Dr. Oz 2 week Rapid Weight loss?

Dr. Oz is a crook. Good luck with your crash diet.

Crook? Really? A crook takes your money with out your permission. But snake oil salesmen, well you just willingly give then money. Oh, and con-artists, too.

So I'd say he's a con artist snake oil salesman.

C'mon, you're gonna give crooks a bad name.

Dr Oz is a quack. If you want to eat steamed fish & broccoli for the next 2 weeks, go for it! I'm sure that diet with exercise will help you lose weight as long as you have the self control to stick with it.

Life is too short not to enjoy pizza & beer, every once and a while.
Good luck! Really :drinker:

Any "diet" will work as long as it causes you to eat less calories than you burn. So you can eat what Dr. Oz tells you to, or eat what you would like to eat, as long as it fits in your calorie goal.

Unless you have a lot of weight to lose, you should expect to lose like half-a-pound to one pound per week, plus some water weight.

If I were you, I would plug in my long term goals and get my calorie goal (either in MFP or a TDEE calculator) and eat what you want within your goal. Then go out and buy some slimming undergarments. Why be miserable for 3 weeks? It's amazing what a good piece of shapewear will do to the fit of a dress!

If you want to learn how to get the most out of MFP, read the Sexypants sticky on the Get Started forum.

(And FYI, saying "Dr. Oz" on the MFP forums is like putting a Kick Me sign on your back. His willingness to use his name to shill for all kinds of unproven fad remedies and supplements has deservedly made him a sore subject.)

Thank you for your input! Too many people hating on Dr. Oz to answer my question

The MFP posters are generally very helpful. Unfortunately there are a few subjects that really draw the negative comments and that is Dr. Oz. I found that out early this year when I was seeking assistance. Like any board, you have to have tough skin as some people just want to post negative stuff and not truly answer your question if they can.

I hope you find something that works for you in your effort to lose weight. Nothing new, but everyone approaches a healthy version of themselves differently.

But for those that happen across this thread and are interested in Dr. Oz's 2 week rapid weight loss. It works. I am living example of it. I didn't jump in 100% on the two week portion and still lost. And I took the suggestion to continue with the plan as a lifestyle change and I'm presently 44lbs lighter. The naysayers will have comments on Dr. Oz but say little, if anything, about the diet plan. And those that said they looked apparently did not watch the video or read further into the plan. I say this as the comments were so off base. There is nothing "quacky" about the food plan.
Drink water, eat lean meat, veggies, fruit and nuts.
The comment that a person would gain weight as soon as they stopped implies that the Dr. Oz plan is a "diet" and not a healthy manner to select foods.
Its a lifestyle choice and not something that you would stop doing, as if to stop eating a cabbage soup or some other concoction to lose weight.
Another remark was to imply one would have no energy making these food choices. Again, I'm 7 months into this, I've lost 44lbs and I've an improved digestion (something I had not considered), improved mental alertness (again, a nice bonus) and energy. I stand all day at work (5-6 days a week), only sitting for lunch and I work out 3-5 times in morning AND am active in the afternoons. I'm not sitting around doing nothing all day and have an increased level of energy since I started.

I'm posting all this, as when I solicited others thoughts early this year on Dr. Oz I got the same negative comments. Had I listened to these naysayers I would not have lost 44lbs so far. If anything the boards are so vicious on the topic of Dr. Oz that those of us (and yes, there are others) that like the Dr. Oz plan avoid posting because of the negativity (as evidenced on this thread) The negativism overpowers and kills the thread. As with anything, not everyone is posting to help each other and apparently posts more so to support their preconceived opinions on a topic. Makes them feel better, but is not supportive of our fellow MF pals.

With that said, if you are considering the Dr. Oz plan, read on it, try it if you think it would be a good choice for you. Some people cannot conceive giving up coffee, soda's or sugar and so certainly this is not for them. For me? it works. I'm not starving myself, I don't feel restricted, if anything I've opened the doors to so many new foods and ways to prepare them. And I am loving the results!!

When you see Dr. Oz endorsing something, run, don't walk, far away from it.
It'll save you money and also inspire you to work out more, since he pitches his snake oil fixes everywhere.

OR better yet . . . consider the information. Read on the topic. There are no products endorsed what so ever. No snake oil fixes, just healthy food selections. Stop muddying the topic up with something that is not related to the topic at hand, Dr. Oz 2 week plan.
It works!!

He's endorsing an unsafe, unsustainable, and ridiculous fad diet.
"Rapid Weight Loss" in two seeks is a snake oil fix. It doesn't work.

Explain, what part of this is unsafe, unsustainable and a fad diet???
If it doesn't work, please tell my body as I have lost 44lbs on it.

So, I must be lying???

He's endorsing an unsafe, unsustainable, and ridiculous fad diet.
"Rapid Weight Loss" in two seeks is a snake oil fix. It doesn't work.

Explain, what part of this is unsafe, unsustainable and a fad diet???
If it doesn't work, please tell my body as I have lost 44lbs on it.

So, I must be lying???

I saw his "meal plan". It looks awful. Not to mention his "detox broth".
I never said you were lying. I'm saying his methods are unsustainable and don't work long term.
Stop misquoting me because I don't agree with you.

He's endorsing an unsafe, unsustainable, and ridiculous fad diet.
"Rapid Weight Loss" in two seeks is a snake oil fix. It doesn't work.

Explain, what part of this is unsafe, unsustainable and a fad diet???
If it doesn't work, please tell my body as I have lost 44lbs on it.

So, I must be lying???

You ate less then what you burn. Has nothing to do with some magic diet.

You ate less then what you burn. Has nothing to do with some magic diet.

No "magic diet". You are correct I ate less then what I burned. We all know that is how you lose weight. The benefit to me was food selection, which is laid out in his food plan. And truthfully the food plan is not much different then what can be found in 1000's of books. The "magic" so to speak, is that Dr. Oz's food plan simplified something for me, at a time that I was overwhelmed in understanding where to start. There is so much misinformation out there. Again, as evidenced in this thread, posters speak off topic or even about the plan by apparently reading a print off sheet of the diet and no further information that was provided on the show or following shows.

I don't have a problem with differing opinions. I do have a problem with someone saying it doesn't work, when it does.

I wouldn't be so adamant about it, if I didn't know first hand how hard it is to truly get in a good habit with lifestyle changes and begin losing the weight. This plan worked for me. If this thread reaches out and helps one person to lose weight with the foods prescribed, then its worth a rebuttal.
I'm not of the mind set to challenge others in their methodology of losing weight, their choice of exercise, what they put in their bodies . . . so I don't get the negativity.

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Best to you in your efforts.