The Hollywood Cookie Diet

The Hollywood Cookie Diet, such a glam, delicious way to lose weight. Sold! Both in the interest of research and sweet tooth appeasement! If nutrition professor, Mark Haub shed unwanted pounds with Twinkies (not a fave of mine), why not healthier, well balanced, calorie-​controlled, cookies?
Waiting in the checkout line (cookies are available at Ralph’s and online), I tore into my first vacuum-​sealed, chocolate chip cookie, totally ignoring the important nutrition booklet in the box as I suspect most folks do.
I had violated the número uno rule of dieting! I skipped breakfast, so I was ravenous. First bite. This cookie ain’t no Isabella’s or Mrs. Field’s. It tasted «healthy», a bit like hay, a good thing, right? Open box commitment, I paid.
At home, I read the «Let’s Get Started!» instructions. There’s tried and true, scientific info within its pages — exercise recommendations (nothing you don’t already know), yum recipes and a few, fantastic weight loss testimonials. Bottom line (pun intended): whether you choose these cookies, or not, successful weight loss and maintenance is all about calories in and calories out.
Considering my physically, active lifestyle, four, 150-​calorie cookies during the day culminating with a well balanced, dinner left me crazy hungry at bedtime. All this to lose five, vanity pounds? Pass. I’m back to trimming daily calories and upping exercise.
I’m not sayin’ this program is off base, it just might work for you but do run it by your doctor first!