The 17 Day Diet Breakthrough Edition 1 Just Give Me 17 Days I can personally sum up the 17 Day Diet in two words: fast results. And now, with the introduction of The 17 Day Diet Breakthrough Edition, I can say faster results. I''ve tuned up the original diet with some new science, new tips, and new techniques that will help you to lose up to a pound a day in the first 17 days and to keep losing steadily after that. Since the publication of the The 17 Day Diet, testimonials of rapid, effective, and lasting weight losses have poured into my office and have been posted on blogs and websites. The response has been downright amazing and overwhelming-much of it unsolicited, and from practically every corner of the world. Add these to my own weight-loss patients, and there are now millions of people who have discovered a diet they love and can live with. Here are just a handful of typical comments that have come to me from my patients and other dieters-some in person, others by e-mail, and still others by Internet posts in chatrooms: - - - - - - - - I lost 70 pounds on the 17 Day Diet-almost half a person. This is the first diet I''ve ever been successful on.

I did it with my 17 year-old-son, too; he needed to slim down after football season and he lost 15 pounds. Doing it together was a bonding experience, and I feel like it changed my family''s health. - - - - - - - - I found out through a manager of a clothing store about your diet. She had lost 80 pounds and looked great. And, she is keeping it off! After finding out about the 17 Day Diet and how balanced it is, I immediately ran out and bought the book. My husband and I started on it a week ago. I''ve lost 8 pounds and he has lost 9 pounds-and that is in the first week. We are thrilled and wanted to email you about how well the diet is working.

- - - - - - - - I am very short (5 feet), but I weighed too much for my height: 154. I found out about the 17 Day Diet so I picked up a copy of the book. I am a native of Thailand, and I found the diet very easy to follow according to the way we eat here. I now weigh 105, which is perfect for my size. Best of all, I feel so well, with lots of energy and very good health. I changed my entire eating behavior towards more nutritious foods, and I am very happy with my life at this new, slimmer weight. Thank you, Dr. Mike.

- - - - - - - - I am currently on Cycle 1. My roommate and I started this diet 8 days ago. I have lost 8 pounds in my first week. I am so excited! And my pants feel a little baggy. I''m still hoping to lose another 17 pounds or so on this diet. Hopefully, the rest of cycle 1 and all of cycle 2 will get me there. - - - - - - - - I followed the diet through each cycle. I lost 11 pounds in the first 17 days and over the remaining course of the diet I lost a total of 27 pounds.

I had learned so much from Dr. Moreno''s diet and method. I eat more often, in smaller amounts, and I have kept it off. - - - - - - - - I started the 17 Day Diet in mid-September. I reached my first goal of a 20-pound weight loss by Thanksgiving. After the holiday season, I went back to the first phase and continued to a 37-pound loss by the end of June. I have continued to follow the basics of the diet and have learned to take control of the food I am eating. I feel great! I also dropped 4 sizes.

People are constantly asking how I did it, and of course I refer them to the 17 Day Diet. - - - - - - - - This diet has been a life changer for me. I feel great every single day. I have more energy and I feel less bloated. I have lost 12 pounds, and I''m only on Phase 1! I have tried a number of diets before this one and I have never lost this much, this fast. - - - - - - - - I am a woman in her fifties, and I have had weight issues most of my life. I have reduced and regained a few times. Recently I saw Dr.

Mike on The Doctors, and I believe it was a life changing moment. I lost 10 pounds in the first three days! Then I was hooked because I felt better, and weight was coming off without counting calories! I dieted when I was in my twenties and it was never this easy! Really. I got so excited that I started telling people about the program. I have now completed the four 17 day cycles and lost 39 pounds. You''ll hear more testimonials like these later in the book in sections called "I Broke Through!" Even More Rapid Results Depending on your weight when you start out and your metabolism, you might lose up to 10 to 12 pounds in the first 17 days. Of course, the further you are from your ideal weight, the more you''ll initially lose. And, with this new, revised version of the diet, I''ve got some tricks up my white-coat sleeves to help you lose even faster. Let''s not kid each other: When you start a diet, you want to see results right away, in how you look and in how you feel.

