Buy Walking VideosThe Chili Dog Diet
Mike wanted to go to Wienerschnitzel for lunch the other day. When we walked in, all the cups had advertisements for The Chili Dog Diet. I laughed happily to myself. It’s no stranger than any of the other diets I have seen over the last twenty years.
You eat one chili dog in the morning, one at lunch and finish up with two corn dogs and chili cheese fries for dinner. Most importantly, you’re not hungry! They don’t claim to help you lose weight or even pretend that their food is a healthy staple. They are just promoting themselves as a diet.
Our cups said:
Join the Chili Dog Diet!
- No Guilt
- No Cravings
- No Costly Food to Buy
- A Diet That Isn’t One
I thought the concept was so funny that I was sure they must be promoting it like crazy, but when I went to their website, there was no record of it. I wonder if they were scared to actually have fun with the idea.
Your calorie consumption with the Chili Dog Diet would be as follows:
Chili Dog for breakfast: 290 Calories, 13 g of Fat, 1 g Fiber (6.7 WW Points)
Chili Dog for lunch: 290 Calories, 13 g of Fat, 1 g Fiber (6.7 WW Points)
Two Corn Dogs for dinner: 500 Calories, 34 g Fat, 2 g Fiber (12.4 WW Points)
Chili Cheese Fries for dinner: 540 Calories, 38 g Fat, 4 g Fiber (13.2 WW Points)
Total: 1620 Calories, 98 g Fat, 8 g Fiber (39 WW Points)
On the surface this looks like it might actually be a good diet because the calories are in the 1200-1800 range, but when you add in the fat from these foods, it’s far from healthy.
The Chili Dog Diet is a good joke, but it’s not an eating plan that will help you lose weight. All it will do is keep you from being hungry.
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March 3rd, 2006 at 5:04 am
Looks like the chili dog diet will also leave you quite a deficit in other areas as well. It is tempting, though, as I get so sick of salads, but I know I can’t have chili cheese fries and reach any of my fitness goals!
March 3rd, 2006 at 7:53 am
…And you know that the reason they aren’t promoting it heavily is because someone would try it as a weight loss program and sue. Why? Because that is the nation we have become: ignorant and angry. It’s the same thing with home appliances. I don’t know why my blow dryer needs to tell me not to dry my hair while still in the shower, you can only figure it’s because some genius tried it…
March 4th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
I for one find the humor in it.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Knock out the chili cheese fries at dinner and sub the corndogs out with 1-2 chili dogs…. that would reduce the fat and calorie intake. Personally I like a shake with my chili dogs.
Pikkels actually burn calories because of the vinegar. be sure to throw a bunch of pikkels up on the chili dogs.
For my beverages, lots of water and lemonade (to prevent kidney stomes) I would use some multivitamans and fiber pills during the day, and snack on fruits like pineapple so I dont get scurvy. Having to walk around on a peg leg , replacing my hand with a hook and eye with a patch… that does not sound fun. Yes, scurvy turns you into a pirate