The pineapple diet, which is also sometimes called the Metzger Pineapple Diet, is a hard eating plan to nail down because there are many imitations online that call themselves the same, but are unfounded plans. While this fad diet might seem really restrictive, there is no denying that there is a lot of interest around this particular weight loss plan.

While some versions may differ, every form of this eating plan in some way or another involves eating a lot of pineapple. Some say all pineapple and ice water for a few days in a row, others add in tuna every day. Many have a combination ” where there’s a day or two of nothing but pineapple and water, but tuna on the rest of the days to go with the pineapple.

The pineapple diet is definitely a fad diet and should be undergone carefully. That said, does this eating plan help people lose weight? For many people, the answer will be yes.

The pineapple & tuna version of this idea tends to especially be effective because tuna is a great lean meat high in Omega-3s, protein, and low in calories. This is a great balance to the pineapple, which delivers a great amount of energy for a fruit. This combination, along with ice water, can help to guarantee a diet low in both fat and salt. There are several concerns with this diet, however.

First, one of the largest concerns is sugar. Pineapple is a fruit that has a very high fructose (sugar) content. For diabetics who have to watch their insulin, this could become a major issue. Pineapple is also a very acidic fruit, which could make it unappealing for many different individuals.

A common second concern with the pineapple diet is lack of nutritional balance. While pineapple and tuna are both very healthy foods, you’re not going to get 100% of your daily vitamins from eating just that. A daily multi-vitamin is a very good idea.

Third, not all claims made about this weight loss plan have been proven. As with many fad diets, there’s the claim from diet proponents, and then many of them simply aren’t tested to be proved or disproved. This can be an issue for some people.

The pineapple diet might not be for everyone. But as far as fad diets go, this one actually does help dieters lose the weight they’re seeking to cut.

These buffet diet tips will help you make it through the perils of an all you can eat buffet without falling off your diet. Of course, the best way to deal with an all you can eat buffet when you’re on a diet is to avoid the situation entirely, but that isn’t always possible. If your friends or family will want to head for an all you can eat buffet, or you find yourself traveling in a place where you don’t have a lot of restaurant options, these buffet diet tips will help you make it through the meal without making bad choices. If a workplace function lands you square in the middle of an all you can eat scenario, these buffet diet tips will help you avoid common buffet traps. With these buffet diet tips, you’ll be able to emerge from an all you can eat restaurant having eaten only what you should. That means you’ll feel strong, healthy, and in control.

Fill Up On The Good Stuff

The two easiest buffet diet tips are these: vegetables and fruit. When you first approach an all you can eat buffet, scan it for produce. Then, cover at least seventy five percent of your plate with these items. Now you’ve got things off to a great start, and you’re ready to keep making healthy choices throughout your meal. Almost all buffets have salad choices and vegetable side dishes, and these items offer the most vitamins and nutrients for the least calories. That means feeling full, getting what your body needs, and still getting a full, colorful plate of food. Once you’ve put down your produce, look around for protein options that are grilled, baked, or broiled instead of fried or stir-fried. When you find one that looks good, add a bit to your healthful plate, but make sure produce remains the primary food on your plate. Read on for buffet diet tips that will get you through the rest of the meal while staying in control of your eating.

More specifically, all-you-can-drink water. Many different buffet diet tips center on ways to get you to deliver water to your system instead of taking on more food. Once you’re nutritionally sated with the calories and nutrients you need to get from eating, you need to stop eating, but that can be hard in a buffet situation where it seems like the more you eat, the better off you are. Luckily, water is an easy substitution for food, and can fool your body and your mind. Physically, water increases the sensation of fullness in your stomach, which makes you want to stop eating. Psychologically, when you drink water, you stay busy at the table, which makes it easier to feel like part of the group without having another plateful. Drinking water instead of going back for another helping is one of the best buffet diet tips, but there’s no reason to stop there. Try drinking a full glass before you hit the buffet in the first place, and then keep sipping periodically throughout your meal. This will help you get so full that you want to stop eating, and will keep you from taking on more calories in the process.

Don’t Think Of It As A Deal

This is one of the trickier buffet diet tips to practice in the moment, but the best thing that you can do is change your mentality towards and your attitude about the all you can eat scenario. One of the reasons why it is so tempting to overeat at a buffet is that if you eat a lot, it feels like you’re getting a great deal. More food for the same money means you’re coming out ahead, right? Wrong. If most buffet diet tips focus on what you do at the buffet table, this one focuses on what you do in your mind. Before you load up on another helping, or hit the dessert cart like a locomotive, visualize what eating that chicken leg or slice of cake will cost you in terms of your health, and your time. Picture yourself on an exercise machine or jogging down the street, panting and sweating, trying to lose the weight you’ve gained. Now look at the buffet again. Does another helping still seem like such a great deal

Dieting in America just doesn’t work. Watch the news sometime.

Odds are: – If it WORKS, it’s UNSAFE. – If it’s POPULAR, it results in SCANDAL. – If it DOESN’T work, there’s a LAWSUIT. – If someone claims it WORKED for them, they’re RICH.

The reason diets don’t work and Americans are now, on average, overweight?

DIET FOOD IS EXPENSIVE.

That’s basically the premise of my conspiracy theory. Healthy food is expensive, and junk food is cheap. If someone makes a healthier version of something, it’s at least 40% more expensive than the original version. And with a healthier version on the market, the original is seen as “unhealthy” and becomes a form of “junk food”.

Remember Olestra? Remember ‘WOW’ chips? Hell, seen ‘Baked’ versions of chips?

All way more expensive. Seen as ‘healthy’/'healthier’. Olestra/’WOW’ resulted in “anal leakage”. Unsafe AND Scandal. The baked versions of chips are still out there. For almost TWICE the price of their regular versions. So if you want to eat “healthier”, you’d better already be rich.

