This is where we talk about the "diet" ... the "Banana and Skim Milk" diet. Oh yeah, there was such a thing and in fact, it can still be found today all over the web. On it's own, it isn't a healthy diet plan for long-term use. But does it work? Yep, sure it does if you stick to it. Why wouldn't it? It reduces your calorie intake, like ANY working diet plan, but it is so not fun, not even if you love bananas. At the end of it, you will not only not love bananas any longer, you'll hate them. Hate the sight of them. At least for a while.

The plan really doesn't have much in the way if requirements. You can eat up to 9 small/medium bananas and 9 glasses (8 oz.) of skim milk per day. Eat them together as a meal (I mean one banana and one glass of milk together), or eat the banana and have the milk an hour later. However you want to have them. Personally, I could never eat 9 bananas in a day and I think the most I ever ate was 6, along with the milk.
By day 3, the scale was beginning to show results ... so was my stomach. It was already sick of the regimen, but I was pretty determined to look as good as I could on my wedding day. By the seventh day, when I stepped on the scale I was delighted to find that I'd lost 15 pounds, which I didn't think was even possible in only 7 days. The rest of me was delighted to be finished with the bananas. Even more delighted than at the weight loss. While it did the job (the diet I mean), I've never done it again, and don't think I would subject myself to that sort of strict regimen again - not for anything. Besides, you gain it back fairly quickly (within a few months in fact) so while it's good for quick and immediate results, like other fad diets, the results aren't lasting.
Unfortunately for me, the diet actually backfired a little. My wedding dress arrived at my house only a few hours before the wedding. One of my aunt's made it for me ... all beautifully lined and everything. Not a fussy dress, but we didn't have enough time or money to buy one (planned and executed the wedding in less than 5 weeks), but not something that could be altered quickly because of the lining.

So just a word of warning ladies ... make sure you try whatever it is you plan to wear after this diet BEFORE the day you need to wear it.