Anyone doing the Subway diet?

MrsMopar34205

I did it in late April 2001 and wothin 10 months lost 80#! Two years later I gained it back plus. Tried other diet programs costing me thousands over five more years and only lost about 75#. Four years ago this past April I had gastric band surgery and lost 88# then vained 33#. I have made the decision to have band empied and go back tp Subway.

ketoambahh

Unless you're doing the chopped salads then I don't suggest eating at Subway. I feel like I'm eating a loaf of bread instead of an actual sandwich when I did eat there.

paperpudding

I like Subway - I eat one about once a fortnight.

But eating Subway everyday would be very boring to me and also very expensive.

However if you really like Subway and can afford to buy takeaway everyday and you exercise and eat other foods as well - then I suppose it could be doable.

Lots of other easier ways to do it IMO - but yes, it could work and it could be nutritious as well as weight losing.

jamesonweston

I've been doing it for about 2 months now, I started at 278 lbs and I'm at 251.8 after 2 months. I do subway at least once a day and have stopped eating beef and chips. I also drink more coffee.

hmaddpear

Subway as part of a balanced diet? Sure. Nice sandwiches and the nutritional data is readily available, meaning you can make an informed choice.

A subway diet, on the other hand? Expensive, won't do a thing*, will take pounds off your wallet and sounds, in the end, really really boring. Also, holy high carbs, Batman!!!

A word of advice: homemade food is much tastier and it's much easier to control your diet.



*That is, unless you're counting your macros and making sensible choices. Which is what you do in order to lose weight.

RodaRose

Or know anyone that is doing it or has done it.

I am pretty much having Subway everyday but i also he fruits and fish outside of Subway products so i have not gone all the way.


I know they have Jared but has it worked for anyone else?
Is it a good diet plan?

Yes. It is a good plan because you do not have to put a lot of thought into it.
Go there twice a day.
And do some walking.
Keep the amount of food under your daily calories and you will lose weight.

sabified

I did kinda the same thing as you... I was working right next to a Subway and lived very close as well so had Subway almost everyday for lunch and then sometimes for dinner. The thing that works about it is that it's very easy to eat healthy (low fat with a good amt of vit c). Wasn't only eating subway though, that gets pretty boring.

It's not necessary though, you could get the same benefits (if not more) by making your own food. If you don't have time or inclination (and the money to spend) then it works.

FindingAmy77

Or know anyone that is doing it or has done it.

I am pretty much having Subway everyday but i also he fruits and fish outside of Subway products so i have not gone all the way.


I know they have Jared but has it worked for anyone else?
Is it a good diet plan?

. You need a rounded diet. Living on this isn't sustainable for he rest of your life.
•Breakfast of coffee.
•Lunch of a Subway 6-inch turkey sub, a diet soda, and small bag of baked potato chips or pretzels.
•Dinner of a Subway foot-long Veggie Delite sandwich, a diet soda, and small bag of baked potato chips or pretzels


WHat the article on subway doesn't say that I seen him say in an interview is that he walked to and from subway to get them subs. Subway is okay but you can save money by making those yourself.

Desifreckle

Subway and Taco Bell fresco menu is my go to if I have to have fast food. I eat subway a lot but I don't normally get chips or cheese. I make my own sandwiches a lot too and it's much less expensive and you can control calories better!

hbruce1208

i work at subway plus i eat subway as well , ive lost a bit of weight because i'm on my feet all day but im also making healthy choices. http://www.subway.com/Menu/MenuCategoryItems.aspx?CC=USA&LC=ENG&MenuTypeId=1&MenuId=35 go to this link and pick your sandwich and then when you click on it, on the right will be a nutrition info and you can calculate your own to see how many calories you would be eating!

love8383

The subway diet is a little bit deceptive, it's fine as long as you have low carb bread, no condiments, cheese and all the things that make a sandwich tasty.

bandomn88

For me,150 plus carbs per day is over the top (unless you believe the government's healthy diet propaganda).
You would lose weight faster and sustain your target weight if you just cut out the bread. Eat fruit, nuts and veggies instead.

IlluminatedMayhem

Subway is my favorite fast food choice. I get turkey without cheese and fatty sauces and I load it up with veggies. I wouldn't eat it everyday though.

LanaC1210

Subway's bread is the worst! Empty calories! But if you must then opt for the chicken sub with veggies! No mayo!

Archon2

I read Jared's book on a whim. I wasn't expecting much, but it was a lot more interesting than I expected. Glad I read it as I felt it was an interesting story. I occasionally eat Subway too since I like the options there when I am working and need something on the road for lunch.

In the book, Jared explains he was overweight his whole life. Things just peaked in college. He was eating well over 10,000 calories a day and weighed over 400 lbs. He could hardly walk. In fact, he was taking the campus loop bus on a 40 minute ride from his student apartment to get to a class that he could have walked to in five minutes -- if he could physically handle it -- which he could not.

After trying numerous diets and failing -- he details a couple of these experiences and the reactions of his college roommate -- Jared noticed the Subway that was right near where he was living in his college apartment. After checking out the menu, he created his diet:

Breakfast was coffee only. No food.
Lunch was a 6" Turkey sub with veggies, no cheese, and mustard, and a pack of Lay's Baked Chips. Diet Coke to drink.
Dinner was a 12" veggie delight with no cheese, and mustard. Again, Diet Coke to drink.

Jared felt this diet was sustainable for him since it included 18" of bread a day, one of his favorite foods. It also left him less hungry and able (barely at first) to wait until his next Subway meal before giving up. He describes the initial mental and physical battles with this, but he successfully resisted making the call out to pizza delivery or pigging out at the school's cafeteria and such as was his prior habit.

