Well they say you can do anything you put your mind to once you're good and ready and I'd have to agree. I have lasted the last 17 days without bread, grains or pasta. Who knew I had it in me? In the past 17 days I have shifted my attitude towards food and have mostly eliminated the night snacking. What I have engaged in has all been healthy, legal choices but for the most part, the cravings are gone. I find the days I want something at night are from the days I didn't get enough during the day. A gentle reminder to have my 2nd pro biotic serving or remember to have that 2nd fruit before 2 pm and for the love of god drink enough water. I purchased an insulated Kleen Kanteen on amazon and it's worth it's weight in gold. That bottle can sit in the hot sun for hours and guess what? When I pick it up and give it a shake there's still lots of icy, cold water in there. I love it! Any tricks of the trade that get me closer to my goal, I welcome. I am feeling really great today. Positive, happy and mostly in control of what goes in my mouth.
I am sporting my new lands end polo dress and loving the easy comfort I feel strolling through town. It fits nicely and good thing I didn't spend too much because my guess is by summers end it will be getting big on me. I was hoping to make it into that new decade by tomorrow's WW weigh in but I am not sure if that's going to happen. I do feel pretty confident that I'll be 15 pounds down though which is pretty darn impressive.
Tomorrow I start cycle 2 and am able to begin incorporating new foods. I really am excited for the change but admit I am nervous that the weight is not going to come off as well. But I am going to have faith in the program and plug along one meal and one day at a time.
hi shans! I was chit chatting with a boston cop tonight at Tom's softball game and he and his wife did the 17 day diet, all cycles, the way through a while back and had great results. They only did each cycle once and have maintained their weight loss for over a year. The wife is continuing to lose weight (at a slower rate) even still now, with a "normal" diet. I had never heard of the 17 day diet before you, and was so happy to hear more good things about it tonight, of course I was thinking of YOU the whole time! xoxo
ReplyDeleteWhoo hooo! That's so great to hear. It was apparently just written up in the New York post and won best all around diet. It's pretty up and coming but honestly just makes a lot of sense. You're eating real food not processed crap. I wish I could say that I could be done after doing each cycle 1x but it's going to take me longer than that. I'll probably be at this for over a year. Took 9 years to gain it's only fair that it takes at least 1 to lose :) Thanks for the support K and positive feedback. It's sooooooo good to hear other peoples positive results. In fact in the book when they talk about maintenance it reminds me of what you & T used to say that you do. 5 days on and 2 days off. It's a lifestyle change right?
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