I think Omega is trying to say: "hello and welcome to the forums. if you really want to discuss diets or diet programs you may not like it here. Pretty much most of the board (the part I'd listen to especially) advocates a long-term view to healthy eating, combined with both cardio training and resistance training, as the ends to overall health, fitness, and weight loss. If you poke around into the other threads here you will find every single thing you need to lose the weight without spending a penny beyond what you already would on groceries"
I'll add my two cents. Welcome aboard to both of ya. Most programs are - IMHO - a waste of money. The only one I ever liked was the South Beach Diet and that is ONLY because of what it taught me about glucose and insulin response, etcetc. A list of what to eat or a static list of which exercises is too rigid for me and many others.
Instead I have chosen to make a lifestyle change. I am committed to making sure roughly 90 percent of what I eat is no unhealthy, processed crap. I say 90% cause this is forever, I need to stay with it, and I am human and cannot go the rest of my life without tasting pizza.
I am also committed to 5 rotating sessions of exercise a week, with ever progressing metrics in place to ensure I am always increasing workload and thus weight lost and/or muscle gained. This is much cheaper and more effective and healthy long term than anything in a box, so to speak.
Finally, I didn't think Omega came off too rough - just not glad-handed. She is a very active and knowledgeable member here though, and alienating yourself to her certainly won't benefit ya. Finally, please bear in mind how many people come to a forum dedicated to the above principles and then immediately start a thread talking about fad or programs. It can get frustrating to the regulars that nobody reads the stickies or any of the existing threads and we end up having this exact talk in some form over and over and over.
