Diet To Go |
Losing Weight With The Diet To
Go Program – My Review
So who is Diet To Go
Diet To Go
is a long running service from way back in 1991. They provide freshly prepared
nutritionally balanced meals which are tasty and convenient to dieters.
Nowadays Diet to go ships to any location in the US. Optional local pickup is
available ¡n Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay or Baltimore/Washington DC area.
All their meals are low ¡n sodium, low in cholesterol and low in fat. Their
popular plans also include diabetic options.
How Diet-go-to works
Pick a menu
With Diet To Go non gimmick pricing and award winning chef recipes, there is no doubt that Diet to Go will work for you. With three different meal plans and alternatives, hundreds of delicious but healthy meals, there is a plan to fit your taste, budget and weight loss goals. You will not have to prepare any complicated meals, don’t have to count any calories, and no annoying meetings you have to go to. The only thing you will do is eat wile you cut down your weight.
At least so they say. Lets have a closer look past the
marketing hype and start which the meal plans Diet To Go has to offer.
Each
plan comprises of 5 weekly menus repeated in a five-week cycle, therefore each
month and every week is different. You can get started by selecting from one of
the three menus which are:
1. Traditional Low-Fat Diet Meal Plan
This
includes meals with Low fat. They are well balanced and portion controlled. All
the sides are included. This is a great plan for people that would like to lose
about 2 lbs each week, those that like a variety of fresh and low-fat meals and
diabetics that are seeking for a diet meal plan which is safe to them.
2. Vegetarian Diet Meal Plan
This
plan contains meals which have low fat and are balanced. Consists of Ovo-Lacto
meals which contain eggs and dairy. The plan is intended for people that want
to loose 2 lbs each week, love fresh vegetarian meals and diabetics that would
like to have a safe diet meal.
3. Low-Carb Diet Meal Plan
This is
an Atkins style diet plan with a great variety of low carb meals. The meals
allow you to take only 30 carbs each day. The low carb diet plan is great for
someone that want to cut up to 2 lbs each week, and does that have a good
understanding of a strict low-carb menu.
After
selecting a diet plan which fits you. The next step is to complete the online
ordering process. The service contains no hidden charges and/or contracts. In
case you aren’t sure about the plan that would be best for you or have any
questions, you can call the customer service for assistance
How much does Diet To Go cost?
Prices
vary with the various meal plans. The Price per traditional meal starts at
$6.81; and the cost for each day starts at $18.80. These prices are the same
for the vegetarian meal plan and for the low carb meal plan, the cost per meal
starts at $7.84 whereas that for each day starts from $21.28. The shipped
orders cost an extra of $18.95 for shipping.
Receive your diet plan
Meals
usually are delivered directly to your home or offices by UPS or FedEx. Local
pickup locations are offered by Diet to Go in some selected metropolitan areas.
If you pick it up your self, you can save on shipping cost and therefor save a
chunk of money.
I chose
the Traditional Low-Fat Diet Meal Plan. It was deviled in a polystyrene
cooler, with nonperishable items in a cardboard box. The entire package was
shrink-wrapped together and is a full week worth of food. Lucky me i had a
separate cooler as i would other wise never be able to stuff all that in my
regular fridge freezer. This is something you have to consider before you
decide to sign up with the program.
My Diet To Go Review
Every
plan has a 1200 or 1600 calorie version. I went with the 1600 calorie plan
which gave me still some room to snake here and there and don’t feel hungry all
the time as this most likely will be the case If i would have chosen the 1,200
calorie diet, because that’s a huge difference from my usual 2500 to 3000
calorie intake.
The
food it self tasted from ok to good and the only think I was not able to eat
was a desert which made me almost puke. My main complain is everything meal is
frozen together into one container which makes heating the meals up in the
microwave difficult. To counter this when I received my meals I took all the
fruit cups and other side dishes out and put them in my regular fridge to have
them defrost which made it taste a lot better then defrosting them in the
microwave.
Speaking
of unpacking. Everything is is wrapped together to one meal and then wrapped
again individual. Leaving a huge amount of trash and some difficulty unwrapping
it all.
The
bottom line is it still beats going grocery shopping every week and preparing
and cooking it your self, which is a huge time saver at least for me. All
the work is done by the Diet to Go dieticians and chefs and I did not have to
worry about anything else then heating and eating.
My Final Thoughts
Overall
I find Diet To Go very appealing and will keep using them for a wile longer. I
did lose a little, but not the advertised 2 lbs a week. I did snack here and
there and had my occasional beer. The cost is reasonable and not much more then
I would have spend shopping and cooking my self. The meals where tasting for
the most part good and what you would expect from a service like this.
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