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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 tried the 7day diet some time last year and i lost only about 5pounds which i gained right back after, for how ong should i do that diet coz i reaololy want to shade off this weight, i am about 180 pounds and my fience is 120pounds, help
Why doesn’t someone post this diet- put the guy out of business??!!!
… Every time I go to a supermarket 80% of people I see with full trolleys of all sorts of junk food are clinically obese and i think it’s a tragedy, don’t you?… but to the point – 18 pounds which I believe is around 9.5 kilos (in Europe we don’t do pounds) in 4 days, as James states, will probably work only for very BIG people, but not for someone who is only 70 or 80kg and trying too loose the excess. I tried this plan for 4 days, lost 3kg but on day 5 felt quite weak and was constantly cold. There were 2 positives to this experiment : 1- its a ‘quick fix’, very quickly I had lost quite a lot of weight with little effort and note that it wasn’t all water or muscles like many so called ‘experts’ like to comment on other websites but fat (and believe me i am not trying to promote James Zeta’s business in any way, I think its a bit of a rip off with which he has secured himself a steady income almost for life as long as there are people who want to lose weight exist in the world, brilliant idea don’t you think?) Secondly – due to quite a lot of restrictions during this diet a few nasty symptoms that I had for some time (and my doctor after numerous tests couldn’t explain) had disappeared. In depth analysis and a following medical illumination diet showed that i was gluten intolerant. I wouldn’t have known it had i not gone on this silly diet. To sum up, my personal opinion is that this diet works and you can lose up to mayby even 4 kg per 4 days, but i wouldn’t recommend it – its too fast, body goes into shock and for some people it can be fatal. There are a few other fundamental flaws like taking more than 1 cup of coffee on an empty stomach, drinking water before eating rather than half hour before the food intake, and a few others make this diet not very good for our health. But with a few modifications it can work as a steady weight loss especially for those who like myself work in an office and don’t do much exercises. I would gladly share my experience and try to help people, who genuinely not only would like to lose weight but want to become healthy for life and enjoy it, which is much more important. If that is what you want to do than write to me on lili1792@hotmail.co.uk and I will try to reply as soon as I can. It’s not my business, I don’t charge for a piece of advice, i just want to help. But remember you need to want to change your life style otherwise you won’t succeed!
I started the 3 day diet and which you can find online… I’ve heard alot of negative things about this 4 day diet… The 3 day diet works and I added some snacks to it… In 2 days I went from 149 to 142… I recomend this to anyone because you can cheat (add snacks) and still loose the weight without starving…. Good luck…
i am now starting will it work or not
this diet is terrible, both me and my wife almost died, we were in the hospital for malnutrition for more than a week and we didnt even get our money back
I tried this diet and I get what everyone is saying also the site but it worked for me. I did not loose 18lbs in 4 days but I lost 12. Also he do not email you right back it takes a couple days but he do get back. I see the pros and cons but like I stated it worked for.
helppppppppp please i need to diet really fast help!!!!!!
DON’T DO IT ! HE DOES NOT STAND BEHIND HIS GUARANTY AND IGNORES YOU WHEN YOU REQUEST HE STAND BEHIND HIS REFUND POLICY. PayPal DID NOT HELP ME EITHER. I AM CANCELLING MY ACCOUNT WHEN THEN OVER THIS. DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT ORDER – IT IS A WASTE OF YOUR MONEY AND YOU WILL NOT GET IT BACK !!!
Lesley, though we don’t recommend this diet, I’m pretty sure it’s an ebook. You should have received a confirmation email with your payment that included the link to download it. No physical products will ever be sent.
i sent for this diet on the 3rd of march and i have not recieved it yet. can someone please send me his email so i can ask where it is.
thanks.