17 Day Diet A Doctor's Plan Designed For Rapid Results (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
I am quite pleased with this diet. I tried Atkins once and lost 20 pounds in a fairly short period of time. But then, like many others, I started gaining it back (Atkins is a horrid diet if one enjoys food). I went to the Shangra-La diet and halted the weight gain, but I was much disillusioned with Atkins (I can't tell you how many people I saw loose a lot of weight--and then gain it back). The unrelenting attack on carbs makes Atkins unattractive to me.The odd thing? This diet is a cousin of Atkins (high protein and reduction in carbs), but with common sense added. One can use whole grain pasta, for example. Atkins pasta was about as tasty as cardboard, but whole grain pasta is fine. Whole grains as acceptable makes this much more palatable.I have found that apples and berries and yogurt is tasty enough to be rewarding as a part of the overall diet. The creator of this diet allows for an evolution, with a bit more flexibility in the second phase (as needed) compared to the first phase. That is where I am now, and I find the diet not overly restrictive. My will power is much stronger when I am enjoying the diet!Anyhow, worth thinking about if one wants to lose some weight and have an enjoyable diet in the process. 17 days later: I’m down 14 pounds!!!! I get it that this is the rapid loss of the beginning of weight loss and its slow going from here on in, but it’s such a great feeling to have such a great result / reward for sticking to the plan for the whole cycle.Now on to cycle 2, 3 and 4, with shifting back and forth as needed. I recommend this book as a way to full stop cut junk food, fats, and unneeded sugars, carbs and alcohol out of your diet – at least for a little while, which is manageable, and then gradually bring things back in, slowly, to make you realize all the bad food you don’t need, or even really want.5 stars for the program, but knocking off a star for his trying-too-hard-to-be-funny writing style and the lack of index in the book.
What do You think about 17 Day Diet A Doctor's Plan Designed For Rapid Results (2000)?
The diet really works if you follow it! The recipes are really helpful.
—puppydog1800
This was a great book. A very sensible way to lose weight.
—julia
Easy to follow. Can eat clean and stay on food program
—andytheax
