[Kitchen Witch]

twantooq - Please let me know how it works for you. It's just for the two days - and it is quite strict - but if you can "suffer" through these two days you can lose up to 7 pounds. Also, if you want to "continue" with this is the next step of it -

breakfast would be 3/4 c. high fiber cereal with 1/2 c. fat-free milk, one soft boiled egg (no salt - but a little pepper would be ok) and a piece of fresh fruit

lunch would consist of a large salad of greens, tomatoes, radishes, peppers, drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil - Mrs. Dash's salt-free something-or-other (your choice) is allowed, either broiled or baked fish or chicken - no skin, no breading - squeeze on the lemon juice and you can use lemon pepper seasoning and a piece of fresh fruit

dinner consists of another large salad of greens, adding wax and green beans to your salad as above - chicken or a very lean 4 oz. piece of beef - broiled or baked - using very very little salt, pepper, garlic, parsley or Mrs. Dash's whatever - and a piece of fresh fruit

continue to drink water during the day - with lemon, lime or orange slices, as well as decaf tea and coffee - once again - no artificial sweeteners or sugar or honey

and you need 3 snacks each day - 3 almonds and 3 olives is one of them, 6 walnuts is the next snack, and a banana is the 3rd snack

you also need to drink at least 2 glasses of fat-free milk each day

this needs to be follwed for the next 5 days - and if you can do it for an additional week after this - you can lose close to 20 pounds or more (all depending on your weight)

you also need to walk each day - slow and easy - not power walking - and do deep breathing and stretching

that's it!

you can repeat this diet (if you do it this month) again in August - basically every other month is the best way to do this - it will give you a chance to eat healthy for 6 weeks without really starving yourself or missing out on some of your favorites -

during the 6 weeks period you can still eat pastas, a slice of cake or pie, enjoy a meal out, etc. - but it's up to you to watch what you consume and continue walking -

and during that 6 week period you can still lose at least 5 pounds

then you can get strict again and start all over

I hope this helps

Holler if you have questions

KW