Lose weight eating cookies?” Yes, that’s right. Every day you are allowed to have a large strawberry and white chocolate chip cookie or if white chocolate is not to your fancy, a double dark chocolate chip cookie. How good is that?
That’s the new message from Dr David Ashton, Medical Director and obesity management expert here at Weight to Go. Before the food police jump up and down claiming it’s a reckless and irresponsible message, flying in the face, for example, of the recent ‘sugar is the new tobacco’ scare, Dr Ashton is quick to point out that he is deadly serious and that this daily cookie is part of a healthy diet.
Dr Ashton said: People are beaten about the head and told to eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, lean meat, plenty of pulses and grains and avoid any cakes, biscuits and things they really want. They are sick of being told what they can and can’t eat. That presented an interesting challenge for me. We need to accommodate people in what they are going to eat, not what we’d like them to eat. The diet has to fit the dieter not the other way round.
Consequently, I set about devising a great tasting protein-packed diet cookie for people to have as a daily treat along with the other components of the Weight to Go diet; a tasty soup, portion-controlled meal, protein shake and a portion of fruit and vegetables. The cookie consists of 30% protein and is meant to be available as a breakfast on the go, a mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack or an evening treat whilst watching television. It’s a convenient and healthy way of fitting protein into a daily diet.
On a recent visit to Weight To Go Elinor and Taz tried the cookie and thought it was delicious. If you would like to read more about how the diet works please click on the link below.
http://www.weighttogo.com/about-the-cookie.html
