August, 2012
The 17 Day Diet: Chapter 1 – Just give me 17 days
Over the next few days and weeks, I’m going to be doing a chapter by chapter synopsis of the 17 day diet book. In the first chapter, he sums up the whole diet in two words: FAST RESULTS. The premise of this diet is this: rapid weight loss may be the key to long-term weight loss and maintenance. This was the result of a University of Flotida research study. A Finnish study also showed that “a rapid weight loss diet followed for 6 weeks trimmed visceral abdominal fat by 25% and abdominal subcutaneousRead More
Hunger, appetite and fullness
Today is my second official day of the 17-day diet. I had actually started applying some of the principles discussed in the book since I read it 2 weeks ago. One of the things the author (Dr Moreno) talked about was learning to listen to your hunger and fullness cues. He advocates that you eat when you’re hungry and that you shouldn’t wait till you’re starving. If you do, you’re more likely to eat junk or overeat. He also states the importance of eating to a pointRead More
Day 1 of 17-day diet
A few days ago, I told you that I was reading the 17-day diet book. Well, I’ve decided to go on the diet: I think I’m mentally ready to go ahead. Although I’m still breastfeeding, I no longer do so exclusively so I’m not too bothered about my milk production. However, I think that with the way the diet is built, anyone can go on it. I’ll talk more about the book in the days and weeks to come. My current stats are as follows: Weight =Read More
