Weight loss marathon what is included. Lose weight for the company. Why are online marathons dangerous for those who lose weight? But there are also significant disadvantages.

Day 1 We start correctly, a gentle day, smoothly begin to exercise, set up the body for future exercises and procedures, increase motivation. Tomorrow we need to prepare the skin for further procedures, therefore, the task is a cocoa wrap. It will moisturize the skin and prevent (or

Day 2 Tasks:1. Find or buy a control item. It is very useful to have a “control” item - I have these non-stretch denim shorts. What is it for? These shorts directly show me the progress in losing weight: after giving birth, I could not even pull them up to my knees. Through

Day 3 Tasks:1. Write a short essay or story on the topic: "How do I see myself in the future." You don’t need to reduce everything to one appearance, you can talk about what you want to achieve in work, self-improvement, on the personal front, etc., your thoughts and assumptions

Day 4 Tasks:1. Glass, mirror surfaces - wash, put in order all the mirrors in the house, wash the windows inside, glass shelves, tables, if any. A dirty mirror is a very ugly phenomenon in a woman's house. In addition, the reflection in it should always be clear,

Day 5 Tasks:1. Cereal-cereal day. On this day, you should give preference to buckwheat, wild rice, oatmeal for breakfast, corn flakes, wholemeal bread, sprouted grains, muesli in addition to breakfast. Cereals and grains are rich in B vitamins

Day 6 Tasks:1. A day without sugar. On this day, you should not eat sweetened foods and drinks, put white refined sugar in food or drink. It can be replaced with honey or fructose. Sugar contains a huge amount of calories and carbohydrates, which, in fact,

Day 7 Tasks:1. Find three recipes for diet or light desserts. Write them down. These can be any low-fat, not too high-calorie desserts of your choice, it is desirable that they be fairly easy and simple to prepare. The only rules that should be followed are to

Day 8 Tasks:1. Red stop bracelet on the wrist. This bracelet is worn on the hand that usually takes the food in which the fork is placed. It is designed to stop thoughtless absorption of food, drawing attention to itself, reminding you of what you need to eat in reasonable

Day 9 Tasks:1. Determination of your appearance color type. Find and study information on the Internet on this topic. You need to know what color type you have - warm or cold, in order to be able to choose the right colors for shadows, lipstick, clothes. Any color has both cold and

Day 10 Tasks:1. Make beautiful makeup. Try to draw your ideal face. Take as a guide a photo or picture of a woman's face with makeup that you think is the most beautiful and attractive. Give it enough time, trying to portray it in

Day 11 Tasks:1. Refresh your existing manicure and pedicure. Be sure to varnish your nails, choose the shade that you associate with positive - let it be your favorite color polish, just a juicy bright shade or something

Day 12 Tasks:1. Intensive walk. This task means walking for at least 45 minutes in fast mode. Many experts agree that walking at such a pace greatly contributes to the process of losing weight, helps to get rid of

Day 13 Tasks:1. Fully drinking day. All food should be consumed in a liquid, ground, whipped, pureed form, have a sufficiently liquid consistency so that it does not need to be chewed. Lumps, clots, etc. are not allowed. You can use soups, puree soups for lunch,

Day 14 Tasks:1. We are starting to prepare for the exit from the marathon. It is important to continue working on yourself, not to lose either enthusiasm or motivation. Therefore, make your own exercise routine for the week after the marathon so that you can stick to it.

Day 15 Tasks:1. Control weighing in the morning on an empty stomach, after the toilet. This is the last weigh-in within the framework of a two-week marathon. The total weight loss for 14 days of the program should be about 3 kg. The program either actively loses weight directly or decreases

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Reviews of Diet-Service.org club members

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With the words marathon and marathon runner, we have the most positive images - these are athletic and beautiful bodies, seductive reliefs and strength. Moreover, the power is manifested even in the look, not even so, especially in the look. Everyone knows that marathons are one of the competitions at the Olympic Games, and therefore require effort and aspiration. From time immemorial and to this day, participation in a marathon has been considered something privileged for the elite, for strong-willed people. Hence the power in the look!

Therefore, the founders of our online diet service had the idea to create and customize weight loss marathons for everyone. All that is needed from you, our new participants and from you, our experienced marathon runners, is just to subscribe to a new weight loss marathon, the nearest date of which you can see in the special section of Diet-Service.org "Marathons". What is important, unlike some marathons, our service is free, because our task is to help overcome our fear and complexes of our participants.

Everyone can take part in our online weight loss service, both beginners and old marathon runners))).

Thanks to the forum, you can share your problems, successes, achievements or failures with the same marathon runners as you. And not just share, but also comment. The same people with their weaknesses and strengths run next to you. Perhaps you will find like-minded people or even friends with whom you can continue to communicate already in personal correspondence, thanks to our new and completely unique My Diary service, this is a social network for those who want to lose weight.

