eDiets Review

Navigating the diet world isn't easy, how ever services like eDiets who bring fitness, lifestyle planning, and dieting all under on umbrella can make it a lot easier to set and attain healthy weight loss and fitness goals. Is theeDiets plan as great as they claim? They've been helping people lose weight online for 10 years now so they must be doing something right, let's take a closer look at what they offer, and how their diet programs work.

Getting Started

When you first visit eDiets you're promoted to sign up for a free diet profile (see image at left). They ask you a variety of questions about what types of food you eat, how much you exercise, your weight loss goals, and current height and weight. From this information they provide you with three recommendations for diets or lifestyle programs that will help you meet your goals. The recommendations will be based on your eating habits (pre-made, eating out, more frequent smaller meals), what you like to eat (fruits and vegetables, carbs, pasta etc.).

One point that was a bit annoying is if you choose not to sign up for a program right there they will follow-up with you via email. Of courseeDiets is in this business to turn a profit so they want you to join their programs. You can unsubscribe at the bottom of each email if you no longer wish to receive emails from them.

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The Diets

eDiets offers a mix of popular diet programs (Atkins, Mediterranean, GI diet) along with 11 healthy living plans (low fat, low sodium, soy based plans). If you know what diet plan you want to follow andeDiets offers it then this is likely the easiest method to follow that program. If you're looking for suggestions on what program will help you lose weight the quickest then the profile creator that I described above will show you the top 3 programs thateDiets offers that suit your current lifestyle and eating habits.

The programs and diets that are offered through eDiets are not crash or fad programs. Instead they all help you learn to eat right for you. It's about learning how to eat and exercise right for life not just for 6 or 8 weeks to lose weight. You truly develop a new lifestyle by following the plans offered atediets.

There is an eDiets food delivery program you can sign up for, known as eDiets express. This program provides you with weekly meals once each week. This is by far the easiest program to follow, but it's also the most expensive. There are lots of positive comments around the web about their meal delivery program. How ever for me this isn't teaching you how to eat right, it's just telling you what to eat and when. I'm a bigger fan of their lifestyle or diet plans because they force you to learn.

Beyond just the Diets

With all eDiets subscriptions you also receive a free fitness program. This used to be an added paid service to eDiets subscribers but has since been integrated into the $4.49 per week price point. Like everything else at eDiets this is a tailored program for you that offers access to Live personal fitness trainers to help you customize your own fitness plan. There are videos and 3D animated clips to help you with exercises and fitness.

My personal belief is that what and how we eat is a big part of weight loss and a healthy lifestyle, but exercise is a component of that as well. We need to stay in shape and it also increases your weight loss.eDiets is one of the only online diet services offering exercise coaching and routines as part of their subscription.

eDiets Consumer Feedback

"I lost 85 pounds in 11 months on eDiets. I had battled my weight all of my adult life. But eDiets is not just another diet program"
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"I have been a member of ediets for over a year and I have lost 40 lbs using their program."
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"E diets is really a good, straight forward program. If you are disciplined then you should have no problems."
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Verdict on eDiets

eDiets.com a good site that offers a lot of content (better then most free sites out there). There is great community in their forums (80+ support board in the membership area) , and sinceeDiets currently boasts over 1.8 million members there is lots of other people just like you to discuss and stay motivated with.

Being able to choose from several popular diet and eating/lifestyle programs is a huge benefit and it's a "one stop shop" of everything you need to follow which ever particular diet program you're interested in.

Based on all the consumer feed back around the web, the only negative thing I have found is that some people dislike how they follow up with email after you fill out your free profile page. You have to give them your email when you do this, and if you don't join they will follow up with you. You can unsubscribe from those emails at any time you wish. If you're going to become aneDiets customer then this is not important any way.

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Company Info: www ediets com and ediets.com was originally registered in November of 1998. They have been providing diet services online for almost 10 years, and are likely the best known brand in the online diet world. Current address on file with the Better Business Bureau is 1000 Corporate Dr Ste 600 FtLauderdale, FL 33334

Diets offered: As of August 2008 eDiets is offering: 8 diets and 11 healthy lifestyle plans.

Price: $4.49 per week paid based on a month (28 days) cost of $17.96. Plans are 3 month, 6 month, and 12 months. Your credit card is billed monthly every 28 days. The minimum sign up duration is for 1 quarter, or 3 months.

Guarantee: eDiets offers a 6 month guarantee. You must be enrolled in a 6 month program, and weigh in at least once each month and post to one of their community forums. If this is followed then you can qualify for a full refund. This is valid only for their digital meal plans, and notediets food delivery programs.

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