Written by Diet Plans Digest on 30th June, 2008

Quick Glance

Low carb diets have become one of the most popular diets out there
today. Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies makes it easy to make this diet a part of your lifestyle, because it includes everything you need: from recipes to a multitude of tools to help you count carbs.

You’ll find:

- Lots of recipes for dishes with 5 carbs or less
- Recipes for soups, seafood, meat dishes, vegetarian, crockpot specialties, and desserts
- Guidelines for eating low-carb when you’re dining out

Author Jan McCracken includes these in the book as well:

- A shopping list for a well-stocked low-carb kitchen
- Tips on using spices creatively for variety and flavor, and tips for reducing stress so you can avoid binging.

Costs

You’ll spend about $13 for the book, and incur the normal cost of groceries.

Sample Foods

- BLT Soup
- Beef and Asparagus Stir-Fry
- Maple-cinnamaon Almond Snack

Start Your Diet

Written by Diet Plans Digest on 27th June, 2008

Start Your Diet web site

Quick Glance

Like most online diet plan web sites, Start Your Diet comes complete with lots of free tools, meal planning, and community support to help you lose weight.

Their basic membership is free and offers diet tools, such as:

- Track your weight
- Plan target goal dates
- Special goal planning tool
- Track daily water intake
- Weight tracking chart
- Free diet profile

The deluxe program includes all the basic plus over 30 unique tools to give you an extra advantage. Some of these tools include:

- Diet tracking calendar
- Charts and graphs
- Diet blog
- Buddy finder
- Favorites list

Costs

Normal grocery costs. Deluxe program is $29.95/year.

Sample Foods

Allows you to eat both store bought and take out foods, using calories as a guide.

Online Diet Plans

When classifying a diet plan as "online", we mean that all of the program's detailed information, the meal plans and recipes, and all tools and support are accessed online via that program's web site. Of course, many will also supplement the online version with hard copy printed materials such as books and magazines, and may also include phone support. But the primary means of managing the plan on a day to day basis is via their web site. Check this area for both paid and free online diet plans.

Real World Support Groups

Real world diet support groups generally involve signing up with a program in which you attend meetings with people in your area, or visit a diet center near you on a recurring basis. These in-person, face to face types of plans are especially useful for those who are motivated by interacting with others directly, rather than virtually as in the online world.

DIY Weight Loss Plans

We classify plans as DIY (Do It Yourself) when they only involve the dieter and some materials, such as books, etc. If you don't want any kind of social interaction, support or a strict plan, you probably will do best by winging it on your own. DIY diet plans will focus mostly on obtaining plan material from books, cds and dvds, and are often what people are seeking when searching for the top 10 diets.