So, in order, after you have registered on our Diet-Service.org online diet service, you have a unique opportunity to apply for the next diet marathon that suits you best based on your personal preferences and characteristics. Then you will see how much time is left before it, which means you have the opportunity to prepare. What is the preparation, according to your choice of diet, the required number of days you will have to limit yourself in food, force yourself to do elementary physical exercises, that is, you need a mood. Set yourself in the right mood and get an incredible positive, believe me, this is a very important moment and it will help you not to break loose when it gets difficult.

Then you start running a marathon! Each day you will be provided with a diet menu, and you will be able to view the rest of the days so that you can make the necessary purchases. Also, every day you will be able to fix your weight not somewhere, on a piece of paper, but on the service, which will help us determine the winner of the weight loss marathon. It is also important that none of the co-marathon runners will see or know this data. Only if you don't want to report them yourself.

After the marathon, the service will determine the winners of the weight loss race! But do not despair, this is not the end, but only the beginning, because if you want, you can immediately subscribe to the next marathon.

Good luck, dear marathon runners!

These days, the pursuit of ideal forms is not limited to home diets and exercise. Today, those who want to lose weight are offered many ways to reduce weight using online methods. For example, the so-called marathons, in which participants not only lose weight, but also compete with each other. They receive daily tasks and recommendations on the preparation of the diet. The one who achieves the maximum result becomes the winner.

At first glance, this is a good way. Participants receive the support of a coach and excellent motivation, in the formation of which competition plays an important role. However, this method of weight loss also has its drawbacks, since it is not suitable for everyone and can even harm health.

The main mistakes when choosing online diets

Consider the main mistakes that participants in online weight loss marathons should avoid. So what should you not do if you intend to lose weight online?

1. Trust lightning fast and fantastic results. Do not believe advertising assurances that guarantee getting rid of 10 kg (and even with a plus!) In just 2 weeks. This option is unlikely, moreover, it is dangerous to health. It will take much more time to find ideal forms and maintain health. The duration of weight loss depends on the initial weight of the person.
2. Start running a marathon without first consulting a doctor. Even in the absence of complaints about well-being, you should visit a specialist so as not to harm your health and prevent possible complications. Often, during preventive examinations, it is possible to detect serious chronic diseases that are asymptomatic.
3. Hoping for a personal touch. Most likely, the program will be template. Usually, users are given general recommendations regarding the composition of the daily diet and the need for proteins, fats and carbohydrates. All this information is already available to everyone on the Internet. Personal dietary advice from a professional nutritionist and, most likely, clinical research will be required to formulate an individual diet.
4. Blame the coach for the lack of results or their insufficiency. As a rule, the organizers do not have a license, and accordingly, if your health worsens or there is no result, no one will be held responsible, and even more so, they will not return the money spent (if the program is paid). Moreover, many professionals who call themselves nutritionists do not even have a medical education.
5. After a marathon, stop exercising and move on to your usual diet.. If you start eating sweets and fast food again, those extra pounds will come back faster than they left, and most likely multiplied in half. It is important at the end of the marathon to follow the principles of rational nutrition and maintain regular physical activity.
6. Do not take into account your well-being, do not pay attention to the resulting discomfort or deterioration in health. If, after physical exertion, heart palpitations, swelling, joint pain, or any other unpleasant symptoms appear, you should definitely consult a doctor. On days when your health leaves much to be desired, training should be postponed or at least reduced in intensity.
7. Do not check the qualifications of the coach, his education, the availability of relevant certificates. Intending to entrust your health to a trainer, coach or nutritionist, make sure of their qualifications and, preferably, not on the sites that advertise them, but on other Internet resources. For example, on independent reviews. If the search was unsuccessful and the specialist is not mentioned anywhere else, it is most likely that you should reconsider your decision to participate in the marathon.
8. Count on impressive gifts for the winner. As for expensive rewards, you should not rely on them. The main goal and reward should be weight loss itself, and this should be achieved only with the help of professionals with the appropriate education.

Overview of remote weight loss methods

And now we will conduct a comparative review of the most common methods of losing weight in remote conditions and evaluate their effectiveness.

Perhaps this is the most easily accessible way to lose weight. All you need to do is answer a few questions of the alleged “test” - and here it is, happiness: the weight loss program is ready for you! In the sense that you get "exclusive" menu planning tips absolutely free of charge.

However, an experienced eye of a person who is familiar with at least the basics of nutrition will surely notice that the vaunted online weight loss tests usually contain extremely general and vague questions, for example:

• Which diet is right for you?
• What type of food is optimal for your lifestyle?
• Can you cope with extra pounds?
• Do you know how to eat right?
• Can you limit yourself?
• What would you prefer for weight loss: menu correction or enhanced training?
• Can you keep the result after the end of the diet?

