The 2-Day Diet: Diet two days a week. Eat the Mediterranean way for five.

Product Description

Lose weight fast with the international diet sensation. Diet two days a week. Eat a Mediterranean diet for five.The 2-Day Diet is easy to follow, easy to stick to, and clinically tested. Simply eat a low carb, high protein diet two days a week, and follow the classic Mediterranean Diet (now recognized as the gold standard in warding off heart disease) for the other five.  The 2-Day Diet is designed to maximize weight loss, minimize muscle loss and keep you feeling full. It  can have dramatic anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits. With this diet you can finally be slim, fit and healthy. With meal plans and 100 delicious and filling recipes. “A far more effective way to lose weight.” —Daily Mail“Put an end to 24/7 calorie counting.” —The Sun “Revolutionary and clinically proven.” —Good Housekeeping

About the Author

DR. MICHELLE HARVIE is an award-winning research dietitian at Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention. PROFESSOR TONY HOWELL is Professor of Medical Oncology and Research Director of Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention.

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why The 2-Day Diet works

If you are someone who has tried, and failed, to lose weight, or you’ve shed the extra pounds only to pile them back on again—this is the book for you. The 2-Day Diet is a brand new, research-based approach to weight loss that can work for you whether you’ve been struggling with your weight for years or have only just made the decision to lose weight. The 2-Day Diet is simple: you diet for just two consecutive days a week and eat normally for the other five days.

I have never dieted and successfully kept the weight off —before I tried The 2-Day Diet. In fact, I have always regained the weight and then usually extra, too.  The 2-Day Diet is different—it’s a lifestyle change that I can actually live with. —Marie, 33

We have become used to diet experts telling us that if we want to lose weight, there are strict rules that we must follow every day. The 2-Day Diet approach turns all of that theory on its head. It’s flexible, it’s easy to follow, and it will make you rethink your approach to dieting and find a different way to lose your unwanted pounds.

The idea of escaping the day-in, day-out restriction of a seven- day diet regime—dieting for just two days a week and eating normally for the other five days and still losing weight—prob- ably sounds too good to be true. But it’s not: our weight-loss research over the last 17 years with dieters, many of them serial dieters, shows that this new approach really can work, even when everything else has failed. The 2-Day Diet has been designed by research dietitian Dr. Michelle Harvie, and, as well as delivering healthy, sustainable weight loss, The 2-Day Diet is nutritionally balanced to meet all your body’s needs.

Dieting on the two days was much easier than I had expected. I also found that I was much more mindful of my eating over the five normal eating days—I didn’t want to undo all that good work! —Lizzie, 24

Warning

You should not attempt The 2-Day Diet if you are a child, a teenager, pregnant, breast-feeding, suffering from depression, or have an eating disorder. The moderately high levels of protein in this diet may pose problems for anyone with kidney disease or anyone at risk of kidney disease. If you have diabetes or any other medical condition, or if you are taking medication, seek advice from your doctor before embarking on any diet and exercise program.

If you are overweight, your main motivation for dieting may be to improve your self-esteem by regaining your true figure. You will lose weight on The 2-Day Diet, but you will also improve your health, protect yourself against disease, and boost your energy levels. Research shows that losing even a small amount of excess weight (5 to 10 percent of your body weight) can help reduce your risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. What’s more, there’s