17 Day Diet
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AWAY WITH YOU! your logic is not wanted here!!!I thought it was a lifestyle change....not a diet.....i'm confused......
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I have been doing Fitness Pal diet this week. I started monday. I weighed myself this morning and I stayed the same. I have been doing good. I get 1550 calories a day. I don't eat all my calories. All week. Does anyone on this lose first week or stay the same?? I'm on WW but wanted to follow this instead to see how it works. Ty0
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I have been doing Fitness Pal diet this week. I started monday. I weighed myself this morning and I stayed the same. I have been doing good. I get 1550 calories a day. I don't eat all my calories. All week. Does anyone on this lose first week or stay the same?? I'm on WW but wanted to follow this instead to see how it works. Ty
Fitness Pal isn't a diet, it is just a platform that allows you to track your calorie intake.
Results will vary based on how accurate you are in logging your food.0 -
Has anyone else tried the 17 day diet? I am on day four and have been following it as well as logging on here to track what I eat. Wanted to see if anyone else has tried it and what was the success after the first 17 days??
I am on the 1 day diet. I cant wait til its over. I am freaking starving!0 -
Has anyone else tried the 17 day diet? I am on day four and have been following it as well as logging on here to track what I eat. Wanted to see if anyone else has tried it and what was the success after the first 17 days??
I am on the 1 day diet. I cant wait til its over. I am freaking starving!
Like OMG. Just saw that on pinterest last week.
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Diet will consist of lean proteins, vegetables, low sugar fruits, probiotic foods, and good fats. Starchy foods such as potatoes, legumes, brown rice, corn, and oatmeal are not permitted on this cycle, but remember…it’s just 17 days.
Enjoy fresh fruits and veggies as much as possible. Frozen and canned verggies are fine, in moderation. They must be unsweetened though.
Do not eat any fruit after 2pm. Fruit is a carb. If you eat carbs in the evening it’s harder for the body to burn them off bc you expend less energy in the evening. Those carbs may be stored as fat.
Avoid alcohol and sugar in order to help your body eliminate toxins, improve digestion, and burn fat.
Probiotics boost the immune system and promote gut cleansing bacteria. They are also thought to help burn fat.
Eat slowly and until full, don’t overload your stomach.
Drink eight 8oz glasses of water a day.
Start off every morning, as soon as you wake, with a hot glass of water with juice from ½ lemon squeezed into to. This gets your digestive juices flowing.
You can have black coffee (can sweeten with truvia) and tea. It’s actually recommended that you drink green tea with every meal to get in 3 servings, which is beneficial. However, you don’t have to do this.
Exercise at least 17 minutes a day.
Lean Proteins: Protein stimulates the reduction of body fat. Eat all you want of the following proteins during this cycle.
Fish (salmon, sole, flounder, catfish, tilapia, canned light tuna in water)
Poultry (chicken breasts, turkey breasts, ground turkey, eggs)
Couple of things that seem incorrect.
1. Please explain to me how anything will be stored as fat when you are eating at a deficit?
2. Proteins are slower to digest and use more calories to do so. So, how would they stimulate the reduction of body fat?
Honestly, I do not see anything magical about this diet. I do understand that it's meant for more than 17 days, but it looks like the initial "cycle 1" is benefiting from the loss of water weight due to some of the restrictions.
I'm curious as to the claims. Is this saying you will look great by following this plan or is the claim only that you will lose weight?0 -
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Has anyone else tried the 17 day diet? I am on day four and have been following it as well as logging on here to track what I eat. Wanted to see if anyone else has tried it and what was the success after the first 17 days??
I am on the 1 day diet. I cant wait til its over. I am freaking starving!
Like OMG. Just saw that on pinterest last week.
Is it working?
I think so, ive weighed myself 14 times since 5am and I am down 1/2 lb!0 -
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I really do suggest the book, because it explains the cycles. It is not a low carb diet as much as it is a healthy carb diet. No white flour. The first 17 days are restrictive but today in cycle 2 I had oatmeal and sweet potatoes...is about portions and eating healthy fruits veggies lean meats 2 serving of probiotics,
One of the best things it does is give you structure to begin ......I am following it 80-90 %....I am not too strict on the 2pm thing because I think it is a little silly...
You will like the book!!
