Grapefruit diet

The Grapefruit diet or the "New Mayo diet" is certainly one of the great fad diets. I have been watching my mother for years using the grapefruit diet to lose weight, all she has done is screwed her face-up trying to eat this sour fruit.

There are claims that the grapefruit diet will help you lose 3 stone in only 12 weeks, due to the amazing benefits of grapefruits. Maybe grapefruit sales were low one year, so somebody came upon the idea of the grapefruit diet, to help boost sales.

Here are the basic rules for the grapefruit diet if you wish to try it.

You must 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. (yep, this diet list 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.

You can add the following to your foods: herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup.

Here is a rough guideline to a weekly menu sheet for the grapefruit diet.

DAY 1

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

any amount of lean beef, chicken or fish + tomato salad + coffee or tea

DINNER

broiled fish + tomato and lettuce salad + grapefruit or melon

DAY 2

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

any amount of fruit salad + coffee

DINNER

hamburger (without bread) and all the cooked vegetables you desire

DAY 3

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

tuna salad + grapefruit or melon

DINNER

2 lean pork chops + mixed green salad + coffee

DAY 4

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

2 eggs + cottage cheese + 3 oz. squash + 1 toast + coffee

DINNER

chicken ( grilled or broiled w/o skin ) + spinach or green pepper + coffee

DAY 5

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

all the dry cheese you want + spinach + 1 toast

DINNER

broiled fish + cooked veggies or green salad + 1 toast

DAY 6

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

fruit salad (as much as you want) + 1 coffee

DINNER

broiled chicken w/o skin + tomato and lettuce salad + grapefruit or melon + coffee

DAY 7

BREAKFAST

coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit either 2 eggs any style or 2 rashens of bacon

LUNCH

cold or hot chicken + tomato & lettuce salad + grapefruit or melon + coffee

DINNER

lean beef + mixed salad + coffee


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