Looking at all of the Participant’s activity (Food and Fitness), this week I am going to address everyone as a group.
As you know I am the Nutritionist for the Weight Watchers Team. I decided to study the Best Life Diet so that I could make a more informed assessment of each Participant and the diet that they are on.
Weight Watchers and Best Life really are very similar in that they are both designed so that people make gradual changes to transform their old eating and exercise habits into new ones that will be the foundation for their lifetime of eating from this time forward.
That said, there is no calorie counting on each diet. Both teach a conscientious method of making informed food choices and learning about portion control and feeling full.
Best Life phases out unhealthy foods in the first phase of the diet, these foods being:
Fried foods, trans fats, white bread, soft drinks, regular pasta, and high fat dairy.
The above foods are phased out and replaced with healthier choices: whole grains, lean proteins, vegetables, fruits and low fat dairy.
This is very similar to the Weight Watchers Simply Filling plan which allows eating as much as you want of Filling Foods - whole grains, lean proteins, vegetables, fruits and low fat dairy.
The choices are limitless.
Both plans allow for “Splurge” or “Free” items for the occasional need for French fries or the like.
Now that we are all up to speed on the diets; I have noticed on both teams is that the opportunity to eat whatever you want is being taken too literally. Thirty (30) points worth of food on your Weight Watchers plan, does not translate to cheese enchiladas and full fat ice cream. Same holds true for Best Life even though Phase two allows a little more leniency, does not translate to pie and full fat cheese.
I propose a challenge all of the Participants for the last three weeks of the Diet Face Off 2.
1. Eat from this list of foods
Here is a link to the Weight Watchers Filling Foods list:
http://www.weightwatchers.com/images/1033/dynamic/GCMSImages/FillingFoodList_US.pdf
2. NO fast food, NO donuts, etc
3. Exercise 30-45 minutes a day
4. Use a heart rate monitor – I have encouraged the WW team to invest in a Heart Rate Monitor so that they will have a more accurate number of their calories burned while exercising.
www.heartratemonitorsusa.com/F4-black-thunder.html
I always say it’s better to under estimate the amount of calories that you have burned also, if you are trying to lose weight, do not eat back all of the calories that you have burned through exercise.
Bank those burned calories – think of them as a Savings Account of burned calories – keep banking them.
I DARE all of you to follow this plan. It may be a challenge, however, I promise you that you will not be hungry, you will feel satisfied, and you will be surprised at how good you feel.
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