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18 Pounds in 4 Days
Background
18 pounds in 4 days is a weight loss program that was created by James Zeta. In his search for the solution to his own weight loss concerns he states that he discovered a special combination of foods that enabled him to lose weight rapidly.
Zeta claims that his program can help dieters to lose up to 18 pounds in 4 days. He says that he managed to lose 20 pounds in less than a week simply by following the principles outlined in his plan.
There are two parts to the program. The first part is the diet and the second part concentrates on maintaining the weight loss.
Diet Basics
This diet aspect of the plan is a four-day calorie restricted diet, which is based around mainly vegetables with lean proteins and small amounts of fruits.
He advertises his program as not requiring any special foods, but rather as involving specific combinations of regular foods that supposedly jump starts the weight loss process.
Zeta asserts that there is no need for supplements, meal replacements, or exercise in order to achieve rapid weight loss.
He provides a detailed outline of what dieters should do for the first four days of his program along with a complete meal plan. He then offers tips to dieters that will help them to keep the weight loss in the long term.
Breakfast every day includes half a grapefruit and the rest of the diet is centered on vegetables with some eggs, chicken and meat.
Recommended Foods
Vegetables including butternut squash and green beans, beef, chicken, eggs and small amounts of fruit including grapefruit.
Recipe ideas can be found here.
Exercise Recommendations
Dieters are forbidden to exercise during the four-day program but exercise after is fine. He states that his clients actually achieve better results when they don’t exercise.
Costs and Expenses
The program costs $27 and payments are accepted via Pay Pal.
Pros
- Includes a detailed 4-day meal plan.
- Appeals to those who want to lose weight fast for a special event.
- Rapid weight loss may increase motivation to stick with a longer-term approach to weight management.
- Offers suggestions to help with maintaining weight loss.
Cons
- Most dieters will experience fatigue and hunger on such a low calorie diet.
- Gives dieters unrealistic expectations in terms of weight loss.
- Majority of weight loss will be water rather than fat.
- Any weight lost is likely to be regained as soon as normal eating is resumed.
- No scientific evidence is offered in order to support his claims.
- Most of the support for the diet is in the form of testimonials.
- Author of the diet has no nutrition or health credentials.
- Expensive for a short program.
- There are some reports of failure of the author to follow through with the money back guarantee.
Conclusions
Even if it were possible to lose 18 pounds in 4 days, it is certainly not a healthy approach to weight loss. If dieters experience any significant results on this program this will be largely attributed to water rather than true fat loss.
Zeta is encouraging a quick fix mentality that will ultimately leave dieters feeling discouraged when the desired results are not achieved. In addition his lack of credentials and the various reports of his failure to honor the money back guarantee brings his credibility and that of his diet into question.
Why not try 28 pounds in 28 days which is a healthier, more realistic option.
I purchased the program almost 2 years ago. Although I did not lose the “18″ lbs as stated, I lost 11….and continued to follow it for 4 more rounds, and I lost about 35lbs…Now I have to do it all over again because I had another baby, but I am confident it will help me get back to my prepregnancy weight quickly.
It is somewhat of a hard diet to follow if you are a junk food addict like me, but after a few weeks, it changes your mind set, and eventually you would rather have a salad then a burger!! I LOVED IT…trust me, I was very skeptical about it, and now I am glad i didnt listen to the negative feed backs. Everyone is different, it will make everyones body react a different way.
SCAM SCAM SCAM
this does not work its a scam.
So, really very skeptical….have spent way to much money on weight loss stuff. Not to mention I do not eat fish, eggs, or mayo……anyone know if these things are a MUST on this diet?
jeneloyless@hotmail.com
Gained a few lbs back but overall now down 14 lbs at eh beginning of a new diet week … if you want steady decrease like I said before approx 5 lbs total a week including the three days you can eat anything this is the diet but you will need to stay on the 4 day diet for a month or so depending on your goals … My wife still loves it and she is down 15 lbs and we are both staying on it for next few weeks…6-8 weeks and hopefully at that time I will have lost at least 20-25 lbs…its probably a little harder for me to lose since I was very active physicaly with workouts and have had to cut back on workout load due to this diet..
