The 17 Day Diet

AKosky585

Another questions: Are my carbs looking too high for tomorrow (start day) I am getting in lots of veggies and my fruits/probiotics (?) but carbs are at like, 80. Is this too much?

Dee78

Tomorrow is first day of the 2nd cycle (activate) I just baked the cookies. First 9 I cooked for 16mins, which was too long, and they came out pretty brown-not quiet burnt. So the 2nd half of the batter I cooked for 14.5 mins and they came out looking perfect. My kitchen smells AMAZING so I can't wait to try one tomorrow morning!!


One question though.. The day 1 menu doesn't have green tea listed @ lunch or dinner AND there's only 1 snack.. The rest of the 17 days have 3 green teas per day and 2 snacks. Was there a misprint or is that how C2D1 is??



Thanks!

sweebum

Anyone have any idea what the approximate carb levels are per phase?

kated930

I don't think your 80g of carbs is too high considering fruit takes up a majority of the carbs in this diet. I have introduced carbs to my diet for 2 days now, and the 2 servings of carbs that I have usually are 14g-20g each. I have hit the 100 mark for carbs which made me nervous as well, but an apple is 22 grams and grapes are 16, that is a pretty big chunk so i figured it was OK.

I hope that my body will get used to the carbs and my weight loss starts back again. Should I up my daily exercise?

Zara11

i ordered the book and it's coming tomorrow. depending on how my weekend will go I'll start saturday or monday, at what point can you do more working out than 17 min a day? Next month I want to start taking boot camp classes (45-50min) and i also want to bike more. does the book address this at all?

Zara11

Anyone have any idea what the approximate carb levels are per phase?

I would be happy to provide anyone with a pdf version of the book if they need it.

Unless you're the publisher or author who's authorized to distribute free copies, this is stealing. please don't. would you really advocate walking into a store and swiping a book? same thing. this costs real jobs.

forgiven4life

Good morning 17 DD peeps! Lovely morning here even though I am up a little from yesterday. I think I ate too much late last night. I had a meeting after work and was not able to eat until after 8pm last night. I did stay on plan (for the most part. I had to give in to my chocolate craving since I am PMS'ing and I made brownies for daughter's class. I had a little taste. ). I made some AMAZING turkey burgers and they were so good I ate two of them (no bun of course). And I had a side of sauteed green beans with mushrooms, garlic, and onions. Delicious! I am absolutley loving this. The food I eat is scrumptious. It doesn't have to be boring. I made me a nice omelet this morning with 1 egg, 2 egg whites, mushrooms onions and I did use a wedge of Laughing Cow lowfat cheese. We can have fat free cheese, but I thought this would be okay too.

Those concerned with the low calories on Cycle 1, I would try not to worry too much about it. If we stress out over it, it could hinder our bodies from losing weight. It's only 17 days. If you can find a way to get your calories close to 1200 without gorging yourself, that is great. I, however, can not. I am so full and not hungry, I just can't eat that much. I know in the next cycle I will be adding more carbs, which will up my calories. Also the different kinds of meat we are allowed will help with that as well.

As far as exercise, we don't have to only do 17 min a day. I think he says a minimum of 17, but try to do 17 in the morning and at night. I think in cycle 2 he says we should bump it up to 30, but I would have to go back and look at my book again.

How is everyone else doing?

AKosky585

Only Cycle 1, Day 1 for me....but so far, so good!

The only thing was the green tea....omg, disgusting! I had to plug my nose to get it down, but it didn't really help. lol. But I want to do this right so I can get full results...if that means choking down 2 cups of green tea a day, then I will do it.

melleyd

OMGOSH I just made the most fabulous thing for breakfast!!! I took a serving of frozen strawberries out of the freezer and crushed them up in my ninja, then added one truvia and a small container of Activia light vanilla yogurt. Tastes like sherbert, I'm not sure it even needed the Truvia!!! JACKPOT!

ChirishGirl

I just saw the book at Target this weekend.

rosey808

On day 4 and 7 lbs. lost! Love this! Feeling better every day

gimmebackmybod

OMGOSH I just made the most fabulous thing for breakfast!!! I took a serving of frozen strawberries out of the freezer and crushed them up in my ninja, then added one truvia and a small container of Activia light vanilla yogurt. Tastes like sherbert, I'm not sure it even needed the Truvia!!! JACKPOT!

Thanks for the great idea, i'm trying to figure out how i'm going to choke down fruit when i start and this might actually work

TabbyLeAnn

I'm sorry if it's been answered but, what exactly does this diet entail?

forgiven4life

I'm sorry if it's been answered but, what exactly does this diet entail?

If you'll go back through the thread, we talk about what it entails. :happy:

TabbyLeAnn

I'm sorry if it's been answered but, what exactly does this diet entail?

If you'll go back through the thread, we talk about what it entails. :happy:

Yeah, I'm slowly doing so. Busy chasing my son around this morning and dealing with a crabby 4 month old

grabbit97

Day 7 of the 17 day diet....
Weighed myself, I LOST 3 LBS>>>>>>>
that is in 10 days, but at least I am going in the right direction....

I am not the big loser, actually I think one pound of that was before I started the 17 day diet.
BUT, at least its come off.... 2 lbs in 7 days for me I guess is good...
A bit disappointed, and I am doing all the things I am suppose to.

