Dr. Bernstein Diet

Really dude? Does it matter how he's doing it? You should be happy for the guy and I think your jealousy is showing and it isn't pretty. As the saying goes, don't hate the player, hate the game. Use his process as encouragement to step up your game, not to tear down his.

From what I understand from friends who have done it, it's a very low calorie diet with no exercise. You also have to get vitamin B12 shots. It costs about $700 a month from what I've heard, probably depending on the program. The daily calorie limit is 800 cals or something crazy like that.

It's mainly counting calories, which is what we do here on MFP. Granted you could do that for free, but some people will be more able to stick to something if it hits them in the wallet. To each their own.

I know two people who have done this, output a whole lot of money, lost a ton of weight, then gained it all back when they couldn't continue with the program. That being said, the rate at which people keep their weight off by any means is quite low so I don't know if there's a correlation.

As others have said, OP do your own thing and leave your cousin do his thing.

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I googled and I only see that it's a low carb diet for diabetics. Is your cousin diabetic? I'm confused about why this is pathetic and cheating. What does being young, single, and childless have to do with it? I'm just really confused.

I'm on day nine of the 10 day Banana and Sardine Detox Diet. Let's do this!

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I'm on day nine of the 10 day Banana and Sardine Detox Diet. Let's do this!

Ewww

Who knows it wasn't hard work for him? And even if it was easy, why so mad?

Hi - I am from Toronto and I'm familar with this diet. It is a supervised extremely low calorie diet and Dr. Bernstin's reputation is poor. I wouldn't say this program is "cheating" or low effort - dangerous would be a better word. People who follow it do loss considerable amounts quicky but they often feel very weak and have signs of poor health (pale skin, hair loss, cold all the time). Since your cousin is very young he may be o.k. but another side effect is skin that looks old before its time - which can happen with any weight loss program. However, this isn't very common with slower more sensible loss and younger age. My friend ended up with "severe turkey neck" at 40 - something that usual occurs much later in life. To me these types of diets may be necessary based on a well thought out risk assessment - for example if your cousin's family doctor told him he would likely have a heart attack before 26 if he did'nt loss weight, this risk is far worse than what I describe. I think you should worry more about your cousin's health and put aside your feelings of being insulted (assuming you don't wish him harm )

ERM...last time I checked, diabetic dieters don't work any less hard at their diets than anyone else.

The Bernstein diet is a diabetic diet. And like all diets, it works the same as anyone else's, calorie deficit.

OP, your jealous is showing and also your ignorance. Both are best kept to yourself.