctor in georgia.?

Question

to help with weight loss, by eating cookies.

Answer 1

Well, technically you could lose weight by eating cookies. It takes a deficit of 3500 calories to lose one pound. If you are exercizing and eating less (even while eating cookies!), you can still lose weight. :)

Answer 2

I am going to be very direct here but please bear with me. I have been a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist for over 20 years and can offer you legitimate observations on this subject.
Variations of this kind of fad diet have been around for years. Examples: The Peanut Butter Diet; The Cabbage Soup Diet; The Sucker Diet (yes, The Sucker Diet!). I'm not sure if they are talking about the candy or the person duped into believing it on that one.

Incidentally, if you happen to locate a doctor who'll help you with this kind of "diet" (not likely) you've found yourself a certifiable quack. Congratulations.

When approaching ANY kind of eating plan ask yourself two important questions first: 1) How long can I continue eating the food or foods recommended before I have to return to a "normal" diet?, and, 2) Do the foods I'm being told to eat supply all of my daily nutritional needs?

Diets fail for one monumentally important reason: They don't work! They don't work because you can't live on them and the approach actually predisposes your body to MAKE AND STORE FAT MORE EFFICIENTLY. Yes, a fad or starvation diet forces your body to make and store fat more efficiently. Why do you think every dieter gains more weight than they ever lose?! Please re-read those three sentences several times so that it sinks in. How long will you be able to eat primarily cookies, or any other singular food group, before you get so sick of cookies that you have to break from the diet? Frankly, I know many people who've tried similar gimmick diets and they rarely go more than two weeks before they jettison the whole plan. They've failed before they ever began. Also, do you REALLY think that cookies will supply all of your daily requirements for protein, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and fiber? Hardly. There's no question many people DO lose weight on this kind of diet. However, since this is a warmed-over version of a starvation diet, the weight lost is generally water, a little fat (maybe) and lots of muscle mass. That is definitely the wrong direction to go.

There are no magic food groups that will miraculously melt the fat away. People get fat for many reasons- eating too many calories, poor food choices, lack of exercise. Usually it's a combination of all three. Cookies will not solve any of those issues. Food does not send a signal to your body to metabolize fat. The answer to that situation is firmly rooted where it has always been: regular, proper exercise supported by a balanced diet. Dieting without exercise is an arduous, time-consuming and frustrating process. There is no other way around it, no matter how much the supplement manufacturers and fad diet fictionists would like you to believe otherwise. Their main concern is separating you from your money, not in your health.You should concentrate on a healthy, everyday, lifestyle approach to health and weight-loss, not the "quick fix" approach that will surely lead to failure and discouragement.

There are plenty of very reliable, scientifically-based books available to help you. The "Fit or Fat" series of books by Covert Bailey present a nuts-and-bolts, common-sense approach to proper eating. I also recommend any of the diet/exercise books by Dr. Phil McGraw. He also addresses many of the psychological reasons why people do what they do when approaching (and failing) most diet and exercise programs.

If you need outside help I would recommend that you seek out a Certified Nutritionist, Naturopath, Personal Trainer or other professional to guide you in the right direction.