Popular in the 70s and 80s, this is a diet that is making a come back and it seems this time, there is science to back it up!
Steps
Drink eight 8oz. glasses of water daily (64 oz. total per day).
At any meal you may eat until you are full.
You must eat the minimum listed at each meal. (See the diet plan for the minimum you should eat).
You cannot eliminate anything from the diet. Especially the bacon at breakfast and the salads. You must eat the bacon and salads. These combinations of food burn the fat, omitting one part of the combination will cause the whole thing not to work.
The grapefruit or fruit juice is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning process. Don't add or reduce the amount of grapefruit or juice.
Cut down on coffee, it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup at meal time.
Don't eat between meals. If you eat the suggested foods you will not get hungry.
You can fry food in butter and use butter generously on vegetables.
Do not eat desserts, breads, and white vegetables or sweet potatoes.
You may double or triple helpings of meat, salad or vegetables.
Eat until you are stuffed. The more you eat the more weight you will lose.
Stay on the diet 12 days, then stop the diet for 2 days and repeat.
Breakfast:
Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
2 eggs any style
2 slices of bacon
Lunch:
Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
Salad with any dressing
Meat any style and any amount.
Dinner:
Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
Salad with any dressing OR a red or green vegetable cooked in butter or spices.
Meat or even Fish any style cooked any way.
Coffee or Tea (1 cup)
Bedtime Snack:
8oz. glass of tomato juice or 8 oz cup of skim milk.
The Do's and Dont's of the what you can eat!
Things you May Have
Things You May Not Have
Red onions
White onions
bell peppers
Potatoes
Radishes
Celery
Broccoli
Peas
Cereal
Cucumbers
Corn
Carrots
Starchy vegetables
Green Onions
Leaf Spinach
Potato chips
Pasta
Cabbage
Peanut Butter
Tomatoes
Corn chips
Green Beans
Jelly or Jam
Lettuce
Sweet pickles
Chili (no beans)
Pretzels
Mayonnaise (hence the term Mayo diet)
Fruit
Any cheese
Low-fat / fat free or diet salad dressings
Hot Dogs
Cole Slaws
Reg. Salad Dressing
Green Vegetables
1 tsp Dried Nuts
Dill or Bread / Butter Pickles
What you can do to help!
Add all the goodness of a whole organic grapefruit in the form of a pill!