Despite the fact that I really believe in this
diet, and have already lost a good amount of weight from it, I would agree with both Merciless and Leigh P. on a couple points.
This
diet IS NOT good for long term
weight loss. As was mentioned, you cannot fast forever. Neither would you want to... the protein shakes are just not that tasty. :-) If you do not work hard to start exercising and changing your lifestyle while you're fasting, you'll come out no better than when you started and will gain the weight back quickly. This is why my program offers nutritional and behavorial modification classes every week for the duration of the program, and I've been working damned hard in my classes.
But this is no quick and easy quick folks. I have over a hundred
pounds to lose. That means I'll be on this
diet for a while. My six week anniversary is tomorrow and I'll keep going for another 4-5 months. Anybody who thinks it's easy to drink chalky shakes and disgusting potassium oral solution for that length of time would be wrong. Oh, don't forget the metamucil or else you'll get constipated. Really constipated. It's no fun. But it does beat counting
calories and the
stress of modifying regular food portions. My eating habits were so out of control I felt it was time to take a break from real food for a while. I feel like I'm getting a fresh start.
Medically supervised fasting programs are pretty hard core. I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone, but it's definitely helping me. I started my
diet on Dec 12th and have already lost 27 lbs. :-)