Alas, not all users, attracted by this external simplicity, multiplied by saving time and money, realize that the proposed questionnaires have nothing to do with serious methods of psychodiagnostics. Of course, the questionnaires will not take much time, but the recommendations that are offered in the end are, to put it mildly, approximate. For example, "your ideal diet is 40% protein, 30% fat, and 30% carbs." But you will have to take care of the selection of the right products that contain the indicated ratio of B / W / Y, as well as the extent of their use during the day, on your own.

You should not trust 100% the recommendations received after passing the test - everything is individual

In addition, you should not trust 100% the recommendations received after passing the test - after all, everything is individual. Remember that only a professional nutritionist after conducting a hardware examination will be able to choose the optimal diet and level of exercise to reduce body weight.

And now let's summarize the analysis of the effectiveness of online tests for weight loss.

Advantages:

• free service;
• convenience and simplicity.

Disadvantages:

• • doubtfulness of received recommendations;
  • their general introductory nature, the lack of specific dietary recommendations for the preparation of the diet;

• lack of communication with a nutritionist.

This is another of the most straightforward ways, designed for gullible Internet users. Nutrition programs are being proposed that are supposedly based on WHO recommendations - although, from the point of view of professional nutritionists, such developments require a lot of research, and not a series of answers to a few elementary questions, often not related to the topic of nutrition and weight loss. The essence of the approach is as simple as "one-two-three":

1. Answer all questions and fill in data for analysis.
2. At the end of this stage, register on the site or even pay money.
3. Get a result.

After registration, the user is invited to fill out a short questionnaire, and then (which is what the whole thing is leading to) - to buy a product for weight loss: shorts, a belt, a dietary supplement, etc.

To “clear the conscience” of the site owners, you will receive some general recommendations, and then the system will redirect you to a fake page of a non-existent “nutritionist”, who, of course, will also offer to buy some kind of “miracle weight loss”.

So, on his Vkontakte page, the nutritionist surprisingly turns into a magician and psychic, which does not prevent him from doing sales with might and main: “Who wants Hotshapers breeches for free? Participate in the action! Make reposts!

Examples of such sites:

Summing up, we highlight the advantages of diet designers:

• it's free;
• in some cases there may even be some results.

Disadvantages:

• • the proposed recommendations can be harmful to health, because they do not take into account the state of your body;
  • the risk of returning excess weight is very high, since there is no prevention of relapse;
  • the purchase of goods for weight loss is imposed;
  • recommendations are similar to those given in regular informational articles on the Internet;

• your mail is attacked by spam, because when you register on the site, your data is used to send promotional emails.

This method of weight loss, which migrated to us from the countries of Western Europe and the USA, began its victorious march across the Russian expanses relatively recently. No need to worry about anything, visit a nutritionist, psychologist, cosmetologist: you just buy a ready-made diet, the high purpose of which is to help you lose weight.

This method is usually offered by fitness trainers, therefore, when tempted by a “healthy diet”, their commercial interest should be taken into account.

Here are a few companies that sell diet food and ready-made meals for weight loss with delivery:

• growfood.pro, smart-food.su - these services try to entice the buyer, focusing on a variety of dishes and frequent changes in the product line;
• easymeal.ru - the site guarantees weight loss at a rate of 500 g per week and the preservation of the result in the future, and it is claimed that all products are approved by the European Dietetic Association;
• justfood.pro - the service promises healthy food without oil, sweeteners, salt and spices, and in "environmentally friendly biodegradable containers", each dish is accompanied by a detailed description of the composition and energy value, and delivery is open from as early as 6 o'clock in the morning;
• justforyou.ru - positions itself as a "gourmet service", which in its qualities is not inferior to the dishes of the best European chefs (apparently, therefore, the prices are at the restaurant level), including diets for pregnant and lactating, hypocholesterol, cleansing the body, it is possible to develop an individual plan nutrition;
• eatandtrain.ru - offers healthy food at a more affordable price, promising soups, red fish, seafood and even exotic dishes in addition to standard dietary packages (buckwheat, chicken breast, cottage cheese, etc.);
• smartcalories.ru - the site assures that the selection of the diet is carried out individually for each client after consulting a nutritionist based on the questionnaire data;
• eat2fit.ru - it is claimed that here you can order a great variety of dishes, and the diet is compiled by an experienced nutritionist;
• myportion.ru - 14 meal plans are provided here: as they say, for every taste, age and even region;
• razion.ru is a young, but promising service that promises an excellent ratio of product quality and cost.

The advantages of this method of losing weight:

• ordering ready-made products is very convenient;
• if there are only them and nothing more, you can really lose weight;
• protein foods can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days;
• you can choose a ready-made diet with an accurately calculated daily calorie content and the right number of meals.

Disadvantages:

• • low taste;
  • monotony;
  • the high cost of most diets;
  • the need to constantly carry food with you;

• the risk of returning extra pounds when switching to the usual type of diet.

It would seem that consulting a personal nutritionist and developing an individual diet is a sound idea. However, on free sites, sales managers usually act under the guise of nutrition consultants. They, getting off with general recommendations (which are already unmeasured on the network), aggressively impose the purchase of various dietary supplements and products for weight loss.

