The 17 Day Diet

Hey everyone, and welcome to my new blog! Just to give you a little bit of info on what's going on, my name is Mae Maillet, and I am one of the millions of people out there who is infinitely battling the bulge. i rencently lost some weight while doing a Biggest Loser contest at work (which I must say, I won!); however have since fallen off the wagon, and have gained a few pounds back :( After seeing a few friends/coworkers try and succeed with a diet and excersise plan called The 17 Day Diet, I've decided to give it a go...and document the whole thing! This diet has 4 cycles: the first three being 17 days each, and the last cycle being an ongoing one. So be prepared, because I'll be posting quite a bit over the next 8 weeks or so. I hope you enjoy, and maybe it'll help motivate and inspire some of you to join me in my weight loss journey! Cheers!!

Monday, 27 June 2011

Day 1

 
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I don't know about you, but when I think of losing weight, and losing it fast without starving myself...I get a little excited!  That's how I felt all day yesterday.  I was excited when I was out grocery shopping with my fiance...I was excited when I was doing my weekly pre-cooking...and I was just as excited when i was laying in bed wide awake at 2 o'clock in the morning...not being able to fall asleep because of all the excitement lol. 

Right now, I'm about halfway through my first day, and to be honest, I'm even more excited than I was yesterday.  Even with all of the excitement, I was still a bit weary of this diet.  You see, the reason why there are so many cycles is because you are only allowed to eat certain things.  In the first cycle, the Accelerate cycle, you only eat lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, and certain probiotics and healthy fats (olive/flax seed oil).  This cycle is meant to boost your metabolism, and cleanse your body of excess water and of toxins.  This is the cycle where you're suppose to lose the most weight, and to lose it quickly.  My biggest fear with this cycle was that I would be hungry ALL day.  I'm use to eating cereal every morning, different sandwiches for lunch, and stuff like pasta, steak and potatoes, and rice for supper.  Just the fact that I had to cut out ALL red meat and ALL my carby starches (yes, I just said carby starches lol), already made me feel hungry.  I have to say though that I was pleasantly surprised this morning.  I made myself some scrambled egg whites with some cut up red onions and green peppers, with some fresh strawberries on the side...and I couldn't even finish it!  I mean, I've had a few bouts of hunger here and there, but for the most part I've managed to stay pretty satisfied!

So, Day one being almost over, i would say it has been a pretty successful one!  Hopefully tomorrow will be just as good :)  I'll give you an update in a few days to let you know...Bye Bye for now!!

Miss Mae
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