Time to move on...

Sooooo as the true diet whore that I am... I think it might be time to move on. Im wasting money every day by starting my day out well, eating my medifast foods, but then by midafternoon Im in the pantry eating crackers. (No my tankini didnt help) I will say I do have horrible PMS so it can probably be blamed for the past couple days, but I think either way that Ive hit the end of my medifast journey, because if you arent going to do it 100%, then you are throwing money down the toilet.
SO Ill either see if any of the peeps I know want to buy stuff off me, or Ill ebay it.

On to my NEXT idea. A friend here is doing the 17 day diet. What is that you say? Its a book that you have to buy (of course, similar to southbeach etc) where there are cycles of eating styles. It encourages clean, whole food eating. Cutting out processed stuff etc... but each cycle is different to help "throw off" your metabolism and keep it pumping. I havent read the book yet but here is some info I found online:

The 17 day diet consist of 4 cycles, each lasting 17 days with the exception of the last cycle. (which is supposed to be your NEW way of eating forever) The point of the diet is to confuse your metabolism so that it keeps actively working.

Cycle 1: Promote rapid weight loss by improving digestive health (basically low carb)
Cycle 2: Reset metabolism through increasing and decreasing calorie consumption to increase fat-burning and prevent plateaus
Cycle 3: Develop good eating habits by reintroducing additional foods
Cycle 4: Maintenance of weight loss by eating healthy during the week and allowing for consumption of one's favorite foods on the weekend.

The good part about the program is that there is no real calorie counting. The program encourages to stay within the normal range of 1200 to 1400 calories, but there are no calorie or portion size numbers to be concerned with.

Exercise is encouraged with the program of at least 17 minutes a day.

The book states people lose between 10 and 15 pounds within the first 17 days (Cycle 1). Also, you can go back to Cycle 1 at any time if you have more weight to lose.

So once I read the book and get started on it Ill of course be blogging away about it. ;)