Seth Roberts

New York Times Bestseller Now in Paperback

The Shangri-La Diet

"A weight-loss theory that just might benefit a few million people." Stephen Dubner, co- author of Freakonomics

"In fact, it might benefit a few billion." Dennis Prager, The Dennis Prager Show interview with Seth Roberts (35 minutes).

"You actively feel like not eating. . . It's a kind of not hungry that you've never felt before" — Joyce Cohen, NY Times columnist and blogger.

"It's been two weeks since I started and oh-my-god . . . Within three days I was actually forgetting to eat." — Kathy Sierra, co-author of Head First Java and blogger.

"It has been a very positive experience and weight loss is only one of the benefits"Food Chronicler.

The Woman's World article ("Instant Willpower!")

Watch a CBC mini-documentary (9 minutes) about the diet.

Progress as of 10/18/06
These four graphs show the progress of Shangri-la Dieters who have posted their progress in the tracking section of the forums.
• Persons posting their weight: 125
• Total weeks of data: 804
• Total weight change (ld): -903
• Average weight change/week (ld/week): -1.1

Hot of the Forums

“I started at 242 pounds. . . . First week, we (my husband aka Stink Ape, also a veggie and also with 40+ pounds to lose) used ELOO. . . . We both experienced sharp reductions in appetite and cravings by day three. At the beginning of the second week, I was at 238. I weigh on Mondays and have now been 234, 230 and 226 on successive Mondays. . . . My grocery bill is lower. I love to cook and was already making most everything fresh every night anyway. Few processed foods, no sugar, but we already didn't eat sugar. I'm exercising everyday (DDR and SLD=the geek's weightloss system!) and have a weird feeling that I'm calling 'creeping euphoria.' ” — Rabin the Cat

“All my cravings have disappeared, when I get hungry I eat something healthy and fill up with about half the amount I used to eat. At the office and at home I now have various spices and mixtures and always sprinkle them over my food to keep changing the taste. I havenīt been to the gym in a while and I miss it, but my weight keeps going down anyway. The method works, it is becoming part of my daily routine.” — jc

“I have only been on it a couple of days already I have a couple of pounds off, and I have some control. I always lost control in the evenings, and this is the third evening and so far I have not been snacking, and do not want anything. . . . This is so easy and so cheap and so exciting.” — Mary Kelly

“Went to my local supermarket today, found that the 17oz size of Berio EVOO and ELOO were on sale, two for one . . . . The ELOO was completely gone, the EVOO barely touched.” — spiritu

previously in Hot Off The Forums
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The forums contain helpful information about the diet. This is about the self-experimentation behind the diet.

Pages missing from the English export edition.

Full cover of the paperback.