What's the 17 day diet??
The 17-day diet is a cycle diet. It consists of 3 cycles that promote weight loss and the 4th cycle is a maintenance cycle which will show you how you can eat your favorite foods and not gain weight back. I have had tremendous luck with it. Even though I am on the 4th day of the 1st 17 day cycle, I'm down over 3 lbs. I don't feel hungry all the time because you can eat unlimited veggies and white meat (chicken, turkey, tuna). I can definitely say I have worked harder on other diets and I still wasn't seeing these results. My boyfriend is still getting used to it, he is grumpy haha. As for working out, they tell you not to run a marathon in the first 2 cycles because it is a toxic cleanse and slowly reintroducing favorite foods again. As long as you do some kind of movement, its great but not necessary. Read about it, google it and see if it is right for you :) Everyone is different!
Ha, what I wrote before reading the whole comment: "I have the book, but haven't had time to read it yet. I probably will wait until I plateau and need to change it up, though." Now that I'm reading it... it sounds like what you're eating is what I'm doing, anyway. Unlimited fruits/veggies (but much lighter on the fruit), chicken, and seafood is what I'm doing. With only water to drink.