The 17 Day Diet

I'm sure there are people that have tried it. They may have even had success with it. The problem with diets like this is they are not sustainable. What happens after the 17 days to ensure the weight stays off and you don't gain it all back? A lot of times we want results fast. My thoughts are, I didn't gain this weight in 17 days (6 weeks, 90 days, whatever), I'm not going to lose it that fast either.

As simple as it sounds, maintaining a moderate calorie deficit will do so much more for you than any "special" diet. You will lose weight slowly but you will be able to keep it off easier. Many people on here are doing it and succeeding. It really is that simple.

Hey, OP, what about this response? Why not acknowledge this one, too? It is neither rude nor judgemental.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer. Best of luck to you.

Sorry it took me so long to respond. I am a busy Woman with a career and Family. Boy how I wish I didn't have a life or any friends so I could spend all day of MFP looking for different ways to be a *kitten* rag!
If you Google the 17 Day Diet you will get an overview of the 4 cycles of the 17 day diet,which has very few restrictions outside of No Booze
no sugar except fruit sugar before 2
no processed foods
no refined carbs.
Pretty much identical to the diet Diabetics have to follow. By the time you are in the 4th cycle you can eat whatever you like in moderation.

Bless your heart. :flowerforyou:

I'm sure there are people that have tried it. They may have even had success with it. The problem with diets like this is they are not sustainable. What happens after the 17 days to ensure the weight stays off and you don't gain it all back? A lot of times we want results fast. My thoughts are, I didn't gain this weight in 17 days (6 weeks, 90 days, whatever), I'm not going to lose it that fast either.

As simple as it sounds, maintaining a moderate calorie deficit will do so much more for you than any "special" diet. You will lose weight slowly but you will be able to keep it off easier. Many people on here are doing it and succeeding. It really is that simple.

Hey, OP, what about this response? Why not acknowledge this one, too? It is neither rude nor judgemental.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer. Best of luck to you.

Sorry it took me so long to respond. I am a busy Woman with a career and Family. Boy how I wish I didn't have a life or any friends so I could spend all day of MFP looking for different ways to be a *kitten* rag!
If you Google the 17 Day Diet you will get an overview of the 4 cycles of the 17 day diet,which has very few restrictions outside of No Booze
no sugar except fruit sugar before 2
no processed foods
no refined carbs.
Pretty much identical to the diet Diabetics have to follow. By the time you are in the 4th cycle you can eat whatever you like in moderation.

Perhaps if you spent more time reading the experienced advice from others, you could spend more time with your career and family that clearly the rest of the internet does not have, after spending some of their time trying to help you out, after your question.

But, oh, right, you are too busy for all that. See you back in 21 days after you regain the weight (hopefully not.. but. Just sayin)

My daughter had great success. She found it easy to follow, there were no limits on the protein and veggies she could eat. She lost it quickly and has maintained for over a year. I on the other hand found it too restrictive I kept going off and going back on.

I am a firm believer that we are all different and all have great success with different plans. I say whatever works for you do it.

Hey listen, don't worry about the guys who are giving you crap

I'll put it on a lighter note what message they are trying to convey
Basically, It is not worth doing a 'diet' , even more so a 17 day diet

The idea when losing weight is to change your life, to change the way you do things now
The shorter the period you set for a goal, the shorter the results will stay in other words

So if you do a 17 diet, even with success, don't expect anything much from it unless you keep it up for a long long time
I mean, if you don't change your lifestyle, eventually you will go back to where you started and that's not what you want right?

Plus, extreme diets like these aren't exactly good for your health even if you're not hungry, there's not enough calories to provide the nutrients your body needs to function efficiently

Be smart with choices you make, speed does not mean quality

A very close friend of mine has used the 17 day and has had great success. It's not really a 17 day thing, it has different cycles to it, where you are eating clean healthy food. You go through the cycles and continue on for however long you like. She took the success from the 17 day cycles and went to into a steady clean eating on her own. She has lost about 50lbs and looks great.

Thank you for your kind response. 50 pounds is amazing! I just need to lose 30 and was hoping the cycles would help me reprogram my eating habits.

So you took the ONE response in favor of this diet and are running with it?

Good luck to you

I was thanking the one person that wasn't a rude judgmental jerk.