I think if this works for you, that is great!!! I don't think it sounds unhealthy, and the purpose is to teach you what you should and should not eat. In fact, I think I will buy the book...if for no other reason than to at least be educated about it. If this is a "fad diet" as so many are claiming, then so is Weight Watchers, and even calorie counting. On any diet, if you go from eating healthy by whichever method you choose, and then you decide to stop and go back to your previous ways of eating that are unhealthy, you will gain weight back. With any diet/lifestyle change, if you go from eating a double cheeseburger every night to watching what you eat (1200 calorie diet, WW, 17 day diet, etc) you will lose considerably more in the beginning, but it will level out and you will continue to lose, just not as much as the beginning. For all those that say it's just water weight, that's what every one loses in the beginning, regardless of diet.
What amazes me most about this site is that for a place that you're supposed to be able to go and get support, these threads 50% of the time are filled with negative, sarcastic, rude people. Here's a thought...if you see a title of a thread and think it's dumb, do the rest of us a favor and skip over it. There must be a lot of really miserable people out there to be so full of negative energy.0 -
I have noticed that people are very negative here, they must be hungry. I feel if it works for you go with it. The 17 day diet does work but only way to know that is to of tried it. Stop the negative and if you don't wanna do it DONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should start a discussion about this. I think people need to hear that they're being negative. They might not realize it.0 -
We should too much negative going on come on people:)0
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bahahahahahaha
seriously, who re-bumped this thread...come on people...!0 -
She actually sent me this:
Cycle 1 - Accelerate 17 Days
Diet will consist of lean proteins, vegetables, low sugar fruits, probiotic foods, and good fats. Starchy foods such as potatoes, legumes, brown rice, corn, and oatmeal are not permitted on this cycle, but remember…it’s just 17 days.
Enjoy fresh fruits and veggies as much as possible. Frozen and canned verggies are fine, in moderation. They must be unsweetened though.
Do not eat any fruit after 2pm. Fruit is a carb. If you eat carbs in the evening it’s harder for the body to burn them off bc you expend less energy in the evening. Those carbs may be stored as fat.
Avoid alcohol and sugar in order to help your body eliminate toxins, improve digestion, and burn fat.
Probiotics boost the immune system and promote gut cleansing bacteria. They are also thought to help burn fat.
Eat slowly and until full, don’t overload your stomach.
Drink eight 8oz glasses of water a day.
Start off every morning, as soon as you wake, with a hot glass of water with juice from ½ lemon squeezed into to. This gets your digestive juices flowing.
You can have black coffee (can sweeten with truvia) and tea. It’s actually recommended that you drink green tea with every meal to get in 3 servings, which is beneficial. However, you don’t have to do this.
Exercise at least 17 minutes a day.
Lean Proteins: Protein stimulates the reduction of body fat. Eat all you want of the following proteins during this cycle.
Fish (salmon, sole, flounder, catfish, tilapia, canned light tuna in water)
Poultry (chicken breasts, turkey breasts, ground turkey, eggs)
Cleansing Vegetables: These veggies support detoxification in the intestines, blood, and liver, and offer protective antioxidants.
Artichoke Asparagus Bell peppers Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower
Celery Cucumbers Eggplant Garlic
Green Beans Green leafy Kale Leeks
Lettuce Mushrooms Okra Onions
Parsley Scallions Spinach Tomatoes
Low-Sugar Fruit – 2 servings daily: These fruits are full of water, high in fiber, and low in calories.
Apples Berries Grapefruit Oranges
Peaches Pears Plums Prunes
Red Grapes
Probiotic Foods – 2 servings daily: These help balance your digestive system.
Yogurt (Greek style, sugar free fruit flavored, plain, low fat) 6oz = 1 serving
Kefir: similar to a drinking style yogurt (ideal for smoothies)
Low-fat acidophilus milk
Yakult
Breakstone LiveActive Cottage Cheese 1/2 cup – 1 serving
Sauerkraut ½ cup = 1 serving
Friendly Fats 1-2 TBSP daily:
Olive oil and flaxseed oil
Condiments: in moderation
Salsa, low-carb marinara sauce, lite soy sauce, low-carb ketchup, fat-free sour cream, low-fat, low sodium broth, Truvia sweetner, sugar free jams, vegetable cooking spray, fat free cheeses (parmesean) fat-free salad dressing, salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard, herbs, and spices.
You can have black coffee (can sweeten with truvia) and tea. It’s actually recommended that you drink green tea with every meal to get in 3 servings, which is beneficial. However, you don’t have to do this.
Example Meal Plan:
Breakfast:
2 eggs or 4 egg whites, or 1 serving of probiotics like yogurt
1 fruit serving
1 cup green tea
Lunch:
Liberal amounts of protein on the list
Liberal amounts of cleansing veggies
1 cup green tea
Dinner:
Liberal amounts of protein on the list
Liberal amounts of cleansing veggies
1 cup green tea
Snacks:
2nd fruit serving (eaten before 2pm)
2nd Probiotic serving
Additional:
1 serving of oils on veggies or salad
It's gonna take me 17 days just to read the freaking instructions. By that time I'll starve to death. Is that how it's supposed to work?
