The Skinny Switch Secret Weight Loss Plan is marketed by Guthy-Renker, one of the largest marketing companies in the United States. They display your business information throughout the United States.

Rob Nivens, a self-proclaimed weight loss guru from Connecticut, originated the plan.

His plan uses a method to confuse the metabolic system by changing what and how much food is eaten daily.

And every third to fifth day is called a load day when you can eat anything.

Supposedly, eating this way doesn’t allow the body to get used to daily calorie levels and food choices that trigger a higher metabolic rate and therefore burn more calories than normal.

There’s no science behind this plan, just speculation that because it makes sense, it should work. We believe that any positive results are due to a member eating fewer calories than burned, resulting in weight loss.

Skinny Switch Secret members, after logging in, navigate to the meal plan section of their website.

Questions are asked about the likes and dislikes of food. When completed with the questionnaire, the weight loss program generates a 3-day meal plan and shopping list.

The shopping list includes all the foods in the generated meals. At first this seemed like a good idea until I read the list. For each minuet ingredient, it goes on your grocery list no matter how small a quantity is used.

For example, if butter is used in the food (how did butter get into a diet plan?), the shopping list will show it as one tablespoon of butter.

This really clutters up the list and makes it pretty much useless.