Dr Oz's 2 Week Rapid Diet Plan?

You will find Dr Oz anything is not well received here.

anything that touts "rapid weight loss" usually means a vlcd which isn't that healthy...it wont hurt you if you do it for a short time but chances are you will lose weigh then when you get back to eating "regularly" it will all come back as it was truely just water weight.

Instead of doing a diet touted on a tv show just try counting calories and eating in a reasonable deficet.

You will lose weight probably just as fast (some will be water weight this way too) but you will keep it off as you continue at that reasonable deficet.

Ok, Thanks!
I will check out the 3 week plan!

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It is really not that bad. I know everyone here hates Dr. Oz but..

I started on it. I had just come back from a conference, and gained 6-10lbs in 3 days. I did not eat that much so it was all water. That being said, I lost 9.6lbs in the first week and another 3 the next for a total of 12.6lbs.

I have always had a similar smoothie everyday for a year.

The 2nd week I added nuts & I believe this decreased my weight loss.

Lunch I found hard as I do not like oil & vinegar on salad, and prefer a protein. I tried making a a salad dressing with the yogurt & avocado & salsa, and ended up just skipping lunch . I am sure if I was more creative I could have planned better things for lunch but I didn't.

I liked hummus & celery in the afternoon

I cooked all my rice ahead for the week, and ate chicken most days. It was tough to find variety with chicken and rice dishes but now I am in the swing of things.

I bought pre-made veggie broth, and had that a few times a day. Sometimes that was my lunch.

After the 2 weeks:

I have gone back to coffee in the morning. I liked the hot lemon water & green tea, but every time I buy a few lemons right now, they go bad. I will go back to that at a later date when lemons are more in season or something.

I have added chicken to lunch, and now make a bone broth to go with it.

Still eating chicken & rice most days, but have added pasta 1 day/week & beef. Gotta have some variety.

I have added some treats back & wine once in a while.

I wrote a blog about my suppers if you want to read it, just for some ideas.

I had been eating healthy and similar to this diet for a long time. If I had not gone to the conference and gained all that weight I believe I would have lost 4lbs, just because I started tracking everything. I think that it gave me a good guideline & some rules that I was missing and needed in my life.

So what you are saying is you gained a bunch of 'water weight' and then lost it using a fad crap diet plan palmed out by some loud mouthed no nothing TV personality. Which you now dont stick to and all that really happened was you cam away with some guidelines to stick to and yous started tracking.

Dont bother with it just track your calories and exercise, and if you want loose guidelines to stick to... Thevless ingredients in something generally the better for you it is, the longer somethings shelf life gemerally the worse it is for you (not always true but a good start)

I just started it today and am really excited about maybe finally losing some weight and trying to get rid of some bad habits and gain good habits.

I realize it is a starting point and need to stick with a healthy diet and work out. Just logging in my calories is not making me lose weight although it has helped to see the macros and calories of different foods that I eat in order to educate myself. However, I have bad eating habits and need to change. Plus the plan looks healthy to me.

I am at exactly the same weight that I was at in August, 2013. I quit smoking last June and had surgery last year as well. I am trying to get healthy and think its time to do something different and get motivated although I will still be logging in my calories on this 14 day diet as well. This plan has very healthy food and nutrition and some people need a written plan (like me). What is wrong with that?

And if I do happen to gain the weight back, I will try something else but I don't plan on starting a new thread complaining about
"why did I gain the weight back". That would be a little silly, now wouldn't it?

What is the difference between learning self-control now as opposed to two weeks from now?

You could pre-log all of you foods in MFP, print it, and carry it to the market.

To each his/her own but I don't see the point in the crap Dr. Oz promotes.

DR. OZ’S TWO-WEEK RAPID WEIGHT LOSS PLAN

WAKEUP: Start day with cup hot water & ½ lemon
BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE: (see recipe)
GREEN TEA: preferably organic
PROTEIN: one 6-oz. serving of meat (chicken, turkey or fish) per day
CARBS: ½ cup of cooked brown rice a day (otherwise no carbs/starches)
FATS: good fats in moderation (e.g. olive oil and avocado)
DAIRY: 1 cup of 2 % plain Greek yogurt per day (otherwise no dairy)
VEGETABLES: unlimited low-glycemic vegetables (see list) and Detox Broth (see recipe).
SNACKS: Hummus, pickles, a couple handfuls of nuts

