The 17 day diet

SaraA07
SaraA07 Posts: 43
in Success Stories
Hi everyone,

I was hoping some of you have before and after pictures when doing the 17 day diet. I am starting this and think it would be great motivation. Can't wait to see your results.

*I know there will be hater coming into this post because of the diet....if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all*
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  • jenbk2
    jenbk2 Posts: 614 Member
    I am starting on Monday. I would love to see results as well.
  • MichiDark
    MichiDark Posts: 3
    I'm sorry, I'm curious. What is the 17 day diet?
  • horses1jessi
    horses1jessi Posts: 49 Member
    I'm sorry, I'm curious. What is the 17 day diet?

    Me too!!
  • lindacarroll77
    lindacarroll77 Posts: 7
    I don't have pictures but I have had GREAT results with this plan. I started on 6/7/13 and am now down 25 pounds! A lot of inches are gone as well. I find this plan very easy to follow and maintain. Unlike some low carb diets, I love how you can have 2 fruit servings a day (before 2 pm). I am currently on cycle 2 and the pounds are still coming right off! Best of luck to you, I am sure you will do great!
    ~Linda
  • rachseby
    rachseby Posts: 285 Member
    Curious too! I'm going to google it, but would like to know about people's experience with it..
  • rachseby
    rachseby Posts: 285 Member
    It sounds okay, and actually kind of similar to what I have been doing...
  • freddi11e
    freddi11e Posts: 317 Member
    bump cuz i have no idea what this is. going to google now
  • JenX15
    JenX15 Posts: 103 Member
    I don't have pictures but I have had GREAT results with this plan. I started on 6/7/13 and am now down 25 pounds! A lot of inches are gone as well. I find this plan very easy to follow and maintain. Unlike some low carb diets, I love how you can have 2 fruit servings a day (before 2 pm). I am currently on cycle 2 and the pounds are still coming right off! Best of luck to you, I am sure you will do great!
    ~Linda

    Just curious - what is an avergage caloric intake for the day on this plan? Based on suggested recipes, etc. things you are "allowed" to eat?
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    I don't have pictures but I have had GREAT results with this plan. I started on 6/7/13 and am now down 25 pounds! A lot of inches are gone as well. I find this plan very easy to follow and maintain. Unlike some low carb diets, I love how you can have 2 fruit servings a day (before 2 pm). I am currently on cycle 2 and the pounds are still coming right off! Best of luck to you, I am sure you will do great!
    ~Linda

    Why would there be a deadline on when you have to eat your fruit? lol
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I don't have pictures but I have had GREAT results with this plan. I started on 6/7/13 and am now down 25 pounds! A lot of inches are gone as well. I find this plan very easy to follow and maintain. Unlike some low carb diets, I love how you can have 2 fruit servings a day (before 2 pm). I am currently on cycle 2 and the pounds are still coming right off! Best of luck to you, I am sure you will do great!
    ~Linda

    Why would there be a deadline on when you have to eat your fruit? lol
    Magical ferries feed off h20 after 2. When you hardly eat, they drink, so you lose weight. At least thats my theory.
  • lindacarroll77
    lindacarroll77 Posts: 7
    The no fruit after 2 PM is something the book states not to do because it is harder to burn off these calories and they might get stored as fat. I have never heard of doing that before, but it apparently works. At least with me.
  • lindacarroll77
    lindacarroll77 Posts: 7
    The average cals I believe is around 1200. But you don't necessary count calories, more what you can and can not eat. As for what you are allow that is based on what cycle you are in. Cycle 1 is the strictest (that is the one you lose the most weight from) Although it is strict I had no problem sticking to it. You basically can have almost all vegi's, chicken, fish, turkey, eggs. No cheeses, starchy carbs, and no alcohol. Oh and he states that you should have green tea with every meal.
  • lindacarroll77
    lindacarroll77 Posts: 7
    Jenbk2

    Good luck! It is a very doable plan! Do you have the book?
  • cadaverousbones
    cadaverousbones Posts: 421 Member
    Well, considering I love my booze, this diet is not for me.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    The no fruit after 2 PM is something the book states not to do because it is harder to burn off these calories and they might get stored as fat. I have never heard of doing that before, but it apparently works. At least with me.
    ^This is full of fail. Thats not why it's working, it's working because the cals are low. It's proven that meal time does not matter. I've eaten late at night and it doesn't effect me at all, as long as I'm under my cals. People create diets like this based on the fact they know a lot of people who eat a lot eat at night. Cut that out and you cut out cals. But it's just as efficient to cut out another arbitrary meal that's not at night. So you don't have to go to bed hungry.

