Has anyone tried the Virgin Diet?

I just finished Day 4 on the Virgin Diet, but I think it will probably be my last. I've actually felt pretty good physically the last couple days, but from a psychological point of view, its restrictiveness can reek havoc on one's willpower. What has pushed me over the edge is that the scale is not budging an ounce. I know I haven't given it a "fair shot" with only 4 days, but I'm 151lbs, 5' 6" and 31 years old, and my body is pretty responsive to diets and binges. It doesn't take long for the scale to tip in either direction.

I've been following the suggested first week approach of 2 shakes (organic berries; pea protein powder; spinach; chia seeds and coconut milk blended) a day and one meal (large spinach/romaine salad with half organic chicken breast, broccoli, bell peppers, sprouted pumpkin seeds, olive oil and lemon). I've also added one apple and 1 tbsp almond butter daily. And that's it! I'm a usual wine drinker and a habitual nonfat or soy latte drinker, both of which I eliminated for 4 days. And still nada!

I should say I normally eat fairly well, but do have a sweet tooth and love my vino (as I mentioned above). I yo yo a lot, but typically only about 20lbs. I've recently lost about 15 lbs, but am getting married in little over a month, and would like to at least lose 5 more, and ideally 10. I've been really exasperated though that I've shed nothing on this "diet." The only thing I can put it down to is that I'm eating more fat than I typically do. That's not to say that I count fat grams or follow any kind of "no fat" diet typically - I definitely don't. But between the coconut milk, chia, almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc., I wonder if I'm not just consuming more fat than usual.

In any event, perhaps I was about to turn a miraculous corner and lose the 7lbs promised over the next 3 days, but I kind of doubt it. I think the only way somebody would lose that amount of weight in 1 week is if they are usually eating pancakes and bacon for breakfast, cheeseburgers and fries for lunch, spaghetti alfredo for dinner, and snickers for lunch. THEN I could see a massive drop, but as much as I hate, and I mean hate, to admit it, something like Atkins or Dukan is way more effective for a fast, considerable weight loss. The trouble with those diets is they're depressing and make you feel crazy, but apart from that, they're brilliant.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to go back to the hellish, tried and true counting calories and exercising my butt off. I know it won't deliver the same gimmicky promises, but I feel like it has a better shot of working that the virgin diet.

Might I suggest you look into gluten/wheat allergy and get tested, best to do the test before you go GF its easier to test for !

A lot of the symptoms you listed are signs of a gluten allergy. I suffered for years with depression/stomach pains etc until I found out it was an allergy. It took about 2 weeks but all is well and I am depression free !

Same thing worked for me. You're beyter off eliminating one potential allergen at a time, two weeks apiece, to see which you feel better without. Dropping wheat gluten changed my life. Good luck!

I tasted a virgin once. Then her dad made me spit it out!

I am on day 2 and feeling fantastic! I am not hungry at all, I am missing my soda but that wasn't very healthy for me anyway, right???

I chose this course because it made sense to me. I think that we all have underlying food intolerances that aren't deadly, but our body says, "if you insist on eating that then I am going to rebel!"

I'm currently locating some recipes and found a few on pinterest.

Good luck!

Something tells me that society would really frown on a diet of virgins alone.

I try to eat clean. But a few *kitten* always find their way in anyway...

Naw. Virgins are way too clingy.


Been there, done that. Nope.

Eating virgins will probably cause problems with the authorities...

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I like my virgin blonde :devil: :devil:

Only on Bloody Mondays

Naw. Virgins are way too clingy.


Been there, done that. Nope.

Word.

The Virgin Diet is highly overrated. I tried it out in my teens. Wasn't worth the hassle.

I prefer the porn star diet myself...

Omg! Sign me up! Nom nom!