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The No-Fad Diet
Nutritionist Toby Amidor on
No-Fad Diet
Toby Amidor, MS, RD is a registered dietitian with a master's degree in clinical nutrition and dietetics from New York University. She is also currently pursuing her doctoral degree in nutrition education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Bread, Pasta & Sweets (carbs)
in moderation
Red Meat
in moderation
Fruits & Vegetables
always
Milk & Dairy
in moderation
Alcohol
in moderation
Fast Weight Loss
nutritionist
kind of agrees
Feeling Healthier
nutritionist
agrees
Simple Rules
nutritionist
kind of agrees
Frequent Meals
nutritionist
kind of disagrees
Great Tasting Food
nutritionist
strongly agrees
Easy To Eat Out
nutritionist
strongly agrees
Affordable
nutritionist
agrees
A Nutritionist Weighs in...
The No-Fad Diet plan has all the makings of a nutritionally sound eating plan. It's also a great way to get started exercising. What's missing is a detailed maintenance plan. You may hit a roadblock after the weight has been lost. However, since the rate of weight loss is slow and healthy, you can transition from weight-loss to maintenance. You can just add a snack or two to stop the weight from coming off.
If you can figure out how many calories you are currently eating by using the food diary as recommended, you have all the information you need to start following one of the food plan strategies. With almost 200 recipes in the book, you also have a healthy cookbook that you can use, even if you don't follow the plan completely.
Eat less, move more, and you may lose the weight
The eating plan is something you can stick to, but it takes work just to get started. You may find it hard to fill out a food diary, and frustrating that there are no guidelines to figure out the calories of the foods you are eating. More guidelines on how to estimate caloric intake would help make this plan more user-friendly.
If you loathe exercise, the plan expects you to work up to 30 to 60 minutes a day. Although you can lose weight by just cutting calories, the exercise part of the plan is essential to help maintain weight loss and good health.
If you skip the exercise portion of the plan, you may find it hard to keep the weight off long-term. A huge drawback to this plan is the lack of direction for weight maintenance once you've achieved the weight loss.
No matter what strategy you choose, you will have to do some calculations, learn to estimate calories, and put work into losing weight. Many of you looking for a simple and quick diet fix may be turned off by this. It may take some effort to make this plan work. The good news is that there is science behind this plan.
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