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When I first stumbled upon Jon Benson & Janis Hauser’s ebook “The Every Other Day Diet” (also know as EODD), I’ll admit to you that I was both intrigued and a little skeptical.
Why?
Let’s just say that “The Every Other Day Diet” is a little unconventional. It’s methods seem unrealistic at first glance-a little “too good to be true” if you will. That was my first impression anyways…
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Unlike most diets that rely on heavy caloric restrictions to burn fat, this program actually encourages you to eat what you want every other day! Sounds good if it actually works right?
The real question is could a diet like this actually help you lose weight and keep it off? In all honesty I wouldn’t have thought so myself, but I had to give the co-author Jon Benson the benefit of the doubt since he is a well respected fitness expert who has published numerous diet and fitness related books over the last few years.
Anyways, I had come to the decision that the program warranted further examination, and bought myself a copy so I could share a review with my readers…
What is “The Every Other Day Diet” all About?
I’ve got my own explanation of “The Every Other Day Diet” below, but before you read that you may want to hear Jon Benson himself explain how this program works and why it is different than most others out there. You can listen to the video by CLICKING HERE to visit his official website.
Why should we listed to Jon? Well the guy does practice what he preaches. He was able to lose 70 Lbs. using the same principles that he based The EODD around (see picture below).
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Once I started to understand the simple science behind the EODD, things began to make more sense. The program is designed to restrict calories and burn body fat without compromising your body’s ability to burn calories. In the ebook they call it “interval eating” & “planned variance”, fancy words for caloric cycling.
What is caloric cycling?
Simply put, it a way of manipulating caloric intake and tricking your body into thinking that calories are not being restricted, when they actually are.
So why does your body need to be tricked into thinking that there is no caloric deficit? Well, your body begins to slow it’s metabolic rate making it harder and harder to lose weight. Unfortunately this is a survival mechanism that has been around since we were cave people!
The EODD uses caloric cycling to maximize your metabolic rate, which makes perfect sense.
The Structure of the EODD Diet
The “Every Other Day Diet” is broken down into what they call “burn days” and “feed days”. During the burn days, you eat only 30-50% of your maintenance caloric intake. During the feed days, you consume up to 150% of your maintenance caloric intake. You are allowed to eat the foods that you like on these days as long as the portions are controlled.
And that brings me to
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what Jon calls the HOME method (Hands on Method of Food Eating) to figure out how much food you should consume.
Simply put, portions of food coincide with different parts of your hands making it fairly simple to measure your portion sizes.
Can I Really Eat Whatever I want With The EODD?
Well, yes and no. Let me explain…
There are three different variations of the EODD that you can choose from:
- Primer – This is the most flexible of the three programs, and does allow you to essentially eat whatever you want every other day.
- Lifestyle – The maintenance program, recommended after the initial primer phase. There are only two “feed days” here, meaning that you can only eat whatever you want for these two days.
- Extreme – The most strict of the three plans, meant for athletes and bodybuilders.
The “primer” is the only program that you can eat whatever you want every other day. Jon recommends that you begin with this program, and progress to the “lifestyle” program which only allows two weekly days where you can eat any types of food.
Will “The Every Other Day Diet” Work for Me?
Jon makes it very clear that there are “three conditions” that you have to “take to heart” in order to succeed with this program.
Those conditions are:
- Dedication – Weight loss is like most other things in life. In order to succeed, there needs to be a certain level of dedication. Like any diet, the EODD will not work if you are not dedicated!
- Exercise – Any weight loss program that says you do not have to exercise is a scam. The EODD requires you to perform some form of exercise regularly. Fair enough!
- Be Reasonable – Having unrealistic expectations is a no no. It’s taken you years and years to accumulate this excess weight, so don’t expect to lose it all in two weeks!
Simply put, if you are willing to work hard, exercise, and have realistic expectations about the results you achieve, then the EODD should work well for you.
Now keep in mind that I have not actually tried the diet myself, I only purchased the program to review it for my readers.
What I can tell you after evaluating the entire program is this:
- The diet is simple and makes scientific sense
- The ebook is well written and easy to follow
- The bonuses included with the ebook were of high quality and were useful
- The free year’s worth of weekly support newsletters are a great resource.
In the end I think that the Every Other Day Diet is certainly worth a try if you are looking for a simple program that will help you lose weight while still enjoying some of the foods you love.
Simply put, if traditional diets have not worked for you, then The Every Other Day Diet may be the approach that you need to take.
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Have you tried the Every Other Day Diet? We’d really like to hear your experiences with it. Did it work for you?
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