Remember: free cheese is only in a mousetrap. And if they don’t take money for a consultation, then, most likely, they strive to sell you something. So be prepared to repel an advertising attack.

In order to "lure" on such sites, those who want to lose weight are offered seductive conditions and stunning results. Here are some examples:

• individual food diary, weight loss scale, calorie calculator, kitchen scale as a gift, etc.;
• Skype consultations of a professional nutritionist, fitness trainer, psychologist;
• 30-day weight loss program for 10 kg or more;
• promises that excess weight will go away forever.

These are not all the bonus charms that await you on such services. In the VIP program, for a modest fee, you will certainly be offered one-to-one coaching support and twice as many personal consultations.

Here are a couple of online resources that practice such services:

• vesminus.com - free consultations are promised here, however, after a few general recommendations, they begin to aggressively impose bioadditives from Herbalife, which has set its teeth on edge, which in some fantastic way "will help to lose weight and find ideal forms without any diets and gyms";
• vivafigura.com - here users are offered to buy a weight loss program for a tidy sum, which lasts two months and involves personal consultations with a nutritionist, whose name and regalia are "shamefully" silent. Of course, the user will receive banal advice for his questions from an ordinary manager who has never specialized in weight correction.

There is no need to even talk about the advantages of these “ways to lose weight in your wallet” - these are just shameless methods of pumping money out of impressionable natures who crave harmony.

A whole galaxy of nutritionists, personal nutritionists and other weight loss consultants suddenly surfaced on Instagram.

The number of "professionals" who have undertaken to lead weight loss projects on Instagram over the past year exceeds the number of medical school graduates over the past decade! It is not surprising that, in fact, behind the beautiful certificates that are full of Instagram pages, there are typical representatives of amateur nutrition activities - enterprising charlatans seduced by the prospect of easy money on naive users.

These unfortunate nutritionists shamelessly offer 100% weight loss to those who suffer without diets and exhausting workouts, an individual approach and personal support from a “specialist”. And in order for the “client to mature” as quickly as possible, a time limit is set: “The unique offer is valid only until tomorrow” or “The promotion is valid for only three days!”

Many enticing offers are clearly designed for simpletons. For example, on the website of Yulia Tvorzhinskaya http://ledi-dieta.com, the weight loss scheme suggests:

• teaching the basics of proper nutrition and developing a new daily diet for losing weight and keeping the result;
• motivation for weight loss and mutual psychological support of team members;
• determining the optimal level of physical activity and developing a training plan;
• regular homework;
• determination of the fitness direction individually for each participant;
• and much more, which will allow you to firmly introduce healthy habits into your life.

It sounds, of course, beautiful and convincing, only the role of a “nutrition professional” is played by ... a physical education teacher.

And on the website of Dr. Gavrilov live.doctorgavrilov.ru, it is stated that anyone who visits only four online conversations on this resource will be able to permanently get rid of the problem of excess weight. So does Gavrilov, being a real doctor, not know that all of humanity is struggling with this problem, and four online meetings are, as they say, about nothing?

Of course, there are also professional nutritionists on Instagram, but the format of the social network itself does not allow talking about any serious help. True, in these programs you can still communicate with a specialist in person.

Carefully study the information about the person, and reviews about him

However, do not buy into the first offers that come across: carefully study the information about the person and, preferably, not in his profile, but by searching for reviews and discussions on the forums. Remember that the Internet is full of pages of such "nutritionists" who are actually energetic marketers, and by no means doctors. Of course, we will not mention the advantages of this dubious way to lose weight - for the simple reason that they do not exist.

Now this method of weight loss is already losing its former popularity. Its essence lies in the presentation of an interesting offer to users, which is supported by a PR move, saying that a famous pop star will lead the marathon. Plus, attractive prices: an entrance ticket to the world of harmony costs only 2-3 thousand rubles a month. Well, how can you resist? In addition to slenderness, the best of the best are also guaranteed a prize - a car, an apartment or breast surgery by a famous surgeon.

The duration of one season is 4-5 weeks, and as a rule, about 5-6 seasons are organized per year, bringing good money to the organizers. Here are the most popular online marathons that are in demand on the Internet and have high prize pools:

• "Bodilab" (bodylab.ru) is one of the most sensational and advertised projects due to the fact that Victoria Bonya, Natalya Melo and Irena Ponaroshku acted as instructors;
• "Mad Drying" (mad drying.rf) - its main organizer and presenter is an enterprising blogger Vasily Smolny;
• "Prosushka" (prosushka.rf) - here users were pleased with the monetization of their popularity Victoria Bonya and Yuri Spasokukotsky;
• "Sekta" (sektaschool.ru) - this project is focused on intensive training in gyms together with a fitness trainer;
• "Zhirodoyka" - zhirodoyka.pro.

