Saturday, October 25, 2008

Lose Weight With The Dr. Sanford Siegal Cookie Diet

By Tyler Tefit

The biggest challenge faced by people when trying to lose weight is because there food intake is reduced they may feel much hungrier than normal. However, the Cookie Diet plan which as devised in 1975 by Dr Siegel does help to provide a solution to this particular problem. Although you are required to eat cookies the diet works in such a way that weight loss can still be achieved.

The cookies specially formulated by Dr Siegel that you eat help to stave off hunger when dieting and exercising. Certainly when you use exercise in your weight loss plans sometimes people may find themselves eating more after they have exercised. This is because the muscles used when we exercise will tell the brain that they need more energy (food) so that they can recover. But as the Cookie diet plan helps to eliminate these feelings the person trying to lose control is more able to control their eating habits.

However, with the Cookie diet you are just eating cookies to lose the weight. Because this is a diet that requires you only to eat 800 calories each day it is one that needs to be supervised by a medical professional and can be use for an indefinite period of time. Anyone who wishes to use this diet needs to undergo a complete medical beforehand and this will include looking at their medical history and having lab work done. Because of the restrictions of this diet the person will attend regular meetings with the doctor to be weighed and discuss the progress of the diet.

With this particular diet the emphasis is placed on suppressing a person's appetite and this is what the cookies are used for. These particular cookies are baked specifically for Dr Siegel's clinics and are low in the Gylcemic index products like whole meal flour and oatmeal. Instead they contain an amino acid mixture which is what helps to suppress the dieter's appetite.

When on this particular diet you are required to replace two of the regular meals you eat each day with six cookies instead. So for breakfast and lunch you would have six cookies each time and then in the evening you have a normal meal. This particular meal should consist of either lean meat or some other protein source and a cup of vegetables.

But what do you do if you find yourself still feeling hungry? As this diet actually restricts your calorie intake many people find that after being on it for a number of days the cookies alone don't help to suppress their feelings of hunger. This is why most of the patients (around 60%) of all those who use the Cookie diet will be prescribed other kinds of appetite suppressants also.

There are many problems associated with diets where the calorie intake is severely restricted such as this one. One of the problems faced with such a restricted diet is that you are unlikely to be getting the required amounts of vitamins and minerals that your body needs each day. However, to help counteract this problem Dr Siegel recommends that supplements are used and even if the diet is stuck with for several months it doesn't cause any ill effects in those on it.

Dr Siegel estimates that those who use the Cookie Diet plan correctly will lose around 15 pounds of excess weight each month. Also as the diet helps them to lose the weight more quickly it has a much more beneficial effect psychologically on them and they find it much easier to stay on track with it. - 15683

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