Subscribe Ask the Editors Search Entire site Smallbiz Bookstore Msg. Forget fad diets. I d like to try it myself, but it seems too good to be true. The Carbohydrate Addict s Diet, Zone Diet, Atkins Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet. The problem is these results are rarely there to stay.
Many dieters start out with a sensible nutrition and exercise program.
But after a few weeks of giving up their favorite desserts, sweating on the treadmill and seeing the needle on the scale stick at the same spot, they become discouraged. When your program fails to produce quick results, you might be tempted by the success stories of others. And there are many such success stories. Fad diets do produce results, but lost weight is often re-gained when the dieter resumes a more normal eating pattern. Most busy entrepreneurs just don t have the hours in their day that are necessary for Zone diet meal planning.