Anyone tried the "break the plateau" diet

[late 0]

I thought i would try it since my weight loss is slowing down a little. I started today and wondered if anyone had success with it or if anyone wants to come along for the ride with me. Here's the diet.

How to break a plateau

#1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau

#2 - Drink 2 quarts of Water a day

#3 - You must have (at least) 65 grams of Protein supplement and all your vitamins/minerals supplements each day

#4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a day

beef

pork

chicken

turkey

lamb

fish

eggs

low fat cheese

cottage cheese

plain yogurt or artificially sweetened (?)

Peanut Butter

beans/legumes

You may also have:

sugar free popsicles

tea or coffee

sugar free soda

sugar free Jell-O

broths/bullion (sp?)

crystal light drinks

#5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!!

#6 - Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise daily

DETOX FROM THOSE CARBS !

Good luck and keep me posted!

[Jachut 487]

See to me, that's just a ridiculous fad diet. Banding should free us from drastic measures like this, look at the foodlist. How is that balanced? Terrible for you! And how is it a detox when you're filling yourself full of animal products (and all the hormones and chemicals they contain?). Not to mention artificially sweetened products and salty bullions.

[cazulay 0]

This is the induction phase of Atkins. It was my pre-op diet given to me by my nut minus caffeine and soda. I lost 11 lbs. in 2 weeks, and would do it again, but no more than once or tops twice a year, since it obviously can't be good for you.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Too much Protein is bad for the liver and kidneys.

[TerriDoodle 6]

Yes, this will break your plateau for sure because it's a very strict low-carb diet which is diuretic...you will lose about 8-12# of Water weight. When/if you re-introduce carbs back into your diet you will regain the weight. Sorry!

It certainly will not harm you to do this for 10 days. You will probably be light-headed, have headaches, maybe some nausea, and you may feel very tired. Just know that going in....

(I was a low-carber for 3 years.)

[JJB 2]

I will start this on Monday with you. I am going away for vacation this weekend. So I would just be setting myself up for falure. But Monday I am in. I have done this before banding and it did work. And now that we have the band hopefully we will not gain the weight back. Good luck to you.