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Thank you for a positive thread. Nobody was even on here, I was primarily alone with a few great comments here and there. It was when I posted I lost 7lbs in the first 17 days. Is so funny to me that suddenly I come home to 10 posts mostly negative people.I really do suggest the book, because it explains the cycles. It is not a low carb diet as much as it is a healthy carb diet. No white flour. The first 17 days are restrictive but today in cycle 2 I had oatmeal and sweet potatoes...is about portions and eating healthy fruits veggies lean meats 2 serving of probiotics,
One of the best things it does is give you structure to begin ......I am following it 80-90 %....I am not too strict on the 2pm thing because I think it is a little silly...
You will like the book!!
I think if this works for you, that is great!!! I don't think it sounds unhealthy, and the purpose is to teach you what you should and should not eat. In fact, I think I will buy the book...if for no other reason than to at least be educated about it. If this is a "fad diet" as so many are claiming, then so is Weight Watchers, and even calorie counting. On any diet, if you go from eating healthy by whichever method you choose, and then you decide to stop and go back to your previous ways of eating that are unhealthy, you will gain weight back. With any diet/lifestyle change, if you go from eating a double cheeseburger every night to watching what you eat (1200 calorie diet, WW, 17 day diet, etc) you will lose considerably more in the beginning, but it will level out and you will continue to lose, just not as much as the beginning. For all those that say it's just water weight, that's what every one loses in the beginning, regardless of diet.
What amazes me most about this site is that for a place that you're supposed to be able to go and get support, these threads 50% of the time are filled with negative, sarcastic, rude people. Here's a thought...if you see a title of a thread and think it's dumb, do the rest of us a favor and skip over it. There must be a lot of really miserable people out there to be so full of negative energy.
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C2 Day 3.........This means I am on the second cycle of 17 days....so 20 days into this I am eating more vegetables than I was before, getting 2 servings of dairy, Eating about 3 oz servings of lean protein at each meal, because that is what fills me up. In the book there is a section on being conscious of how full you are so he is not recommending you eat all the protein you want ....
I am drinking more water than I was and yes I am sure that I did loose a considerable amount of water, in the first 17 days ....THANK GOD.....but I am more hydrated than I felt before I decided to follow some kind of structure, which is what every diet or lifestyle is.
The book recommends at" least" 17 minutes of walking or exercise a day, seems like a crazy thought, but for someone who has never exercise it is a great place to start.
WE all alter a diet plan to work for us. I save my second fruit serving for my 40 minute ride home from work when I was usually so hungry would eat something sugary or salty.....so the 2pm thing is silly to me.
If your interested in learning more and realizing this 17 day thing is a structure of healthy real foods...enjoy...if you just want to criticize ..I just don't get it. It is working for me and I am thinking more before I eat something ....
I am exercising much more than 17 minutes between biking and a day dose of Tony Horton....and a 1.5 hour tai chi class last night, which I can't believe has me sore this morning....0 -
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C2 Day 3.........This means I am on the second cycle of 17 days....so 20 days into this I am eating more vegetables than I was before, getting 2 servings of dairy, Eating about 3 oz servings of lean protein at each meal, because that is what fills me up. In the book there is a section on being conscious of how full you are so he is not recommending you eat all the protein you want ....
I am drinking more water than I was and yes I am sure that I did loose a considerable amount of water, in the first 17 days ....THANK GOD.....but I am more hydrated than I felt before I decided to follow some kind of structure, which is what every diet or lifestyle is.
The book recommends at" least" 17 minutes of walking or exercise a day, seems like a crazy thought, but for someone who has never exercise it is a great place to start.
WE all alter a diet plan to work for us. I save my second fruit serving for my 40 minute ride home from work when I was usually so hungry would eat something sugary or salty.....so the 2pm thing is silly to me.
If your interested in learning more and realizing this 17 day thing is a structure of healthy real foods...enjoy...if you just want to criticize ..I just don't get it. It is working for me and I am thinking more before I eat something ....
I am exercising much more than 17 minutes between biking and a day dose of Tony Horton....and a 1.5 hour tai chi class last night, which I can't believe has me sore this morning....
What kind of vegetables? I'm looking for ways to make vegetables taste good. I have a 2 year old and 6 year old that want cheese on everything. lol. I'm enjoying your posts. You're doing better than me!