Here is how online weight loss marathons are being praised on sites where you can directly sign up for a team and become a member:

• losing weight for the company with "brothers in misfortune" is more fun and effective: this way you will more accurately tune in to the result;
• participants compete with each other, and this is a great incentive to force yourself to give up your favorite treats in favor of training;
• you will be supported by a personal consultant who will answer any questions;
• the menu for weight loss is developed by a nutritionist, and the plan of physical activity is developed by a professional fitness trainer;
• you will quickly get the long-awaited forms and forever forget about the problem of excess weight.

But is it really so? In fact, you can lose a few kilograms, but it is unlikely that you will be able to consolidate the result: only 7 days are allotted for this. However, the weekly period is ridiculously short. To consolidate the result, it takes no less time than for the weight loss itself, so the risk of returning extra pounds is very predictable.

It is necessary to take into account the fact that in order to pay fabulous fees to the same stars, thousands of users are attracted, striving for ideal forms. In this situation, talking about the individual study of your diet or training program is hardly worth it. As for the development of menus and workouts, as a rule, standard programs are used that can be easily found on the Internet on your own.

Online weight loss marathons are created approximately according to the following structure:

• development of an interesting promotional offer: losing weight with the stars, valuable prizes, etc.;
• demonstration of videos with training and nutrition recommendations with the participation of media personalities;
• accrual of points to especially active and purposeful participants, fines for failure to complete tasks;
• personal manager to answer any questions;
• summarizing;
• distribution of prizes.

As for the last point, there are many complaints about broken promises on the Internet. It is understandable, because giving at least one of the participants a car or an apartment is quite expensive.

There is another format of online marathons. They last 2-3 months, are local in nature and include a small number of users. However, there are no prizes.

The goal of such a project is to really help lose weight, but it all depends on the motivation of the participant himself, who will have to sacrifice time and habits in order to exercise intensively and adhere to a disciplined nutrition program.

In addition, this approach will not help those who suffer from eating disorders. And it is categorically impossible to participate in such marathons for people with diabetes, obesity of the second and third degrees (even regular squats can lead to joint injury), and other chronic diseases.

So, the advantages of online weight loss marathons on Instagram:

• affordable price;
• the fascination of the process and the spirit of competition;
• communication with other participants.

Disadvantages:

• • high probability of returning the dropped kilograms;
  • lack of an individual approach;
  • short course;

• stereotyped in the selection of diet and level of physical activity.

Online weight loss schools

This approach is similar to an online marathon, but the user is also offered individual communication with a nutritionist. Some advanced programs promise weekly conversations with a nutritionist and psychologist to adjust your diet and workouts, maintain morale, and tune in to successful weight loss. The essence of the online weight loss school is to follow the recommendations for 1-1.5 months, depending on the chosen program.

It would seem that this is a good way, but only if the declared doctor is really a professional, and not an ordinary marketer with a bunch of fake certificates posted on a social network page.

An example of this approach is an online school and YouTube channel Natalia Zubareva, a certified nutritionist, however, without degrees and titles.

It offers 8 diet options (which, by the way, you can easily find on the net yourself). You can opt for any of them, since there are no restrictions due to the state of health of a particular person, which does not exclude dire consequences in the future. The same applies to the plan of physical activity.

For "educational and motivational purposes," Dr. Zubareva systematically sends her articles to the participants. Let's assume that these articles will be correct, scientifically substantiated. But the Internet is already littered with all this information. In fact, Zubareva offers users to buy from her a book from the “Help Yourself” series - of course, in accordance with the trends of the time, converted into pictures on the site.

And Zubareva also promises that some experts will answer questions from users every day. True, on the site information about these mysterious "professionals", as they say, "is covered in the darkness of obscurity."

So, this online school has only one plus:

• range of low calorie diets.

But the disadvantages of this method of losing weight are much more:

• • the use of diets without taking into account the state of health of a particular person;
  • training programs are also not focused on individual endurance and well-being;
  • recommendations are general in nature, they can be easily found on the network;
  • lack of adequate feedback;
  • before taking a weight loss course, you must pay for a program that is not cheap;
  • it is impossible to check the qualifications and competence of specialists;

• there is no scientific basis for the recommendations.

Skype consultation with a nutritionist

We have repeatedly noted that only a professional nutritionist can choose the best option for nutrition and physical activity. Nowadays, individual consultation of a specialist can be obtained not only in person, but also online. The latter option is quite common. Such a service is paid and is not cheap. Let's explore this approach with an example below.

The well-known Russian nutritionist Lidia Ionova offers users a 2-3-month weight loss course, which includes individual consultations. Specifically, the program includes 18 consultations with a nutritionist and a psychologist. And yet, from time to time you will have to personally visit the Ionova center in order to analyze the composition of the body. Such a course of "full-time" weight loss will cost a tidy sum: from 56 to 106 thousand rubles.

According to a similar principle, the weight loss system of Dr. Kovalkov was developed. However, within the framework of the expanded program, which will cost almost 90 thousand rubles, only one online media doctor's appearance is provided.