I thinkg that it wasnt intentionally to be a jerk OP, they just want you to realize that what you are already doing via your tickler is working so why try something that may not work. Just continue to lose as you are already doing..

A very close friend of mine has used the 17 day and has had great success. It's not really a 17 day thing, it has different cycles to it, where you are eating clean healthy food. You go through the cycles and continue on for however long you like. She took the success from the 17 day cycles and went to into a steady clean eating on her own. She has lost about 50lbs and looks great.

Thank you for your kind response. 50 pounds is amazing! I just need to lose 30 and was hoping the cycles would help me reprogram my eating habits.

So you took the ONE response in favor of this diet and are running with it?

Good luck to you

I was thanking the one person that wasn't a rude judgmental jerk.

So you come to a forum, ask a question that has been asked probably 385767 times, and when people tell you that you shouldnt do the diet because it will not work, you call them judgemental jerks??? Just because they arent giving you glowing reviews of some fad diet that you wont be able to maintain for life, doesnt make them judgemental. basically you have 2 choices- listen to the people trying to help you out before you waste your time on a diet that wont work (because diets do work) OR you can ignore them and do the diet anyway. Good luck to you, but im sure you will be back in a few months trying to find out about some other fad diet to give you quick results instead of working hard for the body you want.

I think previous person meant to day (because diets DON'T work)....but yeah, this.
And as someone else pointed out, what you are currently doing appears to be working, the ticker is dropping...why try the fad diet thing?

I'm sure there are people that have tried it. They may have even had success with it. The problem with diets like this is they are not sustainable. What happens after the 17 days to ensure the weight stays off and you don't gain it all back? A lot of times we want results fast. My thoughts are, I didn't gain this weight in 17 days (6 weeks, 90 days, whatever), I'm not going to lose it that fast either.

As simple as it sounds, maintaining a moderate calorie deficit will do so much more for you than any "special" diet. You will lose weight slowly but you will be able to keep it off easier. Many people on here are doing it and succeeding. It really is that simple.

Hey, OP, what about this response? Why not acknowledge this one, too? It is neither rude nor judgemental.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer. Best of luck to you.

Exactly!!! You know the answer to why this hasn't been responded to...

I wasn't going to comment but I will now.

From January 7th until April 15th I followed the "17 day diet book". I lost 30lbs and have kept it off...started at 205, joined mfp at 178...I have not gained the weight back. ETA:I did not join MFP to count calories I joined for a 30DS group, liked it and stayed.

Is it restrictive? A bit yes in the first couple of cycles. Is it sustainable yes because the 3rd and 4th cycles are not restrictive at all. As a matter of fact they encourage in the 4th cycle to eat reasonable portions of foods and treat yourself to your favorite meals...at least 4 a week. Be it KFC, pancakes or nachos...but continue exercising etc.

This "diet" is not 17 days it runs in 17 day cycles. It runs in 4 cycles.

And Yes I know people are going to say..."then why are you here if it works so well????" I came here to join a group that was doing JM 30DS and stayed...Do I follow the "17day diet" still..not on purpose but yes I do. Lots of protien, Lots of veggies, complex carbs and I don't call food bad and still eat my treats like lindt chocolate etc.

What I found this eating plan does is gives a boost, it shows what good nutrition and exercise can do for you.

Keep in mind during the first 2 phases they say only do 20mins of exercise because they know the food you are eating will not sustain more.....and it is a good way to build up to more exercise.

Do I recommend it? If you need that boost or a plan to follow yes I do. If you only have 10lbs to lose no I do not. 50+lbs absolutely...

Is it sustainable? Yes as much as counting calories is

Will I do it again...nope I don't need to...I have kept the weight off and still losing following the 4th cycle and counting calories and weight lifting.

Losing weight is easy, keeping it off means educating yourself and maintaining calories...

I know these forums are filled with folks who see the word "diet" and immediately put their blinders on without actually checking it out, some of those people I consider very smart, educated and admire them (except on this one point).

Education requires broadening your knowledge and exploring not just assuming....

that being said to the OP I would suggest finding the 17day diet group as they swap recipes. Take this advice tho.

Do this eating plan and if you like the results do it again...the 2nd time you lose less weight. I would however recommend after the first run through follow phase 3/4 and count calories.

Finally someone gives a reply that doesn't necessarily sing its praises and isn't a huge jerk about reality. Good luck, OP and everyone else, with what works for YOU.