17-Day Diet...WHAT!?!

While eating my breakfast this morning I came up with a brilliant idea...I'm going to blog my way through the next 17 days while I am on the 17 day diet. I am going to try to be as candid as possible about my feelings and missteps over the next 17 days.

The 17-day diet book says that I should lose 10-12 pounds over the next 17 days. Wait...10-12 pounds over the next 2 weeks and 3 days? 10-12 pounds in just over 2 weeks...I don't know anyone that could pass on that. How did I get to this idea...My cousin and my aunt were visiting from ATL last week and were on this (it of course got ruined by all the delicious T-Town food). So here I am about ready to embark on this journey.

Here are the basics of this diet:

1. Proteins must be lean (chicken, fish, turkey)

2. 2 eggs/day

3. No fruit after 2:00pm and only 2 servings (NOOOOOOOOOOO! I love fruit especially because it's a way to get sugar...see #4)

4. No sugar, sweets, or refined carbs...

5. Use Hunger/Fullness Meter (2 & 4 are bad!!)

- 1. I'm a little hungry; my stomach feels as hollow as the promises of a politician

- 2. I'm so hungry I could eat the lining of an empty Spam can. My stomach growling so loud it scared off a junkyard dog. I've got to get something to eat and fast.

- 3. I am starting to feel full. I will stop now so that I can save on my grocery bill.

- 4. I'm so stuffed I'll have to waddle over to the couch to collapse.

6. Avoid Alcohol (I can handle this no drinking for 17 days)

7. Drink eight 8-oz glasses of pure water a day (tea and coffee though water based do not count!)

8. Probiotic foods are your friends.

- yogurt, Kefir, Yakult, Breakstone LiveActive cottage cheese

9. Eat as many veggies as you like!

10. Seasonings are allowed. But Fat-free dressings are a must (which are really difficult to find)

So my thought about starting this diet...

I am so excited to have the possibility to see a drastic weight change. One of my hold ups with doing a diet is that I have to eat bland food and miss out on all the good things for an extended period of time before I see any results. So the fact that I can see results in 5 days, 2 weeks, 17 days really appeals to me.

I was reading through the book and after reading a section in the book where it talks about feeling more sexy and becoming more dateable this really appealed to me. I haven't had the best luck in the dating category over the last couple years and I've said more over the last couple months I wonder what would happen if I weighed 200 lbs.

Another portion is that you need to visualize what you would look like thin...Insert here fantasy of being able to wear a bikini and shopping where ever I want...hmm...

So here I go... I invite you to take this journey with me if you are so inclined. I would love to have people to keep me accountable and for me to help accountable as I go through the next 17 days! Today is Day 1, more on that to come!