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Thanks for this website. It does give an over all view of the cycles and yes I do agree that the no fruit after 2 pm does not make sense. It really does need a new name:)0 -
What kind of vegetables? I'm looking for ways to make vegetables taste good. I have a 2 year old and 6 year old that want cheese on everything. lol. I'm enjoying your posts. You're doing better than me! Congrats on losing some weight and getting healthier!
I have been trying to add my veggies and meat together like a stir fry .....I have baked zucchini with a little fat free mozerella and marinara sauce....YUM Like a parmesan.
I have been sticking with the best in season. But regularly broccoli, green beans, zucchini from my garden, bought a little head of cabbage to make a veggie soup this weekend. The book has a few good recipes. Plus a large salad a day or a small one at both lunch and dinner0 -
I do track everything. I will see. Will do it again next week & see. \0
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c2 daY 6.....Oatmeal is my favorite breakfast so it is a big deal to add it back to my diet. I like to dress it up with fruit and flax, but today added cinnamon YUM!!!....how do you dress up your oatmeal?
Cycle two is a reward for the cleansing in cycle 1...These activate days are awesome!!!
and add the added calories I need to start my training for Biking 184 miles in September.0 -
Cycle 1 appropriate!!!
Mini Zucchini Cheese Bites
Ingredients
◾2 cups grated zucchini ( about 1 medium)
◾1 egg
◾1/2 cup grated fat free Parmesan Cheese
◾optional: 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, salt & pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a bowl mix the zucchini, egg, cheese and cilantro. You do not have to add any salt or pepper since the Parmesan is salty enough . Evenly divide the mixture into the mini muffin pan filling to the top, packed down in each cup. Bake for 15- 18 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
Nutrition Info
Servings: 12* Calories for one: 27* Fat: 2g* Fiber: 0g* Carbs: 1g* Protein: 2g0 -
I did lose weight this week. 1.2!! Excited b/c I know this is working for me!
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Such negativity and ignorance...wow.
btw ignorance is lack of knowledge. Unless you have read the book and have digested all the information in it...close the pie hole...:mad:
As for those on this thread who need/want the support it is easy enough to block the one's who are being negative, nasty and ignorant. :flowerforyou:
I keep coming back to this thread to see the progress of those who are doing it and for those who are great job keep it up. As for those who want to try it get the book and read it you will be surprised by what the author has to say.
OH and I love to see the daily updates and prefer it here as opposed to a blog...
along with the food ideas.
for me this is not a diet it is now my lifestyle. It made it very easy for me to get off refined carbs not complex carbs refined sugar not natural sugar. It is a great starter and allows you to have the maintenace if you only have a bit to loose and the option to restart if you want more weight gone.
After choosing this I have never felt better and have continued to loose weight and get fit over the last 8 months and regardless of weather you agree or disagree like it or not isn't that what this site is about???? getting healthy? getting fit??? and eating food that is good for you and makes you healthy?0 -
What kind of vegetables? I'm looking for ways to make vegetables taste good. I have a 2 year old and 6 year old that want cheese on everything. lol. I'm enjoying your posts. You're doing better than me! Congrats on losing some weight and getting healthier!
I have been trying to add my veggies and meat together like a stir fry .....I have baked zucchini with a little fat free mozerella and marinara sauce....YUM Like a parmesan.
I have been sticking with the best in season. But regularly broccoli, green beans, zucchini from my garden, bought a little head of cabbage to make a veggie soup this weekend. The book has a few good recipes. Plus a large salad a day or a small one at both lunch and dinner
I bought a nutribullet to add my veggies into as well (only way I could get my husband to eat them) now we make a smoothie with kale, spinich, carrots and some strawberries etc and wham he gets 3 servings of veggies and it's like fruit juice.
The other thing we do is grill them a lot with spices and olive oil..either on the bbq or in the oven. As for the salads I keep switching up my greens from field to spinich to romain etc...adding in strawberries or smoked gouda cheese etc....0 -
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Here is the conclusion of this review and I couldn't have said it better myself
""The 17 Day Diet: Food for Thought
Despite the plan's title, you will not lose weight quickly and keep it off after being on this plan for only 17 days.
Alternating between cycle 1 and cycle 2 might prevent boredom, but it really is just a strategy to cut calories and give you staying power to stick with the plan.
Although the evidence is lacking to substantiate Moreno’s weight loss theory of metabolic adjustment to burn fat, the principles of the diet are the foundation of all good diet plans: Cut calories; eat healthy foods; limit sugars, alcohol, and refined starches; and get regular exercise. That's solid advice that will lead to successful weight control.
Eat fruit whenever you want and add a once-daily multivitamin mineral to fill in nutritional gaps and the 17 Day Diet could be your answer to long-term weight control."0
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