Online Diets for Guys

Posted Jan 11, 2009 by dana / comments 1 comments / Print / Font Size Decrease font size Increase font size

A lot of diet sites are geared for women. More men than ever are looking to the internet to help them get fit. Thankfully, there are now more websites offering help for males who want to lose weight.

Are more online diets coming out geared to males? In January of every year there’s an onslaught of gym memberships signed up for and exercise equipment bought.  These tend to happen with men and with women equally. January is a huge month for diet programs as well with post-holiday eating over with and summer weather (meaning more skin showing) on the horizon.  2009 is so far seeing an increase in men purchasing online diet plans.

For many women who surf the net they’re happy to get information for their dieting needs from websites, newsletters and blogs. This is now increasing for men as well. Many online sites catered to women in the past but nowadays, it’s apparent that men are also interested in using the internet to help with getting fitter and leaner because many new resources are either unisex or catering to men specifically.

People are more health conscious than ever and websites are taking notice and ensuring they cater to male and female audiences. They offer online menu generators, fitness routines, information on supplements and downloadable diet and exercise information books.

Online Diets for Men

There are a lot of online diets that are geared for women.  The Flat Belly Diet is one that’s more often chosen by women because it’s sponsored by Prevention Magazine which has a largely female audience.  Men can do the diet too but more women gravitate toward it because the magazine leans toward a female demographic.

The Idiot Proof Diet is geared to men and women equally. Their website targets the ideal male and female body and appeals to people who want to lose weight fast by tricking their metabolism but who don’t really have plans to exercise. The calorie shifting diet fools the body so that it doesn’t plateau and it provides an online menu plan generator telling you exactly what you need to eat. (There’s a journal on this website  outlining the 11 day plan day by day)

Burn the Fat / Feed the Muscle is one diet that’s geared to men more than women because of the muscle aspect.  Women can do this too, of course males looking at online diets often tend to gravitate towards this one.

Turbulence Training: This one is geared for anyone with a lot of exercise plans designed to build muscle while simultaneously burning fat but it seems to be especially for men. It even comes with a bonus book: 20 Minute Workouts for the World’s Busiest Dads

If you’re a male looking for an online diet and / or online exercise program you’ll find a fair number of sites geared to females but that doesn’t mean you can’t do those diets. You’ll also see that there are a large number of new online resources for men’s health, wellness, dieting and fitness as well.


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Toltecas
Toltecas said... on April 18th, 2009 at 1:43 AM

The basics are still true. I dont like to work out, I do construction in the day & that is enough for me. So I will leave the workout out of this list. Besides eating smaller portions of the deserts, I eat more vegetables & a lot of fruit.
What I am getting to is I have lost weight doing the basics, I eat a little healthier but not much. I found if I go overboard & cut too many things out I will end up giving up & binging or once I lose weight & get off the diet I catch up for lost time if you know what I mean.
I went from 245 lbs. to 210 lbs. on about 5 weeks & I have kept it off for the first time since I started gaining weight 18 years ago.
I have learned to gorge on vegetables when eating lunch & dinner & then eat the good stuff. Other than that, I learned that if you are lacking vitamins & minerals, even just a few, your mind will crave something & we think it is too eat more & if what we eat does not have what we are lacking it does not fill the hole. Learning that is what took the weight off & is keeping it off. I was putting together 72 hour kits for a church project & there were these pills called Lifecaps They have all the vitamins & minerals even iodine in them. They are for survival not weight loss. But after I learned about lacking vitamins or minerals creates cravings we try to fill & that 95% of over the counter vitamins do not get digested & end up in the sewers. I researched different vitamins & companies. Anyway, while doing these 72 hour kits I learned about Lifecaps & I ordered 25 bottles for my personal 72 hour kits I built but also to try as my weight loss supplement. They are all natural, digest & get in your system within 20 minutes, even has a bit of natural sugar in them to keep your blood sugar levels stable. So I started taking 3 a day, one in the morning, one at lunch & one before dinner. I still eat candy bars, ice cream etc. I try to take smaller portions though. I drink a lot of water & eat a bunch of vegetebles at the beginning of lunch & dinner. It has been awesome, I dont have cravings at bed time, I am not looking in cupboards & the fridge for something, 10 minutes after dinner anymore. At the rate I am going, I might fit in a 32 waist again by Christmas. After I bought those 25 bottles, I got a coupon code & bought 75 more bottles, you can find them at lifecaps.net & use coupon code “healthcaps” to get 33% off.
This may not be for everyone, but it has worked for me. I do not drink energy drinks anymore, I wake up with energy. I could lose weight faster if I cut more things out of what I eat, but I figure I am losing weight consistently & I do not want to blow a good thing. I like to eat & I hate to work out.



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