Diet and Dieting Reviews

HoodiaPlace.com - Hoodia is the latest and hottest thing happening on the weight loss front with multiple new stores sprouting every few days extolling the greatness of this new an organic diet pill that comes from the Hoodia Gordonii cactus. The Hoodia cactus is native to the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. Thousands of years ago, ancient San Bushmen ate the Hoodia cactus for hydration and sustenance on long journeys through the arid terrain. They relied on Hoodia to suppress their appetites. And that is the basic concept on which this pill works - suppresses your appetite to a level where you start losing weight. The store listed here is one in many selling Hoodia related products, this is one we have ordered from and found decent customer service on. This site has FREE shipping and prices the product at $34.95 for a 1 month supply, with prices going down with the purchase of every additional bottle. If you want to try Hoodia Gordonii, then HoodiaPlace.com might be the store you want to try it from. 

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DietWatch.com - First things first, this is one of the rare stores that has a 30 day guarantee on losing weight. This is how it works - you start by creating a Free Profile online for yourself based on your Age, Height, Weight and Gender. From then on a special plan is created for you including food and exercise. The differentiator in this plan is that you need to login regularly and are able to monitor progress closely which you to remain motivated. While in most other diets, you might tend to stop after 2 weeks, DietWatch makes sure you are aware of the progress in 2 weeks and hence continue for longer. About their money back program - from their website - "Our "Log It and Lose It" refund policy allows you to get your initial payment back if you have made an effort to comply with the program and still did not lose weight. This offer of a guarantee supersedes any other offers of a refund. You have 30 days to complete the follow criteria: 1) You have a DietWatch membership and a starting BMI of 27 or higher. 2) You have entered your weight once a week for 4 weeks (total of 4 times). 3) You have entered your food 4 out of 7 days for 4 weeks. (total of 16 entries)" Read More

Diet.com - Dr. Kushner's famous Diet and Weight Loss program is based on a FREE online personality assessment which helps in losing over 25 pounds and keeping it off. Dr. Kushner has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, USA today and the NBC. The website asks for 8 minutes of your time to take Dr. Kushner's Diet Personality test and claims that this can change your life. This program has details on how one is categorised as a Meal Skipper, Convenient Diner, Steady Snacker and Emotional Eater. From a survey we found that there are a lot of positive things being said about this program - is this comparable to the Atkin's Diet in its heyday ? From their website - "Once you discover your very own Diet Personality, we will match you with customized diet strategies* that are proven to work!  1) Eating strategies make it easy to eat right, without giving up your favorite food. 2) Exercise strategies help you build an activity routine that works for you. 3) Coping strategies give you the emotional tools for long-term weight loss success."  Read More

Diet Power - DietPower.com is another diet / slimming program that lets you manage and monitor your calorie needs and adjusts your calorie budget for sodium intake, water loss, and monthly cycles. The website claims that other calorie counters use fixed estimates that can err by 20 percent. The Best Part of the deal (we feel) is the "Try FREE for 15 days" offer that they have - you can download instantly or apply for a CD to be mailed to you. If they are confident that you can see value to purchase a license for the product within 15 days, then they must have studied the chances of conversion, hence adding some credibility to the product. Finally - from their website - " Of all the calorie counters on the market, only Diet Power nutrition software can guarantee reaching your goal weight on a target date. That's one reason critics marvel and users rave about our software. Turn your PC into a calorie counter with Diet Power! Click for a free trial." Read More

TrimLife.com - TrimLife has a unique formula for losing weight which is ephedrine free and contains GREEN TEA extract. Green Tea is known to be a general metabolic rate enhancer (you will find multiple articles on the web acknowledging this) and to some extent also a fat absorption blocker. TrimLife.com claims to make it possible to lose up to 10 pounds in the first week (which we expect you will take with a pinch of salt). However we do find the following offer from TrimLife pretty interesting - "Now here’s the exciting part. You can jump start your weight-loss effort by trying a FREE SAMPLE of our all-natural, fat-burning formula to safely lose up to 10 POUNDS THIS WEEK* ­ just in time for a wedding, vacation, date, anything!". Trimlife also asks visitors to take a couple minutes to fill up some details and to get a FREE Personalized Health Report - they claim it will give them an opportunity to assist you better.  Read More