Am starting the Harcombe diet again! It is not unusual to lose 5-7 ibs in five days.
When I last tried it I was the slimmest I've ever been and people kept asking me how I had such an amazing figure. I didn't even exercise although I always took the stairs rather than the lift.
The rational thing would have been to keep doing what works but after a while I started feeling worried about eating so much meat and eggs. I thought if I did Phase 1 indefinitely BUT substituted the meat/fish for loads (and loads) of veg and only had meat once a day and didn't do the 50g of brown rice, I would HAVE to maintain or lose weight...
IT DOESN'T WORK... I have been trying to lose those last 6 pounds for 7 YEARS....
Assume my body went into starvation mode?
You do have to do the diet as it is written. I have spent years trying to prove otherwise but you do need a lot of meat/fish/eggs to make this work. And then you can also have unlimited veg and your 50 grams of brown rice/brown pasta a day.
I really think it is the best diet in the world in that it works and is delicious and you're never hungry. Just feel a bit guilty eating eggs and bacon or eggs and salmon each morning.
Anyway today is DAY 1 of PHASE 1 and I have so far got through it successfully except for having one forkful of cottage cheese!
If anyone wants to do it with me - here is a reminder of the rules for phase 1:
no dairy (except for Natural live yoghurt)
no booze
no vinegars inc. balsamic
no fruit (except a squeeze of lemon in water/dressings)
no potatoes and other really carby veg but carrots, swede, green veg, tomatoes and other stuff allowed
no white carbs (bread, pasta etc).
no processed crap (althhough you can have bacon or ham as long as it doesn't have any dextrose/sugar and isn't smoked
no caffeine
no sugar, no sweeteners
Eat ANY veg you like - in any quantity you like (except mushrooms and potatoes of any kind - both are off limits)
Eat ANY unprocessed fish or meat you like - in any quantity you like
You are allowed 50g of porridge oats made with water
OR 50 g brown rice or brown pasta (dry weight).
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!