If you need to Lose Weight
& Lower Cholesterol, Do It Right!

Avoid the trap
Once you've decided it's time to go on a weight loss diet, it's panic time! The first instinct is often to get the weight off fast! No wonder there are so many get-thin-quick schemes. But quick weight loss is one of the first traps that lead to gaining the weight right back.

Eat, Drink and be Merry!
Eat - If you want to keep off the weight you're working so hard to lose, then be patient and let the right diet work for you. The optimal rate of weight loss is no more than 1 to 2 pounds a week for most people. The miraculous stories of rapid weight loss are the results of water loss - big deal! Drink a glass of water and the weight is back on!

Lowering Cholesterol and Weight Loss Is your body weight currently above what is considered a healthy weight for you?  If so, losing weight can lower your cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and reduce your risk of heart disease. But losing weight is not enough. You'll need to keep the weight off if you want the positive health effects to last.

Choose The Right Weight Loss Diet
When it comes to weight loss, there is absolutely no magic in combining certain foods, eating high protein, high fat diets, or eating very low fat diets. All weight loss diets do the same thing - restrict the calories that cause weight loss. But remember, you have to keep the weight off for your cholesterol or triglyceride levels to remain lower, and that takes a diet that is designed to help you maintain your weight loss, not just to simply lose weight. The right weight loss diet will get you to your goal but at the same time, will teach you the right way to eat to keep the weight off. 

The Right Diet for Lowering Cholesterol
The recommended diet for lowering cholesterol happens to be a great weight loss diet as well, but you'll need to eat the right foods in the right amounts for this to happen. Most people will not lose weight simply by eating less fat and that's why most people need a specific diet plan to follow. Not only that.....eating more of certain foods that help reduce your risk of heart disease can be just as important as eating less of the cholesterol-raising foods. It takes a proper balance of good foods plus the right amount of calories determined for your needs to accomplish this. Our diet plans are designed to give you that balance, so that you'll not only be following a diet to reach your body weight, you won't have to change your food choices once you reach your goal weight - you'll already be doing the right things to reduce your health risks.  

Personal Dietitian's Director of Nutrition & Chief Dietitian, Carolyn Classick-Kohn, MS, RD, is responsible for designing the Low Cholesterol Diet Plans. If you don't need to lose weight but need to improve your cholesterol profile try Personal Dietitian's Low Cholesterol Plans.

What's the right amount of calories for you? 
We'll determine the right amount of calories for you to lose weight safely and to optimize your body composition - losing more fat and less muscle. This is absolutely key to making you successful at staying at your new lower weight. Your weight loss calories are determined based upon your age, physical activity, sex, height, current weight, and special needs.   And once you reach your body weight, we'll give you a diet plan for maintaining your new weight - it's all part of our Right-on-Track diet program and your PersonalDiets™ plan.  For success, find a diet plan that works with your lifestyle and provides a healthy balance of good foods, not a "quick" scheme. See how our healthy diets are designed to your needs by viewing a FREE Diet Sample and FREE Diet Analysis