Would you like that “Diet to go”?

During the 1st company 5k race I did, the company had various vendor tables set up around the gym.  One of the vendors was “Diet to go”.  They had a few sample items of their food to try.  As I munched on some of the food, I got the low down about the program.   They say it best on their website “Healthy. Great Tasting. Affordable. Diet-to-Go provides nourishing, delicious meals for individuals to help them lose weight, maintain a healthy weight or improve their overall well-being. Only the highest quality ingredients are used in our freshly prepared meals.”

You sign up and choose what plan you want.  I choose the Low-Fat Traditional meal plan for 5 days of the week (lunch & dinner) each day.  I felt I could handle the breakfasts and weekend meals.

Sample of Meal

Once a week you pick the food up at a set location. Cost wise I felt it was just a tab bit higher than making your own meals.  It sure was convenient.  My work at the time was extremely busy, so having the food ready to be heated up was nice.  The food was not bad at first.  It is carefully balanced nutritionally but seems to be on the high side on sodium.  I did this plan for about 4 months (yes I think that 4 months is my breaking point on diets) and lost about 10 pounds.  Honestly after awhile the food all started tasting the same. I found myself not eating it and throwing it away (it doesn’t keep very long).

I’m glad I tried it but in the long run it was another thing that just wasn’t a match for me.  So I choose to move on.

Pick a Diet Plan or Move On

One of the suggestions that my new Kaiser NP suggested is for me to go on Weight Watchers.  I have done this diet plan before (in fact a couple of times).  What I find is that like more “diets” it turns into a major project for me.

I go to the first meeting and get signed up.  I walk away with a sense of great hope that this is plan is going to make the difference.  I read all the books, buy the food from the list and like any project I work on, I organize myself for success.  Well after about 3-4 days I am burnt out.  I am sick of counting, weighing and measuring.  I spend so much time thinking about the diet I just want to give it all up, so much to the point that I even hate to eat and I avoid it.

One thing that Weight Watchers has that not all plans do is the support of meetings.  I don’t remember now but I think you can go to a few meetings a week if you want (you just don’t get weighed in each time, just once a week). These meetings are great.  You get great advice for success and learn from the others that are on the plan.

Over all it is a tried and true plan that has worked wonders for the masses.  Well, it never worked for me.  I stuck with it for about 4 months.  I tried the point plan and the “other plan” that I can’t remember the name of. (in fact I see that they now have a new plan out called Momentum)  The meetings were good, the food choices where great but it just wasn’t working for me.

It got to the point that I resented getting weighed each week.  Even though the Weight Watcher personal were very kind and supportive.  I felt like they would read the scale, see that I hadn’t lost anything and give me that look of disappointment.  Maybe they were shocked that I didn’t have a look of disappointment.  I just wasn’t feeling it because I knew the diet and I was not a match.  After 4 months I didn’t want to waste their time or mine so I canceled my membership and moved on.

It was a good experience and I came out of it realizing that if something is not working for me, that I am bored or frustrated don’t keep pounding your head against the wall.  Just move on!

I found a great list of 7 steps to take to pick a diet plan that will work for you!  “How to Pick a Diet Program | eHow.com”