Grapefruit Diet?

[norcalsmoker]

Grapefruit Diet


This is the complete Grapefruit Diet. You will lose weight fast with this diet so it is extremely important that you consult your doctor before starting it. It is especially important to ask your doctor about using the Grapefruit Diet if you are taking any medication, as grapefruit can interfere with medication.



The Grapefruit Diet Plan

12 days on - 2 days off

Vegetables Allowed:

Red onions, green onions, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, peas.

Vegetables to Avoid:

White onions, potatoes, celery.


Grapefruit Diet Breakfast Every Day:

1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
2 Eggs (any style)
2 Slices Bacon


Grapefruit Diet Lunch Every Day:

1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
Meat (any style, any amount)
Salad (any kind of dressing)


Grapefruit Diet Dinner Every Day:

1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
Meat (any style, any amount) (fish may be substituted for meat)
Vegetables (any green, yellow, or red vegetables cooked in butter or any seasoning)


Grapefruit Diet Night Time Snack Every Day:

1 glass tomato juice or 1 glass Skim milk



Important Instructions and Information:

1. At all meals, eat until you are absolutely full.

2. Do not omit anything from the diet, especially don't skip bacon at breakfast or omit salads. It is the combination of foods that burn fat.

3. The grapefruit is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning process.

4. Cut down on caffeine- it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup per meal at mealtime.

5. Don't eat between meals. If you eat the combination of food suggested you will not be hungry.

6. Note that the diet completely eliminates sugar and starches, which form fat. Fat doesn't form fat; it helps burn it. You can fry food in butter and use butter generously on vegetables.

7. Do not eat desserts, bread, 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 of the proper combination of food, the more you lose.

[newjacksm]

that sounds sorta scary is there any bad side effects? It seems you can really be harming the body if I need to consult my doctor about dieting

[norcalsmoker]

that sounds sorta scary is there any bad side effects? It seems you can really be harming the body if I need to consult my doctor about dieting

Ya it sounds intense. It can't be good for you. Look up the lemonade diet, I can't believe people actually do this. It said on the website that the side effects included feeling sluggish and tired and looking pale.

[Canon]

bacon burns fat.. im probably not eating enough of that..

[ktiz]

pretty sure this is the diet the old lady from requiem for a dream goes on. Before she starts doing drugs.
that's hilarious.

[TheShishaDoctor]

sure it will work short term... but do you really think starving yourself on grapefruit for a while, then going back to your shitty eating habbits is going to accomplish anything? you're just gonna make yourself really hungry and you won't accomplish much.

[Scoop]

grapefruits are awesome bioactivitors and taste great too...but i dont buy any of these diet plans.

gotta make life changes to lose weight, not 2 week diets

[norcalsmoker]

sure it will work short term... but do you really think starving yourself on grapefruit for a while, then going back to your shitty eating habbits is going to accomplish anything? you're just gonna make yourself really hungry and you won't accomplish much.

It doesn't say anything about starving yourself on only grapefruit and how can you starve if you can eat eggs, bacon, and an unlimited amount of meat/salad. Not trying to be a dick but did you even read this?

[norcalsmoker]

gotta make life changes to lose weight, not 2 week diets

+1 I agree

[Capt. Morgan]

Like Ktiz said, my first thought was Requiem for a Dream.

[clumsygrace]

I'm sure eating grapefruit and vegetables are good for you and all, but what I don't understand is how a diet will help you to lose weight if you are eating bacon and salad dressing. Most salad dressings completely void the healthiness of a salad. Same thing with eating vegetables in butter, the butter voids the healthiness. And bacon is bacon, not a building block of any diet.


If it works for you, then more power to you, but it doesn't sound like it works.

[Vampy6997]

The grapefruit diet worked for my grandma. Lifestyle changes afterward maintained the weightloss. She only did the diet for 2 weeks, decades ago.

I've tried it in the past, and it worked (if you don't make lifestyle changes after it, you'll gain weight back), but the diet is a bit annoying.

Grapefruit helps prevent fat from sticking, pretty much....it also helps any fat get through the gall bladder a bit easier (ie-helps fat digestion)....I eat a lot of grapefruit when having much fat, but only cuz my gall bladder sucks.

This is basically a pre-atkins sort of plan, but with the twist that fruit (grapefruit) is ok (won't make ya fat, basically)...

It's not really a healthy diet on the aspect of putting high saturated fats into the diet.

There are much healthier diets such as Ornish or Fuhrman.....

I've had too much success in the past while on the ShangriLa diet (actually put me underweight for months after stopping that diet). Homo Optimus diet as well (if you can get past the name of that diet...lol)...can't do either of those currently due to the state of my gall bladder (lol)....

Fitday is an awesome calorie counting and exercise/calorie expenditure charting site. Takes a while to get used to, and after you've created a routine, it's easy to tell if you're getting the right amt of calories, not too much/too little.

My dad and his wife are currently doing nutrisystem and losing a ton of weight on that. Not a diet I'd ever choose, but not all bad for an omnivore.

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, this advice is not intended to cure, prevent, or help eliminate any diseases or disorders. Consult a physician prior to starting any diet.



Good Luck!

