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"Oh I've tried everything," Jake Menscher, an employee at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory said. "From grapefruit to fasting to just whatever, keeping my calories down."
She's not alone. Trendy diets, supplements, or work out gadgets are everywhere: TV, shopping malls, the Internet. But, they don't often work.
"I tried the HCG diet, where you take the drops, and you only eat like 500 calories, and it was crazy," Bekah Smith, another dieter said. "You're not eating very much so the drops are supposed to suppress your appetite and it's just crazy. You should be eating more than 500 calories!"
Author Rebecca Regnier agrees with her. Regnier wrote the book 'Your Twitter Diet.'
"I think the best diet is the one that works for you," Regnier said. "One common element of dieting that recent research shows is the successful dieter, no matter what plan they use, has a successful support network,"
That's where the Twitter Diet comes in. People can tweet that they might be tempted to cheat on their diet at any time, with the hashtag #twitterdiet. Then, anyone else looking at the hashtag or following that user can tweet encouragement.
"Not only do you get advice from them, you know, "Ok. Don't do this or yes do that, you had a good day," Regnier said. "But you can also provide support for them. You know, "Hey! You should have an apple right now." You're telling yourself, 'I should have an apple right now.' So it's a two-way street that is an effective way to reaffirm your commitments."
Regnier's book, 'Your Twitter Diet' is available on tablets for $3.99. She not only discusses her own ups and downs with weight loss, but teaches readers everything about Twitter, starting on how to create an account. She encourages everyone to join the social media site.
"You might have a meeting that you go to that helps you, but with Twitter, your meeting's not there at 2 in the morning when the refrigerator is calling you. Your meeting is there right before I go to the vending machine. I want something that's bad for me? I reach out to my friends on Twitter to help remind me why I should do a good choice at the vending machine. It is your access whenever you need it," Regnier said. "Celebrities have teams of people, helping them look good and get in shape and all that kind of stuff. This is your team."
To speak to Regnier directly, you can tweet at her: @Laughitoff.
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