SomerSizing

Somers seems to encourage eliminating sugars from the diet, and allowing fats which she says are good for health. There are four Somersize food groups. The first is proteins and fats. The proteins includes meat, fish, poultry and eggs. The fats include oil, butter, cream and cheese. The second Somersize food group includes low starch vegetables such as broccoli, zucchini and peppers. The third Somersize food group is called the carbos, which are non-fat dairy products, beans, bread, cereals and whole grain pastas. The fourth Somersize food group is fruits.

Her diet approach is to lose the weight (called level one) and then maintain the weight loss (level two). At least she focuses on maintaining weight loss for the long term with the level two phase. I have to say that all of the various categories, groupings and levels that she creates are rather confusing. If a nutritionist, weight loss or health expert were to read her book I dare say they might call her ramblings gibberish and nonsense.

Like many diets, her diet seems to place sugar as the enemy while allowing a more liberal attitude towards proteins and fats. I get a sweet tooth now and then so it would be hard for me to 100% eliminate all sweets, I’d prefer to just keep them at a minimum. I eat fats too, but if I eat anything too, too greasy it gives me a stomach ache thus I find myself naturally regulating my fat consumption because I don’t want a greasy tummy. Some experts that believe in a low fat diet, and vegetarians, might find her more relaxed position on dietary fat controversial.