Since going Paleo my family has fallen even more in love with our grill. Paleo and grilling just work well together. The past couple of years I've even been stepping outside my grilling comfort zone more and more. Grilling things I'd never thought to have grilled before and trying new flavor combinations. I have to say I'm pretty thrilled with the results of most of my flavor experiments. In the past I'd never have thought to grill fruit, but it's amazing. Grilling fruit and adding it to traditionally savory dishes? Brilliant. Oh yes, and? New rule: every burger recipe for the rest of forever must contain grilled pineapple. OK, maybe more of a guideline. It's a seriously delicious combination though. This Smoky Grilled Pineapple Burger is always a crowd-pleaser at my house. It's not only Paleo, but Whole30, glutenfree, lower carb, and clean eating friendly. I promise you won't miss the bun! paleo, grilled pineapple burger, smoky
Have you heard of this new craze The Cookie Diet? Seriously guys, this is nuts! Let's think about this for a minute. You are replacing a diet of good wholesome nourishing food with six cookies a day and a small dinner. A total of 1,000 calories a day?! Can you say...nuts?!
From his site www.cookiediet.com:
"The Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET® suggested daily caloric intake is 1,000 calories but your doctor may raise or lower the amount based on your medical history. (Always follow your doctor’s instructions). On 1,000 calories a day (or even 1,200), everybody loses weight. Therefore, your success is guaranteed if you follow the plan."
I love how they cover their butts by saying see your doctor...um, what doctor is going to OK 1,000 calories a day?! Let's face it guys, there's no cheat. We gotta eat a variety of good whole high nutrition foods (in proper portions) to nourish our bodies so they are ready for good challenging workouts, and just life in general. Eat better, move more. That's what brings health and weight loss. Not some crazy fad cookie.
A little more babble from www.cookiediet.com:
"Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET® Hunger-Controlling Diet Cookies
Our famous cookies were created by Dr. Siegal in 1975 to control your hunger and help you stick to your diet. Each Weekly Box contains 7 Daily Bags of 6 cookies each and replaces 14 meals at a cost of about $4.28 per replaced meal when used as suggested. Includes a free, one week sample of Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET® brand Premium Multiple Vitamin & Minerals supplement. he Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET® suggested daily caloric intake is 1,000 calories but your doctor may raise or lower the amount based on your medical history. (Always follow your doctor’s instructions). On 1,000 calories a day (or even 1,200), everybody loses weight. Therefore, your success is guaranteed if you follow the plan.
Flavors: Oatmeal Raisin, Chocolate, Blueberry, Banana and Coconut.
Price: $59.95 per Weekly Box (about $4.28 per replaced meal)"
OH my, where to start here. First, $4.28 a meal?! I can go to Natural Grocers and get good healthy, wholesome foods like ezekiel pockets, fresh ground almonds and peanuts, flaxseeds, oats, etc and spend less than that per meal. Seriously.
You can still have cookies if that's what you're really craving. Eating well doesn't mean swearing off everything. You can even make cookies healthier. Tweak your recipe. Use whole wheat flour, add in some ground flax, or some spinach or zucchini; I am experimenting with adding a little whey protein and less flour. Point is: you can have a healthy cookie without paying an arm and a leg.
Second, they're trying to sell you a supplement to fill in the nutritional holes you'll be creating by basically living off special cookies! Any bells and whistles going off here? We all know this diet/weight loss industry is full of hype. In my opinion this is a great example of that.
Last, yes everyone would lose weight on that low of calories, but will they keep it off, will they find a happy, healthy way to maintain their weight for life...or will they just get uber hungry and balloon to bigger than they were when they began?! Not to mention that you could screw your metabolism up by going into starvation mode in the process. I seriously wonder if they're losing fat here or precious muscle.
There's just no cheat. You gotta do the work to have long term success. And let me tell you, it's worth it. By far.
What do you guys think of The Cookie Diet??
I am just a blogger, not a doctor or any sort of professional. What you read here are my personal experiences and opinions. Of course, always consult your doctor before trying a diet, diet product, or new workout program.
You can't eat under 1200 calories without going into starvation mode. If I went on this diet I bet I'd actually gain weight, while starving and trying to kill everyone that looked at me wrong. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm betting the cookies taste horrible. No cookie that tastes wonderful is low enough calorie to have 6 of them and dinner on 1000 calories. I bet it's more like eating dirt patties.
Way to give'em hell! I feel the same way. I saw this product advertised in the Walgreen's ad last week and had to laugh. There will always be some fad and this one will have its moment and then hopefully fade away.
ReplyDeleteAngela, LOL, I would be cranky too!
ReplyDeletePamela, thanks! Let's hope it fades soon. What a waste of money.
I think the cookie diet is the most ridiculous thing I've heard of! It's just another fad diet that is not teaching you anything about proper nutrition and not helping you develop a healthy lifestyle. So sure, people will lose weight and then yo-yo right back up once they get bored and start going out of their minds with craving real food.
ReplyDeleteThe only way to lose weight in my opinion? Slowly, in a lifestyle change. But people want quick results and so they go for the fad diet and then don't understand why they can't keep it off.
Gemfit, SO agree!
ReplyDeleteI like you, consider it a cheat... and there is no easy way around it. No pills, no fad diets, if you want healthy weight loss, you must put the hard work in.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about this somewhere and thinking it was a joke! It's madness, thanks for writing about it! I'm sure there's some teenage girl out there buying into it this very minute! sad!
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haha! Cookie diet. That's cute. I suppose if the cookie diet included Oreos and promised weight gain I'd consider it just for its honesty, lol!
ReplyDeleteI think people just have to learn the hard way.
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ReplyDeletegreat post and I couldn't agree more! Fad diets have never worked long term and like someone before me I would be pretty cranky at 1000 calories and I don't need any help in that dept!
ReplyDeleteI keep seeing this one pop up and it's just crazy like all the others. Of course you can loose weight if you eat under 1200 calories a week - and you'll lose it faster because that muscle is going to break down. It's just not maintainable and you don't learn anything. You can't cheat a healthy lifestyle, it's just more of the same poor judgment and thinking that lands us in trouble in the first place.
ReplyDeleteThese companies are only out to make money - they don't really care about helping people. They are crazy expensive too!
Seriously I have heard of this and it is nuts! What people do not come up with huh?! You are right for that price you so could get a healthy meal and righ tagain that it takes actual work for long term success!
ReplyDeleteThis is why I love you, right here in this post. You know what's good for your body. You're not swayed by some hype. You have common sense and you're not afraid to blow the top off a stupid diet and it's claims. Good for you Kat! Keep it straight! And keep giving it to us straight, cause I love to read it. :)
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I think this diet is crazy..crazy. I agree you can lose weight when you eat way under your caloric need for the day, but you are also depriving yourself of necessary nutrients! Plus the weight will come back as soon you start eating normal!
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke. Why does every one want a quick fix (gotta admit, if one worked, it would have saved me a bunch of time)? It really is hte slow and steardy plan that produces lastign change (at least for me it will be).
ReplyDeleteI guess we can all succeed on the "cookie" diet. I'll just start calling all my food cookies. For instance:
Breakfast: Whole wheat sandwich thin with almond butter and pumpkin butter COOKIE
Snack: String cheese COOKIE
Lunch: Roasted pork and fuji apple COOKIE
Hmm...I guess this may work. Ha!
How great, in theory, to think that we could eat cookies and lose weight!! I mean...who wouldn't be on that bandwagon?!?! Well...of course, those of us that want to actually lose weight AND be healthy :)
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