goi it thanx

If you haven't tried it, please dont talk. I feel great everday, and always get enough to eat. I could easily could do this diet for a long time. Although, the 11 day diet isn't actually intended to be long term, they have a different program for long term loss. The difference is I just need to lose a little weight for football, so therefore I chose the very strict diet, it is not for people with a weak will.

I am in football and need to maintain muscle mass so I do a resistance training program, but I also do walking. Walk just fast enough so that you need to breath a little harder than normal.

You realize you can eat the meals in order you want right? But, yes I sometimes switch my meats for other ones also. Like one time I was out of turkey so I ate ham. I don't think it makes a difference.



I am on the 10th day of my first cycle. I have lost 9 lbs. I haven't done the cheat days yet, but I assume if you eat a crapload of food then you will gain weight. Its all about eating until you are satisfied and no more.

Im not on this site everyday, so if you would like more info or have questions about it, you can add my email. Send me a private message if you want my email. I usually get on msn messenger every night around 9 or 10 so you can talk to me on there or just send me an email.

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Wow thanks for all the info. I'm scared to take those cheat days. I have heard of people that just skipped it. I wonder if it can be shortened at all.

This is very funny. Mal said its not sustainable and you knock her for it. Then you admit that this is not a long term diet. Thinking that eating walnut and ham all day has some magical effect that makes your lose weight is just plain wrong. It is low cal and thats why you lose weight. now how much of that is actually fat, I don't know, but diets that are advertised at 1 day, 2 day, 3 day.....11 days are usually counting on the fact that you will lose water weight at the begining of your diet. All and all, I hope you lose the weight you want and are able to maintain it. But realize that this is just a fad diet.

and it takes alot of will power for people to commit to a sensible diet. They don't give into the temptation of quick weight loss.

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Its day 5 and I've gotta say, i havent weighed in yet but i do have a lot more energy and i feel great. Sometimes i get a little hungry but its usually cuz i dont eat enough at each meal or i wait way too long to eat due to my schedule.
I had tapered off the exercise a bunch, but being on this diet really got me motivated to get back out there.
I dont believe i am malnurishing myself as one would on fad diets. I feel that this is a great way to keep yourself satiated and still lose weight. I can see myself doing it this diet long term and then eating right while still following the 4 meal a day plan, eat till ur 70% full.
I just wish we would get less critics who havent tried it. I would love to hear from those who had sucess/failure on the diet, but for those who have never tried it, i dont really know why you care to participate in this thread unless u want to find out more about it.

hmm, well here are my two cents.

It's great to see something is motivating you, a little success can go a long way. What I do think is that if you are only eating ham and walnuts, how are you getting your daily nutritional value?

It's nice to see it's working for you and many detox like diets are great for eliminating toxins and getting rid of some weight while giving you a well needed energy boost. Fad diets as such also have a placebic effect. Y'know, like "okay this works! this is what I have to do then"..but keep in mind it's timespan is for a reason. So, yea glad to see it's working, it may be good for someone on a plateau. I don't know, I don't wish to try it myself. I find that just eating healthy and exercising is working for me. Everyone here is NOT trying to knock you down from your high.

Many people on here have been there, done that..(ehem, made a thread for it too) So when they offer their words to you, it's not always to offend. It appeared that everyone was just trying to offer their say of caution. Fad diets don't keep the weight off. Hard work does. You can't skimp, sorry.

Anyways good luck in your journey toward weight loss, I really hope you find a safer plan.

MLucky seems to utterly ignore all the advice that she is given lol. Seems like shes absolutely determined that this 'diet' WILL work. Can't change those people's minds, they have to fall in the pit on their own for them to learn their lesson.


And a question that was failed to be answered was: WHAT are you going to do once/IF you lose the weight you want? If you STOP doing this 'diet' word for word, you'll gain the weight back. Is this a 'diet' that you feel that you can follow for the rest of your life? If NOT, it's obviously not the road you wanna take.

