The meal plan sounds a lot similar to South Beach, except you eat an apple before each meal. You can Google it, they do have a web site. I bought a used book on Amazon. Just wonder if anyone has tried it.
It seems like a calorie controlled reduced carb plan with 3 apples a day thrown in before each meal.
-Michele

I flipped through this book at the grocery store one day, and South Beach plus 3 apples was what I thought also! But I remember thinking it looked healthy and not difficult to follow. Too many people get far too little fruits and veggies in their daily lives and it looked like it incorporated that very well. I don't think I have read anybody that personally did the plan, though.

I would burn out on apples so fast!

I find eating apples really helps cravings. Plus, they're very filling.

I was at the park in August with my son and I saw a mom I hadn't seen in over a year. I didn't recognize her as she had lost weight. She told me she had lost the weight on the apple diet. I thought she was joking. She was serious and told me since the previous summer she had lost 100 pounds. She looked really healthy.

I get more hungry from apples! And I burn out on them fast as well though at the moment I seem to be getting in at least 1 apple a day if not 2!

Otherwise, I've never heard of this!

When I was buying groceries yesterday I noticed a "new product" in the produce section. It was a container holding 4 apples, but they were called Grapples (Grape--puls). They were "grape-flavored apples." I smelled them, out of curiosity and they smelled like grape bubble gum. The ingredient list was "natural and artificial grape flavors."

I'm guessing this is aimed more at children and, I must admit, I couldn't bring myself to buy any of them. But, they might help those of us who tend to burn out on apples very quickly....

I personally would burn out on apples so fast on this plan, but it's sound advice to eat a whole piece of fruit (or even veggie) before each meal - helps controls the hunger pangs and, consequently, the pigging out.

I saw the Grapples, too. Very weird. I was afraid to try them also. My sister was visiting from out of state for the holidays. We laughed all week about them!!!!

I'd be willing to bet those Grapples don't taste like grapes. Maybe grape Kool-aid.

I like innovative farmers. I hope s/he used the proceeds from the marketing of that "diet" to pay back his or her farm loan.