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Have you heard of the ‘Snickers’ diet? This is one I got from my neighbor who swore that whenever she needs to lose a few pounds she just eats three Snicker bars a day. One for each meal. Now that struck me as very unhealthy. Who does that?

The truth is that we need to eat healthy if we want to stay healthy. That means we need to eat quality protein, healthy fats and carbs that we get primarily from fruits and vegetables. Do something different (like the Snickers diet) and you’ll end up feeling run down. The problem with silly diets like the Snickers diet is that eating a candy bar just spikes your insulin levels and doesn’t provide you with the protein or fiber you need.

The problem is that eating well usually takes a lot of preparation. And even then we may end up eating too many calories to really lose substantial weight. If your life is hectic enough and you want a simple – practically idiot proof – way to lose weight fast, consider the Medifast diet.

I like this diet for three important reasons. First, much of your food intake is prepackaged for the day. So just like the Snickers diet, you’ll not spend hours in the kitchen preparing food and just as long combing the grocery store for the right foods. And, just like that silly Snickers diet, you’ll have your calories pre-measured for you. No room for error there.

But unlike the Snickers diet, not only are the calories good ones, the protein, carb and fat intake is specially combined to ignite your fat burning furnace. The Medifast diet program at Medifast.com is a higher protein diet so you maintain your muscle mass – not lose it like you would on other low protein diets.

Now the Medifast diet may not be for everyone but it is the perfect choice for people who have a lot of fat to lose and who need a little help losing it. They have support centers to answer your questions and keep you on track. But if you only need to lose a few pounds, consider the cookie diet.

Dr Siegel’s cookie diet is the best cookie diet. It replaces your breakfast and lunch with cookies! You are given 6 cookies a day to eat and you eat them from morning until afternoon whenever you get hungry. Then you eat a sensible dinner. Like the Medifast diet, the cookie diet is easy to follow and has most of the planning done for you.

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