Article: Before starting any diet, even the 20/20 diet, consider talking to your doctor first. They will be able to provide with you guidance on whether or not this program is appropriate for you. Start by talking to your doctor about your desire to lose weight by following the 20/20 diet. Bring in the book, recipes and allowed food lists so your doctor can familiarize himself with this eating plan. In general, the 20/20 diet can be viewed as a well-balanced diet; however, the initial phase (which is short in length) is fairly restrictive. Talk to your doctor specifically about this phase of the diet and whether he thinks it'd be safe for you. Ask your doctor whether or not he has additional guidance, advice or resources on safe and healthy weight loss for you. Like many diets, the 20/20 diet is fairly specific especially in the initial phases. To help make your transition to this diet a little easier, write out your meal plan and a corresponding grocery list. Start by reviewing the allowed foods for whatever phase you're following. Also review the corresponding recipes that incorporate these allowed foods. To make your meal plan, take a calendar or date book and write in what you plan to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and any planned snacks. Do this for one week at a time. Review your meal plan and recipes and write up a corresponding grocery list. This will help keep you on track in the grocery store and prevent you from purchasing things you don't need. In addition to following a specific eating plan in the 20/20 diet, Dr. Phil also suggests setting up an exercise schedule. He gives some specifics in the diet to help support your weight loss. The first thing to do is to get clearance from your doctor. The diet recommends this and it's a general safety practice you should always follow. You need to make sure exercise is safe and appropriate for you. Consider joining an exercise program at a gym, working with a personal trainer, buy some fitness DVDs or watch them for free online, or just start walking for 30 minutes every day. As you become more familiar with which exercises you enjoy, try to write out an exercise schedule for yourself week by week (you can ask a trainer to help you with this, too). It should be similar to your meal plan. Write out what type of exercise you want to do and for how long on each day of the week. In phase one, it's recommended to start by increasing your steps and overall endurance. This is especially important if you haven't been overly active previously. However, if you're already in fairly good shape, Dr. Phil recommends that you start the 30 second exercise plan, which is detailed in his book. This is where you do 30 second bursts of very high-intensity activity alternating with lower intensity exercises. In addition to the 20/20 book, there is also an app that you can download to your smartphone or tablet. This is an extra resource that may prove to be useful as well. The 20/20 app is available for both iPhone and Android devices. It's free to install with both. The app provides a lot of the same information as the book; however, the sources are less robust as is the overall content. You can find information on each of the phases, lists of allowed foods and a variety of recipes on the app. The app also has information on performing the recommended exercises.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Talk to your physician. Write out your meal plan and grocery list. Set up your exercise schedule. Consider downloading the 20/20 app.

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