10 lbs of fat = 35,000 calories -- Gone in 48 hrs? No Way.
Written: Jul 18 '01 (Updated Jul 18 '01)
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Pros: Absolutely no pros.
Cons: Doesn't work. It's impossible to lose 10 lbs of "you" in 48 hours.
The Bottom Line: When finished with this product, you feel starved, cheated out of your money, and, a couple of days later, just as big as you did before you bought it.
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| catss's Full Review: Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet |
Unless you're on this product while simultaneously undergoing a liposuction operation, you are NOT going to lose 10 pounds of fat in 48 hours.
Fat is burned off, for the most part. It takes burning (or reducing your intake by) 3,500 calories to lose every one pound of fat. One pound! Multiply that by 10, and you need to reduce by, or burn off, 35,000 calories to lose 10 lbs of fat! 35,000 in 48 hours? I don't think so!
Anyone can drink juice for two days and lose weight - water weight, and maybe a little fat (or muscle!). The heavier you are, the more the scale might show. By day 3, the scale's looking good and you're thinking "wow". But, as soon as you start back to regular meals, your weight will go back up. It may even go up past what it was before you used the "Miracle Diet", since your body has practically been in "fasting" mode - which means it's turned on its survival mechanisms - now "conserving" whatever morsels you give it. That's why a lot of people who diet end up even bigger a few months down the road - because they've dieted too drastically for their body, their body had gone into survival mode, slowing its metabolism, and now it takes longer for them to burn off their intake. And, regarding metabolism - it really has a mind of its own, for the most part. You need to reprogram it, by changing your lifestyle slowly, for the best chance of keeping that weight off. And, I have heard that it takes up to six months of "reprogramming" your eating habits to change your current metabolism!
The Hollywood Diet tells you to come off your 48 hours by eating small, healthy meals and exercising. (D-uh!) What they don't tell you is that you can do this yourself, and save your $25-$30, if you have juice in your refrigerator and a couple of multi-vitamins in your cupboard! But, really though, liquid for two days is simply not a healthy thing to do, and it simply won't work.
The Hollywood Miracle (*laugh*) Diet, like so many other money-making schemes out there, is no miracle at all.
I would recommend to anyone wanting to trim down to try a Slimfast "meal replacement" at breakfast and lunch, and eat a healthy dinner.
Don't waste your money on this Miracle thing that will ultimately leave you feeling cheated and let down. Why pay for that! Really, if a product has to sell itself by using the word "miracle" .... well, you get my drift.
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