You want the nitty-gritty. So, here it is, pro/con style:
Pros: It worked for me! I lost inches & pounds, dropped lots of bad eating habits, learned to love some new-to-me healthy foods and good habits, and just feel better overall.
Cons: It’s hard. Ok. it’s not the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but it’s definitely hard. This diet requires lots of planning. If you don’t plan, you will probably fail. But, if you do a little planning, you will do great!
*There is an iPhone app that you can buy to go with the diet and I’ve gotta say, that was the best $1.99 I’ve spent in a long time! I don’t think I could have done the diet without it. And on the topic of money…
The only other real con I had with this diet is the cost. Now, to be fair, that is not Haylie or this diet’s problem. That is just the unfortunate cost of eating fresh veggies and real food.
That said, if you garden, wait until peak harvesting season to do this diet! And for the rest of us… late spring and summer, with their abundant farmer’s markets, farmshares and produce stands will make the cost of eating this healthy that much more bearable!
My husband’s hardest thing, besides just going through the pain of breaking bad eating habits (serious sugar cravings for that guy!), was drinking enough water everyday.
Water is a biggie on this diet, and you need to drink half your body weight in ounces every day (which we really should be doing anyway!). I drink a lot of water so that wasn’t a big deal for me, but for my husband… he felt like he was drowning a bit! ;o) But, he has definitely learned to be better about drinking water!
And as Haylie puts it… if you don’t drink all your water so that the fat and toxins can be flushed out of your body, you’re basically taking fat off one thigh and putting it back on the other, because it has no way out! Yuck!!
So, what do you think? Do you think I’m a quack? Or do you think you might give this a try?
