Saturday 24 May, 2008 at 11:52PM (Nereus)  ::  permalink  ::  comments (0)  ::  trackbacks (1)

I came across this diet ages ago but have never tried it. Apparently it is (or was at the time) used at Greenlane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, for overweight patients who are to undergo heart surgery. Apparently the diet is suggested by the Miami Heart Institute and must be followed exactly to lose 10lbs in 3 days (so it claims).

Day 1 :
Breakfast :
1 cup black tea/coffee
1/2 grapefruit
1 slice dry toast
2 tsp peanut butter
Lunch :
1/3 cup tuna
1 slice dry toast
1 cup black tea/coffee
1/2 cup weight watchers vanilla ice cream
Dinner :
2 slices any meat 3oz.
1 cup string beans
1 cup beetroot
1/2 cup weight watchers vanilla ice cream
1 cup black tea/coffee

Day 2 :
Breakfast :
1/2 banana
1 slice dry toast
1 egg
1 cup black tea/coffee
Lunch :
1/2 cup cottage cheese
5 snax crackers
1 cup black tea/coffee
Dinner :
2 frankfurters
1 cup broccoli
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 banana
1 cup black tea/coffee
1/2 cup weight watchers vanilla ice cream

Day 3 :
Breakfast :
5 snax crackers
1 slice cheddar cheese
1 small apple
1 cup black tea/coffee
Lunch :
1 boiled egg
1 slice dry toast
1 cup black tea/coffee
Dinner :
1 cup tuna
1 cup beetroot
1 cup cauliflower
1/2 melon
1 cup black tea/coffee
1/2 cup weight watchers vanilla ice cream

Allegedly this diet works on a chemical breakdown method, and should be followed to the letter, with no variations or substitutions. However, there's a few things about this diet that are a little too vague to be able to follow to the letter in my opinion. Day 3 dinner mentions half a melon - there's a big difference between half a big watermelon and half a small cantaloupe or honeydew. Day 2 breakfast says 1 egg - is that boiled, fried, poached ..or raw? The fact that Day 3 lunch specifies a boiled egg also makes it unclear what kind of egg to have on Day 2 for breakfast. Should I have white toast or whole wheat toast? Can I drink water between meals? How big is a slice of cheddar cheese for that matter?

Anyway, there is another diet I know of that I have used before, and it definitely worked - I lost 40lbs in 2 months. It uses a theory of 'negative calorie' food, which is basically food that has such a low calorie count, that the energy used by your body to digest it is more than what the food itself provides. The good thing about it is that you don't have to starve, you can eat as much of the stuff as you like, as long as it's the right stuff. It centers around a vegetable soup that I have altered somewhat from the original recipe to give it more flavor, and in the process, less calories. Believe me, it really worked for me, although you do get a bit sick of the soup after a month or so. I'll write it up tomorrow.

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