[beachkidcb]

grapefruits are awesome bioactivitors and taste great too...but i dont buy any of these diet plans.

gotta make life changes to lose weight, not 2 week diets

+1 scoop

its just a different citrus for a traditional detox cleanse essentially. Edited May 20, 2009 by beachkidcb

[Vladimir]

I made a life change. I got poor. I lost like 75 pounds. I highly recommend it! Get a credit card or two, and use them, and you will drop weight fast... and my mom didn't want me to buy that assault rifle, probably the healthiest thing that I ever did . Thinking about picking up that Kalashnikov or Five-seveN I want to drop another 75 or so . Edited May 20, 2009 by Vladimir

[Scoop]

being poor is kind of a bad diet too. usually the quality of food you eat is really bad if youre poor.
id rather get rich and eat high quality food made by my chef.

[Sherwood]

being poor is kind of a bad diet too. usually the quality of food you eat is really bad if youre poor.
id rather get rich and eat high quality food made by my chef.

Amen.

No one diets like the rich.

[Rani]

Last week I got chewed out by my doctor for not taking care of myself. I'm hypoglycemic and tend towards what she calls "severe anemia". According to the lecture I got (which I already knew but she just had to remind me), your body needs:

Protein - Red meat, chicken, eggs, fish, even pork in it's unaltered state. So steak and eggs for breakfast works, bacon and eggs doesn't.
Fruit - The darker the color the more antioxidants and the better for you.
Vegetables - Real vegetables aren't generally white so avoid those that are.

Period.

Acording to her, everything else we eat is based on appetite and the desire to turn simple fueling our bodies into culinary delight. Atkins and it's relatives work within what she's describing. I will say I did Atkins for a solid year without a break, and felt better than I've ever felt in my life. Sleep requirements dropped to about 4 hours a night and I was bouncing off the walls with energy. A male friend of mine, married to a nurse, has done Atkins for the past 6 years, and his "numbers" according to every test are right where they are supposed to be. His wife says it goes against all current medical science, but it works so she assumes all the information put out by the medical community is wrong. She tried it herself, eating steak every single night and her own blood pressure and cholesterol dropped like a rock. She converted. So she, and my doctor said it's really simple if you give up thinking you should be able to eat everything.

According to my doctor, 60% of your diet should be fruit and vegetables. 40% should be protein. Snacks should always be raw nuts, not roasted which changes the oil in them into something more dangerous, and fruit, either fresh or dried.

Is it easy? Hell no, not at first, but I have to admit that after about 10 days, your appetite for all the processed and modified food we eat just goes away. The grapefruit diet fits right into what they're talking about. I do take a multivitamin supplement, plus extra calcium and iron since I'm anemic, but other than that, it works and if you try it for yourself you'd change your mind about it being unhealthy.

'Rani

[tinyj316]

When I wrestled in high school, it was common to see people using the grapefruit diet to help them cut weight for big matches... the enzymes in grapefruit are great at what they do; however, this is not a healthy diet to maintain long term...basically it helps as a metabolism booster or helps you drop a couple pounds before a big event. As everyone else has stated, diets are great to kickstart your weight loss, but healthy life/eating choices are the only way to help long term.

Having used this diet myself, without making changes after the fact, I can tell you that it will only work short term, and if prolonged over 2 weeks, you probably put yourself at risk of numerous malnutrition-like diseases...

Most nutritionists will tell you that its better for your body to eat 4-6 small snacks/meals a day rather than 2-3 large meals.... while I am not a doctor, and by looking at me you'd probably not want to take nutritional advice... but I'm fairly well read, and know what hasn't helped me

[Sonthert]

I don't think its enzymes in grapefruits, I think its the ketones. I'm only 30% sure, though.

Other things that are supposed to work: Black Tea, vinegar, eggs.

[thecyrax]

Weird Al did a song about it several years ago as a parody of "Zoot Suit Riot", lol

[cotsi95]

I dont buy into all these eat as much as you want an still lose weight diets, The safest healthiest way to lose weight is still going to be a calorie deficient diet. Ie use more calories then you intake. Im down about 60lbs buy just not eating as much, no bordum snacks and eating healthy, and working out a little more. I am by no means on a very strict diet but its working i feel better and people notice a BIG change. Nothing feels better then going from a 40in waist to ~38 and a xxl shirt to an xl.

[Arcane]

actually, looking at the diet...it seems like you're just going to put your body in ketosis. i believe the whole point of ketosis is to make your body start using your fat stores as the primary source of energy, instead of the glycogen in your muscles. i've done it (ketosis not grapefruit diet) and it's helpful to shed that stubborn last 2-3% bodyfat to put you into single digits.

now, it's true...this diet will probably allow you to lose weight, however the physical results may not be what you're looking for. without a good base of muscle, you'll pretty much look like a skeleton. also, with the shift in energy sources your body will feel very drained while it adapts. it takes a lot more effort on your body to break down fat than glycogen. also, the absence of carbs suuuuuucks as well.


i can't recommend this enough: for those trying to lose fat (not just weight), find out how many Calories it takes to maintain your weight, reduce that number by 50-100 Calories per day. i recommend introducing the deficit via exercise, weightlifting is a great option. i recommend weightlifting, because since you'll be in a caloric deficit...your body will want to start breaking down your muscle to provide energy. however, when you stress your muscles, your body will want to keep your muscle in order to adapt/cope with the workload you're putting on it.

bottom line: clean diet + caloric deficit + exercise + commitment= best way to lose fat. Edited May 27, 2009 by arcane