It's not uncommon for women to try a 10 day diet when initially looking to lose weight. In most of the diet books you'll find commercially available you'll see that they suggest a 10 day diet or a diet for a couple of weeks. Then they suggest you change you over to a longer term maintenance plan which you can stick to over the coming months. This is where plans like the Dreambody System by Graham Foster and some other similar weight loss systems for longer term weight loss come to the forefront because they take the woman who's attempting to lose significant weight to the next level. There are of course several other popular systems and support groups which supply advice and ongoing help for the longer term. which encourage sustained weightloss and prevent yo-yo dieting two of which are Weight Watchers and the Jenny Craig system. I often refer to this sort of advanced program as the second stage or second phase of weight loss which goes in a totally different direction to the 10 day weight loss programs which we find advertised everywhere. This type of program helps you create a plan that helps you makes permananent changes to your life syle which results in longer term weight loss. As this is designed to last much longer, the amount of weight loss will be about 2 pounds a week or so. If these weight loss programs offer such a long term solution to our weight loss problems why is it that we are still drawn to those 10 day diets. There are even diets that say they can help us lose 10 pounds or more in a week. The rationalle behind our enthusiasm for these instant solutions is we all want to take the easy route with minimal effort and maximum results. Yes it's a fact no one want reminding that a diet is going to go on and on and we will have to cut out all those foods we love for weeks on end so is it any wonder longer term diets are less popular. Most people are a happy with quick fix losing a few pounds so they fit in to a great new outfit or bikini for their vacation. I am convinced this is still the biggest reason that sales of books claiming effortless instant results are winners. I am happy to say that on the whole these 10 day diets actually work provided you have the self discipline to stick to them. On average a safe level of weight loss will be around 5 pounds a week. But there is bad news as well, most people can only stick to this sort of control for a couple of weeks and in fact some of the more well knowns diets such as Atkins are actually quite dangerous to follow for a sustained period. So if you need to shed a few pounds the answer may well be a simple diet that you can sustain for few days or even with care a complete detox (I am not personally in favor of detoxing without supervision as people do tend to get quite weak after a couple of days of not eating and it can create other health problems occasionally) But I am afraid that if you have a serious weight problem or you want a program that will work long term and will help you make life style changes (which are essential to longer term sustained weight loss) the 10 day diet and even the 2 week diet isn't going to do it for you.
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