{"id":1578,"date":"2011-08-17T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T09:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2011-08-17T09:43:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T09:43:42","slug":"the-latest-diet-text-messaging-0200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/the-latest-diet-text-messaging-0200\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest Diet: Text Messaging -0200"},"content":{"rendered":"

A diet<\/a> can be a hard thing to stick to and with constant fatty, sugary distractions to keep you from your goals it could be helpful to have another force other than your willpower helping you keep on track.<\/p>\n

With this is mind Self <\/em>magazine have created a text-messaging programme, which sends you five to seven diet related message a day, whether recommending a healthier breakfast or spurring you on to daily exercise, the programme is an extra voice to help counterbalance your naughtier cravings.<\/p>\n

The programme, called \u201cThe Self Diet Tapper\u201d, has proven itself during research to be an effective tool in aiding dieters in their quest for weight loss<\/a>. “Research shows that dieters who received their weight loss plan via texts throughout the day lost five times as many pounds as those who didn’t,”<\/p>\n

The text messages are created to spur on rather than chastise the receiver, examples of which include:<\/p>\n