The Shangri La Diet

i feel so relieved that i can lose weight this way! since i live with my parents they are always pestering me if i even try to look like i am dieting casue they say it is unhealthy and u r fine as u r, but now i can do it secretly and they won't really even notice! :]

now that i tried it, sugar water tastes so yummy too :]

I'm 5'6" and started out weighing 173 lbs. I've been on this diet for a week and I've lost 5 lbs! I use walnut oil and plug my nose, then follow it with a glass of plain water. I take a T an hour before breakfast, 2T in the middle of the afternoon. That's all. No sugar water. I walk about 4 miles a day.

I have no appetite at all, but I'm eating healthy, smallish meals. Judging from the way I feel now, I must have been hungry my entire life!

Reading the book is worthwhile, you get details that aren't on the blog. I just got some flaxseed oil that I'm going to use part of the time. In the book, Seth mentions that flaxseed, walnut and canola oil (containing omega-3 oil) are healthier than olive oil. He also gives startting dosages for oil based on your body weight: 2T a day if you are under 160 lb, 3T a day if you are 160-200, and 4T a day if you are over 200.

He also says that if you aren't losing, you can tweak the kind of oil and the amount.

I'm grateful that I'm so un-hungry.

Mel

Hi I live in Japan, and recently saw the deit for the first time on a TV show over here.

I've been doing the diet for about a week now, and my weight is going up and down like a yoyo!

I get up at 5:30am take 1 1/2 tbs of oil(pure) and then an hour later, I have a banana for breakfast.

I only need to lose about 10lbs.

The other thing is I'm extremely constipated, so I'm guessing this has a lot to do with the fluctuation in weight.

My hubby is doing this with me and of course like most men his rate of loss is faster than mine.

I only take the oil once a day do I need to take it twice??
appreciate any feedback.

Interestingly, I have been taking cod liver oil this week between meals where as before I was taking it WITH meals. This week I lost 3 pounds!!!! Based on this book and all of the testimonies I guess taking it before and between meals is working!

P.S. Please make sure you are using a healthy oil., i.e. fish oil, flax oil, cod liver oil, olive oil, coconut oil, etc.

Thanks for all of the valuable info!

I have dieted my whole life and eat very healthy; mostly vegetarian, low carb, no sugar and I exercise a lot; swimming, weight training, stairs, roller blading 5 days a week, etc. and yet I AM ALWAYS HUNGRY and am 20 lbs over my ideal weight.

What I LOVE about the Shangri La diet is that I am never hungry and hardly even think about food any more. I lost 5 lbs in the first 2 weeks because I ate even less of the healthy stuff I usually eat.

Hello! I've just learned of the diet and I am willing to try it.I havent weighed myself, as my idea is to use my clothing to judge what I've lost.

I have just bought the book off amazon for 4 dollars (includes shipping) and I took two tbs of pure olive oil at 11. Didnt eat anything an hour before. at a slice of lite wheat bread w/ a little mayo and two slices of turkey at 12:15.

What should I do for the rest of the day? When should I take my next oil?

the pure olive oil can also make loss weight? because its hard to find an extra light olive oil thats why ill choose to buy pure olive oil coz it has light & delicate.

can you use a sugar substitute or does it have to be sugar? is raw sugar okay to use?

OK...I've read lots of blog posts....none answer my question. I weigh 368.8 lbs. I started the diet yesterday and weighed 370.4. Which shows that I've already lost some...but whenever I watch my eating, because I'm so big, I lose pretty fast at first. My question is this....I have about 200+ lbs to lose...has ANYONE out there lost significant amounts of weight...how long did it take you and were you exercising, following another diet...etc....

For people who love to eat, the Shangri-La diet is a godsend. Basically, you can eat what you like. The principle behind this diet is that the body has a set point. The actual Shangri-La Diet is painfully simple by comparison: consume nearly tasteless extra-light olive oil, being careful not to associate it with any flavors before or after.

i was wondering which worked bette the sugar or the oil. or do they have the same results?

I just heard about this diet this morning from my Internal Medicine Dr. He himself has tried it and suggested it could be something I should consider. He told me to Google it; that's how I found this blog. After reading it completely and reading all of everyones comments and suggestions, I have decided to give it a try. What have I got to lose besides tonage? Wish me luck!

p.s. I put a shortcut to this website on my laptops' desktop.

I just heard about this diet this morning, from my Internal Medicine Dr. He, himself, has tried this and says it works and suggested I think about it, at least Google it. I found this site and after doing some reading and reading all of the comments and suggestions everyone has to offer, I've decided to give it a try. Beside, what do I have to lose beside some tonage? Wish me luck!

Today is my 4th day on eloo and let me tell you i had to fidget with the amount i am taking,but it is working i was hopeing to never to eat again after all my stunts with food and dieting i was a complete vegan for about 32 days and all of a sudden after a 10 pound lost ( not my 1st time losing the same 10 pounds maybe my 100th) i got so hungry and it wasn't even really belly hungry it was you better eat everything in the house to fill the void) and i got depressed again and came across the SLD diet it has been working i can't say much for weight lost just yet caus ei dont have a ritual but i do have a beginning i didnt inhale my mcdonalds pancakes today or biscut ate about half of it. An i am telling you i think the vicious diet cycle has run its course cause i dont even have will-power anymore but this seems as if it is in the bag. This is not the 1st time i have used eloo for weight lost i just didnt know when i used it almost 7yrs ago it was one of the reason i lost close to 200pds.

when i take the olive oil i have a small glass of sugar water to chase it with kind of like a small shot glass

For the skeptics at the top here, you don't know what you're missing and you shouldn't knock it. i'm doing it and it works! For the first while I Just did 1 tbsp. 2x per day. But, today I increased to 1 1/2 tbsp. per day and didn't eat anything I MEAN ANYTHING from noon to 6. I had zero interest in food, and was not hungry! This is huge!

I started this diet a week ago and have indeed noticed a significant decrease in cravings, for the most part. However, I was wondering if others have had similar issues with the following: roughly 1 hr. after exercise (most days of the week I run 3.5 miles at a moderate 8-9 min/mile pace), I am still extremely hungry. Usually I do 1T canola oil 1 hr after lunch (~ 2pm), run at ~3:30pm, then 1T canola 1 hour after dinner (usually around 10 or 11pm). Today I tried drinking 6T sugar dissolved in water (consumed over 30-min, as recommended) right after running to see if that helped (as oil right after cardio probably isn't the best). I think the sugar water may have made my hunger WORSE (stomach making noises loudly enough to wake up my office mates!) I don't know what else to try.. Thoughts / suggestions?

I just started the diet today, and after my first oil drinking experience I have to say, it's not that bad! Maybe I should thank all the Jager shots I took in college for my ability to get anything down! I am trying to lose 65 pounds and believe this might just be the way, updates to come...