Lose a Pound a Month

Two Hobbies, make sure you drink lots of water and don't drink sodas or juices. The soda and juice will help you retain water weight without filling you up. Eat whole foods like bananas or apples after you exercise. The fiber will fill you up and the sugar will give you energy. Do not eat granola bars, cookies, bread, cake or donuts as you will burn through that sugar and the refined carbs will store as fat. One of my favorite snacks after excercising is apples with organic peanut butter. Gives you fiber, low glycemic carbs and protien.

I have a 22 oz water bottle that I fill and drink from. I fill it 3 times a day and drink between 60 and 66 oz of filtered water per day to make sure I get the proper amount. Just drinking that will keep your stomach feeling full most of the time. It also helps flush any toxins out of your body. I needed to do the water trick because otherwise I had no real way to be sure I was getting the proper amount. Also do not drink ice water, especially when eating. It prevents the stomach from complete, proper digestion and can also cause stomach cramping after exercise.



Ok, I am down 8 lbs. after being on the 17 day diet for 14 days. I'm sure that it will slow down after I start adding some carbs back in on day 18 but hopefully this jumps start phase was the key to get me off the plateau I've been stuck on for 3 months. Man I can't wait to have some rice at dinner and toast with my eggs.

I had heard about but I'm not usually much of a fan of fad diets so I went to Amazon to read reviews and first I was surprised just to see the number of reviews that were there and after I started reading them they were overwhelmingly positive. I downloaded the book to my IPad and read through it and said I can do this, no problem. So I enjoyed my weekend and started on Monday AM. Your eat mostly fruit, vegetables, yogurt and chicken and fish for the first 17 days. No alcohol, bread, rice, potatoes, beans and other starches. You don't count calories or points. You drink green tea, water, and coffee if you want. A father the first 17 days you start the next phase were you add back into your diet on alternating days additional vegetables and fruits, rice, cheese, lean beef, etc. you should still be losing but probably not as much as the first 17 days. Then you can continue that or go back to the first phase again but if you have reached your goal you go onto the maintenance phase. Basically it tricks your metabolism into burning fat and also eases you into healthier eating.

I got to tell you I have not been hungry since I started.

oops sorry... I see you (snobird) posted more on the 17 day diet. Anyone else doing it? Q

Thanks, all, for the suggestions.  I'll start experimenting with those when I do my next intense exercise.  This week I decided I'm just walking 15 to 30 minutes a day, depending on my mood.  That doesn't seem to make me as hungry,. When I start going over 35 or so is when the hunger kicks in.  When the weather gets nice I tend to overdue it because I love to bike and hike and all that. 

Boo, I have not been doing well the last two or three months.  I was very  stressed at work and  I ate whatever I wanted and gained 4 lbs.  So now I have to get back on the program! 

Snobird I got the !7 Day Diet book.  I'm going to try it starting tomorrow.  It's similar to South Beach, which I did well on in the past.  The difficulty with South Beach was the desire to start it.  Once I start its pretty easy, but I don't look forward to their phase I.  This allows more fruit and yogurt up front, so I think I will do better. Wish me perseverance!

On that note, I'm going to go pack my food for tomorrow!

Good work, Marejo.  You may have gained a pound of two of muscle also.  At least that's the way I like to think of it!

Day 3 of my diet.  So far not too hungry.  I even walked 37 minutes and didn't get hungry.  I ate  greek yogurt and some berries before the walk.  So far so good...And I even managed to give up coffee for green tea two days.  But this morning I did have coffee. 

I wanted to report in on how I'm doing.  I started the 17 day diet but then it got interrupted by an unexpected business trip, and two birthday parties and one graduation party when I got back.  So June 1, I started back on a diet and I have kind of developed my own plan but its close to South Beach or the 17 day diet.  I did about 3 days of high protein, almost no carbs to break my hunger.  Now I am eating a lot of cottage cheese, eggs, greek yogurt, salads, occasional carbs but no sweets and it is working!  I lost the weight I gained back this winter and my appetite is in control.  I bought some no sugar added ice cream bars to get me through those ice cream cravings.  Now I'm not even needing those.  I'm down 6 lbs since June 1, which is good for me.  I hope I can continue for another 12 lbs or so.  Time will tell.