The Rosedale Diet Plan

The Rosedale Diet plan promises you will lose weight and become a fat-burning guru by eating nuts and olive oil for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This diet is a highly technical, high-fat, low non-fiber carbohydrate, moderate protein diet. It focuses on eating fat and allows you to eat at least 50% of your calories from fat. It promises to correct hormonal dysfunction and "magically control hunger and eliminate food cravings." Other golden rules associated with the diet include limiting saturated fats for the first three weeks, drinking lots of water, eating slowly, not eating in the three hours before bed, exercising after the last meal of the day, and never slipping up (at least not for the first three weeks).

What makes the Rosedale Diet a different weight loss plan?

The Rosedale Diet plan is an extremely strict member of the low-carb diet family. It's more restrictive than most other low-carb diets when it comes to both carbohydrates and proteins. It also advises immediate exercise in the event of a "slip-up," which we haven't seen in the other low-carb diet regimens.

What is the Rosedale Diet plan?

There is no calorie counting on the Rosedale Diet plan and you are allowed to eat whenever you are hungry. The catch is that during the first three weeks of the diet, your metabolism is in a "training period" and the list of allowable foods is very limited.

The Rosedale Diet plan is divided into two levels:

• Level 1: The "training period" is when you teach your metabolism to burn fat instead of sugar. You must stay on this level for three weeks, but some may stay on it indefinitely. Your diet consists mainly of good fats and a ton of high-fiber vegetables. Virtually no starchy or sugary foods are allowed.
• Level 2: A few more servings of fruit and starches are included, as well as coffee (though you will be consuming it black).

Each day the Rosedale Diet plans your meals and snacks from food lists, which are divided into three categories:

1. The best possible food choices, which do not include any fruit, grain, or starchy vegetables (no corn, beets, yams, carrots, or tomatoes). During Level 1, these are the only foods you can eat.
2. Foods you can eat on occasion when you are in Level 2.
3. Foods that you should avoid like the plague!

Forget fruit and any type of grain, even whole grains (and you thought they were good for you). In the second level, you can eat more starch and sugar, but only the healthiest kind with the highest fiber. This translates into a half cup of fruit daily and a half cup of yogurt per week! One cup of coffee is allowed daily, but only after you’ve gone cold turkey for the first three weeks. Also be aware that milk, ice cream, peanut butter, bread, rice, pasta, or any snack food will never make its way back into your diet.

Protein isn't innocent, either. You have to restrict your intake of that nutrient since it is the culprit (along with carbohydrates) that turns to sugar, then to fat, and causes you to become overweight. What if you slip up once in a while and eat a forbidden food? Simple, you must exercise immediately before your body turns it into sugar and then fat. So, if you are out to dinner and have a piece of bread, you must get up and take a few laps around the block while your companions wait patiently for you to return.

What are the weight loss expectations?

This is no reference made to how much weight you will lose or how quickly you will lose it on the Rosedale Diet plan. The promise is that you will lose fat from problem areas, such as the tummy, thighs and rear end. In addition, the diet's creator says that "you lose fat and excess fluid, so you don't look thin and flabby."

Is exercise promoted?

Exercise is the "gravy" of the Rosedale Diet plan and is meant to supplement the program. Recommendations for exercise include 15 to 20 minutes of mild exercise daily, such as a brisk walk in a hilly area. Ideally, you should do your exercise after your last meal of the day. The exercise regimen should also include some resistance training in order to work on large muscle groups like the legs and stomach.

Are supplements recommended?

Seventeen supplements are recommended in addition to a daily multivitamin. The Rosedale Diet plan includes a detailed schedule of when and how you should take each supplement. Of course, you could just buy the Rosedale Metabolics package, which conveniently includes all of the vitamins and minerals recommended.