I spoke this AM with a real great DR a specialist in weight reduction and he told me as I have said no way 18 lbs in 4 days even if you were eating nothing…so when I hear someone say that well … may not be the whole truth nothing but the truth… I am now in my third week and this weekend I went back to my old eating habits but didn’t gain the weight back…so as of today now down approx 15 lbs thats 15 in three weeks…and thats a good weight loss…
Just did the 18 in 4 day diet this week. I lost the 18 pounds. Yes, I did get hungry but, this diet works and I cheated on one day but, still lost the weight. I have 50 more pounds to loose and I plan on doing it this week also. My plan is to do it every other week until I get down to goal weight. If any one needs help let me know!!!
Its now end of the second week my wife and I are down a total of 8-9 lbs for the two week period. We are not as hungry as the first week probably because our stomachs have shrunk. We have not lost close to the weight promised by this diet which is a tough one but we have lost lbs now both week…we have altered our goals for the month and hope we achieve at least 20 lbs by the fourth week and we think we can.. so we are half way and just under our goal of 10 lbs for first two weeks … again we hope for 20 lbs in total of 4 weeks and thats a good weight loss…
Monday and back on the diet for the next 4 days…I gained back a few lbs the last three days but today losing moire weight again ..I am winning in thr weight lost column..lost the weight I gained in last 3 days today and now for more weight loss the enst few days …not as hungry as I was last week no headaches or pain and lots of energy this might be working … my wife loves it …
Well as of this evening I am now down 9.5 lbs in 4 days and have energy , feel good and only discomfort is I am hungry… Can’t wait for tomorrow …Chinese for lunch and PIZZA in the evening…now can I possible NOT gain my 9.5 bacl in next three days ?
I am 60 yrs old and weigh 270lbs. I work out all the time weights swimming and judo so in pretty good shape and built big arms and shouldhers but wanted to lose weight. I am in my first week fourth day of the prgram with my wife. We both feel very hungry, but seem to have increased energy, sleeping good and I have lost in first three days 7 lbs and my wife 6 lbs. By the fourth day this evening I will probably have lost 7-8 lbs in 4 days and my wife a little less. Based on my sports medicine background its not a bad diet p[retty healthy combinations but there is no way you will lose 18 lbs in 4 days nor should you want to. If we can continue to lose 5-6 lbs per week and not put it back on in the 3 days not on the diet this will work but the lost is not as fast as advertised .. my friend on this diet in 6 week period has lost approx 32 lbs so about 5 lbs per week and feeling good…My goal is to saty on this until the end of the year and at 5 lbs loss a week and even if I gain a few the other three days will be a overall loss in three months of 30-40 lbs and thats good…don’t expect 18 lbs but maybe 5-8 lbs but then you can NOT pig out the other three days eat sensibly…
Hope this works
This cant be for real
want to see it this woorks
I look at these negative posts and skeptical reviews, and I can’t help but smile at it all. I’ve done 18 in 4, 4 times now and lost over 30 pounds. And guess what, the weight did not come back, why? because the weight loss I achieved helped transition me into a much more positive and disciplined lifestyle. Say what you want about it, make your negative comments, but in the end of it you have no right to judge the diet unless you have physically tried it. Yes it is very strict, and yes you do reduce your caloric intake by a bit, but hence why you should not exercise during the 4 day period. The foods you are eating are doing the work for you technically, as any rigorous exercise will burn off those calories and cause your body to go into instant starvation mode. Anyways I’ve done the program and got what I needed from it, so best of luck to those that do give it a try
Hey, guys! I am a nutritionist whose job it is to debunk “programs” like these, and I just want to warn all of you that this plan is complete bologna! I personally have not tried it, but I hope you can trust my word as I swear to you that diet and weight loss is my base of knowledge.