That''s because our society is geared toward the immediate; we want things and we want them now. The same is true of weight loss. We get impatient when the pounds don''t come off fast enough. It seems much easier to give up than to go on. This diet is designed to produce quick results, not because it starves you down to size, but because its carefully designed balance of food and exercise adjusts your body metabolically, so that you burn fat, day in and day out. Also important: The weight-reduction portion of this diet is limited to just 17 days at a time, so you aren''t demoralized by the thought of endless months of dieting. Nor are you apt to plateau as you might do on other diets. The 17 Day Diet keeps your body and metabolism guessing.

I call this body confusion. With each 17 Day Cycle, and my new Transitional Day Fast between cycles, you''re changing your calorie count and the foods you eat. By varying these things, you prevent your body from adapting. The scale is less likely to get stuck. The added bonus: You''ll never get bored; it''s fun watching those pounds melt off. So, confusion is good! At the end of 17 days, you''ll go on to a second 17 Day Cycle, then a third, and finally enter the weight-stabilization cycle of the diet, in which you get to eat a greater variety of foods, including your favorite foods within reason. (I don''t want you to get too chummy with the all-you-can-eat buffet again.) I already know what you''re thinking: Is it possible to shed pounds swiftly yet safely? If done right, without sacrificing good nutrition, the answer is yes.

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly, and can work wonders, reducing pounds and inches in just days. Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine suggests that the faster you take weight off, the longer you keep it off. That''s a reason for dieters everywhere to rejoice. Plus, if you''re too embarrassed by a recent weight spike or have just gained an embarrassing eight pounds after a holiday weekend or an ice-cream binge, this diet can get you back on track fast. The 17 Day Diet thus gives your body the perfect jump start, the kind of quick drop in weight that gives you a powerful mental boost. My whole focus is to get you thin as soon as I can. When I do, just think: You''ll no longer have to move around hauling the equivalent of two 40-pound bags of cement. The button on your jeans will no longer pop out and ping off the wall.

You''ll no longer have to wear plus-sized clothing with expandable waistlines. This diet will make you slim, healthy, and curvy, and I won''t make you chomp on celery sticks, or follow some hardcore exercise regimen used by the Navy Seals. However, you do have to accept that this won''t be a pleasure diet. You''ve got to stop eating unhealthy crap. You''ve got to eat vegetables, fruit, and lean meat. I''m not going to ask you to probe your inner eater and uncover emotional reasons that you''re fat. I am going to ask you to keep your portions down, cut your intake of fatty, sugary, salty foods, and move your butt. You won''t be faint with hunger or found in the kitchen at midnight, feeding on Froot Loops and tubes of cookie dough.

You can do this, because anyone can do anything for 17 days. MISTER M.D., CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME But Won''t a Lot of the Weight I Lose Be Water Weight? Yes! And that''s awesome, because water is weight, too. Never dismiss those extra pounds as only water weight; this is a self-defeating attitude. Cosmetically, water weight can hide fat loss and be particularly frustrating. Healthwise, fluid retention can put a strain on your heart. When your body holds water, this means there''s more water in your blood.

Your heart has to work harder to pump all that extra volume. Once all that excess fluid has disappeared, so will your bloat and puffiness. You''ll start looking visibly thinner in three or four days. And, chances are, you''ll feel much lighter and be more motivated to watch what you eat. The beauty of this program is that you won''t be discouraged or bored by the prospect of staying on a diet for what seems like forever. It can yield results that will stand the test of time just as well as those long-term diets that emphasize depressingly slow incremental drops in weight. You''ll love the fact that in 7, 10, or 17 days, you''ll be slimmer. And chances are, you''ll feel a lot lighter and have an a.