If a product contains 30% less fat, it becomes 30% more expensive. You know how we should be making America fit? It’s all based on Larry the Cable Guy and his routine about how he got thrown out of a nudie bar because he tipped the stripper with Monopoly money:

“That’s fake money!” “Well those are fake titties!”

REAL MONEY, REAL TITTIES.

You should be paying MORE for wanting to indulge in one of the seven deadly sins! If only the Catholic Church would lend a hand and stop gluttony with free health food, we’d be on the right path to salvation and slimmer thighs! If you’re going to remove 50% of the FAT in a product (thereby reducing its TASTE by 50%), the consumer should be paying 50% LESS MONEY to buy it! We need to stop thinking backwards about this, because I’m tired of having to pay MORE for LESS food / junk-food.

I don’t care how much the minimum wage level has risen – I don’t even get paid THAT. I can’t even find a JOB. And there’s a helluva lot of people I know in similar situations. The poor college kid situation, lower-class families, and especially lower-middle-class families. The ones making enough to get by comfortably, but never enough to afford LUXURIOUS things. If they ever get a hold of a luxury, I’m sure it’d be a piece of electronics than healthier food. At least the electronics last about two years before being defined as “crap”, rather than the 20-24 hours the food’ll take to degrade. So what happens to people like us, the poor and simple folk?

Two words: Ramen Noodles.

Take a look at ramen noodles. Really, most of the people I know probably have some in stock SOMEWHERE nearby, and odds are that you also do. Pick up that package and look at the numbers. 7g Fat (11%DV), 3.5 of it is Saturated Fat (18%DV), and don’t forget a good ol’ 910mg of Sodium (38%DV)! THIS IS THE STAPLE FOOD. Now some of you might be thinking “that’s not too bad” and shrugging it off. Then noodle THIS little twist. Take a CLOSER look at the package. Serving Size: 1.5oz – Servings Per Container: 2. That means that unless you are one of the people out there who can ACTUALLY SAY, “I can’t finish this WHOLE thing! I’ve had my one serving already, I’ll save the other half for another meal,” then all of those above numbers and percentages are DOUBLED.

And that’s the lowest common denominator, people. Those shouldn’t be out there for 10 cents a pop if America cares about its weight problem. Those should be like $2 each considering it’s such a large percentage of the bad substances you should be eating during your dieting day. In fact, when the day comes that I can get the same amount of food in a “Diet-Friendly frozen dinner” and the same price as an extra-value meal at a fast-food chain – I’ll consider dieting again.

The fastest and cheapest foods come from the most unhealthy sources. I’m not really Anti-Diet. America does the work FOR me.

We all remember the hype associated with the Atkins diet and actually saw proven results from co-workers, friends, and family. Many of us have also gone through the stages of choosing a fat-free diet which actually made us believe it was “OK” to eat more because of the low gram count of fat. As “dieters” we often search for ways to lose weight without hard work and exercise. In most cases, we can lose a few pounds on several different diets, but, as soon as we see the success start to happen, we decide that it’s time to treat ourself to some fried, greasy food. On some of the basic diets, relapse will lead to quick gainage of those pounds you once lost.

Although I usually am a leader, I couldn’t help myself by following the people on the South Beach Diet. Just like many of you, I wanted to lose some extra pounds with minimal effort. I planned on exercising (so I say), but wanted a quick jump start before I began my physical journeys. Many people classify this diet as a low carb diet. After researching this, myself, it is actually a no-carb diet for the first two weeks. I think the whole trick to this diet is actually revolved around cutting sugars from your diet. The good news, for all you “sweet” junkies, is that you can use sugar substitutes such as splenda.

With this diet, there are three stages. Believe me when I tell you, stage one can be brutal. If you are a carbohydrate junkie (like me) you may have a tough time making it through the first phase. In a nutshell, you are limited to, basically, low fat cheeses, eggs, water, lean meats, NO SUGAR or CARBS, and certain vegetables. I am not sure to credit the weight loss of 7-10lbs in the first phase to the diet or to the person on the diet who is so sick of eating eggs that they decide not to eat them at all! Honestly, there are only so many things you can do with meat and eggs before you become nauseous at the thought of eating them again. All in all, if you can battle it through the first two weeks, eating wheat bread and pita in the second stage will seem like a luxury.

Many people on this diet want to weigh themselves, daily, because of the rapid weight loss reputation. I urge you not to do so! Sometimes you may not see the weight loss until the third week. In many cases, if people do not see success from the beginning, they tend to relapse. Personally, I did not see the success until the third week. I must admit that I cheated in the first week because I did not see a quick result. Luckily, I jumped back on board and continued my diet. Within two weeks from my relapse, I weighed myself and noticed a five pound weight loss.

As mentioned previously, phase two and three of the diet allow better foods. You are encouraged to add some carbohydrates in the form of wheat and whole grains, and also are allowed portions of low fat and sugar free sweets, including fruits. Do not mistake this for the adkins diet, though. You are allowed some things such as tomato soup and ketchups, which are frowned down upon by the Adkins lovers. By the time you reach phase three, this style of eating becomes part of your lifestyle. Things you normally would not eat become favorites. This diet actually persuades you to enjoy healthy foods through habits and actually makes you eat less than you normally would.

All in all, I love the diet and have had great success with it. I cheated a couple times, but found the will power to continue where I left off. I recently just started phase three and have lost more than 10 lbs after a month’s time. You can read all of the books you want, but the trick to this diet is fairly simple. Cut your sugars and replace them with substitutes, replace your carbohydrates, and give the new foods time to reconstruct the way your body thinks. In order for this diet to be successful, you have to be successful in following the rules. Once you start to see the results, you will continue to diet. Unbelievable, but the South Beach Diet really does work.