If you're trying to diet but don't want to deal with picking out the right diet foods or cooking a meal from scratch, a prepared meal diet program may be helpful. The eDiets plan is one of several such prepared meal programs on the market. Whether you're looking for information on the company and its diets just out of curiosity or because you're considering buying its services, several helpful facts are available.
Company History
The eDiets company launched in 1998, and transitioned to its current prepared meal program in 2006. In the same year, the company launched a corporate program for the pharmaceutical and food industries, to which it licenses intellectual resources like diet logs. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company sells not only dieting plans to consumers, but also fitness and nutritional products.
Diet Programs
The eDiets plan focuses on prepared meals that are shipped directly to your home in portion-ready servings. Its two flagship plans offer either five-day programs -- you prepare your own weekend meals -- or seven-day programs. Customers select from more than 150 different individual options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The meals are packed in chill-fresh coolers and sent to your home where you simply heat and eat. No cooking is required, and each meal has been prepared according to the company's dieting plans, so you don't have to count calories yourself.
Nutritional Standards
The specific foods that are prepared for you are customized according to the nutritional, lifestyle and weight profile that you complete when you sign up for the eDiets program. For example, people with heart health issues are given meal options that meet the American Health Association's dietary recommendations, while diabetic customers can order meals that follow dietary guidelines set by the American Diabetes Association.
Weight Loss Goals
The eDiets program comes designed to help customers lose 1 to 2 lbs. every seven days. The end goal for the program, tailored according to your specific body, is a body mass index (BMI) that's adequately proportional to your height. After this goal is attained, continuing to follow the diet program can help you maintain your BMI.
Critical Reviews
"Quick & Simple" magazine editors, on MSN Delish, ranked eDiets as one of the top six weight-loss plans, saying it's best for people who want a customizable weight loss plan that works on their own schedule. "Women's Health" reports that, of all the prepared meal diet programs available, eDiets provides some of the most varied and rich options. "Women's Health" also praised its integration of exercise recommendations. The award-winning food website, Epicurious, gave it three forks out of four, highlighting the fact that the diet provides "many tasty choices." And "Redbook" magazine noted that it provides some of the best meals when it comes to food variations, and also offers useful portion control guidance.
Member Comments