Grain free diet.

I have been reading the 17 Day Diet book! There are 4 phases in this diet. The first phase, lasts 17 days, and is grain free. Actually knowing that this phase lasts only 17 days is promising, since I can tell myself, certainly I can follow any diet, no matter how different it is from what I am following now, for 17 days. However, I was curious to know how successful people who have tried it have been.  But more than that, have they changed any habits, are they good habits, and have they hold on to these new habits.

I shall be following S's progress from for the love of the jeans closely. She has decided to give the 17 Day Diet 34 days and has started this week. Couple of her friends also have gone through it with good results; so all very encouraging.

What I am curious to know is that has any one stayed on this diet for while, losing over 50 pounds, and have they been able to keep their weight off for a while.

So I searched for a grain free diet and came across Amber's blog. She is following a diet called Belly Fat Cure.  People following this diet try to keep their sugar and carbs low. For each meal they keep sugar to under 5 grams and carbs to under 20 grams. And they make sure that for the whole day their sugar consumption is under 15 grams and their carbs is less than 120 grams. A variation of diet, for people who want to lose weight fast, is called Fast Track where they too eliminate grains. Amber has followed the Fast Track program for few months at a time and has lost weight but more importantly she has kept all the weight she has lost off for over two years now.

So yes I too want to give a no grain diet a try. I am sold, lol. I just haven't decided when I am starting! I have the companion cookbook for the 17 Day Diet and have found a handful of recipes I like to try. So I shall start from making grain free recipes and proceed from there.

I love reading weight loss journal. While going through Amber's blog I came across this recipe for pizza using cauliflower to make the crust. Sounds very delicious and so I am going to give it try tomorrow.

I can't believe the weekend is already here and I am going to be working three days in row again.