Maybe James Zeta really did lose 18 pounds in 4 days. In fact, I don’t doubt that at all. The thing is if you are, say, 250 lbs or more and you drastically change your diet, you are going to lose numbers that look phenomenal no matter what exactly you are eating. It’s natural. You shouldn’t spend $30 to have a non-professional prove to you laws of nature.
Anyway, bottom line: diet and exercise are always the way to go. Remember the weight you put on didn’t show up in a week; it won’t go away in a week either! But if you absolutely MUST have some sort of guidance I would recommend going for a plan like the SoBe diet.It works relatively fast and is created to ensure permanent weight loss (so long as you stick to it).
This diet is completely a SCAM!!! Don’t purchase it, no matter how desperate you are. I did — silly me. Didn’t receive the plan until a couple of days later after I emailed James Zeta asking where is my order, since he already had my $27.00. Bought all the food, exactly followed the plan …. had terrible headaches the first day … by day 2 afternoon I got so sick …. I’ve never been that sick in my entire life …. spent the next 2 days practically living in the bathroom …. didn’t lose an ounce. But, at least the program has a Money Back Guarantee, right?! No way — still haven’t seen my money refunded. He requires you to send him the paypal receipt and a scan of your grocery receipt(s). Even with all this, he still won’t give me my $27.00 back. Shame on you James Zeta!
Need something that works fast and dont ask me to buy anything.If anyone has tried anything and got real results,please let me know.
can some one send me a sample im desprite plz plz help
I would like to try this plan..let me know the procedure.
you people are a bunch of belly achin’ liars. I’ve read some what the diet plan. its simple and not stupid like a low cal. or low carb diet, im thinking of checking into it. It is not extremly unhealthy, I know someone who lost 30lbs in 1 week. and he was fine except for fatigue. If i loose the 18lbs ya’ll are gonna feel like morons. and people if u weigh 140-145lbs YOUR NOT FAT! so quit sayin it, we fat people get tired of your whining all the time. so eat a salad with non fat dressing and get over it. to the people that are going to try this, hope you loose it fat that is.
OMG. U PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID, WHY DO U NEED SOMEONE TO SEND U THE DIET PLAN. JUST EAT RAW VEGGIES, BROILED CHICKEN OR STEAK OR FISH AND SNACK ON FRUIT THROUGH OUT THE DAY. I WEIGHED 270LBS AND I HAVE BEEN ON THIS DIET I JUST DESCRIBED FOR A LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS AND I NOW WEIGH 195LBS. U HAVE TO CUT OUT ALL POP/SODA AND DRINK ONLY WATER. THIS DOSE WORK I AM PROFF BUT U HAVE TO BE SERIOUS AND WILLING TO COMMIT. DOING IT FOR A DAY OR TWO AND THEN JUST GIVING UP IS NOT GONNA MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT.I BELIEVE THAT LOSING WEIGHT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS EVER, BUT IT CAN BE DONE JUST DO AS I SAY IN THIS POSTAND WAIT AT LEAST 2 WEEKS AFTER YOU START THE DIET TO WEIGH YOURSELF AND I PROMISE IF U DO THIS AND U DONT CHEAT U WILL SEE UNBELIEVEABLE RESULTS. DO NOT PAY FOR A DIET PLAN WHEN U CAN DO IT URSELF
i have read so much about this diet you are all trying 18lb in 4 days .Can any one out there give a sample of this diet before i buy it as i have paid for so much in diet plans and can’t find one that realy works . thank you
i am going to loss weight with this diet …… about 18lbs .But i don’t like Beef so i am only going to eat Chicken and fruit and Vegetables do you think that is ok
but after reading the reviews i know i will loss weight
i think beth is a scam – she’s the only one who said it was good and she posted a good comment twice.. a little weird
i’d say 18lbs in 4 days is impossible anyway.. unless you exercised around the clock and only ate vegetable and weighed 300lbs to start with. anyone only looking to lose 20 or less lbs, there’s NO WAY this diet is going to work for you.
eat 1500 cals a day and exercise 1.5 hrs a day. it will come off
i did this diet the right way, everything exactly as directed and only lost 4 pounds. However, im only 141 pounds at 5′8 so i didnt have much weight to lose. Either way, this isnt the miracle diet that its projected as, and you dont feel good from day 2 on forward.
