Something Shiny

“The Shangri-La Diet: The No Hunger Eat Anything Weight-Loss Plan” by Seth Roberts sounds crazy, but crazy like a fox, or crazy like a cat-lady? Ok… so supposedly by consuming 100-400 calories daily in either sugar water or no-taste oil (extra-light olive oil, canola oil, or safflower oil) you can adjust your body’s weight “set point.” The more you consume (not to exceed 400 calories) the better it works.

Here are the caveats:

1. The oil or sugar water has to be consumed at least an hour before or after eating anything or consuming beverages with flavor.
2. It’s an appetite suppressant technique so if you’re a recreational eater, it may well not help you. It’s supposed to make you hungry less often and fuller faster so you may wind up eating smaller portions though.
3. Because it works through appetite suppression, you still ultimately have to eat responsibly, the program just makes it easier to eat less and think about food less.

As I said, I’m skeptical, but it’s so crazy, I just have to try it. I’m reasonably easily maintaining my current weight, but i could probably lose another 10lbs to get rid if a little extra doughiness. We’ll see, I’ll let you know if it works.

Reviews:
Absurd, ridiculous, and remarkable. It is quite simply one of the most unusual weight loss books ever written. . . . — Diet-Blog.com

Everything on the cover is literally true. You make one, almost subtle, change, and you lose weight. . . . — CalorieLab.com

Seth Roberts… has now hit upon a weight-loss theory that might just benefit a few million people. — Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

The Shangri-La Diet is unlike any diet you ever have come across; it is, in the truest sense, a hack. — Health-Hack.com

The diet to end all diets….You actively feel like not eating. . . . — Joyce Cohen, HuntGrunt blogger and New York Times columnist ["The Hunt"]

The great thing about Roberts’s methods is that you will know whether they work within a day or two. — MarginalRevolution.com –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.