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Tuesday
February 6, 2001
Men's
Diet Wars
 Two
typical men. One common goal. We were eager to compare
two popular diet plans: Dr Howard Shapiro's Picture
Perfect Diet and Weight Watchers. Thirty-eight-year-old
massage therapist Jerry
Meduri volunteered to try Weight Watchers.
He says, "I've tried the Atkins diet, I've tried Redux
and I've also tried Sugarbusters and had success but
not permanent success. I always regained the weight."
Jerry has a penchant for pasta. He's a sucker for Snickers
and a glutton for Goldfish. Now he has the "spare tire"
he'd like to deflate. At 6'1", Jerry weighs 209 pounds.
His four week goal? To lose 20 pounds and fit into some
old pants.
Paul, 35, also wants
to slip into some slimmer slacks. He says, "They fit.
But they feel like they're painted on."
Although Paul eats healthy foods, he admits to snacking
binges. He says, "I like pretzels, crackers, popcorn,
peanut butter, cereal."
At 5' 11" Paul weighs 231 pounds. He hopes to drop 15
over the next four weeks on the picture perfect diet.
We'll explain how it works in a moment.
At
his first Weight Watchers meeting, Jerry learns he can
eat anything but everything he eats has a point value.
Linda Defoe, his Weight Watcher leader, tells Jerry
based on his proportions his daily point range is 24
to 29. She says, "You're now going to be thinking in
terms of 'How many points is this apple? How many points
is that steak.'"
Paul visits with Dr. Shapiro who's Picture Perfect diet
uses colorful photos to compare popular meals and low
calorie alternatives. Shapiro says if you normally eat
two slices of cheese pizza worth 900 calories. You could
instead eat a slice of pizza, a bowl of minestrone soup
and a salad for only 600 calories. That's more food
for 300 less calories.
Dr. Shapiro says, "There's no forbidden food. There's
no wrong time of day. You are eating as much food or
more food and you are making the choices."
Armed with a buffet of information, Paul and Jerry are
now ready to join the fight against fat!
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