    The carbs get stored as fat is also BS. If you're not eating enough, you're not going to create mass with no fuel. That's not the way it works. These diets just fuel off of underfueling people who don't know any better.
  • lindacarroll77
    lindacarroll77 Posts: 7
    CoderGal,

    I am not stated that because it says to eat fruit before 2 pm is why it is working. I am just glad I can have fruit unlike Adkins or the Southbeach diet. As for the cals there are many days I go over the 1200, as I said it does not give a cal restriction. All I know is I am eating a well balance of many types of food, and at least for me (and many others) this plan really works.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    The no fruit after 2 PM is something the book states not to do because it is harder to burn off these calories and they might get stored as fat. I have never heard of doing that before, but it apparently works. At least with me.

    But what if you exercise in the evening? Wouldn't you burn off the fat then?

    What if I eat vegetables after 2PM? Will those get stored as fat?

    What if I work night shift? Do I have to wake up all day and eat or can I just make my cut off 2AM instead????
  • lindacarroll77
    lindacarroll77 Posts: 7
    I am just giving information from the book... not trying to represent myself as a doctor so I cant answer your questions.

    Plan and simple, it is a plan that is working for me, and I have tried many others.

    I am sure it great for some people and not for others, as any diet.
  • dunq13
    dunq13 Posts: 19 Member
    Did this for about a week and a half. My calorie and water intake was totally normal--I usually eat between 1300-1600 (with exercise calories) and a gallon+ of water daily. Ate lots of lean proteins, veggies, a couple pieces of fruit, threw in a couple of healthy fats-- honestly, not too much different from my normal day. I really only had to cut out some of my snacks and sweet potatoes, my staple carb, which I love. That made me sad...but I figured for the first 17 days, no big deal. Oh. I even started drinking my single cup of AM coffee black (I usually use Splenda. Dont judge). Wasn't a fan of that, but again...17 days... This plan was appealing because it seemed SO doable--and the removal of *most* sugar/carbs is only for the first "phase". Why did I only last a week and half then? About 4 days into it, I started becoming horribly sluggish. 6 days in, I couldn't even think straight. I've heard of brain fog, and maybe that was it. Maybe it was the fact that I continued at my normal workout pace (I'm sorry, but a 20 min walk will never qualify as a "workout" for me--and I NEED my daily workout). After 6 days of feeling 'off', I couldn't take not knowing which shoe went on which foot anymore, so I broke down and ate a dang sweet potato. Made a world of difference.

    That being said, I actually like this plan...and I don't love diets. It's sensible eating. I was not calorie deprived. Plus, people seem to have really great results for weight loss, and although I only did it for a short time, it made my pants noticebly more comfortable. I may try it again in the future...but I've realized my body needs more than a couple of pieces of fruit if I'm going to workout like I normally do, so keep that in mind.

    As for the whole fruit after 2 pm thing (note, that is FRUIT after 2 pm. No one said "don't eat after 2 pm." That's just ridiculous)-- it's a recommendation based on about the amount of time the average body takes to process the sugars, presuming you sleep/work a normal schedule. Your basically not working out (besides your walks) for the first phase either, so not much of a chance to burn it off. I don't see what the big deal is either way. Eat it at 2 pm, don't eat it after 2 pm... no one is proclaiming that to be the magical tip that makes this work.
  • malk2651
    malk2651 Posts: 55 Member
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/17-day-diet-review


    Sounds like it just tries to get you eat clean. Probably helpful for people who don't want to come up with a food plan of there own.
  • JenX15
    JenX15 Posts: 103 Member
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/17-day-diet-review


    Sounds like it just tries to get you eat clean. Probably helpful for people who don't want to come up with a food plan of there own.


    Summarizes it all nicely! Thanks Malk2651 :)
  • sclaibo
    sclaibo Posts: 136 Member
    The no fruit after 2 PM is something the book states not to do because it is harder to burn off these calories and they might get stored as fat. I have never heard of doing that before, but it apparently works. At least with me.
    ^This is full of fail. Thats not why it's working, it's working because the cals are low. It's proven that meal time does not matter. I've eaten late at night and it doesn't effect me at all, as long as I'm under my cals. People create diets like this based on the fact they know a lot of people who eat a lot eat at night. Cut that out and you cut out cals. But it's just as efficient to cut out another arbitrary meal that's not at night. So you don't have to go to bed hungry.

