17 Day Diet

The 17 Day Diet was created by Dr. Mike Moreno, a family practice physician in California. After being featured on The Doctors TV show and Dr. Phil it has rapidly become one of the hottest weight loss plans of the moment.

Initially Dr. Moreno designed the diet to help people to prevent weight gain or lose any extra pounds gained during the holidays. But the diet can be used any time during the year to assist with the rapid and effective release of excess weight.

The diet involves a series of 17 day cycles with adjustments in the composition of the foods you eat. Moreno suggests that a weight loss of 10-12 pounds is possible in the first 17 days. He cites recent research showing that rapid weight loss does have long and short-term advantages over the slow weight loss approach.

17 Day Diet Basics

In basic terms the 17 Day Diet is a carbohydrate cycling diet whereby you adjust your intake of carbohydrates in accordance with whatever phase of the diet you are in. At certain times you will follow a very low carbohydrate diet, while at others you can enjoy specific foods that are higher in carbohydrates.

According to Dr. Moreno, this has the effect of confusing your metabolism and enhancing the rate at which you are able to lose weight. It also can help to reduce the frustration and boredom that is generally associated with long-term dieting.

The 17 Day Diet includes four cycles:

• Accelerate
  In this initial phase you dramatically reduce your intake of carbohydrates to promote fat burning, cleansing and rapid weight loss.
• Activate
  This 17 Day Diet phase involves carbohydrate cycling, which has the purpose of resetting your metabolism to stimulate fat burning and prevent plateaus.
• Achieve
  You reintroduce some previously restricted foods and will learn how to develop healthy eating habits.
• Arrive
  The final phase allows you to maintain your goal weight by eating a healthy diet during the week and indulging in your favorite foods on the weekends.

During all of the four phases of the 17 day Diet there is an emphasis on clean eating and the avoidance of sugar and all processed foods.

Recommended Foods

Eggs, turkey breast, chicken breast, seafood, yogurt, grapefruit, berries, lettuce, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, tomato, cucumber, asparagus, green tea.

Sample 17 Day Diet Meal Plan

Exercise Recommendations

The 17 Day Diet involves a 17-minute exercise routine that should be performed six days a week. An exercise DVD is available of the 17-minute workout program for $15.

Costs and Expenses

The 17 Day Diet retails for $25.00. Click Here to order your discounted copy.

Click here to order the 17 Day Diet Workbook which has recently been released.

Pros

• Encourages the intake of a variety of unprocessed, natural foods.
• Carbohydrate and calorie cycling may help to accelerate the rate of weight loss.
• Variety in the 17 Day Diet structure can help to maintain motivation and prevent boredom.
• Eating plan is simple to understand.
• Includes meal plans and recipes.
• Exercise program is short and effective.
• Home delivery meals are available for an additional cost.
• Includes tips for avoiding holiday weight gain.

Cons

• Not suitable for diabetics.
• Calorie intake may be too low for physically active dieters.
• Irregular eating patterns have the potential to trigger disordered eating in susceptible individuals.
• Does not adequately address the psychological factors required for successful weight loss over the long term.

Conclusions

The 17 Day Diet involves adjusting your intake of carbohydrates, fat, protein and calories over a series of 17 day cycles, which may have the effect of boosting metabolism and preventing the plateaus that are common with most diets.

Even though the plan was created to help dieters avoid holiday weight gain The 17 Day Diet can be followed at any time when fast and effective weight loss is desired. However dieters must be aware that permanent changes in eating patterns, lifestyle habits, attitudes and beliefs are essential if weight loss is to be maintained.