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Snooki, the bad girl star of the reality TV show, Jersey Shore, is the latest celebrity to testify, quite publicly, about how she got skinny fast eating diet cookies. All you had to do was look at Snooki's lush, overflowing bosoms and her chunky appearance to see the visual effects of a 10-drink-a-night party lifestyle on her body. At just 4'9", Snooki , along with all shorter-than-average people, isn't able to get away with an extra 15 or 20 pounds of weight without showing it. Now she's got a sleek, sexy 100-pound body, and Dr. Siegal's cookie diet is the reason for her success.
Dr. Sanford Siegal is the godfather the diet cookie concept and the creator of the CookieDiet.com. His company is one of three popular, nationally-available diet cookie programs. The other two are the SmartForLife.com diet cookie developed by Dr. Sasson Moulavi and the HollywoodCookieDiet.com developed by Jamie Kabler and Larry Turner. All three diet cookie programs offer variations of the same low calorie weight loss strategy that promise fast, easy, practical, hunger free results.
The basic idea is to eat the diet cookie as a meal replacement for breakfast and lunch and to also have a diet cookie as a snack two or three times a day. Dinner is a 600-800 calorie "real meal" comprised of 4 to 6 ounces of lean protein, one cup of cooked veggies and one cup of salad with a non-caloric dressing. Daily calorie consumption is targeted around 1,200, a sure thing for weight loss. This might not be the program you want to live with for the rest of your life, but it's obviously worked for lots of people to successfully jump start weight loss and to see a quick result.
Here's the truth about weight loss. People who see a result the fastest are the most likely to keep going and to lose more weight. While many experts still cling to the popular but false idea that slower weight loss is better, there's no real correlation between the slow speed of weight loss and the ability to keep weight off. So fast or slow, it doesn't matter. What matters is getting the weight off in the first place. The 66% overweight/obesity population statistics in our country are so severe, any reasonable, healthy methodology that works and motivates people should be taken seriously.
Diet cookies are portable, tasty, filling, convenient and familiar. Since the portion is pre-determined, the temptation to over eat or cheat is dramatically minimized. The only rule is that you have to drink a glass of water or a non-caloric beverage after eating the cookie. Each cookie is about 100 calories, no matter who makes it. Of course, the ingredients are super secret. Everyone claims to have the best ingredients that work to suppress hunger. Dr. Siegal's recipe, for example, has animal protein. Larry Turner and Jamie Kabler also claim to have a high protein cookie, but we don't know if it's animal or veggie protein, like the kind that comes from soy or nuts. Dr. Moulavi claims his cookie recipe is the healthiest way to lose weight because it's the only cookie made with 100% organic ingredients and no toxins or preservatives.
One of the big differentiators is price. The CookieDiet and the SmartForLife cookies are the most expensive products, and the HollywoodCookieDiet is the least expensive, but still pricey. The logic for the inflated price is that you're not spending all your money at the grocery store, so it's actually cheaper to eat this way, not more expensive. One week's supply of Dr. Siegal's cookie diet costs $59.95 for 42 cookies plus shipping and handling, which is waived if you buy more cookies. One week's supply of the SmartForLife cookies costs $47.99 for 42 cookies and includes shipping and handling. A three or four day supply of the HollywoodDietCookie, which is 30 cookies, can be purchased for $19.99 plus shipping and handling.
Here's a breakdown of the cost per cookie by brand: CookieDiet.comis $1.43 per cookie, SmartForLife.com is $1.14 per cookie, and HollywoodDietCookie is $0.66 per cookie. There are lots of variations on these prices, and you can get a much better pricing deal if you buy more cookies. All cookie manufacturers offer several different varieties of cookies, and there's sure to be one that pleases your palate.
As for marketing hype, Dr. Siegal's been in the weight loss business for over 50 years, and he claims that 500,000 people have lost weight on his program. The SmartForLife cookie has been around for seven years, and the website makes a vague claim that the program has helped "hundreds of thousands of people to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds." The HollywoodDietCookie claims to be the weight loss "secret of the stars" and that over three million cookies have been sold. The only product that I've personally tasted is Dr. Siegal's cookie. Okay, so it wasn't like eating mom's chocolate chip cookie, but it was fresh. It had a decent taste. It was filing, and it didn't provoke binge eating. However, according to the LA Times taste test, the HollywoodCookieDiet came out on top.
An alternative to buying pre-made diet cookies is to make your own version of a diet cookie in the convenience of your own home. You can follow the same meal replacement/snacking protocol and lose the same weight at a fraction of the cost. It's fresh. It's easy. It's fun. And you have more control over what you put in your mouth. Here are some guidelines for tinkering with your favorite cookie recipe. First, you need to replace white flour with a whole grain or nut meal alternative. Wheat bran and stone ground whole wheat flour is available in most large grocery stores and in all health food stores. If you're one of those people who has an intolerance to wheat, experiment with other grains. Oats and oat bran are a great substitute. Flax meal has a wonderful taste. You can even mix a couple of different grains together instead of using just one. My personal favorite is almond meal because it has a delicious flavor and a big satisfaction quotient.
The second thing you need to do is replace all caloric sweeteners like sugar, honey or molasses. Instead, use a non-caloric sweetener like sucralose (sold as Splenda and many grocery stores also have their own cheaper-priced brand)or one of the new stevia blends (sold as Truvia or Purevia). These products measure the same as sugar and are heat tolerant, which means you can use them in baking. The third thing you need to do is add about a cup of pureed or grated veggies to your recipe. Anything except white potato is a good choice, but pumpkin, carrots, and sweet potatoes or yams are especially yummy.
Lastly, you'll need to tinker with your liquids. Switch to a low fat dairy product and depending on the grain and veggie you use, you may need to add anywhere from to cup more liquid to your recipe. When I'm cooking homemade diet cookies for others I use canola oil instead of butter because canola oil is an unsaturated fat and it has a bland taste. However, when I'm cooking for myself I use the best butter I can find because it actually has less calories and it makes the cookie taste really exceptional.
If you're interested in the do-it-yourself diet cookie approach, but if all this recipe revising is too much for you, please visit my sugarfreemiracle.com website and check out my "do-it-yoursef" diet cookie recipe. It's delicious. It's filling. And the best part is that you can eat yourself thin!