OMG I think starving myself would have been more enjoyable. My friend and I went on this because we were desperate to lose weight fast which made us extremely gullible. After suffering through it, I think we both lost 6 pounds. It is a joke. I wouldnt go on it again if they promised I’d lose 25 lbs in 4 days. It was torture. The only bright spot is that every diet plan after this one seems like a cake walk.
does this really work because if it does i will do it
I ordered the plan and recieved a reciept number as well and did not get a link to it as well. I sent him an email, he stated that it takes him 48 hours to return, it has been a week and I still have nothing. I wish that I would have read this before I ordered the stupid thing. I guess he needed my 27 dollars more than I did, He is such a ripoff!!!!
OK, Easter feast has come and gone. Of course I put on a few (5). But after the third day of the 18/4, it came off. This is my fall-back plan. I will use it every time I fall off the wagon.
Tried it about a year ago to the “T”
DOES NOT WORK!
Even if it did it would be extremely unhealthy.
I just purchased the program and received a receipt number from paypal but did not receive a link to download the praogram. Can anyone offer some advice? Is this a scam!?
The people who had a chance to see the diet program, could you please sent me the sample.
Thank you
aishwarya_75@hotmail.com
i would like to do this diet
what’s good for one may not be for someone else or vis vers..
u have to pay fr it like every1 else. But I wouldnt bother its NOT good for u and made me ill
lose 18 pounds in just 4 days?
That’s amazing!! but how is that possible? can anyone send me a sample of the diet plan? or show me a day’s meal plan?
i would like to know how this diet works, what do i need to do and eat. Please someone let me know. Thank You!
anyone want to send me this diet plan? id love to try it!
marbellavita@yahoo.com
beth can u plz send me this diet plan?
if you don’t mind i woold like how to keep it off also please help me
I’m 19 years old and am very overweight i need this diet plan to try but i cannot afford it. One i do not have a credit card when i was younger alot of people in my family used my social and now i couldn’t get a glass of water if they checked my credit. so could someone please send me the diet i would really appreciate it my email is iverysunset_ivery@yahoo.com plz!!!!! i only get on here a few days a week i walk to the library
I am on my second day and can honestly say I am STARRRVING!!! I have had a headache since evening of first day and have no energy. I am going to see through the 4 days but am not very hopeful after reading all the bad reveiws! I do feel lighter but will not weigh myself until morning after 4th day. I think eating sensibly and doing lots of exercise is the only way to go but wanted a boost. Watch this space.
Hey..I just bought the diet…I am starting today..I really do hope it works…I am sorta depending on Beth’s testimony…I really want to lose 50 pounds…but at least let me start with 15 and then more…i will keep you updated on how it goes…does anyone else have any experiences with this diet???please post them.
I am trusting this project…. I’m trying to lose 30 pounds before 3/23/09….. thanks… I hope it works…
This diet works. I wasn’t hungry while on it, either. On the morning of the 5th day, I weighed 13 pounds less than I started. I went off the diet and did not start gaining again for a month. I thought I would put it back on quickly, as I assumed that the loss was just water. Hind- site, I wish I’d stayed on it. I’m a junk food junkie. This diet is a -no kidding- do not cheat plan, but most of us can do ANYTHING for just 4 days. Maybe I just talked myself into another 4 days! Thanks, James Zeta, for the download.