I am off to see the Palo Verde Nuclear plant on a tour, so I am not going to drink my water or tea until later..
No place for potty in an emergency, so will have to put diet on hold for 1/2 a day.

Natalie

melleyd

Found this forum with 17 day diet recipes. Thought you all might like to look at it. If you see a good recipe, post it on here! Also, be careful that the ingredients are within the diet's plan. Since people post these recipes, you never know.

http://www.thedoctorstv.com/forums/527-17-Day-Diet-Recipes

iheartshae

OMGOSH I just made the most fabulous thing for breakfast!!! I took a serving of frozen strawberries out of the freezer and crushed them up in my ninja, then added one truvia and a small container of Activia light vanilla yogurt. Tastes like sherbert, I'm not sure it even needed the Truvia!!! JACKPOT!

I think you just showed me how I can incorporate yogurt - I hate it but if its mixed up in something that might be different!

iheartshae

Down another 1.8 for a total of 5.6 and its Day 4!!!

bail01

I started on monday and so far I'm down 4 lbs
The past 3 days I've been hungry constantly and have had a bad headache and have felt drained.
Today I finally feel almost back to myself. No Headache, not as hungry and not too tired... hopefully it sticks.

I had a few mini eggs at work today and it instantly gave me a headache. I hope thats a good enough deterrent to stay away from the easter candy this weekend!

What's everyone's plan for staying on track this weekend? I don' care if i don't lose anything, my goal is to not gain this weekend!

AKosky585

I have yet to figure that out...my husbands mom and stepdad always make an easter ham...which is a no-no meat for the first 17 days. I think I might be ok though if I don't eat too much of it and stick to the ok veggies.

I am also starving though. I just had a huge salad and was getting stuffed.....here it is half hour later and I am hungry again. GRRR. Hopefully this hunger goes away!

kated930

Only Cycle 1, Day 1 for me....but so far, so good!

The only thing was the green tea....omg, disgusting! I had to plug my nose to get it down, but it didn't really help. lol. But I want to do this right so I can get full results...if that means choking down 2 cups of green tea a day, then I will do it.

kated930

Only Cycle 1, Day 1 for me....but so far, so good!

The only thing was the green tea....omg, disgusting! I had to plug my nose to get it down, but it didn't really help. lol. But I want to do this right so I can get full results...if that means choking down 2 cups of green tea a day, then I will do it.

I didn't like the green tea either, or regular tea, but I do like Chai tea... have you had chair before? Yogi makes a brand of tea thats Chai Green tea and that's what i drink instead. Yogi has a couple other flavors like blueberry green tea, you should check it out!

GeenaLu

Try green teas with other flavorings. I bought a green tea with blueberry & pomegranate, and its great. Plain green tea can be a bit hard to swallow. Keep up the great work everyone!!

ShottleZia

I don't mind the plain green tea at all, guess I'm weird! But I really like the Lipton diet mixed berry green tea. It just costs more than brewing your own.

fullerlj

I've been logging my food here on MFP and noticed I'm way under in calories. I keep getting that warning that my calorie intake is too low and that I may go into starvation mode. Today I'm still under 1000 calories.

I'm eating everything on the menu.

What should I do?

I haven't hit 1200 calories either since I started the diet and I just think since I haven't been hungry, it would be silly to just eat to get my calories up. What I'm going to do is not worry about it for this first 17 days. In the next cycle we can start adding different foods and I don't think we will have a problem getting the calories in then.

I am in the same boat. I have been getting close to 1000 or a little over by eating more protein. Also by having my protein shakes that has helped as well. The first day I didn't have my shake because i prefer to mix it with milk and the plan doesn't list milk for the first 17 days. By day two I was feeling really tired and sluggish until I had my shake, then in about an hour I was feeling much better. Also, don't forget about those friendly fats...1 tbl. of EVOO has 120 cals. so that helps with the numbers.
I have also been doing Chalean Extreme and the liberal amounts of protein is really good for this workout.

Started 17 DD 4-18

missmorninglory

Took the plunge and downloaded the book to my kindle. I'm hoping to start on Monday, which means I need to do some shopping! It seems pretty logical that the calories are so low on the first cycle, looking at how many carbs I eat compared to protein and veggies.

forgiven4life

Okay, question. The book talk about fiber on pg 59 (last page of Accelerate Cycle). I have been logging what I eat since I started this diet and I'm hardly getting in ANY fiber. And I'm eating plenty of veggies, but the veggies I'm eating are extremely low in fiber. Anyone notice this too? I think it is playing a role in my lack of bathroom activity. I ate some prunes the other day for my 2nd fruit to help with this.

iheartshae

Okay, question. The book talk about fiber on pg 59 (last page of Accelerate Cycle). I have been logging what I eat since I started this diet and I'm hardly getting in ANY fiber. And I'm eating plenty of veggies, but the veggies I'm eating are extremely low in fiber. Anyone notice this too? I think it is playing a role in my lack of bathroom activity. I ate some prunes the other day for my 2nd fruit to help with this.

With the exception of the first day and today (bad day today), I've hit my fiber dead on.

12by311

I am interested in doing this diet. I think I could do it fairly easily...however, I would love to be able to see someone's typical few days of eating. If someone could post a few days of their diary or if you have a "grocery list" you could share, that would be great!