7 Day Diet

Happy New Year! Yes, I still have my diets from 2010 in my journal and they will be posted soon. Don't know why I am waiting so long. Just one of those things. I wish I would have started the blog last year, but I didn't so this is better than nothing.
Through all my dieting last year, I was down about 18 pounds in total. The last couple of months I have I not been as strict on my 10 day diets and stopped journaling but was still able to maintain a weight loss of 15 pounds for a few months.
Well, what do you think happened? What happens to many people around the holidays. I put on about 7.5 pounds since Thanksgiving (or should I say since Las Vegas).
Hold on a second. Oh sorry, I was just distracted by Rick asking me how much I think he weighs and wanting to show me his veins and his newly found stomach muscles.
Well, I have to start strict for the new year. Strict or structured is the only thing that works for me. I will be switching my plan this year. I will be doing 6-7 days on a different diet with one day off. The 10 day diets with 4 days off was not strict enough for me, and I would gain too much back in those 4 off days. Now don't get me wrong, it worked but I think I am ready to take on a bigger challenge this year.
I am currently on a 7 day diet. This diet starts with fruit or fruit juice for one day, vegetables the next day, a combination of both for the third day, bananas and skim milk the 4th day, meat and green vegetables for the last 3 days. This has worked so far. I am on the second day and have lost 3.5 pounds. Now I know the weight is not all real weight, but that means the weight I gained over the holidays isn't all real weight either, so either way that is good news to me.
Yes, I am exercising too. Walking with the dogs and will continue weight training. This is a strict diet, but it is what I need to do to get started for my next year of diets.

Results:
I was able to lose 3.5 pounds the first day and kept if off the whole week. I never went any lower than that, and yes I was starving by Thursday, banana day. I don't recommend this diet for anyone unless you go into it knowing you will be hungry and want to drop about 3-4 pounds in a few days. The fruit and vegetable days are not bad because you can eat a variety of fruits and veggies and they can be quite filling. The banana day is not fun. I ate 3 bananas and mixed up the fourth banana with ice and skim milk, but I was still very hungry. I was starving by Friday, but when I ate I found I could not eat very much (due to a shrinking stomach and also due to catching an intestinal bug)So 7 day diet will not be on my list any time soon, but I like the fruit day and will be incorporating this into other diets where possible. Stay tuned for next weeks diet!