WHAT YOU NEED TO ELIMINATE
• No wheat (only ½ cup brown rice)
• No artificial sweeteners (this includes all diet soda)
• No white sugar
• No alcohol
• No caffeine (ONLY green tea)
• No dairy (except Greek yogurt)
• No additional exercise
• No meals between 8pm-8am

OTHER THINGS TO DO
• Take probiotic in the morning
• Take a multivitamin (preferably ½ in the morning & ½ at night)
• Detox bath every night (soak with 2 cups Epsom salt & 1 cup baking soda)

LOW-GI VEGETABLES
Artichokes
Artichoke hearts
Asparagus
Bamboo shoots
Bean sprouts
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
Celery
Cucumber
Daikon
Eggplant
Leeks
Lentils
Beans (green, kidney, garbanzo)
Greens (collard, kale, mustard, turnip)
Mushrooms
Okra
Onions
Pea pods
Peppers
Radishes
Rutabaga
Squash
Sugar snap peas
Swiss chard
Tomato
Water chestnuts
Watercress
Zucchini
Cabbage
(green, bok choy, Chinese)
Salad greens (chicory, endive, escarole, iceberg lettuce, romaine, spinach, arugula, radicchio, watercress)

SHOPPING LIST
• Rice protein powder (28 tbsp)
• 1 ¾ cups ground flaxseeds
• 3 ½ cups brown rice
• 1 bottle olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar (or other preferred vinegar) for salad dressing
• Green tea
• Epsom salt
• Baking soda

SHOPPING LIST (EACH WEEK BUY)
• 4 lemons
• 4 bananas
• 56 oz frozen berries
• 2 qts unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 4 avocados
• 7 plain 2% Greek yogurts (6-oz serving size)
• 1 ½ lbs chicken, turkey, or fish combined

SHOPPING LIST (DETOX VEGETABLE BROTH)
4 large onions 8 carrots
4 cups winter squash 8 celery stalks
2 cups cabbage Dried ginger
8 cloves whole garlic Sea salt, to taste
4 cups root vegetable (any of the following: turnips, parsnips, rutabagas)
8 cups chopped greens (any of the following: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion)
(Or you can buy low sodium organic broth from the grocery store) DR. OZ’S TWO-WEEK RAPID WEIGHT LOSS PLAN

RECIPES
Breakfast Smoothie Vegetable Broth
• 2 tablespoons rice protein powder
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds
• ½ cup frozen berries
• ½ banana
• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

For every three quarts of water add:
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 cup of winter squash cut into large cubes
• 1 cup of root vegetables: any of the following: turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas for sweetness
• 2 cups of chopped greens: any of the following: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion,
• 2 celery stalks
• ½ cup of cabbage
• 4 ½-inch slices of fresh ginger
• 2 cloves of whole garlic (not chopped or crushed)
• Sea salt, to taste

Add all the ingredients at once and place on a low boil for approximately 60 minutes. It may take a little longer. Simply continue to boil to taste. Cool, strain (throw out the cooked vegetables), and store in a large, tightly-sealed glass container in the fridge.

Heat gently and drink up to 3–4 cups a day.

Makes: 2 quarts or 8 cups

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes

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Draw your own conclusions, but this jump-started my 30# weight loss, and it gave a guide to follow to get started. No one is saying you have to stay on it... but it's just as good as any plan to start from IMHO.

DR. OZ’S TWO-WEEK RAPID WEIGHT LOSS PLAN

WAKEUP: Start day with cup hot water & ½ lemon
BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE: (see recipe)
GREEN TEA: preferably organic
PROTEIN: one 6-oz. serving of meat (chicken, turkey or fish) per day
CARBS: ½ cup of cooked brown rice a day (otherwise no carbs/starches)
FATS: good fats in moderation (e.g. olive oil and avocado)
DAIRY: 1 cup of 2 % plain Greek yogurt per day (otherwise no dairy)
VEGETABLES: unlimited low-glycemic vegetables (see list) and Detox Broth (see recipe).
SNACKS: Hummus, pickles, a couple handfuls of nuts

WHAT YOU NEED TO ELIMINATE
• No wheat (only ½ cup brown rice)
• No artificial sweeteners (this includes all diet soda)
• No white sugar
• No alcohol
• No caffeine (ONLY green tea)
• No dairy (except Greek yogurt)
• No additional exercise
• No meals between 8pm-8am

