Losing Weight With New American Diet - Eating Plan - AARP

Oren Skinner, 66, says "I made lots of seafood and chicken breasts. The recipes were all very good." ? Ty Cole

Four months later we checked in with five of our dieters to find out how they were doing. The verdict? All of them had lost weight. Our core group shed a collective 92 pounds. And they're still at it. Here's why they think the diet succeeds.

It's an easy eating plan

Unlike weight-loss programs that require special meals and supplements, this one focuses on foods available in any grocery store: lots of fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains. The diet "is all very simple," says Vinod Datta, 68, a former restaurant owner from Glenelg, Maryland, who lost 15 pounds over the course of 16 weeks.

Home cooking is encouraged

Dieters are told to avoid restaurants for the first two weeks ? something that Oren Skinner, 66, of Daniel Island, South Carolina, initially found challenging. But the retired school superintendent pulled out his skillets and stuck to the plan. Within four months he was down by 18 pounds.

Source: http://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-04-2013/losing-weight-new-american-diet.html

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