What is the average weight loss?
This depends on how much weight you have to lose. The average weight loss is 3-5 pounds the first week due to the initial water loss. Thereafter, you should experience 1 to 1½ pounds of fat loss per week. If you are losing more than 2 pounds of weight per week, you are probably losing muscle and water as well as fat. There is no sense in weighing yourself from day to day because the scale can go up or down by a pound or two depending on water retention and other factors.

Do I have to weigh and measure my food?
No, this depends on your level of commitment. Some of our most successful clients have never lifted a measuring spoon or cup. On the other hand we have some people are compelled to compulsively weight and portion their meals. USA Diet Plans® works fine either way. We recommend you do start out by measuring your portions and eventually transition onto the Freedom Plan, which contains no measuring alone. You should be more strict on your food plan if you meet any of the following requirements:

I am an elite athlete.
I have a lot of weight to lose before I reach my goal weight.
I am experiencing a weight loss plateau.
It is the summertime and I would like to look extra lean on the beach.
I am currently suffering from chronic health condition such as diabetes, heart disease or an auto-immune disease.

What do I do when I go out to eat at a restaurant?
The USA Diet Plans® manual contains restaurant eating guides that show you exactly what you need to order to stay within the boundaries of your eating plan.

What if I get hungry throughout the day?
The USA Diet Plans® manual has a list of "free vegetables" that can be eaten between meals if you get hungry. This list primarily includes stalk, stem, and leafy vegetables.

Does USA Diet Plans® recommend any supplements?
USA Diet Plans® does not recommend any particular supplement besides fish oil. Our main emphasis is on whole foods. The most basic supplement program consists of fish oil, a multi-vitamin, and maybe an antioxidant blend depending on what you can afford. Other natural supplements and herbs can be taken as long as they meet the criteria listed in the USA Diet Plans® Manual.

Can I have cheat meals?
USA Diet Plans® repects the fact we are all human and does recommend cheat meals. The USA Diet Plans® manual goes into greater depth and tells you exactly how many cheat meals you can have each week.

I am a past yo-yo dieter and I think I may have damaged my metabolism. Will this prevent me from losing weight? A damaged metabolism can take time to repair, however the human body has an infinite capacity to heal itself. Continue eating a balanced diet and seek the help of a licensed health care professional to see if there are any natural supplements besides fish oil that can help speed up the healing process.

Do you recommend any “fat burner” pills?
No, USA Diet Planso® does not recommend the use of “energizing” supplements that contain high amounts of caffeine and other stimulants. These substances throw your body into overdrive by pouring stress hormones out of your adrenal glands. The short term results will be overshadowed by the possibility of abuse, addiction, increased aging and an increased affinity for future fat storage.

Can USA Diet Plans® reverse aging or cure disease?
It is illegal for a company to state a diet can prevent, cure or reverse disease or make such claims that it can reverse aging. I have to play with words to answer this question correctly. I would rather say “through optimized nutrition, we can restore your youth by supporting better cell synthesis of life conducting molecules.” The human body heals itself and nutrition provides the resources to accomplish the task. We all know food reverses aging. We've all seen old friends here and there: They either look the same, better or worse. When they look better, this is called "reversed aging." If you ask them what they are doing, they will be following the same type of principles followed by USA Diet Planso®.