P.I.N.K Method

From TED:
Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.

http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science.html

So... I am a little surprisedby these responses.
Number 1: Dr. Phil's NOT the person who came up with this method. The method was featured on his show and it was also on the Doctors, and they did go to medical school.
Number 2: there is almost NO calorie counting. Its mostly about knowing the food you eat and maintaining proper nutrition. Its eating healthy for women and excersising.
Number 3: This is not about rapid weight loss. It can help lose faster but not so fast it becomes unhealthy. It is a 60 day program, but it also gives specific and realistic ways to keep the weight off even after the diet ends. And the personalized journal helps you plan meals and track progress as well as recipes an online community and the shakes are extremely tastey. This is healthy carbs, protiens, slow digesting food to boost metabolism and stay full longer.
My sister is on week three and has lost 9lbs. I'm starting tomorrow. It works... if you try.... its 76.00 and thats a heck of a lot cheaper than nutri-system, dieting books, Hollywooddiets, and 25.00 a month in a gym... do it at home private and comfortable.

There is nothing new under the sun with these diet plans. If you do it the healthy way, it takes time to lose weight. Any time they promise you more than a 1-2 pound loss per week, be wary. The rules are the same no matter what...move more, eat less. If this program gets you to do that, then fine. It is just another gimmick...the same old stuff in a pretty pink package. Oh, and I honestly don't trust any of those shows. Those guys will do anything to make a buck, including hocking whatever fad diet comes down the pike.

This method was also featured on the Dr. Oz show recently... I was wondering about it myself. I know that Doctor Phil isn't really a doctor but is the Oz guy? lol

Dr. Oz is a cardiac surgeon and got me started back when he was on Oprah. Lately he has been irritating me with seeming to be more commercialized and giving what seems to me "odd" advice often enough! = (

Not that it particularly matters but that's one terrible looking website and all those ultra-pink materials are enough to paint a picture of unhealthy, fad-dieting to me. I wouldn't give them a dime or risk my health.

not to mention, for what its worth, it IS actually a healthy diet. its even comparable to weight watchers. it promotes healthy, natural eating, starting from scratch and slowly adding things back into your diet. the exercises are perfect for muscle confusion which is what you need to lose weight. i myself go to my gym 6 times a week but as for what to do with strength training i needed a personal plan. this was good. what works for one doesnt have to work for all, but this happened to work.

So I bought into the hype and bought this, and here are my honest thoughts on it....
Cynthia (the nutritionist behind it) talks to you like you are an idiot, the whole book she's like "Honey, I'm going to get you to your sexy weight!!" Sweetie that's cardio with a K! Bleh, I don't care how much know how she has, she write likes an air head.
The diet consists of 3-14 days of "reset" which is essentially a detox, you are only allowed the pink drink (any non soy or dairy milk, strawberries and 100% whey or hemp protein), low calorie veggies and 8oz of lean protein. Then you do "primary" which is 8oz of protein, 3 servings of slow carbs/slow fruit and veggies. You do this until you are 5 lbs from your "sexy weight" and then you do shred, which is basically reset but you eat "shred soup" which is essential a vegetable soup I think but don't really recall. During the primary phase you do the videos which come in three phases plus three extra mini work outs (yoga, lower body mat and abs). Each phase is 3 weeks, then you do reset for 4 days and continue on to the next phase. I've only done one video thus far but they seem pretty solid (nothing different than any other home work out video though).
I lost 8lbs in a week of reset, which is excellent, however, I personally am not a fan of detoxes and had I known that's what reset was I wouldn't have bought the program. Of course you lose weight, you eat just under 1000 calories. Being not very far into primary I don't have personal experience with this yet, but many people have said they stop losing weight in phase one but do lose inches. Apparently eventually the weight starts to come off again if you stick with it. The website can be a great motivational tool, but there is a lot of cattiness and bad advice given, also if you want to stray from the plan at all you will get your head bitten off.
This diet isn't anything you haven't heard of, if you could stick to counting calories, weight watchers, or any plan really, you could stick to this and lose weight. The inflexibility of this plan does not work for me. They say this is a lifestyle change, but my lifestyle (yes, as unhealthy as it is) will involve cake at the occasional birthday and a handful of popcorn at a movie. When counting calories these are things I can plan for and work in, while on Pink it's never "allowed".The you go girl, pink is sexy, honey we are in this together, does not appeal to me. I do appreciate that this has given me motivation to do what I should have done in the first place (count calories) and I always enjoy a new set of work out videos. I believe that this works for some people and if this is what you think would work for you then for sure getting healthy is worth $70, but really if you work any plan, it should work.
-On a side note there is a brief chapter on maintenance where you need to count calories to be in a 1400-1800 calorie range (the idea is not to count daily but that you count for a while and then will be able to keep count without really keeping count). It seems to me that it is setting people up for failure to tell them not to count calories their entire diet because "it's too hard and complicated" but then expect them to afterwords.
Also, Dr. Phil said on a follow up episode that his son is the publisher, so his endorsement was, as expected, totally friggin bogus.

absolutely not a scam!! ) i actually just started it in january and ive lost 6 lbs in a week. may sound drastic but its because the first phase of the diet is a pink reset which has oober healthy meal plans and low calorie intake so your not supposed to put in any extra exercise. im super excited to start the next phase which bumps up calorie intake and begins the exercise program (ive tried one out and it really kicks your butt). i definitely recommend the program!!

My sister and I decided to give it a try and so far so good! I lost 6 lbs during the reset phase and my sister has lost 10, she has more weight to lose than I do. Just started the next phase with exercise so we will see how it goes! I like it so far. But yes I agree that the way Cynthia talks to you in thea book is highly annoying.

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