17 day diet (book on Amazon) helped me lost 60 lbs in 8 months, its all about cutting out the crap, then slowly adding good starches back into your diet and learning what's good and when to eat it to help maintain a healthy lifestyle after the 17 day cycles. Adding fruits, yogurts, eggs, certain seafood, etc. Highly recommend it! Have maintained my loss for about 6 months so far including three vacations (and one of them being a cruise)! Good luck ladies!