The Diet Smart Plan

The Diet Smart Plan is a weight loss plan developed in 2005 and can be found in the book released the same year. The subtitle to the book, Small Changes for Big Results, is a summary of the idea of this weight loss plan asking participants to make a few strategic changes to their normal dietary habits rather than a complete overhaul of a dieters daily menu. The premise of the plan is that awareness of eating habits will alter behavior and thus promote weight loss and future weight management. The plan is a calorie conscious plan that asks participants to eat at least five times a day and weigh in twice a day to achieve weight loss gradually rather than promising short term results that often lead to drastic measures or frustration.

Participants adopt diet strategies and tips in an effort to overcome the pitfalls that usually derail weight loss efforts. Some of these strategies include a "blind arm strategy" where low-calorie snacks are made accessible in areas such as pantries and higher-calorie junk food are made less accessible. "Counting your chips", where tortilla chips from a community basket in a Mexican restaurant are separated to ensure they stop eating at one serving.