From the Shangri-La Diet Forums:
I chanced upon the book on sale at Barnes and Noble for $4.98. I pored over the book with a slice of stratta, one chocolate lava cake, and a large Green Tea Frappuccino. I was smirking as I read it, in disbelief — it sounded ridiculous!! . . . I’ve been on different diets since 2003. I weighed 137.5 lbs at my heaviest in 2006. The lowest I’ve been was 126 lb in 4/2004. For New Year 2008 I resolved to take a break from caring about my wt. I wanted to see how big would I actually get if I do nothing – I canceled the GYM (saved $100/month) and ate all the food I wanted anytime. I was happy as a lark and actually shed some weight without even trying. My weight settled between 128-130 lb. New Year 2009 came and a coworker asked what diet I was planning to be on. She also informed me of the company’s drive, inviting employees to a health challenge: For every pound you lose, Pound For Pound will donate 10¢ to Feeding America . . . A sucker for “causes”, I committed to lose 7 lb. I have been procrastinating ever since – it’s not that easy to get back on track and start working-out again. I couldn’t give up Belgian Chocolates or Nutella Crepes. The first thing I do when I wake up is pop a truffle or 4 in my mouth. (isn’t that gross?) I do the same at night, before eating my lunch or dinner etc. There’s nothing quite like it – the texture of different truffles, the smell, etc., especially after having no food for at least 2 hours. I eat my dessert before my meal. When I read this book, I thought – this can’t be true. Lose your appetite without even trying? Let’s see… 3/18/2009 I cleaned up my dusty Tanita scale, replaced the batteries & weighed myself. It registered 128.5 lb . . . 3/26/2009 It’s not really time to weigh in or measure but yesterday my belt had to be re-adjusted down a notch. Results WT= 123.5 lb Body Measurement of parts with losses (inches): Waist = -.5; Abs = -.5; Hips -.5 ; Under Bra -.5 Total lost = 2 inches. I guess it works. I only have 2 lb more to go for the Pound for Pound Challenge. Have I changed my eating habits? I’d say I’m eating a lot less chocolates (by far). I’m so motivated to lose more wt. I have already shared the news at work, of course. This is by far the easiest diet I’ve ever been on with the quickest results.
It’s like a weight-loss ad come to humorous life.
i just did a quick search and it says that it basically suppresses appetite. it’s not even really a diet.
i don’t like any diets that make you not eat when your body needs you to eat…but hey, you can try it. it says that you’ll find out in a day or two if it works for you.
if you want to stop eating so much, then just eat healthier, leaner/cleaner. if you eat less of the simple carbs, then your body won’t have so many sugar highs/lows and you won’t crave food to get that sugar high again.
The Shangri-La Diet is such a strange idea. I wonder who could have thought of such a thing?
Poor Shangri-La,must have fed up by following such a wide varieties of dieting.Its good to know that one can shed weight without a dieting program from her experience.The aspects of Shangri-La diet is entirely different from other dieting.Isn’t it?
This principle of oil can be found in the 1961 book, “Calories Don’t Count” by Dr. Herman Taller. The testimonials found in this book seem to say the same things, so maybe it really works..