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Thanks kitt
I see your point but i havent dieted or exercised in years. I never really had to but i want to get in shape. My eating patterns have always been eratic due to my schedule. I dont have a lot of time to sit down and eat. This plan is good for me because its structured and i feel like having some meat and nuts is better than a bowl of sice or something else full of carbs and fat.
Unfortunatly i used to eat just one large meal a day and some small bits of things in between. I never prepared my meals the night before so there was no other time to eat.
On this diet i feel much healthier and less hungry. It gives me the motivation to drink all the suggested water and exercise every single day.
Maybe its not good for long term but when i stop eating from this diet "word for word" i will still drink all the water, exercise, and try to eat smaller meals throughout the day. I am learning better choices and even if it is a fad diet i think my body will benifit from it and so will my mindset.

I appreciate your words of caution but i am going to see how it goes.

And your right, this diet does not give me the daily nutritional value i should get every day. But the choices they limit us to are way better than the choices i have made in the past. When i made that statement i had fad diets like the grapefruit diet in mind where a lot of the weightloss is starvation and if you did it for a long period of time you would feel sick. I think i could do this for the duration of my weightloss without hurting my body.

I hate to be so blunt, but thats wins the "stupid reply of the day" award.

Just because you havn't tried something doesn't mean that comman sence is less effective. I havn't tried drugs or alcohol, does that mean that my belief that those things are bad for your body is wrong?? Absolutely not.

The KEY of long term weight loss...and thats what we are all here for, no? the KEY to it is having a "diet" that you CAN continue on for LIFE. It has been prooven time and time again that fad diets DO NOT work LONG TERM. Period. I know you've been doing this diet for a whopping 9 pds now and thats great. But I think the YEARS of successful weight loss that Mal has achieved certainly gives her some grounds for her opinion...weither she's tried the diet or not.

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jeez, why is this turning into a big argument. This thread's purpose is for people who are interested or have been on the 11 day diet, to discuss how it is. No one can say we are going to fail. And it is rude. If you have something to say against this diet there are nicer ways to say it as one can find in h34vy's post.
Obviously we want to try the diet. maybe not forever, but we want to lose weight and this is the route we have chosen. We researched, we read, and we decided that it is worth a try, so please let us try. If you have tips of things to do when we come off the diet or while we are on it, please feel free to share. I know i would love to hear them. But if all you are going to do is insult eachother then we are waisting our time over nothing.
Any diet will fail once you stop it. We are just trying this because so many people lose weight faster than just eating sensibly. Once i have lost enough weight, i will change my diet to a more long term approach. But for now, i just want to hear how others are doing on it.
You say diet and exercise.
We say diet and exercise.
We just have a different diet than you.

I'm not going to say anything for or against this diet. But what I would like to say MLuckyB85 is that the difference between you and us is...
You say diet and exercise.
We say lifestyle change and exercise.

And no, lifestyle change isn't some fancy phrase for saying diet. It means starting the long term approach from day 1.

I might not agree but I do wish you the best of luck in your endeavors

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its very rare that people make it a lifestyle change. Perhaps a few weeks or months, but how many of us have lost 20 pounds and gained it all right back. I know some of us have. I have went on diets before and lost 10-20 lbs and over the course of a few years gained it back. Life happens, we dont always stick to our plans.

Like i said, i am looking to eat healthier, this is my start.

I know you all want to say its a fad diet, but for those who are on it, frankly, your not going to change our minds. We want to try it for ourselves. And considering you were never on it, we cant really take your advise because you have no experience with it.

I didnt create this thread to defend the diet. I simply would like to hear from people who have had sucess or failure on it.

I'm beginning to think that all people want to do on this site is argue.

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While arguing is a hobby of mine, it's one of my favorite forms of cardio - I tend to choose the topics I argue on to pretty much the fun ones - like politics and religion...

What people are trying to do here, is guide others from making the same mistakes that they've made over the years in fruitless attempts at fad style diets.

As I've stated elsewhere - quick fix diets do have some merit -for that celebrity who's already in good shape trying to fit into that designer creation for the Silver Whatever Award Purple Carpet walk... Ya know that dress that's so snug - underwear is impossible...

The majority of the people on this site are not looking to lose 5lbs to fit into a dress -the majority of people here aren't looking to lose vanity pounds and it doesn't look like you are either... Diets such as this aren't effective long term for people who are trying to lose more than 15-20lbs... that's well documented...

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