Community:  

Diet.com includes an extensive community including message boards and member supported challenges intended to support you in your weight loss goals.

The membership boards are online support forums where you can talk to like–minded members about your diet personality, share success stories or just find friends. It even allows you to send private messages, like emails, to other members and create buddy lists.

Members and community leaders can create challenges within their support groups. Challenges are designed to help motivate members to achieve their goals and meet others. Many challenges have titles like, “25–50 lbs to lose” or “more than 100.” Some are simple challenges encouraging you to incorporate small tips and daily activities into your diet routines.

Additional Tools:  

Diet.com has many additional tools to help you reach your weight loss goals. This includes a printable shopping list for all the foods listed in your meal plan. There is also a weight tracker included with your meal and exercise tracker. These trackers help you see your progress over a period and allow you to analyze your dietary needs. There is also an online diary, which allows you to record your thoughts and feelings for the day.

The daily podcast is a fun and unique tool provided by Diet.com. This feature is a daily tip about food, exercise or emotional wellbeing. You can listen directly online or download it onto your iPod.

Ease of Use/Support:  

Diet.com’s website is easy to navigate and informative. It provides detailed information about founder Dr. Kushner and the basis for his philosophy. You can also take the personality test and receive your personality results free. You cannot however, see samples of your personalized meal and exercise plans.

Several email addresses connect you to customer support and one allows you to send a message or question to Dr. Kushner. The help link located at the bottom of Diet.com’s homepage provides you with a comprehensive knowledgebase answering many questions about the program.

Diet.com plans are automatically billed monthly, quarterly, semiannually and annually depending on the plan you sign up for. There is a 19.95 initiation fee charged the first time you sign up. There is a 4-week, non-refundable minimum membership.

Diet.com takes a personal spin to dieting. Dr. Kushner believes there is no one set diet that can work for everyone, therefore, he focuses on the individual and their needs. Diet.com’s service is truly a plan that caters to your personality.