There’s an interesting new diet floating around, which I first heard about via Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users. It’s called the Shangri La Diet, and it is simultaneously ridiculously hard to believe… and very interesting.
However, it is absurdly easy to try, and so far it sounds like most feedback is positive or neutral (that is, a few who’ve tried it report no results at all, but seemingly no ill effects).
I don’t have a whole heck of a lot of weight to lose, but I may test it out just to see the effects.
In a nutshell, the main idea is that you can trick your body into having less of an appetite — thereby snacking less, and becoming full with smaller meals. In other words, it sounds way too good to be true — eating less without being hungry. It’s appealing in a “geek-ish” sort of way, as it sounds remarkably like “hacking” your body’s system to cause it to desire less food; that concept alone is interesting, even if you have no weight to lose.
Do your research, though; the diet does have its detractors, and I’m not a doctor. Caveat emptor, and all that.
My synopsis above is not strictly accurate — but for more information I’d suggest flipping through the book at your local bookstore. If you decide you like it, you can find it for almost half-price at Amazon versus the bookstore price.
I would hope that you post your results and experiments at http://boards.sethroberts.net/index.php?board=11.0
Most people with little weight to lose find the diet much less successful and harder to tune, though some have had success.
A number of people have described the diet as “try it, if it works, then buy the book” with the follow-up comment “it worked, why should I buy the book.”
I’ve given away three shipments of the book so far, but I know few people who have actually bought one (most in my circle just hit my wife up for one of the copies I bought).