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We've divided diet plans into two categories: do-it-yourself (DIY) plans, which give you all the information you need to buy and cook your own food, and meal delivery plans, in which all or most of your food is prepackaged and shipped to your door.

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Save $50 on Medifast purchases
Medifast is a meal delivery diet program designed for rapid, dramatic weight loss. This is the most rigorous diet plan reviewed on NextAdvisor.com, and is focused on helping those who are obese or seriously overweight improve their health. Medifast is currently offering a $50 discount on purchases over $275. In order to take advantage of [...]

Keeping track of your Weight Watchers POINTS? There's an app for that.
Weight Watchers subscribers who own iPhones now have an additional tool to help them keep track of their diets: their very own iPhone app. The Weight Watchers app, free to the diet plan's subscribers, packs in a number of useful features including a POINTS calculator, a database of over 30,000 recipes, and a Weight Watchers [...]

A truly tasteless way to lose weight: the tongue patch
There's a new weight-loss method in town (if your town happens to be Long Beach, California). Dr. Nikolas Chugay's tongue miracle patch seems more reminiscent of medieval torture than anything that should come out of a medical office, but ten patients so far have undergone the treatment. The patch is sewn directly onto the tongue [...]

Weight Watchers offers one month free
Weight Watchers already offers a discounted three month plan, but for a limited time, customers who sign up for this discounted plan will receive an additional fourth month of service for free. This is an unusually generous promotion, so if you're interested in subscribing to a diet service, you should seriously consider taking advantage of [...]

Does Jenny Craig have a weekend off program?
The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question. To maintain the integrity of the original question, we do not edit or change reader questions in any way. Q: Do you have a weekend off program? What types of meals do you have? I am interested in a 4-week program. Two [...]

$50 discount on Medifast purchases with new promo code
Medifast, a meal delivery diet service designed for rapid, dramatic weight loss, is offering NextAdvisor.com readers a $50 discount on purchases of $275 and more. To take advantage of this exclusive $50 discount on Medifast, simply enter the promo code Aug30C when prompted during checkout. And if you're interested in learning more about Medifast and other [...]

Where is the nearest Jenny Craig location?
The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question. To maintain the integrity of the original question, we do not edit or change reader questions in any way. Q: Where is the nearest Jenny Craig location to Shelbyville, TN? A: According to JennyCraig.com, there are two locations near Shelbyville. One is in [...]

Three weeks of Nutrisystem meals for free
One of our top rated meal plan diets, Nutrisystem, is offering three free weeks of meals for NextAdvisor.com visitors. This special three free weeks of food deal doesn't require any coupon or discount code. However, you must select the auto-delivery option when you sign up. You will receive on free week of food with [...]

$350,000 for acai berry drink customers
A couple of weeks ago, Joe blogged about the acai berry and the outlandish claims made about its supposed health benefits. Yesterday, Arizona's Attorney General announced a settlement with Central Coast Nutraceuticals, an Arizona based company that markets an acai drink. The company has agreed to pay a record $1,375,000 to settle a lawsuit over [...]

Mandatory calorie information at chain restaurants?
Several states and large cities have already passed laws requiring restaurant chains to display calorie counts on their menus. While the impacted business owners have protested against these laws in the past, the restaurant industry now supports a bill that would mandate calories on menus nationwide. The Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) act is sponsored [...]

Did you know?

Online diet programs are where accountability meets convenience. Instead of having to attend meetings or go in for weekly weigh-ins, you can participate from the comfort of your own home. Additionally, the use of online tools takes a lot of the guesswork out of dieting -- many plans come with Internet-based software that charts your progress and counts the calories for you. According to the Associated Press, dieters lose three times more weight with online support.

To learn more about online diet programs, just visit our FAQ section.

Do-It-Yourself or Delivery?

Do-It-Yourself diets are cheaper since you prepare your own meals. They also offer you more flexibility in what you eat. Meal Delivery is more convenient and leaves less room for error, but is more expensive. Both types of plans still give you all the online tools and information you need for a successful diet. If you're someone that tends to order out for food or eat frozen dinners, we'd recommend Meal Delivery. If you prefer to cook for yourself or are a picky eater, go with a Do-It-Yourself plan.

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Exercise or No Exercise?

Most diet plans recommend an exercise routine regimen while reducing calorie intake or changes in eating habits. In many cases increased physical activity leads to eating healthier, because as positive body results are noticed from exercise, people tend to eat healthier as well.

Most diet plans we reviewed focus on combining healthly eating with some exercise to produce a healthy lifestyle.


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