Dr. Michael Rafael Moreno, better known as "Dr. Mike," is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine and Hahnemann Medical School (now Drexel University). The programme began when Dr. Mike offered to walk with a patient to motivate her to exercise and has since grown into a thriving community.

If you need to shed pounds fast and in a safe, effective, and lasting way, this is the book for you! Unlike many diet programmes that starve you down to size, Dr. Mike Moreno's 17 Day Diet relies on proven methods to help you take weight off and keep it off for good—whether you've got 10 pounds to lose or 100. His revolutionary programme adjusts your body metabolically so that you burn fat day in and day out. The programme is structured around four 17 day cycles:

• Accelerate—the rapid weight loss portion that helps flush sugar and fat storage from your system
• Activate—the metabolic restart portion with alternating low and high calorie days to help shed body fat
• Achieve—this phase is about learning to control portions and introducing new fitness routines
• Arrive—a combination of the first three cycles to keep good habits up for good. On weekends, enjoy your favourite foods!

Each cycle changes your calorie count and the food that you're eating. The variation that Dr. Mike calls 'body confusion' keeps your metabolism guessing; this means that you can expect big changes in the first 17 days alone!