The Ultimate New York Diet

ANY "diet" that limits you to 1000 calories a day is going to result in weight loss! That's the problem with all of these "plans". They're all the SAME thing, in disguise.

Diets that are under 1000 calories will set people up to be prone to binge eating and not getting enough nutrients.
Quick fix diets like this will have rapid loss and rapid regain.

A low carb low calorie plan.

Hmmm they seem to be the fad these days!

Another diet to go on the pile!

This reminds me of The CSIRO diet. Very popular, everyone is trying it, but no actual long term success stories.

What in the world! 800-1000 calories a day? You won't lose any weight by starving yourself like that - your body will just go into starvation mode and you will kill your metabolism. Not to mention - it's obviously not a lifestyle change - it will only lead to over eating to compensate.

I'm sick of these gimmics. The "New York" Diet? Any diet that uses a "special" name to copy something else - LA weight loss, "South Beach" diet, etc. it a sure way just to steal your money.

Same old diet just another fancy version.

1000 calories a day is simply not enough for anyone. I'd be ready to eat my hands off if I only got 1000 calories a day. I agree with everyone else...same diet, different name...just another book to add to the collection.

And yeah...Heidi Klum is endorsing it? Puh-leeze. She's a pro at losing weight, she does it for a living.

REDICULOUS!!!!

I would expect this kind of crap from an M.D. but not a personal trainer.

I was thinking that this is the kind of crap we're seeing from personal trainers, and not from an M.D.

:P

It's less surprising/insulting when a doctor does it, because a doctor usually has a very narrow view about nutrition and exercise. Doctors aren't really trained to give advice about nutrition and exercise; they're trained to write you prescriptions. A personal trainer though should know better.

Will NEVER work! No one will stick to it for two days let alone two weeks! He will sell lots of books, however!

PS Stop picking on doctors! Some of us spend the time to learn about the areas that med school may have omitted.

Dr. J: Granted. In most of my posts where I question doctors' nutritional knowledge, I usually say the "majority of doctors", but I forgot to in this particular case. This is my experience from watching my father and other doctors at the hospital in my hometown for 16 years. However, I have met some doctors who, for example, understand why severe calorie restriction isn't good for permanent fat loss.

I lasted about a week. Firmed up pretty nicely but it was just too intense and restrictive. Still, it can work if your timetable is limited and is better than some of the other options that people use.

Also, I don't remember the book recommending anything about 1000 calories for men.

Ive done the workout plan minus the ridiculous diet and still lost weight and built fantastic muscle tone. So don't be so hard on him.

I think a thousand calories is like starvation. Stick with diets that are at least 1,500 calories a day. This book also does NOT tell you about trans fats---they are brutal on you.

1) living on 1000 cals may be very difficult, but not impossible! last year i went on a very restrictive 2 week diet and lost 6 kilos, AND I HAVE KEPT IT ALL OFF FOR A WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT DIETING AT ALL.
2) if you are so unwilling to not have a cheeseburger and fries for 14 days of your life, then to be honest you dont deserve to lose the weight.
and NO, i'm not a diet freak.
3)no-one is forcing you into doing the diet so if you are against it, then stop posting on the wall and do something more productive, LIKE GOING TO THE GYM!

I have been trying to lose weight for sometime, not because I'm over weight, but because I fancy being in tip-top model shape. So if Heidi was on this diet, and it worked for her, it should be followed. Now, I believe this diet is for people who are looking to lose a few vanity pounds, not for those who intend on sheding a significant amount of weight.

I think this is the best book I have ever read. It's different from "diets" because he teaches you how the body works and how to maximize calories. I am losing weight, I am happy. I eat to survive and I find happiness in other things not loads of sugar and carbs. I have been on this "lifestyle change" since last November. Haven't had a sip of Coke yet! I am reading the other comments and I can't believe everyone's mentality. American is unhealthy! We need to wake up and realize that we have take care of ourselves. This is not about vanity. It's about diabetes and obesity on the rise.

i am a personal trainer and trying to talk a client out of this...So dont put this crap on The Personal Trainers....

I think this could work to help jump start your diet although it would prob put people off diets for life. I am curently a personal trainer and I'm working on a Clinical Nutriton degree and I doubt I would put anyone really on this type of diet. I have bought the book but only to see what the exersices are like... I would rather suggest people who want to loose weight, to look into the GI diet. It really helps and isnt just fad diet. Its given to peope with blood pressure problems, hernias, diabetes and weight problems. I have put my fiance on it not because he is fat.. cos he's not but cos of blood pressure problems and due to his bad eating habits and he hasnt had any probs since we started the diet nor has he wanted junk food in at least 3 months compared to dec when he had to have junk food at least once a week.

this diet is the most ridiculous thing ive eva heard. im over 25 stone and i tried this diet and found absolutely no positive points to it whatsover. i dont think there is any point in making this diet public as it will just make people ill. I say carry on eating what you want.