    The carbs get stored as fat is also BS. If you're not eating enough, you're not going to create mass with no fuel. That's not the way it works. These diets just fuel off of underfueling people who don't know any better.

    I've never read the book, but I have heard good things about it. I recently hit a plateau and when I talked to my doctor about it, she recommended not eating fruits late in the day and to not have anything to eat after 8. After following her advice, I have lost another 5 lbs in the last 2 weeks and 2 inches off my waist. The no fruit after a certain time may not affect some people, but there has always been an obvious difference for me between eating late and waking up bloated vs. cutting off eating and waking up feeling and looking lighter.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Sigh.. :noway:
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    The no fruit after 2 PM is something the book states not to do because it is harder to burn off these calories and they might get stored as fat. I have never heard of doing that before, but it apparently works. At least with me.
    ^This is full of fail. Thats not why it's working, it's working because the cals are low. It's proven that meal time does not matter. I've eaten late at night and it doesn't effect me at all, as long as I'm under my cals. People create diets like this based on the fact they know a lot of people who eat a lot eat at night. Cut that out and you cut out cals. But it's just as efficient to cut out another arbitrary meal that's not at night. So you don't have to go to bed hungry.

    The carbs get stored as fat is also BS. If you're not eating enough, you're not going to create mass with no fuel. That's not the way it works. These diets just fuel off of underfueling people who don't know any better.

    ^^^This.

    Just my opinion, anything that says diet is just a bad idea. I've dieted before to gain it all back after a few years. This time I'm actually making it a lifestyle change. Learning how to eat, what to eat, how to really workout and stick with it.

    I know that it's called the 17 day diet and there's 3 cycles each 17 days long. What happens when it's done? I saw there's a maintenance plan, so are you just never supposed to eat fruit after 2? Which that is just plain silly to me. I have green smoothies with fruit at night (sometimes even after 8 pm) and am losing weight.

    Quick fixes usually set people up for quick failure.

    I'm happy for those of you it's worked for, that's great. Unfortunately, a lot of people may fail because they don't realize it has to be a lifestyle change, and they just go back to eating what they did before they lost the weight.
  • sethsmommy2008
    sethsmommy2008 Posts: 2
    i just purchased the book. when it arrives in a week, i'm going to give this a shot.
    i also wanted to let everyone know that they have menu and planning boards per this diet on pinterest!
  • storm15918
    storm15918 Posts: 88 Member
    This issue with this, like most diet plans, is that once you go back to normal eating the weight comes right back. My mom swears by this diet, and has had good success with it. Until she went back to normal eating and gained almost all of the weight back. Now she's back to square one. She finds it unfair that I can eat whatever I want and still lose, but she has to be restricted, because she has yet to realize that it's all about calories in vs. calories out. If you want to try it, go ahead, but just realize that when you go back to normal eating, if you don't count your calories it's all going to come back.
  • BattleTaxi
    BattleTaxi Posts: 752 Member
    ....

    Quick fixes usually set people up for quick failure.

    ....

    QFT!
  • graceylou222
    graceylou222 Posts: 198 Member
    It sounds pretty legit. I read the review on Web MD. It is teaching people to eat clean. And it says that if you are working out more streneously then you need to eat more calories. I think if people use this and incorporate it into their everyday lives, even after the 17 days its a winner. (even though it says diet)... sometimes that's just what people need to get started. not anyone person is the same!
  • SaraA07
    SaraA07 Posts: 43
    I read the no fruit after after 2pm and kinda now thats bull**** so that i'm going to ignore....but overall i think it sounds pretty healthy because it doesn't exclude whole food groups.

    what i like about it is that it has 4 17 day cycles and each cycle after the first starts to introduce foods that you weren't allowed at first and that the last stage is a maintenance stage and will help you learn exactly the portions of healthy foods you should eat.
  • rachseby
    rachseby Posts: 285 Member
    I don't have pictures but I have had GREAT results with this plan. I started on 6/7/13 and am now down 25 pounds! A lot of inches are gone as well. I find this plan very easy to follow and maintain. Unlike some low carb diets, I love how you can have 2 fruit servings a day (before 2 pm). I am currently on cycle 2 and the pounds are still coming right off! Best of luck to you, I am sure you will do great!
    ~Linda

    Why would there be a deadline on when you have to eat your fruit? lol
    Didn't you see "Gremlins"? :happy:

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