OTHER THINGS TO DO
• Take probiotic in the morning
• Take a multivitamin (preferably ½ in the morning & ½ at night)
• Detox bath every night (soak with 2 cups Epsom salt & 1 cup baking soda)

LOW-GI VEGETABLES
Artichokes
Artichoke hearts
Asparagus
Bamboo shoots
Bean sprouts
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
Celery
Cucumber
Daikon
Eggplant
Leeks
Lentils
Beans (green, kidney, garbanzo)
Greens (collard, kale, mustard, turnip)
Mushrooms
Okra
Onions
Pea pods
Peppers
Radishes
Rutabaga
Squash
Sugar snap peas
Swiss chard
Tomato
Water chestnuts
Watercress
Zucchini
Cabbage
(green, bok choy, Chinese)
Salad greens (chicory, endive, escarole, iceberg lettuce, romaine, spinach, arugula, radicchio, watercress)

SHOPPING LIST
• Rice protein powder (28 tbsp)
• 1 ¾ cups ground flaxseeds
• 3 ½ cups brown rice
• 1 bottle olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar (or other preferred vinegar) for salad dressing
• Green tea
• Epsom salt
• Baking soda

SHOPPING LIST (EACH WEEK BUY)
• 4 lemons
• 4 bananas
• 56 oz frozen berries
• 2 qts unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 4 avocados
• 7 plain 2% Greek yogurts (6-oz serving size)
• 1 ½ lbs chicken, turkey, or fish combined

SHOPPING LIST (DETOX VEGETABLE BROTH)
4 large onions 8 carrots
4 cups winter squash 8 celery stalks
2 cups cabbage Dried ginger
8 cloves whole garlic Sea salt, to taste
4 cups root vegetable (any of the following: turnips, parsnips, rutabagas)
8 cups chopped greens (any of the following: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion)
(Or you can buy low sodium organic broth from the grocery store) DR. OZ’S TWO-WEEK RAPID WEIGHT LOSS PLAN

RECIPES
Breakfast Smoothie Vegetable Broth
• 2 tablespoons rice protein powder
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds
• ½ cup frozen berries
• ½ banana
• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

For every three quarts of water add:
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 cup of winter squash cut into large cubes
• 1 cup of root vegetables: any of the following: turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas for sweetness
• 2 cups of chopped greens: any of the following: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion,
• 2 celery stalks
• ½ cup of cabbage
• 4 ½-inch slices of fresh ginger
• 2 cloves of whole garlic (not chopped or crushed)
• Sea salt, to taste

Add all the ingredients at once and place on a low boil for approximately 60 minutes. It may take a little longer. Simply continue to boil to taste. Cool, strain (throw out the cooked vegetables), and store in a large, tightly-sealed glass container in the fridge.

Heat gently and drink up to 3–4 cups a day.

Makes: 2 quarts or 8 cups

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes

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Draw your own conclusions, but this jump-started my 30# weight loss, and it gave a guide to follow to get started. No one is saying you have to stay on it... but it's just as good as any plan to start from IMHO.

Uh...why waste vegetables that you cooked?! You're drinking vegetable flavored water, of course you're gonna lose weight.

You know that Oz was called out for his quackery during his Senate testimony, right?

I agree with the first part of Dr Oz's 2 week plan.





wake up ~ start day.


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no alcohol, no caffeine...
**** stopped reading...lol

gosh no wonder I'm still fat, how did i ever lose 17kg just eating normal foods, silly silly me..
oh hang on i don't give a **** if it takes 2 years or 2 weeks, its coming off slowly and it aint all going to come back on....plus more
betcha anyone that does this dr oz diet it will....

OP, to answer your immediate inquiry: No, I have never tried it. Would I? Not likely. Why? Because it's both too complicated and way more work than it really needs to be.

If you look at something and say "I could do this for 2 weeks" and do not see it being anything that would influence future eating... it's probably not going to be worth your while.

This being said, if vegetables and legumes on the low-GI list are both accessible and desirable to you and your husband, by all means start replacing some of the sugary, fatty stuff you're eating with these foods. There are some nummy things on the list and I encourage y'all to try anything on it you may not have had the privilege of noshing on in the past!

If you're simply looking for an easier way to shop for your family, I would highly suggest sticking to single ingredient foods that are accessible and enjoyed by the members of your household. Go out and enjoy the tastes of the summer!