PLACERVILLE, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time to help shed
extra holiday pounds or to keep that New Year's weight-loss
resolution, Personal Dietitian, a leading online diet company, has
launched its Plan-a-Meal(TM) program to guide individuals in choosing
healthy foods for their restaurant, packaged-food and cook-at-home
dining. The new program, available at
a-personaldietitian.com, combines the convenience of
purchased-food programs like Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers, the
flexibility of online and menu plans and the easy access of diets like
South Beach.
Unlike other plans, however, Plan-a-Meal provides individualization
through professional oversight. Clients seeking to lose weight or
improve their health through better diet receive what they need most:
their own personal plan designed by a nutrition expert along with the
flexibility to make changes that meet real-life situations.
"Plan-a-Meal's primary purpose is to help our clients make it easy
to follow the expert advice that we provide and put their plans into
action quickly and easily," says Carolyn Classick-Kohn, M.S., R.D.,
co-founder of Personal Dietitian. "We keep it simple by using a
specialized database and online administration tool that guides
clients in choosing the right foods for their calorie levels and
health needs," she adds.
The personalization process begins when a new subscriber completes
a diet-habit survey that identifies objectives, personal statistics,
health-related requirements, lifestyle data and food-consumption
information. The metrics are entered into a database and reviewed by a
registered dietitian who creates a customized meal plan -- the
Dietitian's Recommended Diet -- reflecting the individual's
preferences in terms of cooking, eating convenience foods or dining
out.
Plan-a-Meal starts with an exchange system but goes several steps
further to give people greater flexibility in making substitutions and
in having control over what they eat. The program incorporates
calories and portion sizing, the two most critical diet elements. This
combination makes the Plan-a-Meal approach truly user friendly so
customers can switch from exchanges to calorie or portion-size
information when appropriate, like eating in restaurants.
"Despite all the excitement over low-carbohydrate and low-fat
diets, the glycemic index and volumetric eating," notes Classick-Kohn,
"only calorie and portion control consistently lead to weight loss."
Plan-a-Meal gives people the flexibility to choose their own foods
for a week, a day or even a single meal. Its EZ Personalized Grocery
Lists are based on the individual's choices, making it easier to plan
meals. A tracking function helps maintain running consumption totals
so users will know exactly how many calories are left for the day as
each food is entered.
A base subscription for Plan-a-Meal is offered at $35 for a
three-month period. Options to give greater personalization are
available.
About Personal Dietitian
Personal Dietitian is a professional online diet company
specializing in weight-loss and healthy diets. Unlike many online
diets, the service is not automated. Dieters begin with a
comprehensive online assessment which is reviewed by a registered
dietitian, leading to a customized meal plan. The company's three
major programs, Plan-a-Meal, Diet With the Dietitian and Create Your
Own Personal Diet, offer varying degrees of feedback and
personalization, based on clients' specific needs. Since 1999,
Personal Dietitian has provided thousands of customized plans to
clients, integrating personal, professional support to create
comprehensive diet programs. Additional information is available at
www.personaldiets.com.
Contact: Carolyn Classick-Kohn,MS,RD
800-531-9883
