
Rocco’s diet is based, loosely, on the Mediterranean Diet, which has a lot of fans. Rocco’s approach is more restrictive and
prescriptive, which drives a very aggressive promise for success. He says that if you follow
his plan, you will lose a pound a day. That’s right, every day you will drop
one pound.
Like many diets, the Rocco Diet has phases, in this case
two. The first phase lasts four weeks. During that time your calorie intake
is drastically limited. During the work week you are allowed only 850 calories.
On weekends you zoom up to 1,200 calories a day. This is well below the
government’s recommended 1,200 calorie per day minimum. If you stay well, you
will lose weight, though.
Phase two is the maintenance phase, where you increase
your calorie intake a bit, yet control it to the point that you don’t regain
all of the weight that you so painfully lost over the previous four weeks.
Phase two is your “plan for a lifetime.”

Could this diet work for you? Rocco’s book is very
prescriptive, and a lot of us like that. The menus and shopping lists serve to
eliminate confusion and mistakes. The calorie intake level, though, is a point
of concern. Eating so little can trigger dehydration, malnutrition, headaches,
constipation, gallstones and muscle loss. Clearly, this is not a diet to adopt
without first having a very specific discussion with your doctor. But if you’re
up for the challenge, this could be a quick way to drop a couple dozen pounds.
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