How to Diet for Seven Days

There are as many diets as there are hours in a week and some of them focus on losing a specific amount of weight in a specific amount of time, such as the Seven-Day Diet. This diet focuses on losing between five and 11 pounds in seven days. While some seven-day diets receive criticism for being nutritionally unbalanced, this Seven-Day Diet incorporates a healthy balance of vegetables, fruits and soup while also aiming to detoxify your body from unhealthy items such as highly processed foods, refined foods and foods that are high in trans fats. The diet is rich in protein, carbohydrates and fiber and is low in fat.

Instructions

How to Begin a Seven-Day Diet - Days 1 - 3

1

Weigh yourself after waking on the first day of the seven-day diet. Drink eight to 10 glasses of water today. Do not consume any caffeine or alcohol for the duration of the diet. The diet begins with fruit, so eat a variety of fruits today. Enjoy watermelon, honeydew or cantaloupe for breakfast. Eat oranges, apples and pears for lunch and fill up on berries and bananas for dinner.

2

Start day two of this seven-day diet with a baked or boiled potato, topped with onions and chives. Enjoy a bowl of wonder soup for lunch or dinner today. Wonder soup is made of 64 ounces of water; six large onions, chopped; two green peppers, chopped; three whole tomatoes, diced; one cabbage, shredded; and one bunch of celery, diced. Boil all ingredients together for 45 minutes on medium heat and enjoy. You can continue to eat as much of this soup as you like throughout the diet. Eat as many vegetables as you can today. Make a stir-fry of sweet red, yellow and green peppers; onions; broccoli; baby corn and whatever else you like for dinner. You may use one teaspoon of olive oil and three to four tablespoons of water with your vegetable stir-fry. Add dried red pepper and garlic for flavor. Remember to drink eight to 10 glasses of water today.

3

Eat as many vegetables and fruits on day three of the diet as you like. The only items to stay away from are bananas and potatoes. Start day three with a blend of apples, oranges and melons for breakfast. Drink eight to 10 glasses of water throughout the day. Enjoy a bowl of wonder soup for lunch and snack on stir-fried vegetables throughout the day. Make a big salad combining strawberries, blueberries, apples, plenty of dark green leafy lettuce, carrots, peppers, onions and whatever else you enjoy for dinner.

How to Complete a Seven-Day Diet - Days 4 - 7

4

Enjoy two bananas for breakfast and a glass of skim milk. You can eat up to eight bananas today and drink three glasses of skim milk to help increase potassium levels in your body. Eat some more of your wonder soup for lunch and consume another large salad for dinner. If you are still hungry and have not grown tired of bananas, you can have another banana or two for desert. Remember to drink eight to 10 glasses of water throughout the day.

5

Start day five of this seven-day diet with a tomato and bowl of wonder soup. Today you can reintroduce meat into your diet. Enjoy a lean burger patty or salmon steak for lunch along with more tomatoes. If you are a vegetarian, you may eat tofu today. For dinner, try a tuna steak or another lean burger patty. Try to eat another three to four tomatoes with dinner to help flush toxins out of your system. You can season your tomatoes with salt and pepper to add flavor.

6

Enjoy a bowl of wonder soup for breakfast on day six. The sixth day of this seven-day diet is much like the fifth except that you can add more vegetables in today. Eat a fish or lean-meat steak for lunch along with a small vegetable salad. For dinner, try some more fish or lean ground beef patty with some stir-fried vegetables -- sweet peppers, onions, garlic, carrots and broccoli make a flavorful addition to the meat. Remember to drink eight to 10 glasses of water throughout the day and to continue to avoid caffeine and alcohol.

7

Start the last day of this seven-day diet with an assortment of fruits for breakfast. You may choose a banana and several strawberries. For lunch, finish off the rest of your wonder soup and enjoy a bowl of fresh berries. For dinner, make some more stir-fried vegetables and afterward, if you are still hungry, you may eat a banana or other fruit for dessert along with a glass of fruit or vegetable juice. If you wish, you may also eat a half-cup of brown rice with your lunch or dinner.

8

Weigh yourself upon waking the morning of the eighth day after starting the diet. This seven-day diet is over and since you aren't weighing yourself during the week, you will be excited to see how much weight you have lost. Spend a few minutes journaling your feelings about accomplishing your goal of sticking to the diet and how much weight you lost. Regardless of whether you lost five or 11 pounds, you should feel good about your discipline and progress. Carry some of the healthy eating habits you've started into the days and weeks ahead to maintain a healthy lifestyle.