17 Day Diet - 2015
This group is for people who are interested in starting the 17 Day Diet in January 2015. We are starting Cycle 1 on January 7, 2015...giving us each enough time to gather the necessary groceries to start the first Cycle. We welcome first times as well as those who have done this diet before and are restarting it. This diet was voted the most popular diet of 2014.
According to WebMD: The 17 Day Diet Breakthrough Edition by Mike Moreno, MD, promises to help you rev up your fat-burning metabolism, shed pounds, and build healthy new habits. The key, according to the San Diego family medicine doctor, lies in changing your calorie count and food combinations every 17 days for four cycles. This, he says, keeps your metabolism in a fat-burning state because it is constantly guessing how much food it will have to process. The plan relies on lean protein, antioxidant-rich produce, probiotics, and good fats. It bans sugar, processed foods, salty foods, and fried foods. Early on, you minimize starchy vegetables and high-sugar fruits, and cheats like alcohol are off the table entirely. As the diet progresses, though, it gradually eases up. By the end, you can have the occasional drink, 100-calorie snack, or cheat meal. Because of how our metabolism changes throughout the day, you should only eat fruit before 2 p.m., Moreno says.
The diet has 4 cycles.
Cycle 1: Accelerate. This cycle promotes rapid weight loss by improving digestive health, helping clear sugar from the blood to boost fat-burning, and discourage fat storage. It’s a low carb, low fat, low processed food, high vegetable, high lean protein stage, with unlimited permitted low-fat proteins and non-starchy vegetables. You follow this cycle for 17 days. If you reach your weight loss goal you move to cycle 4; if not you move to cycle 2. This cycle can also be used if you gain some weight back and want to quickly lose it.
Cycle 2: Activate. This cycle resets your metabolism through a strategy that involves increasing and decreasing your caloric consumption to stimulate fat-burning and to help prevent plateaus. It lasts 17 days and consists of alternating between Accelerate days (see above) and Activate days, where you start to add natural starches.
Cycle 3: Achieve. This cycle helps you develop good eating habits through the re-introduction of additional foods and move you closer to your weight goal. It lasts 17 days. Some more carbs are allowed, and protein is cut down. At the end of cycle 3, if you have additional weight to lose, you can recycle back to cycle 1 then 2 then 3, or 2 then 3, or continue with 3 until you reach your goal weight.
Cycle 4: Arrive. This cycle claims to keep you at your goal weight through a program of eating that lets you enjoy your favorite foods on weekends, while eating healthfully through the week. Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, eat with restrictions as described in cycles 1, 2, or 3. Friday dinner through Saturday night, eat your favorite foods and meals in moderation.
Transitional Day Fast
At the end of each 17 day cycle, you have the option of a one day transitional fast. This fasting day includes a total of three specially formulated Fat-Burn Smoothies throughout the day — one at breakfast, one at lunch and one at dinner.
In addition to the three smoothies, you will also drink at least 8 cups of pure water and 3 to 4 cups of green tea throughout the day.
The new optional Transitional Day Fast promotes rapid weight loss through ramped up fat burning. Each smoothie contains the following fat-burning ingredients:
Whey Protein
Matcha Green Tea Powder
Probiotic
Fiber
Fruit and veggies
One may also choose to use an Optional Transitional Day Fast to get back on track after falling off the diet.
According to WebMD: The 17 Day Diet Breakthrough Edition by Mike Moreno, MD, promises to help you rev up your fat-burning metabolism, shed pounds, and build healthy new habits. The key, according to the San Diego family medicine doctor, lies in changing your calorie count and food combinations every 17 days for four cycles. This, he says, keeps your metabolism in a fat-burning state because it is constantly guessing how much food it will have to process. The plan relies on lean protein, antioxidant-rich produce, probiotics, and good fats. It bans sugar, processed foods, salty foods, and fried foods. Early on, you minimize starchy vegetables and high-sugar fruits, and cheats like alcohol are off the table entirely. As the diet progresses, though, it gradually eases up. By the end, you can have the occasional drink, 100-calorie snack, or cheat meal. Because of how our metabolism changes throughout the day, you should only eat fruit before 2 p.m., Moreno says.
The diet has 4 cycles.
Cycle 1: Accelerate. This cycle promotes rapid weight loss by improving digestive health, helping clear sugar from the blood to boost fat-burning, and discourage fat storage. It’s a low carb, low fat, low processed food, high vegetable, high lean protein stage, with unlimited permitted low-fat proteins and non-starchy vegetables. You follow this cycle for 17 days. If you reach your weight loss goal you move to cycle 4; if not you move to cycle 2. This cycle can also be used if you gain some weight back and want to quickly lose it.
Cycle 2: Activate. This cycle resets your metabolism through a strategy that involves increasing and decreasing your caloric consumption to stimulate fat-burning and to help prevent plateaus. It lasts 17 days and consists of alternating between Accelerate days (see above) and Activate days, where you start to add natural starches.
Cycle 3: Achieve. This cycle helps you develop good eating habits through the re-introduction of additional foods and move you closer to your weight goal. It lasts 17 days. Some more carbs are allowed, and protein is cut down. At the end of cycle 3, if you have additional weight to lose, you can recycle back to cycle 1 then 2 then 3, or 2 then 3, or continue with 3 until you reach your goal weight.
Cycle 4: Arrive. This cycle claims to keep you at your goal weight through a program of eating that lets you enjoy your favorite foods on weekends, while eating healthfully through the week. Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, eat with restrictions as described in cycles 1, 2, or 3. Friday dinner through Saturday night, eat your favorite foods and meals in moderation.
Transitional Day Fast
At the end of each 17 day cycle, you have the option of a one day transitional fast. This fasting day includes a total of three specially formulated Fat-Burn Smoothies throughout the day — one at breakfast, one at lunch and one at dinner.
In addition to the three smoothies, you will also drink at least 8 cups of pure water and 3 to 4 cups of green tea throughout the day.
The new optional Transitional Day Fast promotes rapid weight loss through ramped up fat burning. Each smoothie contains the following fat-burning ingredients:
Whey Protein
Matcha Green Tea Powder
Probiotic
Fiber
Fruit and veggies
One may also choose to use an Optional Transitional Day Fast to get back on track after falling off the diet.
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