Benefits of this weight loss approach:

• the possibility of contact with a qualified specialist and an individual approach;
• if you follow the recommendations, you can lose weight at least for a while.

But there are also significant disadvantages:

• • inconvenience of face-to-face consultations for non-resident clients;

• exorbitant prices for services that are mostly provided remotely.

Videoblogs of nutritionists

Thematic videos about weight loss methods are a popular Internet format in the West, designed to help everyone who wants to gain harmony. In the standard version, "weight loss" videos lasting 20-45 minutes are released twice a week. The advantage of this approach is, first of all, in visibility.

The videos contain a detailed analysis of the method of losing weight, specific recommendations and answers to user questions. Often the focus is on possible errors and how they can be prevented. The lively and direct style of communication makes vlogging emotional and exciting.

In Russia, this method gained momentum relatively recently. Well-known bloggers of the Russian segment did not reinvent the wheel and copied successful Western formats.

Here is what they mean:

• the author of the blog is not a professional nutritionist: as a rule, the host is a media personality or a person who has achieved significant success in losing weight and is now sharing his experience;
• conversation with users is conducted on an equal footing, that is, in a friendly manner, without officialdom;
• users can chat freely, sharing experiences and analyzing errors;
• more or less obtrusively, blogs feature sales of related products.

The pioneer of this direction in Russia was the video blogger Tatyana Rybakova rybakovakurs.com with her channel on youtube, which back in 2012 dropped 55 kg. Since then, Tatyana has been honestly releasing videos with an enviable frequency, offering network users her help in losing weight, including individual weight loss programs.

In the most expensive Platinum option for 9,990 rubles, you will receive the book “100 Recipes”, an interactive textbook of success, a motivational diary, daily materials on the topic of losing weight, a meal plan with examples of dishes, videos on various topics of losing weight, personal consultation by Tanya Rybakova via Skype . It is important to emphasize that, despite the certificates on Tatiana's website, she is not a nutritionist - she has no medical education at all.

The advantages of such a weight loss system:

• sufficient duration of the program - 3 months;
• affordable cost;
• the adequacy of dietary recommendations;
• personal weight loss experience.

This program also has its drawbacks:

• no medical examination before the start of the program;
• the host of the video blog is not a professional nutritionist;
• individual communication with each participant is minimal;
• The program has no scientific basis.

"Secrets of fast weight loss"- another popular YouTube channel about weight loss, this time from a professional dietitian Andrey Bobrovsky. Its main feature is the presence of a huge number of real stories of weight loss. In fact, Andrey Bobrovsky's patients share their invaluable experience and provide answers to most questions on the topic of losing weight and maintaining the achieved result.

Interest communities - specialized social networks for losing weight - offer many applications designed to make it easier to control the diet and body parameters. Here you can write down everything to the smallest detail - a detailed menu, physical activity and other steps to weight loss.

According to statistics, keeping a food diary increases the chances of achieving results by about 30%. Here, on the forum, you can meet many like-minded people who will always help with advice and support.

Such portals are a storehouse of recipes for proper nutrition, exercise, and even psychological techniques. Some projects are accompanied by expert advice: nutritionists, psychotherapists, fitness trainers - up to surgeons who practice stomach reduction. And all this splendor is against the backdrop of fresh articles from the world of weight loss, often translated from English-language sites.

The ancestor of the Russian Internet segment, which offers users a convenient food diary based on the largest database of products, was the Diet Online network. This network was developed by analogy with the American site sparkpeople.com, which has an audience of over 10 million users. So far, both portals have a similar design and interface.

Another well-known network for losing weight is diets.ru, created by the Mediafort group. Here you can find food and exercise diaries, daily articles, video blogs, a live forum, interest groups, expert advice. However, as you can probably already guess, there is a lot of commercial interest behind all this. It is no coincidence that an abundance of intrusive advertisements is striking on the pages of the site, and consultations are carried out by a nutritionist of the "Russian Herbalife" - the company "Leovit-Nutrio", which produces dry diets for weight loss.

Although such sites attract a lot of useful information, it is in a chaotic state. Among this inconsistency, you will not find specific weight loss programs with a detailed step-by-step description, since the main goal is to create a stir and make money on advertising. And yet here you can make acquaintances with like-minded people and learn from their useful experience.

Another popular site with a food diary, recipes, a forum, support from specialists and other advantages of this format is the Calorie Counting Company of the Russian company No. 1 in the field of weight loss Doctor Bormental https://www.bormental.ru. The advantageous difference of the service is professional tests that help to identify the root cause of overweight and the presence of food addiction. It is the comprehensive psychodiagnostics and subsequent psychological support that make Calorie Counting a leader among specialized social networks.

Benefits of losing weight in online communities:

• convenient diaries of food and physical activity;
• communication with like-minded people and mutual assistance, including advice from experienced practitioners;
• expert advice;
• a significant part of the functionality and content can be used for free.

