The Diet Smart Plan

The plan involves a series of small, healthy changes to a person's diet that result in more significant benefits over a period of time rather than drastic measures to meet an expected deadline for weight loss goals.

The Diet Smart Plan is based on the participants’ eating awareness. TDSP is calorie conscious but not concerned with more detailed nutritional aspects such as protein, carbohydrates, fats, points, or good fiber. Keeping the dieter focused on just a few simple aspects, the dieter is more likely to adopt those few healthy habits and make them behaviors rather than overwhelming them with multiple items that lead to frustration and eventually, failure.

TDSP has only three basic guidelines:
1. Participants are asked to stay under a daily caloric intake amount equal to 8 times their body weight to lose weight.Once the dieter approaches their target weight, they increase this to 11 times their body weight (i.e. 11 x body weight in pounds). As in most successful diet plans, limiting calories are the key to weight loss. Having dieters focused on only this guideline promotes success.

2. Participants are asked to eat at least 5 times a day, preferably 6.This guideline prevents overeating at any particular meal and speeds up digestion.

3. Participants are asked to weigh-in in the morning and in the evening.Having a participant monitoring their weight more often keeps the program in their minds and promotes a cycle of success where good habits are rewarded by the participant seeing the result in the scale soon after.


Foods
The Diet Smart program categorizes food into 5 groups.
The five food categories are:

1. Free Foods
Most low-calorie vegetables which the dieter does not count against their daily calorie limit. Because many participants do not eat vegetables at all so this is motivation for them to eat as many as they can. It has been suggested that someone could eat more calories eating free foods and gain weight, but this in reality has not been the case since participants cannot eat the volume of vegetables to gain weight. Most participants did not eat a significant percentage of vegetables in their diet prior to TDSP. In the first few days of the program, many dieters turn to free foods to maintain a full feeling while trying to stay under their daily calorie count. When the dieter does not feel hungry and sees weight loss, the participant changes their perception of diets.

2. Basic Foods
Staples such as baked potatoes, rice, fruits, and lean meats. Foods where calories count against the daily calorie limit but the dieter should try to eat as much as possible.

3. Single Portion Foods
Foods that are acceptable in reasonable portions such as spaghetti, ice cream, and steaks.

4. Modified Foods
Foods that have low-calorie options or can be prepared in lower calorie fashion such as cheeseburgers, fries, and milk.

5. Limited Foods
Foods that are not forbidden just should be limited to once a week such as Lasagna.

Sample Meal Plan
Breakfast:Medium Banana, Oatmeal
Calories 190

Midmorning Snack: Granola Bar, Apple
Calories 160

Lunch: 1/4 pd. Cheeseburger (lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard), 2 oz. potato chips, Side salad with raspberry vinaigrette
Calories 530

Mid-Afternoon Snack: Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (55 pieces)
Calories 140

Dinner:6 oz. Chicken tenderloins - grilled, 1 cup green beans
medium baked potato with ultra low-calorie butter, carrots
Calories 440

After dinner snack:1/2 bag of popcorn
Calories 100

Calorie Counting
Prior to each meal or snack, participants “research”, or verify the calorie count of foods prior to consumption to ensure that the meal or snack fits within the daily limit providing for flexibility in many situations. After the meal is consumed, calories from items eaten including condiments and other extras to ensure all calories are counted (unless the food is a free food). TDSP is only concerned with the total from the meal, not details from individual items. The participant keeps a running total all day. At the end of the day, the slate is wiped clean and the participant starts again the next day at zero.

Exercise
Asking participants to wait to begin an exercise program rather than starting day helps participants readily adopt an exercise program later. Participants begin by focusing on weight loss for six weeks and then begin a regular weight loss program. The loss of weight helps participants exercise more easily and separates the concepts for easier adoption. Participants who did not have a regular exercise regime prior to TDSP are asked to wait until week six to begin a routine.

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