FAQ

What is the Feast and Famine Program?
Feast and Famine was founded in Melbourne by Dr Rick Donald and is a healthy eating program designed to encourage weight loss and healthy eating.
What are the goals of the Feast and Famine Program?
To provide a nutritionally balanced eating program that will teach how to lose weight, keep it off and enjoy the health benefits of eating well.
How long will I need to stay on the Feast and Famine program?
While the desired weight loss can be achieve within a few months, eating well is a lifelong habit and our aim is to stay relevant and provide informative news and information to enable our customers to continue to enjoy the benefits of the program and eating well.
What results can I expect to achieve?
With Feast and Famine, you can expect to lose between 5-8kgs or a dress size in a month.
How much does Feast and Famine cost?
Feast and Famine is a one off cost of $187 which provides you with everything you will need to follow the feast and famine program. Additional snack shakes can be purchased from retailers as needed.
What food do I need on the Feast and Famine program?
The Feast and Famine program uses fresh foods that can be sourced from your local supermarket or favourite food outlets. Foods will all be familiar to you which make shopping easy and convenient.

The Feast and Famine pack also contains easy to follow shopping lists and delicious recipes.
Is Feast and Famine suitable for whole family?
Yes, absolutely! The program can easily be incorporated into your family normal meals. The delicious healthy recipes can be enjoyed by individuals on the program or the entire family who can also enjoy the benefits of healthy eating.
Does the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program lead to permanent and sustainable weight loss?
Permanent and sustainable weight loss is what the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program is all about! The Feast & Famine dietary principles are based on the fact that basically diets don’t work. Most modern diets are simply an unsuitable, short term solution to a more long term problem. Instead, unlike most dietary programs on the market today, the Feast & Famine eating plan is completely nutritionally balanced, even when you in weight loss mode. It has been specifically and scientifically formulated to be adopted as a dietary alternative for life, so it offers you the long term and permanent solution to your dietary and weight loss issues. Its flexible and enjoyable eating plan provides you with the ability as required to easily switch between eating for optimum health and long term weight stability to changing your diet slightly so that you quickly and safely achieve your immediate weight loss goals.
I've tried every diet around, yet I always end up breaking it and then failing in my weight loss efforts. Why will the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program be any different for me?
The Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program is a really user-friendly and enjoyable part of a much bigger dietary picture. It is an eating plan for life and is certainly not a restrictive, difficult to follow one-off ‘fad’ diet. Starting your new Feast & Famine weight loss journey is easy and really enjoyable. There is no real need for weighing and measuring of your foods, so you are not limited or restricted by having to eat so many grams of this product and so many grams of another. Because you are free to choose whatever you want from the extensive and rotating list of allowable foods each week, there is no room for dietary boredom to set in, so you should never be tempted to break the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program. You certainly will not go hungry or be at a loss for suitable and tasty foods to choose from.
I always have a problem getting started with any new diet. How user-friendly is the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program?
Because the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program is so simple to follow and utilizes the foods which you most likely already have in your pantry or refrigerator, actually starting the diet is really simple. To commence eating for weight loss, all you have to do is choose the correct foods for the day from Feast & Famine’s exclusive three part food indexing system known as the Potential Fat Index. There are no real restrictions on food quantity, so weighing and measuring of your food is not required. Instead, all that you have to do to achieve weight loss success is select whatever you like from the large list of foods which are appropriate for the day.
Will I be hungry when I am on the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program?
Absolutely not! Because there are no real restrictions on food quantity, within reason you can basically eat as much as you need to achieve satiety. Yes, of course you may have to cut down slightly on some inappropriate food and drink, but not excessively. With Feast & Famine, there are so many tasty, enjoyable and nourishing foods to choose from that you will not even feel like you are on a diet! Instead, all that you need to do is ensure that the foods which you choose are from the correct food indexed category for the day. As Feast & Famine is nutritionally balanced at all times, you will always be eating the right amount of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, so you should never feel hungry or deprived of valuable micro-nutrients.
How does the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program work?
It encourages fat burning and thus weight loss by rotating your regular intake of food and drink on a fortnightly basis through what is known as ‘negative energy’ foods (or catabolic foods). These foods are abundant in nature and naturally lead to weight loss just by eating them because they provide your body with less energy (or calories/ kilojoules) than it takes to digest and eliminate that food. If no or minimal ‘positive energy’ foods (or anabolic foods) are consumed at the same time, then your body will be forced to breakdown its own stored energy reserves (or fat cells) to supplement this energy deficit in your food intake, causing weight loss. The fat burning properties of ‘negative energy foods’ are further enhanced by regular movement and exercise, which is why we also recommend that a sensible, regular exercise program also be undertaken whilst on the Feast and Famine Weight Loss Program.
Is the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program a short term or a long term eating plan?
Feast and Famine is a healthy eating program for life, not just a short term indulgence which you may decide to adopt in order to achieve your immediate weight loss goals. As this eating program is ultimately flexible, it can easily be modified at any time to facilitate effective weight loss, then reinstated back to a healthy long term eating plan once your goal weight is reached. Adopting the dietary and lifestyle principles of a Feast and Famine existence will assist you in naturally reaching a weight which is suitable for your age and bio-type, and then most importantly, maintaining this weight for the rest of your life.
How do I know that the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program works and is it clinically proven?
The effectiveness of the Feast and Famine Weight Loss Program has been clinically proven by Dr Rick Donald during 1000s of face-to-face dietary consultations with his patients over more than 15 years of private practice. Reference to some of the many positive testimonials that Dr Rick has received from grateful patients and readers of his best selling book over the years will pay testament to the efficacy for them of his Feast and Famine dietary and lifestyle program.
Is the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program suitable for anyone who wishes to lose weight or are there restrictions on who should undertake the program?
Because Feast and Famine is a totally balanced dietary program, it is basically suitable for almost anyone. Remember, it is an eating program for life which can easily be adapted at any stage to facilitate effective and permanent weight loss. However, there are always exceptions to the rule, and we do recommend that you obtain approval from your healthcare advisor first before you commence the Feast and Famine Weight Loss Program if you are pregnant, under 16 years of age or are a Type II diabetic.
Why are the Feast & Famine High Fibre Protein Shakes necessary?
The protein shakes are an important component of the Feast & Famine Weight Loss Program. It is important to understand that the shakes are not meant to be a meal replacement, appetite suppressant or bulking agent. Rather, the Feast & Famine High Fibre Protein Shakes are important to help regulate blood sugar swings during the day and they help ensure that there is always a source of high quality and readily bio-available protein and other micro-nutrients available to your body when it is in fat burning mode. The shakes also enhance digestion and promote regularity because of their high fibre content and whilst the shakes are not a meal, they do prevent you from feeling hungry between food.