*** Follow at your own risk. Consult a physician who will probably object, but it's always better getting a "professional" opinion.
A hundred million years ago, I had to lose 9 pounds in less than two weeks for an event. Follow this diet for 15 days and you will lose a lot of weight pretty rapidly. You can stop after 15 days and go back to eating like a cow or continue the maintenance plan and keep it off...It's up to you. As with any diet or exercise plan, you need to consult a physician o ensure that this is suitable for you. It takes dedication and persistence but in the end you will feel amazing. Most impotantly, maintaining exercise and drinking enough water is imperitave so you don't gain the weight back and/or die from exhaustion. Listen to your body and although I recommend exercise; tailor it to your capabilities but results only happen when you push yourself to try harder.
All b.s. aside, this diet actually works. It's a combination of things you may have already tried but the reason you can lose a lot of weight and keep it off is because there's a method to the madness. First, you must never ever complain about the diet.. Once you complain about anything, you've resigned yourself to defeat. Have a positive attitude and when things are rough think of the positives such as how much better you're going to feel and look, how much better your health will be, etc... It doesn't take long to turn negative thoughts into positive ones and look at yourself- it's taken a lifetime of negative thoughts to creep up your ass and turn you into this grumpy, complaining slug that only feels happy when a pizza is in the room. Your days are about to change... You are no longer that grumpy, old slug. You are beautiful and you have the power and control to take charge of your destiny.
As with any diet, you need to exercise in order to lose and control your weight. For optimal results, I recommend intervals (walk one minute, run fast one minute, walk one minute, walk fast uphill one minute, run fast one minute, walk one minute, etc..), pilates, yoga, swimming, and something fun of your choice. Do cardio in the morning for 30 minutes and 15 minutes of toning/ weights in the afternoon the first week. By the second week 45 minutes in the morning of cardio followed by 10 minutes of toning, and then 20 minutes of walking or yoga with 10 minutes of pilates/ toning. Gradually, you should increase your activity because your diet will slowly change, allowing you to eat more and the only way that's going to work is to have your butt moving. By the third week, you will be back to eating so your body needs to be accustomed to doing at least 30 minutes of cardio five times a week if you want to continue losing weight, three times a week if you’re ready to maintain your weight.
Next, you need vitamins because you probably weren't eating right to begin with and now you're starting a very restrictive diet... Here's what you need (please be sure to speak with your doctor before starting a diet): coral calcium, potassium, magnesium, ferrous iron sulfate, 10,000 mg Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Vitamin C, and sublingual B-12. Multiple vitamins are barely absorbed by your body … I always feel way better taking them individually and I encourage you to try it. It’s really very important that you get enough potassium and magnesium (not too much, though), so at least have these on hand.
The Diet:
Day 1- Day 5: Lemonade Diet aka Master Cleanse. If you're on this longer than 5 days, no one will like you anymore enough to care if you lost weight. Being that many people want to go on a diet so it will work, we're going to do the absolute minimum on the Master Cleanse. It will teach you a lesson in bravery and you'll have a wonderful feeling of accomplishment...afterall, we just need you cleansed of your evil ways...If you don't already know... You are to drink 64 oz. of water everyday. That water needs to have 2 oz of lemon juice, 2 tbs. cayenne pepper, 2 tbs. molasses.
Day 6-Day 14: Miliary Diet: This is popular in the military... It works so well they would rather not share it with anyone. It's very high in protein, just enough food that you won't/shouldn't die. This is also the FUN component of the diet because it's really not a lot of food, you can eat it in any order, at any time of day as long as it's before 6pm. You could even choose to stuff your face and eat all of it at once.. Doing this will affect your energy level and probably give you some level of indigestion. Every day you can have one can of tuna (if you're being fussy already, you can have half a boneless, skinless chicken breast with nothing on it whatsoever), 2 boiled eggs (ok, you're going to be fussy about that, too I suppose... you can have instead two servings of Eggbeaters), 2 pieces of celery (no ifs, and, or buts... it burns calories digesting it). You may use pepper and a dash of salt once a day. Continue taking your vitamins/minerals and be sure to start everyday with a hot cup of water with a squeeze of lemon, half a tsp of honey, and a dash of cinammon.
Day 15 to the day you die... Gluten free heaven. Soy based protein shakes or veggie juice with arugula, kale, spinach, acrrots, and half an apple, once a day. Continue with your hot water with lemon, honey, and cinammon- but now only in the afternoon because this will boost your energy level. Several recipes on this blog are suitable for this component of the diet and can be easily altered to be gluten free. Always have three slices of apple with breakfast to help metabolism. For lunch, marinate shrimp or steak in flax oil with 1 oz. vinegar, garlic, basil and toss over a spinach or romaine salad. More info is to come...