Exercise was eventually walking to some classes instead of taking the campus bus. The first few attempts left him drenched with sweat and on the verge of blacking out. This got a lot easier, and he also started taking stairs up to classes that were several flights up as well.

He was eating around 1200 calories a day about. Shed 240lbs in one year. Got down to 180lbs at his lightest. Some people no longer recognized him.

nentecular

He was eating around 1200 calories a day about. Shed 240lbs in one year. Got down to 180lbs at his lightest. Some people no longer recognized him.

Well of course, anyone who weighed as much as he did would lose massive amounts of weight by reducing his intake to 1200 calories a day. I didn't have to be Subway, it could be anything whatsoever.

This whole "Subway diet" thing is a load of rubbish that's been over-hyped by Subway themselves as a marketing trick. Yes, he did it but it could have been absolutely any food he chose, it just happened to be Subway.

Archon2

Right. And the key point is that it is what worked for him. It is important to find something that you can stick to.

PrissyPisces

I put on about 10 pounds eating not much other than subway. It all comes down to calories. Eat less than you expend. This is easier if you cook yourself.

Exactly. You can eat whatever you'd like, but ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, know your calorie intake. Know what you are putting into your body at all times, so that you can stay in control. It's also good to make sure you're getting the most nutritional value from what you eat, but if it's working for you, keep at it.

paperpudding

Subway's bread is the worst! Empty calories! But if you must then opt for the chicken sub with veggies! No mayo!

Why is subway bread the worst?

Why is it bad to have mayo if it fits within my calorie allowance?

aedreana

Jared is 6' 2." Obviously, he has no need to weigh 112 pounds, which is my goal at 5' 3 1/2." That being said, I would be able to fit one veggie footlong per day into my diet. I am a vegan and LOVE a veggie footlong on white bread with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, lettuce, bell pepper, pepper and salt! They have the best white bread- I LOVE white bread and much prefer white bread to any other kind of bread-- and it is vegan! In fact, it is the only vegan white bread I know of. (I don't know whether any of their other breads are vegan-- I didn't ask them that when I contacted the company, because I knew the white bread would be my favorite, so I only asked about the white bread.) When not dieting, I order the same, except with oil added. The best bread in all the world! The best sandwich! The best lunch!

Archon2

Jared is 6' 2." Obviously, he has no need to weigh 112 pounds, which is my goal at 5' 3 1/2." That being said, I would be able to fit one veggie footlong per day into my diet. I am a vegan and LOVE a veggie footlong on white bread with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, lettuce, bell pepper, pepper and salt! They have the best white bread- I LOVE white bread and much prefer white bread to any other kind of bread-- and it is vegan! In fact, it is the only vegan white bread I know of. (I don't know whether any of their other breads are vegan-- I didn't ask them that when I contacted the company, because I knew the white bread would be my favorite, so I only asked about the white bread.) When not dieting, I order the same, except with oil added. The best bread in all the world! The best sandwich! The best lunch!

Yeah, that sandwich is basically a salad and bread. Not the worst thing you can eat on a diet for a meal! Makes it easy to track calories too. But aedreana, make sure you get some good protein in your other meals

Personally, I think Jared's diet was a bit light on protein and, of course, fats. (So I wouldn't personally do it...but that is just IMO)

His father is a medical doctor, and he and Jared's regular doctor found out able his "Subway diet," they just added a multivitamin and told him to keep going. Losing the weight and the health benefits of doing that was the top concern. Jared also felt that he could not eat other things while in the middle of his experiment as he felt that would ruin his willpower. Once he got to maintenance, that changed.

katiegrieder

I think it would be better (and far cheaper) to learn how to prepare your own meals. While Subway is one of the better choices if you need some food on the go, the price adds up fast. If you like sandiwches, and the idea behind the Subway diet, buy meat from the deli and keep veggies chopped and prepped in the fridge. Their meats are also processed and full of preservatives, so you're probably better off finding an alternative.

Just my two cents. Whatever you choose, I hope it works out for you.

I agree with this. The Subway diet was basically him eating a small sandwich with only meats and veggies a couple times a day (and as someone said he walked there) rather than the loads of junk he had been eating in drive thrus (e.g. other fast food).

It WOULD be easier and far cheaper if you just did that on your own. As far as fast food goes Subway is only better if you leave off the condiments and cheeses and have one of the smallest cold cut sandwiches available (my friend pointed out the disclaimer to me on the bottom of one of their commercials that explains all that) and of course don't drink the sodas or eat the side snacks.

MysteriousMerlin

Too much sodium for me. Besides, I can make sandwiches at home way cheaper.

jessieleah

I'm sure it's do-able, but it would not be my go-to method of losing weight.

On the other hand, I've lost nearly 60 lbs in the past year while eating Chipotle on a near-daily basis. However, I only do that because I work there and it's free. If i had to pay for it, I wouldn't do it! As long as you look up the calories ahead of time and make sure the sandwich isn't loaded with "hidden" calories from condiments, etc, you'd probably lose the weight.

Like everyone says, it just comes down to calories in < calories out.

Meerataila

the wheat has caramel colouring to make it look like wheat bread

That shouldn't even be allowed. That's obnoxious!

Cardio4Cupcakes

I go to Subway once a week with my boyfriend (we have a lunch date every week during work hours) but I usually try to get a salad but they're so expensive!!

usernameMAMA

1998 called, it wants its diet back.

randomtai

skullshank

Tanie98

I cant believe people still doing diets.no thanks