However, most of these sites also contain disadvantages:

• • annoying ads;
  • commercial interest of consultants;
  • news orientation of the site;
  • a huge amount of various conflicting information;

• lack of a clear weight loss program.

Online weight loss clinics

Throughout this review, we have repeatedly mentioned dubious weight loss projects with an unkind word. Finally, let's touch on one more thing - when variegated amateurs, beautifully calling themselves "weight loss clinics", conduct online consultations, with importance uttering common truths for solid money.

In order not to fall for the bait of marketing, it is worth considering that specialized online clinics must meet the following criteria:

• conducting psychodiagnostics;
• daily analysis of the diet;
• daily weight control;
• daily homework;
• classes and consultations are conducted by professional dietitians and psychotherapists;
• webinars are held at least 2 times a week;
• the total duration of the program is at least 12 weeks.

To date, in the observable Internet space, only one online clinic meets these strict criteria - the Lose Weight Online program from the Russian leader in the field of weight loss Doctor Bormental.

The main distinguishing feature of this online clinic is a comprehensive and evidence-based weight loss program, including professional psychodiagnostics and 12 weeks of practical exercises and tasks, the effectiveness of which has been confirmed by 20 years of practice by Doctor Bormental.

The basis of the method is a comprehensive and evidence-based weight loss program, including professional psychodiagnostics and 12 weeks of practical exercises and assignments.

The scientific management of the treatment process is carried out by the outstanding Russian nutritionist and psychotherapist Andrey Bobrovsky, Candidate of Medical Sciences, author of the Doctor Bormental weight loss method.

A whole team of well-known doctors - professional nutritionists and psychotherapists, mainly candidates of medical sciences, experts from federal TV channels, participants in international conferences on the study of obesity - is engaged in daily and round-the-clock customer support. The colossal experience and the highest qualifications of the presenters indicate that they can be safely entrusted with their health and care for the figure.

How to recognize a quality online weight loss program?

So, our review showed that today there are a great many tempting and promising offers on the network for those who are eager to find slender forms. And it is important to learn to distinguish effective weight loss programs from completely useless ones.

Features of low-quality weight loss programs:

1. The user cannot get a specialist consultation by phone or skype before making a payment for the product.
2. Information about specialists is present only on the site that sells the program, and nowhere else on the network.
3. Under the guise of "nutritionists", "nutritionists", "coaches" and "trainers" are hiding businessmen who are very far from medicine in general and clinical nutrition in particular.
4. The program guarantees rapid weight loss in just 3-4 sessions.
5. After several consultations or classes, they begin to offer you the purchase of additional programs or products that supposedly speed up the process of losing weight.
6. The weight loss program does not take into account individual characteristics, a standard diet is offered without taking into account the health status and lifestyle of a particular person, keeping a diary of nutrition and stress is ignored.

A professional and effective weight loss method must meet the following criteria:

1. The program is led by well-known nutritionists, media personalities, and experts from federal TV channels.
2. Personal consultations of a nutritionist are provided - after all, only in this way can an individual approach to each specific participant be carried out. Moreover, consultations should be held at least twice a week.
3. The user can ask the consultant questions at any time and promptly receive comprehensive answers to them.
4. Before starting to lose weight, the specialist prescribes examination methods, finds out the general condition of the body and conducts tests that reveal the type of eating disorder. This allows you to develop an individual nutrition and physical activity plan that is best for you.
5. The weight loss program should last at least 3 months, and the same amount of time is devoted to fixing the results obtained in order to avoid weight relapse. Otherwise, the extra pounds will reappear.
6. The best proof of effectiveness is video reviews from users who have already completed the program. Moreover, the videos should be filmed before losing weight, after achieving the result and some time after the completion of the program. You should not believe any written reviews on the site, as well as photos "before" and "after": they are easy to fake in Photoshop.
7. Experts analyze your food diary, physical activity level and eating behavior on a daily basis.
8. Specialists can clearly, reasonably and in detail explain how you will keep the result in the future, what you need to do so that the lost kilograms do not return.

And now let's summarize all of the above and determine on a five-point scale which of the remote weight loss methods will allow you to successfully and safely reduce body weight.

findings

According to our table, the palm in efficiency belongs to online clinics. Just do not forget to be interested in the education of specialists: these should be certified nutritionists and psychotherapists who will competently develop a personal weight loss plan that fully corresponds to your rhythm of life and state of health.

Remember that success is achieved through constant professional monitoring of nutrition and the process of losing weight, so choose a program in which consultants are always in touch - by phone, Skype or chats.

And yet, no online approach can replace face-to-face communication with doctors and real-time medical examinations. It is on this classic basis that you can develop an ideal weight loss plan and save the result in the future.

Add to the wall!

