The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days Paperback – Illustrated, December 29, 2015

I am 47 and stuggled with my weight most of my life. Usually between 15 to 20lbs. My life has been recorded by the thin times and heavy times. lol Then the 40's hit. Went from a size 10 to a 12. Fought like crazy not to let that happen then finally said all right 12 is not bad for a 40 something. (I am 5ft 7in) Those quickly became tight, so my 40's have been a struggle to stay in my 12's. I had planned on waiting to write this review as I see how things ended up, but given my results I have to share. I have finished day 3 and I am down 10lbs. I have not seen any reviews with those result. The only thing close that I have ever experianced this kind of weight loss was with Michael Thurman. 11 lbs in a week, but I could'nt bring myself to stay on it. I grant that I have been half way doing a protein diet with shakes lots of eggs and cheese and peanut butter. I am guessing at least one of those are very high inflamation for me. Ï retain a huge amount of water weight and that is gone. Usually I have dents in my legs from my socks and they are gone. I feel very sore, my feet hurt, ankles and over all joint discomfort. All seems to be impoving. Overall I just feel better.So far it has been easy to be on. I do a protein drink in the morning (not hers), usually a salad with dressing and sunflower seeds, chicken. I also purchased the frozen meals from the site she recommended. I have had 2. Not bad, handy $7.50 which I didn't think was bad for a back up meal. I have spent a fortune over the years trying to get thin so I figured why not. I wanted the handyness because like so many others I thought "What am I going to eat!!!?? I have been pretty close to 100% on program. Cheated on salad dresssings maybe a little. I know it cán't keep falling off like this but the jump start has been great, if it is 2lbs from here on so be it. The stiffness gone is worth as much as my weight loss. Tonight is the end of day four so I am anxious to see if the weight is staying down tommorrow morning. But so far I have felt good enough and it has been much easier then expected to stay on. The hardest was thinking about starting! It sounds so restricting. I have just started the book, just kind of skimmed around to know how to start and probably read the first couple of chapters. I try to read a few pages a day, so far it is fine. It is a diet book, as long as I can figure out the info I am good, she has enough that has kept me full program for 4 days. That is a good diet run for me! I am going to do my best to stay on program for the 21 days. I am sure there may be nights out and social situations that may get tough, but I feel so good I am really going to hit this as hard as I can. I will report later on my results. If this gets me back to goal it will be an answer to my prayers. Given my results when I read the bad reviews I am just shocked. My only guess is off program or the weight issues have nothing to do with food intolerances. Good luck, don't get wrapped up in the details. But I suggest give it a try. You have nothing to loose, well maybe 21 days, but hopefully it will bring you feeling better and weight loss.

I saw an advertised TV show about cutting 7 foods from your diet and it peaked my curiosity. I wasn't able to watch it at the time so I recorded it. I watched it two months later about 2:00am when I couldn't find anything else to watch. I became curious enough to research further, which led me to this book. I read many of the reviews here and decided to give the Kindle book version a try and downloaded it about 3:30am. I read the book over the next couple hours and about 5:30am, after my being up all night, my wife got up and I told her that I was going to try this diet. She was surprised because of my history of disbelief and suspicions of such diets. She looked it over and surprised me by saying she would do it with me. She had already gone gluten free a month earlier. This diet fulfilled the claims.I've written the first paragraph to describe my skepticism for those who may also be skeptical about this diet. Let me further say that I'm not a dieter, nor have I payed much, if any, heed to the nutrition pushing people. I just figured if they put it in the box as food, then it couldn't be bad for me, right? I could always eat anything without weight concern, especially while I was more active at work than I have been over the last couple years. I also skipped meals and did the coffee and granola bar breakfast thing as I ran out the door.I'd noticed a reduction of my energy level over the years as well, especially while not as active with work. So I decided to try this diet because of the energy benefit claims people made. Within three days I felt more energetic, which my wife also noticed and pointed out. As days passed, I awoke earlier in the morning, and felt ready to sleep earlier in the evenings...a good thing, believe me. Note the times in the first paragraph if you wonder what I meant in the last statement. I was also losing weight, which I was happy to see even though that was not my reason for the diet change.By the way...about three months after starting the diet, out of the blue, my wife said I want to thank you for this diet change. We've been on the diet for 5 months now.Now I'll summarize some of why I wrote this review and why I support this product. I will follow this format: Before diet / After dietGeneral lack of energy / Much more energy and getting things done.Sleeping schedule way off / Awake and asleep earlier (I attribute this in part to my Sleep Apnea, which I believe has lessened due to the combination of a reduction of both inflamation and weight.)Weight was 199 lbs. / Weight is 167-169 lbs. (A 30-32 pound loss maintained without effort for three months now. People used to say I didn't need to lose weight, but I knew better and now I'm in the normal weight range according to a BMI Calculator, 20th percentile)I tried a diet once about 5 years ago and couldn't get below 190 #'s even though I was more active too! My weight now is about the same as when I was in what I consider to have been my prime years - my 20's to early30's. I'm now in my 50's. That was a calorie cutting diet and it worked to some degree, but I was always uncomfortably hungry, unlike this diet.Also, I didn't think my wife needed to lose weight, but she felt she needed to lose weight. (Where have I heard that before?) She told me she had wanted to lose 5 pounds for the last year and was not able to do so. She attends a Zumba class twice a week. It used to be three times a week. She works out at home once a week. Yet she couldn't lose the 5 pounds she wanted to lose...till this diet! Now she has lost 12 pounds and is very happy with the diet.And my wife's sister got some tips from my wife recently with regard to the diet and her sister has nearly completely cleared up a skin/complexion issue which she has been troubled by all her adult life.You don't know me, so you'll have to take this at face value. If you knew me, then you'd know that I never gave much thought to any diet because I didn't buy into all the "health-nut" claims out there. I get tired of hearing that something is good for you one day, bad for you the next day, and then good for you again. I think this diet addresses that in many ways because it acknowledges there are differences in our bodies, but the process is the same.

*The Virgin Diet* has helped me in my journey toward healthier living. The program's clear approach to identifying and eliminating trigger foods has helped me feel more energetic and light while allowing me to enjoy cooking flavorful, nutritious meals. It has been a challenge for me to eliminate certain foods and so I have not been able to totally succeed. It's a work in progress, but I do believe it is a great program. The book’s recipes are straightforward and adaptable. I love how the book focuses on long-term wellness rather than quick fixes.