8lb lighter and loving the diet! (tescodiets.com)

Member Name: Ljg1006

Product:	tescodiets.com
Date:	03/06/09 (22 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, great meal plans, options to swop, varied diets available

Disadvantages: None that I've found yet

I have previously done Weight Watchers and have found this very effective (dropping 50lb over a 3 year period before the birth of my child). Since having my baby I have slowly put on the weight I lost, finding comfort eating and take-aways much easier than thinking about preparing healthy foods. Then I saw an offer on Tesco Diets - it cost me about £25 for 12 weeks so I thought for £1.99 a week I had little to loose (other than hopefully weight!). I looked through their diet choices and signed up for the wellbeing plan (they also have plans such as low salt, diabetic, GI, light choices and others which I cant think of off the top of my head!). Every week they create a menu plan for me, of which you can go in and swop any meals you don't fancy for other meals on the list. It's a very lazy way of dieting but I've found it very effective as I never have to think 'what's for tea' which is when I'd always go for the easy option (especially if I'd been at work all day). Most of the evening meals are really easy to prepare and can be done in 15-20 minutes. Plus when someone else is telling you want to cook you tend to use ingredients you wouldn't normally think of (well I wouldn't!) Last night we had chicken in a ginger, lemongrass, garlic and soy sauce with mange tout, asparagus and carrots. Tonight we have Tandori Chicken with spinach. My only beef is that I can only have 2 drinks a week and I do have a tendency to stretch that a little bit but I have been avoiding my weakness of lager.

There is online support - although I haven't yet used this, community boards which are great if you have any questions or just want some support from people in the same situation. They also have online meetings (again something I've not yet used). I have a weigh in once a week (you don't get your next meal plan until you've weighed in) and you get the option to add any comments and then later in the day someone will respond with words of encouragement, wisdom or praise.

Anyway I'm rambling! As you can tell I'm really enjoying doing this plan, I've been on it 4 weeks and lost 8lb so far (that's without doing any additional exercise). Hubby is also following it and he's lost loads more than me (he is very overweight though). The first week was tough and I felt I was always hungry, looking back I wasn't hungry I was just used to snacking! Now if I feel I 'have' to have something to eat I either chew gum, get a glass of water or grab some fruit (as it's all I have in the house!). Try it for 12 weeks and you might find like me you really enjoy it :)

Summary: Easy and effective way to loose weight.