They’re a numerous diet plans that one can follow in order to lose weight; some are more effective than others. Some are easy to follow and some are too difficult. There are some free diet plans and there are those that you have to pay for. You can search for a free diet plan in your local library under nutrition or the Internet. However, most experts agree that a weight loss diet alone will not make one lose weight but a combination of diet and exercise will. Some of the diets that are selling at the moment include the atkins diet, which is one of the low carb diets ; which emphasize the intake of few carbohydrates especially refined or simple carbohydrates. Instead these kinds of diets encourage a high protein diet and limited amounts of whole carbohydrates foods. For this diet this way they say the body begins to burn fat hence weight loss and it does not enough excess to store. Another newer diet is the blood type diet that proposes to develop a diet plan for individuals according to their blood group.