Chris and I arrived back in Michigan yesterday after four sunny, warm days in Arizona. Of course, it was snowing when we touched down at Metro Airport. I wish we could have spent the rest of winter in Arizona.
My diet was non-existent while I was on vacation, aside from the morning when I had a mild case of food poisoning from the previous night's Mexican dinner. Anyway, I did do a lot of walking and even went for a run. I was exhausted at the end of each day.
I'm sure that I've done a fantastic job of driving home the fact that I do not like fad diets. We need carbs, fat, and calories to live. However, desperate times call for desperate measures. I have 14 days to lose 7 pounds. If I don't lose the weight, then I lose the $20 that I wagered on the weight loss challenge, along with my partner's $20 and our winnings.
Tomorrow, I will be starting "The 17 Day Diet." I received an email forward with the 'rules' in it, which is how I am able to start it before the book even comes out. I believe the diet has been featured on Dr. Phil Show and on The Doctors, which is probably how the rules got out there.
This is essentially a low carb diet, but it changes every 17 days. In the first 17 days you get no carbs. The next three sets of 17 days, you gradually step up your carb intake and learn portion control. I like this a little more than the diets that these money grubbers usually shove down our throats, because it teaches me new eating habits. Ideally, by the end of the diet I will have a completely new way of feeding myself that doesn't leave out any major nutrients.
There is also a "17 Minute Workout" that goes along with the diet, but I like my own gym routine and plan to stick with it.
The only down side: a $200 grocery bill. Granted, I bought some stock up items for the freezer and a few things that we don't buy every week. Also, we were out of town for the week and had nothing in the house. Regardless, I don't expect this to be cheap.
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