Taco Bell Drive Thru Diet, weight loss help or hype?

Taco Bell has launched their new drive thru diet promoting their Fresco Menu. According to the commercial, "eating better just got easier." But does Taco Bell fast food really promote healthier eating or support weight loss? Let's take a look.

The Taco Bell drive thru diet commercial claims that one woman lost over 50 pounds eating Taco Bell Fresco Menu items as part of a healthy diet that averaged 1290 calories a day. Eating anything and staying below 1300 calories a day will likely cause weight loss. Even consuming 1300 calories a day of candy and soda pop a day would lead to weight loss, but that doesn't make them part of a healthy diet.

Taco Bell Fresco Menu items are a little less fattening than their regular menu items from a calorie and fat stand point. But just a little less.

Fresco Crunchy Taco has 150 calories and 7 grams of fat. A regular Taco Bell crunchy taco has 170 calories, and 10 grams of fat. Most nutritionists will tell you a 20 calories and 3 grams of fat difference is minimal. You might as well eat whichever of the two items you prefer. Apparently the Fresco taco sports more salsa and about a teaspoon less cheese when we compared the items side by side. Read mor5e and get a coupon for a free Taco Bell Fresco Taco.

Frugal Friday - free abs diet, workout advice and videos

Almost everyone is looking to save money in these difficult economic times. Free stuff is popular but finding it takes time you may not have. Welcome to Frugal Fridays! I'll give you tips on places to find a cheap or free item or resource to help you live the lifestyle you want despite economic hardships. So cut back on spending while getting want you want or need.

We want to maintain our quality of life and that includes staying fit and eating healthy. Free fitness advice and exercise instruction is easy to find. And a good place to start is YouTube. Below are a few examples of free exercise videos and fitness advice you can access anytime.

The key to making these freebies work is actually using them. Read more and watch the videos.

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Can you cheat eat your way to a sexy body?

I've got a Second Life and it's not the kind you find at an interactive online game. When I'm not writing about nutrition and fitness, I write cookbooks. Mostly, I write about cowboy cookery. Ironically, some cowboy recipes aren't all that diet friendly.

But my philosophy is balance in everything. It's perfectly fine to indulge occasionally even if you're trying to lose weight. In fact, one of the best fitness and weight loss approaches available insists that you cheat on your diet. Fitness expert Joel Marion's 'The Cheat To Lose Diet' allows for once a week cheat days after an initial three week period. Here's a few recipes from my cookbook "A Cowboy Cookin' Every Night" for a favorite cheat food of mine, a hearty chili with side dishes.

For more on my experiences with 'The Cheat to Lose Diet' read 'Plan Gives Dieters Day Off Each Week Author: Working Against Body Won't Help Weight' by Darlene Dunn. Darlene interviewed Joel Marion, myself, band others who use Joel's book to lose weight.

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