The attractiveness of online marathons for losing weight is that they are available to everyone. Participation in some projects is free. Others require a small deposit, but the winners are promised solid cash prizes. In addition to the dream figure. The essence of the projects is about the same. A person is part of a group led by a curator: most often a sports coach, a psychologist, or just a person who has managed to lose weight and offers to follow his experience. Participants are sent daily videos with exercises for training, as well as nutrition instructions. The duty of the “marathon runners” is to make photo and video reports every day and send them to the organizers. Whoever completes all the tasks, reaches the final, and who the most other participants vote for, becomes the winner.

It's tempting at first glance. If you yourself do not have enough willpower to play sports and eat right, you can use the “stick” in the form of an online trainer who will force you. Plus, in such a situation of gambling, the effect of competition and competition is triggered. I want to prove that you are no worse or better than others. Another advantage of collective weight loss: you can share experience, consult, and receive moral support with associates in "misfortune".

However, this method of losing weight is not suitable for everyone. What mistakes should potential participants of the online marathon not make?

1. Participate in a marathon without prior consultation with a doctor. In fairness, it should be noted that the organizers of some projects give a recommendation to visit a doctor before the start of classes. This is also desirable for those who consider themselves healthy. Many people simply do not suspect that they have some kind of problems or violations that prevent them from playing such games. It is strictly forbidden to participate in such marathons for people with diabetes, obesity of the second and third degrees (for such people, even ordinary squats can lead to joint injury), and other chronic diseases.

2. Believe fantastic promises."In 2 weeks you can lose 10 kg." Or: "After the end of the marathon, you will acquire the perfect figure." After all, a lot depends on how much weight the person had initially. If it is too large, it is unlikely that in a month he will be able to lose weight to normal levels. Yes, it's downright dangerous. You need to understand: if the weight goes away very quickly, then, most likely, the diet is unbalanced, extremely low in calories. Sharp and rapid weight loss is also dangerous because it is usually achieved due to the loss of muscle mass. Moreover, if a person has just started playing sports, then at first the weight may even increase, and not decrease at all, because muscle tissue will be actively formed, and muscles are heavier than fat.

3. Pay no attention to the discomfort that has arisen while participating in the marathon. If there are pains in the joints, swelling of the limbs increases during training, the heartbeat changes (usually patients describe this figuratively: “the heart beats like a bird in a cage”), or any other manifestations of deterioration in well-being are observed, classes should be stopped and consult a doctor.

4. After completing the marathon, return to the previous diet (with buns, sweets and sausages) and forget about exercise. In this case, the old kilograms will return. And it is possible that with a vengeance. This does not mean that you need to sit on a low-calorie diet and torture yourself in the gym for the rest of your life. The achieved result must be supported by a balanced diet and reasonable physical activity.

5. Do not take into account your own warehouse of character. As a rule, such open events, where participants exchange personal information with each other, post their photos on social networks, are designed for extroverts, that is, people who can openly declare themselves, present themselves, show their results, including not the best, together worry with others, with strangers. If you are not that type of person, then it is better not to even start participating. You will either drop out of the race at the very beginning of the journey, or you will experience such psychological stress that even the possible benefits of training will be blocked.

6. It is naive to believe that the coach or organizers bear any responsibility for their actions., for example, if the participants develop health problems. Since people who run online marathons usually do not have a medical education, their activities are not licensed or regulated in any way. So, the demand from them is corresponding.

7. Hoping that the trainer will select a diet that is right for you. Typically, nutritional recommendations are given in a standard and fairly general way, such as how much protein, fat, and carbohydrates should be included in the daily diet of the average participant. An individual diet can only be compiled by a specialist (nutritionist) after a personal visit and, preferably, a detailed examination of the patient. After all, the diet also differs depending on the goal that a person sets for himself: to lose weight, maintain the existing weight, build muscle mass, etc. By the way, each person can calculate his personal need for calories, proteins, fats and carbohydrates on his own, without any coach-mentor. To do this, just look on the Internet for methodological recommendations developed jointly with the Federal Research Center for Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (formerly known as the State Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences): December 2008. They describe in detail, depending on gender, age, physical activity: what should be the total caloric content of the diet, how much protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals (and which ones) should be consumed per day.

8. Do not take into account the peculiarities of well-being on a particular day. Exercising through pain and strength can be dangerous. For example, women with heavy menstruation in the first 2-3 days are not recommended for increased physical activity.

9. Not interested in training, education, certificates of marathon organizers, consultants, reviews about them on the Internet. You need to understand: you are not just gambling, you are trusting these people with your health. For example, most of us prefer to give the car for repair to professionals, so why such indifference to ourselves?

10. Do not be tempted by prizes in the form of breast plastic surgery or a snow-white smile. that are offered in some marathons. After all, a person may initially have good external data. But, trusting the organizers of the project, who thus sell and advertise such aesthetic services, a person, seeing such a “delicious carrot” in front of him, begins to think: maybe he needs it too, or maybe artificially made breasts are good and right ? Still, the prizes should be more humane and neutral.