Anyone here doing Dr. Siegal's cookie diet?

catherheath
catherheath Posts: 16 Member
edited September 20 in Health and Weight Loss
I'd like to hear your experience.

I started this diet last week, the first 3 days were rough, and then like magic, my body adapted and I feel great.

I'm curious if anyone has had success doing this diet.

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  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    I'd like to hear your experience.

    I started this diet last week, the first 3 days were rough, and then like magic, my body adapted and I feel great.

    I'm curious if anyone has had success doing this diet.

    okay, someone is seriously gonna have to explain this one to me.
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    It's just slim-fast, but with cookies and apparently comes with medical supervision as well.
  • catherheath
    catherheath Posts: 16 Member
    exactly, like slim fast but with cookies. It's just a low calorie diet, but I like having something specific to follow, for me it makes it easier.
  • July24Lioness
    July24Lioness Posts: 2,399 Member
    exactly, like slim fast but with cookies. It's just a low calorie diet, but I like having something specific to follow, for me it makes it easier.

    But is this something you can follow for life?
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    I wish they had the Dr. Suess Pizza Diet....I'd be all over that. :devil:
  • July24Lioness
    July24Lioness Posts: 2,399 Member
    I wish they had the Dr. Suess Pizza Diet....I'd be all over that. :devil:

    :laugh: :laugh:
  • Wecandothis
    Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
    I wish they had the Dr. Suess Pizza Diet....I'd be all over that. :devil:

    Hee hee hee

    Oh how I like Pizza, it's true don't you see?
    I really like Pizza but the fat don't like me.

    Eh. Not very Dr. Seuss like. Is there a Dr. Seuss Pizzaria near you? And do they have star bellied Sneetches?
  • hasiangirl
    hasiangirl Posts: 1,613
    I wish they had the Dr. Suess Pizza Diet....I'd be all over that. :devil:

    Hee hee hee

    Oh how I like Pizza, it's true don't you see?
    I really like Pizza but the fat don't like me.

    Eh. Not very Dr. Seuss like. Is there a Dr. Seuss Pizzaria near you? And do they have star bellied Sneetches?
    :huh:
    Oh pepperoni, cheese slices of bliss
    It starts with a hug and ends with a kiss
    I'll bite and i'll munch
    Oh I cannot stop at just one
    No, no, I cannot I must have a bunch.
    With a wiggle and giggle
    A smirk of glee
    I'll eat that cheese pie
    Until I can barely see
    Pizza filled belly
    And pizza filled brain
    Hopefully tomorrow I do not gain

    *wants some pizza*
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I wish they had the Dr. Suess Pizza Diet....I'd be all over that. :devil:

    Hee hee hee

    Oh how I like Pizza, it's true don't you see?
    I really like Pizza but the fat don't like me.

    Eh. Not very Dr. Seuss like. Is there a Dr. Seuss Pizzaria near you? And do they have star bellied Sneetches?
    :huh:
    Oh pepperoni, cheese slices of bliss
    It starts with a hug and ends with a kiss
    I'll bite and i'll munch
    Oh I cannot stop at just one
    No, no, I cannot I must have a bunch.
    With a wiggle and giggle
    A smirk of glee
    I'll eat that cheese pie
    Until I can barely see
    Pizza filled belly
    And pizza filled brain
    Hopefully tomorrow I do not gain

    *wants some pizza*

    Nicely done :wink:
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I'd like to hear your experience.

    I started this diet last week, the first 3 days were rough, and then like magic, my body adapted and I feel great.

    I'm curious if anyone has had success doing this diet.

    I think I'd like the diet A LOT for about 3 days. Then I'd crave pizza or Mexican or Thai and the diet would come crashing down around me.
  • hasiangirl
    hasiangirl Posts: 1,613
    the question i have is are these nutrient injected cookies?!
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    the question i have is are these nutrient injected cookies?!

    nah their like pills in capsule form like on the Jetsons. Every pill is a delicious meal. Just add water.
  • KristyO
    KristyO Posts: 126
    damn you guys and your pizza rhymes!

    I think I stand with most MFP-ers that have tried all these diets before and they never worked for us (if they did, it was only temporary). clean eating, good fuel and exersize are the way to go in my book!
  • thinsky
    thinsky Posts: 81
    So what are the cookies? Do you only eat cookies all day? What kinda cookies? How many a day?
  • hasiangirl
    hasiangirl Posts: 1,613
    So what are the cookies? Do you only eat cookies all day? What kinda cookies? How many a day?
    i get a feeling thinksy is a cookie fan :wink: :laugh:
  • iRun4wine
    iRun4wine Posts: 5,126
    Is there a link to some miracle website or something that explains what this craziness is? :huh:
  • thinsky
    thinsky Posts: 81
    Hey I could eat some cookies......If they didn't have sugar, flour, and tons of other ingredients that went and stuck on my hips!!!!!:smile:
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    "Foods Engineered to Control Hunger™
    Let's face it: hunger wrecks diets™. No matter how motivated you are, it's nearly impossible to stick to a diet when you're hungry. That's why renowned physician, author, and weight loss expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., created the real Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET® hunger-controlling foods more than thirty years ago. Dr. Siegal's meal replacement diet cookies and shakes contain his secret blend of amino acids (food proteins) that curb your appetite without drugs and enable you to stick to the diet that your own doctor supervises.

