17 day diet - looking for buddies

AnnaNoel_21
AnnaNoel_21 Posts: 96 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I've had this book for quite some time now and never cracked it open. Has anyone done the entire 17 day diet? It looks pretty easy now that I have my own place. Does anyone want to do the 17 day diet with me? For those of you who don't know if is 4 cycles of 17 days. Not just 17 days. It teaches you portion size. And to eat healthy.

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  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    So what happens on the day 69?
  • Denise1224
    Denise1224 Posts: 150 Member
    Sounds like it could work if the intent is to get you in the habit of portion controlling and making healthier choices as long as it doesn't prescribe a crazy low amount of calories that can't be maintained. Good luck!
  • AnnaNoel_21
    AnnaNoel_21 Posts: 96 Member
    No it does not have very low Cal's unlike some I've seen. I'm going to give it a shot. My problem will be reducing bread, cheese, and ranch. I will have to learn to eat new food and enjoy it.
  • LeslieMartina
    LeslieMartina Posts: 158 Member
    Hi! I started it today and was looking for others who are on it too.
  • DrAJ84
    DrAJ84 Posts: 117 Member
    I started today. I think I'll like it, just hard to stay away from bread. We can do it!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    My only concern would be the bread thing...do you ever get to eat bread again? Whole grains breads are an essential part of a nutritious diet. What worries me about a lot of these diets that claim to show you how to eat "healthy" actually omit necessary macros...when you do that, bread for example...you may not meet your fiber requirements which are essential to heart health and digestive health amongst other things.

    I haven't looked at this diet in detail, but if it's truly showing you portion control and balanced nutrition then it sounds promising...otherwise, like someone else stated...what happens on day 69 when the "diet" ends?
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    My only concern would be the bread thing...do you ever get to eat bread again? Whole grains breads are an essential part of a nutritious diet. What worries me about a lot of these diets that claim to show you how to eat "healthy" actually omit necessary macros...when you do that, bread for example...you may not meet your fiber requirements which are essential to heart health and digestive health amongst other things.

    I haven't looked at this diet in detail, but if it's truly showing you portion control and balanced nutrition then it sounds promising...otherwise, like someone else stated...what happens on day 69 when the "diet" ends?

    In premise I agree with a lot of the above but I wouldn't say that whole grain breads are essential unless you can name a nutrient in whole grain bread that is not present in any other food source.
  • LeslieMartina
    LeslieMartina Posts: 158 Member
    Whole grains are added back after the first 17 days. In the first 17 days, you get your carbs from the 2 fruits and probiotics.

    the last cycle is for life, I think. No foods are permanently restricted.
  • Christabelle79
    Christabelle79 Posts: 80 Member
    I did the first stage. I lost weight but I felt like it wasn't the best at a long term solution. If you're looking for a jumping off point, if you just want to see quick result, this program works. I am not going to do it this time because I want to include whole grains in my diet while I'm changing my lifestyle. Best of luck to you though. If you follow the first stage, you will lose weight.
  • SairahRose
    SairahRose Posts: 412 Member
    Calorie intake may be too low for physically active dieters.
    Does not adequately address the psychological factors required for successful weight loss over the long term.

    These cons really make me less likely to go for this, sorry.

    However, I totally wish you luck with it :D
  • AnnaNoel_21
    AnnaNoel_21 Posts: 96 Member
    I'm starting day 1 today. Does anyone want to make a group that we.can all track progress thru?
  • AnnaNoel_21
    AnnaNoel_21 Posts: 96 Member
    Join the group and we can track our progress together!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10461-17-day-diet-to-start-off-2013-healthy
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    My only concern would be the bread thing...do you ever get to eat bread again? Whole grains breads are an essential part of a nutritious diet. What worries me about a lot of these diets that claim to show you how to eat "healthy" actually omit necessary macros...when you do that, bread for example...you may not meet your fiber requirements which are essential to heart health and digestive health amongst other things.

    I haven't looked at this diet in detail, but if it's truly showing you portion control and balanced nutrition then it sounds promising...otherwise, like someone else stated...what happens on day 69 when the "diet" ends?

    Bread is absolutely not an essential part of a healthy diet - you can get starchy carbs from beans, lentils and root vegetables, fibre from beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables, minerals from beans, lentils, nuts and seeds. Plenty of people worldwide eat a balanced nutritious diet without glutinous grains. Commercial breads are highly processed and the grains incredibly finely ground by machine, we did not evolve to eat that we evolved to eat small quantities of lightly processed grains that we gathered from the wild mixed with a variety of other wholefoods.

    As a healthcare professional I'm not anti wheat or anti carbs at all, I am pro eating a wide variety of nutrient dense wholefoods including low glycaemic index carbs - eating heavily processed wheat three times a day does not fit in with that. Anyone cutting out grains should be substantially increasing their intake of super healthy beans, lentils, nuts and seeds. Fruits and veggies alone are highly unlikely to act as an adequate substitute for grains.

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