[dyintobethin]

hello im thinking about trying ediets i was wondering if anyone has ever tried it and if so does it work i want to try but dont want to waste money please respond

[MTHead]

I tried it but I didn't like all of the foods they put into my plan; I like to cook and selected the more homemade meals option, but the recipes called for a lot of spices that I did not have on hand. I bought a WW kit on ebay for like $20 and a WW cookbook and just try to cook healthier while following the Flex Points plan.
You can always sign up for a brief time - I think they run weekly-price specials?

[happydaisy]

It's not necessarily a bad plan, just be really aware of what you're going to need to sign up for. I used to be a member but dropped it a year ago. I unfortunately also stopped doing any type of weight loss at all and gained my weight back. That being said, I think there are positives and negatives to ediets. The doctors (psychologists, mostly) write really good articles. Several of the articles have been really helpful to me in understanding why I do some of the negative things I do. The support boards were helpful, but I like the boards here even better. You can get many of the articles by the experts there (nutritionist, psychologists) in their free weekly newsletter. I still get that. Now for the negatives: The fitness plan, quite honestly, sucks. If you're at all already working out, in my opinion, you'll find it sub par. All you do is put in the activities you like and it tells you to do one of them for 30 minutes (or whatever level you're at) a day with a day off. It also gives some toning exercises, but you can find the same or better at self.com for free. The biggest negative is the cost. It makes it look like it's 2.99 a week, but that is ONLY for the meal plan. It is an additional 2.99 for the fitness plan, and an additional 1.99 a week for access to articles and support boards. Thirty two dollars a month for basically what you can really find for free online (fitday, here, several self sites) was too much for me. Saving that money allowed me to join the gym, which I've liked much better than I did ediets. I didn't like their food plan either, only because I felt it lacked flexibility. When I was a member it gave some kind of gross menus and if you wanted access to all the good recipes, you had to pay an extra 50 dollars a year. Allrecipes is a good free recipe site and I love the cooking light cook books. So, I just use those instead. Overall, I would say that while it has its attributes, you can kind comprable alternatives for free or much less and save some money. Sorry for the novel!

[dyintobethin]

thank you so much for all the info i needed it i didnt want to waist money so thank you both very much

[MistySeptember]

I just want to say I agree EXACTLY with what everyone else has said!!! I've tried it twice actually and I found while it's ok it's not great and I can get the same stuff elsewhere for less money (or free), but you do have to look around for it.

[rabidstoat]

I recently tried ediets. I hate it. The meal plan is inflexible. They nickel and dime you. I didn't realize everything was extra! Plus, when you sign up, if you're not careful you'll end up ordering more things than you want. It takes like 20 screens (exaggeration, but not much!) to register, because every screen they're trying to sell you more and more junk.

I ended up going with Fitday, and winging it on the nutrition. My plan is loosely based off the food pyramid. I just try to not eat junk, really, which is working at the stage I'm at.