I was on this diet for two weeks and lost 5kgs but could not sustain it any longer as it is very restrictive and is very difficult to do if you have a hectic lifestyle.More suited to housewives who want to lose weight. Gained all the weight back plus an extra 3kgs,so the quick fix became a bigger problem. His exercises are great though.Good diet to do if you have to go to a function in two weeks and want to lose something but not as a longterm plan of weight loss as I do not feel it is healthy. My breath smelled so bad the second week. This is mentioned in the book but I am a flight attendant and cannot go around with horrible breath to my job!

I'm sorry, but any diet that tells you fruits and vegies are bad, is just wrong. Everything in Moderation. And 800-1000 calories a day? I tried doing that on my own and it's very hard. And it's not healthy. I'd do the exercises, but not the diet.

What are defined low-starch vegetables?

I bought this book awhile back and jumped through all the loops to fulfill this diet. NO carbs, NO coffee, NO alcohol, No meat, NO anything, and a daily gruesome workout guided in the book PLUS...did I mention PLUS an extra 60 minutes of daily cardio in addition to the original workout.

After spending good money on the best protein shake supplements and vitamins to replace everything I couln't eat, I mentally psyched myself out and did everything the book said. Indeed I lost close to 10lbs. in the first week. But I also lost my dignity.

I had never suffered so much to loose weight in my whole life. I had to put in a lot of time to prepare every meal (all 5 of them) and then was left starving. Talk about mental abuse. I was extrememly sore and crabby. At the end of the day I felt tired and beat. Instead of being excited with another missing pound I felt angry at the fact that I was taking such drastic measures to loose weight.

I didn't continue onto the second week. I realized that this lifestyle could only be fulfilled by an extreme A typical personality that was very self-involved and had all hours of the day to work solely on their body. And I wasn't that person.

Everything is moderation. You have to balance your life. Eat for nourishment not comfort. Work out for fun and health not for idealisms. Use your common sense. If you ate a little extra today, don't beat yourself up only to want more. Consider it a treat and add another physical activity to your week to make up for it.

ginga said:
im over 25 stone...I say carry on eating what you want. [...]

"eating what you want" is most likely why you wanted to diet in the first place and are obese. honestly, my aim isn't to offend you but to make you realise that you probably need to re-evaluate how you got this weight on and how to lose it. i think most people who have a considerable amount of weight to lose needs to sit down and reflect upon how they became overweight in the first place, being honest with yourself is imo one of the most important steps you need to take in order to lose weight. i had to realise i was a major comfort eater and eat crap without thinking. i had to admit my self-control was weak and that i wasn't losing weight not because eat less + exercise or a certain plan didn't work but because i had no dedication even if i had previously fooled myself that i did.

i believe nearly everything is fine in moderation, eating in excess and not buring off enough calories is what causes people to gain a lot of weight. i said "nearly" cus there i are somethings that one should simply stay well away from (trans fats, things with high saturated fat contents, food with zero nutritional benefits). anyway, i think 800-1,000 is way to little. it just invites binge and purge mentality anyway and while there may be a dramatic loss at the start it is because of muscle loss and water weight. the weight loss will slow down and then you may feel like your only option is to slash cals even further (big mistake!!) and then before you know it, BOOM - you are either a yo-yo dieter and/or now have an ed. people think it cant happen to them and you must be so screwed in the head to develop one but it happens much much quicker than you would think. avoid this diet at all costs.

eat at least at least 1, 500 (people with less weight to lose and/or shorter people may be able to eat a bit less - maybe around 1, 250 - 1, 550) exercise for at least 30 mins 4 times per week (and actually push your body when you do) and also incorporate strength training into your regime. women like to skip this because they think they'll get as ripped as female bodybuilders - dream on! you'll be toned, have less body fat and be look much thinner than women with no muscle tone who may weight less than you (muscle weighs more than fat but takes up less room than fat). whatsmore, you'll see the visual results and the difference in your clothes fitting much quicker than if you skip cardio and especially resistance training.

i'd also reccomend zig zag dieting where you eat switch between eating the higher end of your cal range one day and then the lower end another day. basically, your whole weeks cal consumption should average to about the mid-range of your cal range. e.g i eat between 1, 200 - 1, 600 and by zig zag-ing my average cal total is about 1, 350. but instead of eating 1, 350 each day, i may eat 1, 200 one day and 1, 500 another (usually higher cal day) so i lose weight consistently and so my body doesn't plateau. it apparently also helps to minimise the amount of muscle you lose.

I've been on the first phase of this diet for 12 days and I've lost 11 pounds. I'm under 5 feet and I'm trying to take off the last 10 to 15 pounds after being pregnant twice in the last 3 years. My biggest problem is the protein shakes smell.

