My Word

There was NOTHING on TV, as usual, so I ended up watching PBS. There was a woman talking about the Virgin Diet. Of course, with a name like that, I had to tune in.

Turns out her last name is Virgin, so the diet is named after her, not a diet only for virgins. Phew.

And she looked so good in pants that I was jealous. Okay, I was hooked.

Long story short – I ended up buying her book for my Nook and reading it and then deciding to try her diet. You don’t eat 7 foods at all for 21 days – corn, sugar, soy, eggs, dairy, peanuts, and gluten. Since I am addicted to peanut butter and the smell of bread gives me goosebumps and makes me happy, I thought it would be very tough. But, she promised that you would lose 7 lbs. in 7 days. So I tried it.

Guess what? I lost 7 pounds. And, it wasn’t as hard as I thought. You can have some “starches” like brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes and such so that makes it doable for me. I also discovered that almond butter is peanut butter’s first cousin and tastes great. It is a TON more expensive but hey, down 7 lbs.? Man, oh man.

I am on day 8 of the first 21 days of the cycle and later on I get to re-introduce some of the above foods (not all, some are forbidden forever. Forever!) to see what things I may not tolerate – this is all about food intolerances.

As an added benefit that I never expected, a long-time health problem that has made me need to run to a bathroom every 45 minutes (Yes, I know, TMI) is about half-way gone – just poof, less of a problem. Totally unexpected but much appreciated.

I hope to check in with progress, if indeed I am able to stick with this. Here’s where I got my ebook. 

I have written so many times about the many sites that review weight loss pills. There are so many of these sites around and usually they offer product information, prices, an overview of the ingredients and some pros and cons. It’s important to not only read the info on these sites, but them search for them on medical sites like WebMD.com. It’s interesting to see what they have to say about some of the products – and very telling. And don’t buy without having done your research.

Well, I ordered the 17 Day Diet after I saw it on the TV show “The Doctors” and on “Dr. Phil”. I thought I would give it a try and if worse came to worse, I could sell the book and DVD on Amazon.com after it didn’t work for me.

Guess what? It actually works.

I am on day 13 and have lost 7 pounds. I have never lost that much weight in so short a time and not been absolutely MISERABLE!

You can eat on this diet. You can even eat fruit on this diet. And Greek yogurt! The eating plan changes up every 17 days so that your body doesn’t get accustomed to your pattern and keeps losing fat within each 17 day cycle. There are 4 cycles all together and the last one includes the plan to not gain any weight back – a life plan, if you will.

My daughter already wants to borrow the book after I am done.  The book is easy to read and the plan is explained well. It’s pretty simple and simply amazing. A full closet of clothes from 2009 awaits me! How exciting. Of course, they are all of out style now but, hey I live in a small town. They will look new to everyone else.

Now, honestly, I have not started the 17 minute exercise routine that I am supposed to be doing and I have still lost the 7 pounds. I may even decide to follow directions and do this in the next 17 day cycle.

Maybe there is a bit too much of you lately and you have been thinking of ways to lose weight.

Some people take those ephedra diet pills. This site (with the link you see in the previous sentence) has information about it and where you can get it. They claim that you can lose 3-5 pounds a week.

I could never lose that much no matter how hard I tried and don’t know too many people who can. Be sure to run things by your doctor before you start a weight loss program.

For weight loss that is. People like me look for the most effective diet pills. I like to read the claims for some crazy reason. Just like I like to watch The Biggest Loser. It almost makes me feel like getting up off the couch and exercising – almost.

I do like to find out how people rate the newest products and I enjoy (again I don’t know why) the ingredients, especially if they have natural things like green tea, acai berry, and the like. Just curious I guess. (And we all know where that got the cat.)

I always want to find ways to lose weight fast. Unfortunately, I am still looking. Here’s a site where they compare, do research and make recommendations.

I have tried a couple of the products in their LONG list – take a look at the products they have reviewed on the left hand side of the site. It’s about a mile long so obviously, there are other people looking like I am for the magic.

While looking for some diet supplement products, I found a site that makes a different type of claim. On the About page, it says that it is run by a guy named Greg and is dedicated to the singular purpose of educating consumers about diets, diet plans and diet pills. He claims that he is currently a registered nurse (or a murse as my friends call it) working on my MS and PhD in Nutritional Sciences and if you click here for weight loss supplements he has a bit of information about the leading products on the market.

Often people don’t eat the right foods when they diet. They think if they eat rice cakes and protein water they are being “healthy” but they are not.

Don’t forget that you need the proper nutrients and minerals while you are dieting. It might be a good idea to look into taking some supplements for weight loss. There are new products that have a great many natural things in them as opposed to caffeine and other products that make you feel like you are speeding. These products have things that are natural and considered to be good for you. They are interesting to check out – I have tried one called Lipovox that has barley, brazillian acai, wheatgrass, flaxseed and other things in it.

I admit that I look for a miracle program or pill for weight loss. You can try but when you go off of some of these weight loss products, you just gain the weight back again. Luckily there are some good weight loss programs that help a person learn to eat right for the rest of their lives so that your weight isn’t up and down like a yo yo.

Check out this link for information about this type of program.

Yes, I am a big fan of the natural. That means that I would look at an herbal appetite suppressant way before other types of products.

Here is another product to check out. It can be purchased in formulas with or without caffeine and it has a money back guaranty.

Supposedly this product is effective, as the ad to the left says about this appetite supressant. Another product to look into!