June 13, 2007

A Diet Site Review: Anne Collins Weight Loss Program

Anne Collins has a wonderful site! A quick visit to her home page reveals the value she has to offer with a list of seven great features:

1. No Gimmicks
2. Recommended by Doctors
3. Very Easy Diet Plans
4. World Class Support
5. Tons of Motivation
6. Great Exercise Advice
7. Unbeatable Price! (This deserves repeating: An unbeatable price!)

Now all of this IS great value but what you will want to do when you visit her site is click on the link at the top of the page to read what women and men who have participated in her program have to say!

“…lost 60 pounds and made incredibly wonderful friends…”, “…fell in love with the amazing support of other members…”, or “…I weigh less than I ever have in my adult life…” and so many more! (Ready to take a look now?)

I can see why the members of Anne’s site are happy. I joined her program to evaluate if she offers advice I could comfortably recommend to others and I’m very pleased with what I found. I’d like to share with you the many things I liked along with a few I did not. Keep reading to see if this site might offer you the help you would like. I believe it will be the right fit for many people but not everyone.

First of all the site is well laid out and easy to navigate. Did I say EASY? This makes finding whatever you are looking for a snap. No getting lost and not knowing how to get back to the main pages.

Anne starts out her site (inside for members) with a welcome page and lists her most popular pages along with other key pages so you can jump to what will likely be most valuable right away. On the top of the list for the most popular pages is a link for “Which Diet is Best for You?”

You will find a wealth of healthy diet plans to choose from! She has a plans to fit the needs of most people:

-No-nonsense Balanced Weight Loss Diet
-Low Glycemic Diet
-Low Carb Diet
-14 Day Low Calorie Booster Diet
-Cholesterol Lowering Diet
-10-Minute Meals Diet (I really like this!)
-Diet for Life
-Vegetarian Quick Start Diet
-Vegetarian Diet for Life

For each diet, Anne provides a set of guidelines to quickly and easily help you determine which diet would be best. (And once you start if you would like to switch to another, she has additional guidelines to help you do that as well.)

Each diet plan is outlined in detail with respect to food choices and amounts with many variations. All the recipes are included (as far as I could tell). Anne also provides guidelines for making substitutions with occasional meals eaten away from home (fast food meals). What she includes with the diet plans, meal suggestions and recipes is worth far more than the price of membership. But there is so much more!

Anne also provides many pages of detailed information about exercise–what to choose and how much is enough. She also has a lively and upbeat forum! No wonder she has such enthusiastic and happy sounding members. You could choose to seek out advice from other members, find a diet-buddy, or simply browse the ongoing conversations of others and not participate till you are ready.

You can post questions for Anne on the forum or email her for a private response. I can tell you right now that I am not aware of any other weight loss program that will offer you this kind of value for the price of membership! Having support from other participants in the program and directly from the professional in charge will give you a strong advantage in achieving your weight loss goals (read my earlier post on successful online weight loss programs).

How much do you think all of this is worth? Thirty dollars or more a month? I believe it is easily worth this much. But Anne charges only $19.97 for an ENTIRE YEAR! That’s only $1.66 a month. Unbelievable. I honestly think she could charge so much more. (Go take a look!)

O.K. I’ve shared what I like and it is a lot, but there are a few things about her program that I do not like.

Most of the diet plans are low calorie (as opposed to a somewhat reduced calorie diet). (Anne does recommend adding in additional calories for different situations and this is something you will want to keep in mind.) In the short term, a low calorie diet is all right but not for long. Such low calorie diets could slow down your metabolism and make it more difficult to continue to lose weight or maintain your weight loss when you have met your goal.

Also, if you are committed to exercising, I believe the low calorie diets may be too low. If you would like to get stronger and more physically fit in addition to weight loss, I highly recommend you take some time to explore the Global Health and Fitness Program instead.

And if you are specifically wanting to lose stubborn fat that refuses to come off such as belly fat, then I would strongly encourage you to consider Tom Venuto’s advice in the book Burn the Fat. It is not just for men or body builders! Read my review in an earlier post.

So, a there are a few things to keep in mind. But for most women, Anne Collins Weight Loss Program is a great place to start. For $19.97 you just can’t go wrong. Give it a try! What have you got to lose but some extra weight you likely don’t need! Maybe I’ll see you over at Anne’s site when I’m browsing the forums and elsewhere on the site for great recipes and other healthy diet ideas. GO NOW and Sign Up!!

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