Fat Flush Diet

Good or bad choice to make?

Some co-workers introduced me to the Fat Flush Diet plan. They had apparently bought the book and followed the weight loss diet program with success. I read the book first and though I wasn’t sure I could handle the restrictions, I decided to try it.

The first thing I found rather unappealing was the use of cran-water. I am not a fan of cranberry juice at all, so I had to eliminate that right away and substitute plain tap or bottled water.

The first phase of the Fat Flush Diet was very difficult and lacked flavour since you couldn’t have margarine, sugar, oils or fats except flaxseed oil, grains, bread, cereal, starch vegetables, or dairy products.

There was even a limited list of herbs and spices for flavouring. I have to admit that during this phase I had no problem with the 1100-1200 calories because the food lacked in flavour and variety.

Into Phase 2 of the Fat Flush Diet, the calorie intake is increased but not the variety of foods. I lost some weight but not as much as I feel I should have based upon the food I was eating. I also could not drink the hot water with lemon that is part of the diet. Perhaps the fact that I was unable to eat some of the foods on the list caused my lack of success, but I simply cannot eat food that has no flavour.

My family was complaining about the lack of flavour because I did not have time to make two separate meals. It took me about two months to lose fifteen pounds, and that was the point when I decided it wasn’t worth it.

To say the Fat Flush Diet didn’t work for me doesn’t mean it won’t work for someone else. I can only give you my own personal experiences, and it was much too restrictive for my lifestyle. In fact, there were several occasions when I was on business trips that I had to deviate from what I was supposed to eat.

You can't exactly go to a restaurant and ask them to serve food without butter and only use certain herbs and spices. Some diets are not meant for people who travel from home or eat in restaurants, and this happens to be one of them.

Another problem I had with this diet is the fact that you have to cook your food from scratch and use fresh fruits and vegetables. Though that may be fine for people who don’t work outside of the home, it was very difficult for me with a husband and two teenagers who re involved in a variety of events.

Add that to a full-time job, and you can see why I don’t have time to cook every night—I had to get into the habit of doing all my cooking on the weekends in order to stay on the Fat Flush Diet program.

I also did not see where taking the fat out of my diet helped me lose any more weight than I would have with the same number of calories and eating a healthy meal that had some flavour to it.

Review by Kristen Capriotti

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