7 Day Diet

Actually For Weight Loss Or A Joke?

I have seen some crazy crash diets in my day, but the 7 Day Diet has to be a joke. When I first came across it, I could not help but laugh. I then felt a bit sick, as someone would probably try this diet at some point. Some how this fad diet has circulated around the world and back, and still exists to be attempted.

The idea of choosing one food per day to eat for a week is just silly. There is no nutritional value in this diet, what so ever. There is actually no real weight loss claim either. It is just plan crazy.

Here is what you do when you decide to go on the 7 Day Diet. You begin your diet on a Monday and eat nothing but fruit, unless it is a banana. For some odd reason, it does not say, you cannot eat bananas. Not only do you eat fruit on Monday, you can eat as much of it as you desire.

Now, if you eat 4000 calories in fruit, would that not be defeating the purpose of the word, diet? The cost of fresh fruit might just limit your calorie intake though. On Tuesday you get to forget about fruit, and indulge in vegetables.

That is correct, you heard right. All day Tuesday, you can eat as many vegetables as your heart desires. If your favorite vegetable happens to be avocados, then you will also not see much weight loss. Not to mention the gas and bloat you will have by the end of the day. Wednesday you get really lucky and can eat both fruits and vegetables, unless, of course, it is a banana.

Thursday on the 7 Day Diet is banana day. You get to consume five entire bananas and drink five glasses of whole milk. I really hope those bananas come super sized, or the dieter will be very hungry. Yet, the size glass of whole milk is also not specified.

So, one can find the largest glass they have and use that. Thank God it is Friday, today you get to eat four ounces of meat and unlimited green vegetables. Your body is now quaking with happiness at the thought of protein. Repeat Friday using four ounces of beef on both Saturday and Sunday, and there you have it, the diet is complete.

I cannot in good consciousness even call the 7 Day Diet a “diet”. This is more of a joke and test of what people will do. No one should even attempt to not only eat so few calories in any given day, but also to only eat one type of food. The body needs so many types of food sources to get all the essential nutrients it needs to function.

Not only will you not lose weight, you could even end up sick if you are not careful. I would chalk this fad up to a great e-mail to some friends to share a laugh.

Review by Ruth Farris