A lot of women are now looking at 10 day diets.With many of the diet books, you'll discover that they provide a intensive 10-14 day weight loss phase initially,then you shift to a maintenance program for a much longer period over the next few weeks.

This is where programs like the Dreambody System by Graham Foster and other similar programs come to the fore, as they take the woman who is trying to lose more weight to the next level. Other popular programs which cater for this longer term more sustained weightloss are the Weight Watchers program and Jenny Craig.

I often refer to this sort of advanced program as the second stage or second phase of weight loss which goes in a totally different direction to the 10 day weight loss programs which we find advertised everywhere. This type of program helps you create a plan that helps you makes permananent changes to your life syle which results in longer term weight loss. As this is designed to last much longer, the amount of weight loss will be about 2 pounds a week or so.

But if this is the long term way to go when it comes to weight loss why is it that 10 day dieting solutions and even some diets which promise results in less than a week are so popular. Well it's all to do with instant gratification we all like to find a easy and instant weight loss solution and that's the reason why 10 day diets are just so popular.

Look at it this way if we decide to try and lose weight the last thing we want reminding of is that we will be starving ourselves for days so the thought of long term diets is even less appealing.With some women all they really need is a quick fix which they can get from this type of 10 day diet.If all they looking for is a small weight loss to be able to look a million dollars at the prom reunion or on vacation. I believe this is the biggest reason these instant fix books are so popular amongst women trying to lose weight across the world.

Well I have good and bad news for you when it comes to 10 day diets the good news is they do actually work and provided you stick to them you can shed about 5 pounds a week with some fairly simple changes to your eating habits.

Now not everything is black and white but these quick fix solutions are fine for a short period but in my experience few people are prepared to eat this sort of diet for long and their are even some diets which although popular are actually bad for you health over a long period.

So if you need to shed a few pounds the answer may well be a simple diet that you can sustain for few days or even with care a complete detox (I am not personally in favor of detoxing without supervision as people do tend to get quite weak after a couple of days of not eating and it can create other health problems occasionally)

But I am afraid that if you have a serious weight problem or you want a program that will work long term and will help you make life style changes (which are essential to longer term sustained weight loss) the 10 day diet and even the 2 week diet isn't going to do it for you.