Internet diet plans/menus?

[tmfranlk]

Does anyone use any menu plan/diet plan off of the Internet? I was looking at www.ediets.com and noticed that they now supported several different diet plans - Atkins, the zone and their own. So far, I am having the most difficult time planning meals and then getting the right food in the house. I have been considering going with some source that gives me a preset meal plan for the week in order to help give me a jump start.

I used www.ediets.com several years ago and seem to remember liking it okay, but then I also didn't stick with it for more than a month or so. Of course, I was also a law student living on my own and didn't like cookie for just myself. Now, I am a wife and mommy with a family to feed as well.

Any opinions or other ideas?

Thanks!
Tia

 

[sharoncity]

It depends on the person. I don't do well with diets where they tell me what to eat. I'm too picky for that (and I never really thought of myself as picky! ) But if you have a hard time shopping or too little time for meal planning, then it might be beneficial to you - at least until you get going and get the hang of it. Remember, you want to make this a "weigh" of life, not just a temporary thing. Eventually you will have to make your own meal plan. But certainly nothing wrong with getting some help while starting out!

 

[LAinSEA]

I don't know which plan you are interested in - but something that helped me and my DH plan is the menus listed on the Atkins site for their delivered meals. There are both 20 carb range menus and 40 carb range menus. The zone delivery has similar menus on their websites.

IMHO - why pay for what you can find for free?

-Laurie