    Since 1975, more than 500,000 people have used Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET® cookies and shake mixes to help them reach their goals."

    http://www.cookiedietonline.com/
  • Wecandothis
    Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
    :huh:
    Oh pepperoni, cheese slices of bliss
    It starts with a hug and ends with a kiss
    I'll bite and i'll munch
    Oh I cannot stop at just one
    No, no, I cannot I must have a bunch.
    With a wiggle and giggle
    A smirk of glee
    I'll eat that cheese pie
    Until I can barely see
    Pizza filled belly
    And pizza filled brain
    Hopefully tomorrow I do not gain

    *wants some pizza*

    NICE!!!! :smile:
  • Wecandothis
    Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
    "secret blend of amino acids"

    Er...
  • iRun4wine
    iRun4wine Posts: 5,126
    They probably don't know what's in it either... thus the "secret"... :noway:
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    sounds wack... more of the same from these "DIET" groups. "Eating inherently evil, so eat our product instead." Oh okay, easy as that huh?!
  • BrightAngel
    BrightAngel Posts: 2 Member
    I am on day 5 of Dr. Siegal's cookie diet.
    For the past 3 1/2 years I have been maintaining a large weight loss.
    Right now my weight is at the top of my maintenance weight range,
    and I need to drop 5 or 10 lbs.
    I decided to do this meal replacement plan for a few weeks
    or until I reach my weight goal,
    or until I'm sick of it.

    If you'd like some Supportive company at a selective forum,
    I started posting on a Yahoo Group forum that has some people who've been doing it.
    It is called CookieDietSupport. :tongue:

    Catherheath, it looks like you have also just begun the same thing,
    and I am interested in seeing if your experience is similiar to mine.
    How is it going for you OR for any of you who has actually tried it?
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    i think what everyone is trying to say is: if it is not a healthy lifestyle, it probably isn't good for you
  • catherheath
    catherheath Posts: 16 Member
    hi Bright Angel, we seem to be in a similar situation :)I will look into your forum.

    I have also lost a great deal of weight by eating healthy and exercising. I started at 215 and now weight 165. It took me 1 year to reach 165, and I've spent another year stuck there. This is why I wanted to do something different and extreme to get my body past the plateu. So far, I like the cookie diet. Specially after my first week, I really feel full quickly and find that I'm ok not eating much. Is this diet extreme? yes, obviously it's a low calorie diet. Is it unsafe? no, I don't believe so. I take vitamins, I get everything my body needs and it's also doctor supervised. I'm healthy, and I'm not going to die from eating just 850 calories a day. No, of course this isn't a lifetime diet, that's ridiculous. But I know how to eat healthy and exercise and maintain a healthy lifetime diet, Right now, this is something I'm doing short term to get the little push I needed, and there is nothing wrong with that.
  • annaliza
    annaliza Posts: 809
    Wow, I've been on a cookie diet for years....maybe that's why I'm here now lol
  • BrightAngel
    BrightAngel Posts: 2 Member
    Catherhealth,
    It sounds to me like you are taking a very reasonable approach.
    Congratulations on your loss from 215 to 165 - a 50 lb loss.
    AND on MAINTAINING that 50 lb loss for a year.

    I am female, 5'0" , 115 lbs and 60+.
    Almost 17 years ago I weighed 271 lbs, had a gastric bypass and dropped to 160 lbs.
    I maintained that for several years, and then weight began creeping back.
    5 years ago, I weighed 190 lbs and through eating an average of around 1200 calories
    I dropped down to my goal weight of 115 lbs.

    For the past 3 1/2 years I've been maintaining that weight-loss,
    and it's taken very hard work to stay between 115 and 110 lbs.
    Despite the fact that I've added an hour plus of daily low-impact exercise,
    and a bit of strength training,

    My total daily average calorie BURN is normally only between 1000-1200 calories.
    This means, of course, that when I need to take off a few pounds.
    I must average a smaller amount of daily calories.
    Larger, younger, active people simply do not understand the reality of this situation,
    and I continually get the bad advice to eat at least 1200 calories daily.
    I've run many experiements in this area,
    and found that eating that high a calorie average
    causes my weight to gradually climb, and climb, and climb.

    All bodies are not the same, even at the same age, size, and weight.
    I suggest that those who think they know all the answers
    due to scientific research review this link.
    http://www.pcollins.com/upload/Scientific Research.gif

    The good thing about doing a "meal replacement" plan for a while
    is that it helps clarify one's eating patterns. Since it is pre-measured,
    it is simple to eat a specific amount at a specific time,
    which makes those additional (often unnoticed) bites or extras extremely obvious.
    Good luck to you.:heart:
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