Why Am I Doing The 17 Day Diet?

I've been trying to loose weight for as long as I can remember. I was a size 13 at age 13 and it's only gone up from there. In the past 9 years the smallest I've been is a size 18, and the biggest a size 24. I am 27 years old, and I'm sick of this!


I have been pregnant twice in the last 3 years. I had to say goodbye to one son and got to bring one son home. My life has been such a roller coaster lately and my weight was at an all time high. When My little guy Griffin turned one year old my husband and I decided to really make a change in our lives to better ourselves so that we can be happier, healthier and there for our son in the best way possible as he grew.


In January we started eating healthier and trying to control our portion sizes and it was going really well. We both lost weight and felt better. As time went on our weight loss slowed and finally stopped. We had slowly fallen back into bad habits and for some reason could not get back onto the bandwagon.


I have tried to loose weight sooooooooooo many times throughout my life, and for some reason I always seem to give up when things start to get hard. This time I am more determined than I have ever been before. I want this for myself, I want this for my husband, I want this for my son. So I looked for something new. I decided that I needed some structure. I needed someone to tell me what to do for a while because right now I was not strong enough to do it for myself.


I came across the 17 day diet first on the Dr Phil show. I thought it sounded good, and looked into it. All I saw online were good things. When I read through the information I saw that it was a healthy eating plan. Nothing crazy, so I decided to do it.


I talked to my husband and he was on board. We bought the book (I read it in two days), went grocery shopping and set our start date. I was really excited to start loosing weight again :)


We are on Cycle 1, Day 7 right now. I have lost 6.5 lbs so far and my husband has lost 5.5 lbs.


The hardest part of this diet I have found is that I have to plan everything in advance. It's not EASY to eat all fresh veggies and unprocessed foods. For right now the benefits are so far outweighing this inconvenience. I feel so good right now, so motivated, so energetic. I'm loving the food, loving how I feel too. I hope it lasts!

So that is my story, what's yours? Why are you doing the 17 day diet and how is it going for you?