The Negative Calorie Diet:Does it work?
December 22nd, 2007 By hazel in Diets Reviewed
One of the biggest problems you’ll face while going on a diet is the food deprivation. Most diets asks for a good amount of food to be cut out of your diet and it included favorites like potatoes, chocolates, ice creams and anything remotely fatty.
One of my friends had read about the negative calorie diet. The very idea being eat all you want of this type of food and you could lose weight.
Yeah! I said you go right ahead dear, but I’ve been there and done that! And it didn’t work!
I’m not falling for that line again!
Imagine my surprise when she landed up after a few weeks looking svelter than ever. On close and jealous questioning she said she had followed the diet for three weeks and just look at the results.
So although I’m the eternal skeptic, I decided its time to take a look at this new fad diet.
The Internet is filled Websites pushing lists of negative calorie foods and with extensive research I’ve found that all foods have calories and there’s no such thing as a negative calorie food.
So how does the diet work?The logic being: Some foods contain calories which are so tightly bound up that the body has to work extra hard to release these calories to make energy and remove nutrition from the food. If you eat only these types of foods you will be utilizing more energy to break down the food which will result in weight loss.
Funnily enough the diet seems to work, although it seems to go against all rules of science.
I can almost hear the screams, “Give us the list of negative calorie foods, and fast.”
Well here’s the catch. The list of negative calorie foods is so unappetizing; nothing could make me eat a few weeks of only this stuff. There are numerous sites which advertise recipes made with only negative foods. But the very idea of combining papaya and artichokes for a recipe puts me of.
ButI don’t know about you!
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Hello, This is Mary
I am 36 years old with 2 toddlers. My youngest just started day care last week- which still feels a little strange. I haven’t had this much time to myself in years. First thing I want to do is lose the extra pounds I put on during the last pregnancy. One of the girls next door has suggested I join her walking group two days a week. After my first pregnancy I lost around 35 pounds using the Herbalife products, but when I called the man that sold them to me three years ago he told me this week he doesn’t sell them anymore. He told me to look on the internet. It’s disappointing because he was really nice and he called me regularly to make sure I was using their products correctly. It was nice to have someone checking in with me every week to see how I was and it kept me motivated.
I searched on the internet for someone that sells Herbalife in New Jersey. I found many websites but I don’t want
just to buy the products, I want to find someone trustworthy that sells the products so I can also meet them and get started again.
Could anybody here recommend someone in New Brunswick?
Thanks, Mary
Hi Mary,
From one mom to another I think I have a solution for you!! I want to lose 40 pounds, and I’ve lost 28 so far!!! I am feeling fantastic and have more energy
than I did when I was in college. I went through three different Herbalife distributors until I found the person I felt really actually cared about me and helped
me to start getting results. The bottom line was that I wanted to find somebody that could offer me good prices, but that could also check in with me to
make sure I was doing ok.
I used to drive two hours to meet with my first distributor in West Haven, Connecticut. I even brought the girls with me a few times because I couldn’t find
a babysitter. Today my Herbalife coach does everything over the phone and it is much easier with my busy schedule. You can order Herbalife online on
his website, you get the shakes a few days after with FedEx and then you can setup a telephone meeting once a week to make sure you are doing the
program right.
His name is Danny Castello and his website is www.goshape.com. The number is (310) 928- 3835. He and his
girlfriend Michaela actually do most of the coaching together as a team, but she has an Herbalife site as well:
www.puresteps.com. He does most of the motivation on the call and gives you important facts regarding nutrition.
He can be a bit tough but he really wants you to get results. She is a bit softer- so they make a good combination. Actually I also recommend joining his
newsletter first so you can see the articles on nutrition. They also have videos so you can see who they are before actually calling them. Its nice because
they actually use the products too. You can see on their websites.
Hope this helps!
Liz