I went on a diet for a month,I never can believe that fruits and veggies are bad.So I my own version and looks like this.
Breakfast- Big bowl of fruits, assorted
Lunch- Large green salad, box of flavoured yogurt.
Dinner- Grilled fish/ chicken, salad and 4-12 cubes of bitter chocolate for dessert
Snack-Handful of almonds/ handful of muslii/ cube of cheese.
I lost 8 kilos with this diet in 30 days, I included 40 minutes of walking 6 days a week.

While I haven't read this book and am not commenting on the NY diet, I think that you can eat healthily on 1,000 calories a day. I have been doing it for a while now. The trick is to plan your food for the day, and exercise. I work out every day and this allows me an average of 400 "extra" calories. Maybe this is cheating, but it's been working very well.

I loose an average of 3 pounds a week. I can maintain my weight easily, but it's hard for me to loose. I weigh 208 right now, and when I started actively dieting I was 240.

I am very careful to not eat more than 20g fat in a day. This is HARD in America! I also eat lots of protein and fiber. I'm not a dietitian or anything, so advice is welcome.

A sample day looks something like this:

Breakfast:
6 strawberries, 15 blueberries, & low fat cottage cheese

Morning snack: 1/2 apple (or a special K bar, or more fruit)

Lunch:
a Lean Cuisine - Chicken Mediterranean is good! (or a fajita pita from Jack in the Box, or a chargrilled chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A)

Afternoon snack: 30 Baked Cheez-Its & a clementine (or 6 dried apricots & 6 roasted almond - this is great at filling you up!)

Dinner:
4oz grilled chicken breast
3/4 cup green beans (or broccoli, etc.)
medium baked potato

I have an office job and so lunch is the biggest challenge for me. There are options though. It's also very important to drink lots of water (duh!) and to eat often so you don't end up ravenous because you are afraid to eat and "blow" your diet. That's where planning your day comes in so important. I use Calorie King and love it.

Know your bady and listen to it. If you need more calories one day, eat 100 more. You will still be doing great! This is also a really great way to become aware of the value of food.

So I am trying this diet again. i did lose weight on it, and although it's restrictive, the protein keeps me full and it's relatively simple. However, has anyone found some frozen meals that stay within the low carb-high protein lunches without preparation?

I was thinking south beach diet frozen dinners, a bit higher in fat, but i don't have time to make and bring turkey chili all the time to work..

this is just another take on the Atkins diet of the 70's... much of the weight that is lost the first two weeks (especially the first week) is nothing but water weight.. also this diet does nothing to teach you good and reasonable habits to continue with as a permanent lifestyle change.

I personally use the phase one of this diet for a couple of weeks before any big event - and it works - I then revert to my usual diet which is a calorie, fat and carb controlled diet - ie five small meals a day of the 'right' foods - oatmeal, salads, fish, lean white meat etc etc. Since I am fairly controlled normally and am not out of shape using this as an emergency diet for those special occasions is wonderful and I can tell you I look pretty good after two weeks - but I couldn't do it constantly.

800-1000 calories per day is great if you're lying in bed all day for two weeks. If that's your activity level, then this diet is for you!

More food, more exercise.

is this diet safe to do if you only weigh 140 pounds?

I did this back in 2005 with a lot of DEDICATION. I thought I'd stick to it for about 2 weeks and next thing I knew, I was still in phase 1 for 4 weeks. I can't remember how much I lost in the initial few weeks, but I lost about 15 lbs total over about 6 or so weeks. I worked out about an hour (sometimes two) six days a week and I was diligent about what I was putting into my mouth. I'm abour 5'2" and was almost 130 lbs when I started it. I was 110 lbs in less than 2 months. So I will say that it works as long as you are dedicated completely.

I am on the New york body plan and I very much so respect it. Its funny to here people say it promotes "yoyo dieting" and the calorie in take is to little BUT for results in two weeks, which MANY people want, every calorie counts and so does every muscle contraction. David inspires and gives ALL the steps to take to be able to succeed in this program. If you say your are getting ready to start it but already know you can't stick to the nutritional guide THAN THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR YOU. its as simple as that. I love it so far, and am well into it. Yes it sucks bc i hate to excercise and i love big macs and french toast with chocolate chips but its only two weeks of such strictness. YOu have to believe you are worth it and give yourself the respect you deserve and reward your body! He gives you the utilities to bring back the foods you love in a healthy way while also maintaining a comfortable lifestyle. I am a huge fan of David.

i think its a great way of loosing weight.

Guys, diets DO work if you put your entire mind and heart into it. Diets are meant to be about CONTROL and WILLPOWER. You have willpower - you'll lose weight. You don't have willpower, you WONT lose weight. Its all about sticking to the goal, and keeping yourself from relapsing. Now, of course Heidi Klum has a built-in motivation to stay slim: its her job! But, if we just think about how good we will look after forcing ourselves to commit, it'll be easier to stick to the diet. i think. :\