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British Heart Foundation Diet
The British Heart Foundation Diet (also known as the Greenlane diet)
is a poor fad diet that has been circulating for many years. Please note that the British Heart Foundation has nothing to do with this diet whatsoever.
The diet has circulated in the form of a one page sheet that claims you can lose 10 pounds in 3 days. The diet has been popular in the UK – but its exact origins are unknown.
British Heart Foundation Diet Plan
This diet is not recommended
| Breakfast
5 ‘snax’ biscuits (dry crackers) |
| Lunch
1 boiled egg |
| Dinner
1 cup of tuna |
The British Heart Foundation diet is a very low calorie diet (approx. 700 calories per day), and is often only used for a few days. It is unsustainable. The meal plan should not be undertaken for any length of time without medical supervision.
Both my Mother & I have lost heaps on this diet. It’s the chemical reactions of the foods, which help you lose weight. Drink lots of water, and there are no limits on tea or coffee. Our lovely herbal teas get us through the day!
Day three of the first week is the hardest, but stick in there! I find if I can keep myself busy, and hydrated, I can ignore and food cravings.
This diet is not recommended for people with organ issues. Your doctor is supposed to recommend it to you, so if you have your suspicions, don’t do it without consulting your GP first – common sense, people!
Best of luck!
Hi, my girlfriend wants to start this diet but unfortunately she cannot stand beetoot – can anything else be substitued for the beetroot. Thanks a lot
This diet isnt healthy or practical. After the three days, you have only really lost fluid (which you would loose when you start any diet that includes eating healthy and exercise). Would you really like to eat this sort of diet for any longer than the three days??? No? Didnt think so.. so you will more than likely give up after a few tries.. And you will put the weight back on.
Enough with the quick fixes when you are looking for permanent results. If you really want to loose weight you could go down a far easier route and just eat healthier. Its much simplier when you think about it.
I know what its like though.. iv tried this diet too.. out of desperation. It did work, the results were great. I was suddenly in love with the weighing scales. But after a few days i wanted to throw them out the window. The diet plan repulsed me by just thinking about it.
I have since started to eat healthier (im no angel.. believe me!!!) and i hardly exercise.. but i have managed to loose 4 stone in just over a year. All you need is support and knowledge. Which i was lucky enough to get.
I would encourage everyone to try to eat healthier.. for your own good.
Good luck xx
Hi all, I have done this diet in the past and found it very successful. I have lost the meal plan so would appreciate someones help thanks
………about 4oz Peter.
due to the various size of cups in my house and probably stupidity for asking the question i was wondering how much is a cup, as a measurment
on day one cant wait to see the result,done this diet 7 year ago and lost an amazing 16ilb in 6 weeks.send u update in 3days.
Now in my 4th week and have only lost 6lbs in total. This diet is rubbish!!
Hiya Guys n Gals! Been told by so many ppl about this diet and the grear results they have seen, Ive been quite lucks as to the fact that i dont mind any of the food… But just wish u could eat more of them..lol..I Have always been a lage girl ,but really has got to the stage where my weight is making me unhappy, So willing to try anything! This is my first day today just had lunch and feeling great! Anyone else starting- I wish u all loads of uck and ill be back in 3 days with an update!! Byee!
On day 2 of the diet and boy am i hungry but hopefully it’ll be worth it, weighed myself at the end of first day and lost 3 pounds yee ha.
starting diet this morning,just had my breakfast. carnt wait to see the result, i did it a few years ago and lost weight about 5lb at a time i was 9 1/2 stone then but put on weight as i have stopped smoking and i am finding it hard to keep the weight off. i go to gym 4 time a week and eat realy well, i think i need a kick start. hope it works. keep you updated.
Hiii sorry for the late post. after my 1st 3 days last week i lost 7 lb! which i was really pleased with!!I didnt feel hungry on the diet, knowing I was loosin weight each day helped with that too i think. I’m doin it again this week and am just finishing day 1, i will post again after day 3 and see if my second week was as sucessful! i hope so…fingers crossed
starting this diet tomorrow. keep you updated
Can you do this diet, even if you are not overweight?
Well,my partner lost 11Ib within the first wk,but i’d say thats because he goes to gmy 6times a week, i haven’t weighed myself but I feel a lot lighter,weighing mysely 2night.I go to gmy 4-5times a week. I will update u later
Now on my 15th day. Have followed the 3-day diet twice in the last 2 weeks and eaten very sensibly the rest of the time. No dramatic weight loss as I had expected but to date have lost 4lbs. Can’t understand how some people are recording dramatic results after only 3 days. I think they must be fibbing!!!!!!
Hi started this diet and just finished 2nd day. Ive done it before and lost roughly 5lb doing it but didnt stick exactly to the plan, lack of will power then. This time im sticking exactly to the plan and so far at the end of day 2 i have lost 5lb so im very happy. I will leave a post thursday with final weight loss and if i loose more than 8lb i will be repeating it again next week
i used to weigh 10 stone atfer i did this diet for a year i am now 5 stone! i did it on and off! i feel great! i love it! i never liked beetroot but you get use to it!! its only for 3 days a week! all my friends and family tryed it! i used to be a size 16 now im an 8!! woop woop go me!! (ps im 17 today!!!)
Hi, i tried this diet years ago and it worked really well lost around 8 pounds. Now Hubby and I are going to try it again (too many cakes LOL). Hubby has a REALLY short attention span for dieting so i’m hoping he can cope with 3 WHOLE DAYS !! HA HA
25th Sept 08 – Forgot to update. Lost 7lbs in total over the first three days.
There’s no magical formula, the foods aren’t specific cos they “react together” it’s just very low cal. It worked for me even though I swapped lots of foods for ones I prefer and ate more than it says. So if you try it and start feeling unwell – eat more!
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Did 3-day diet and ate sensibly for rest of week. After 7 days I had lost 3 lbs. Now on my 2nd week of the 3-day diet.
23rd Sept 08 – Day 2 is done and I’m just rubbish at sticking to this! I expect it’s just too restrictive as I caved and ate a Kit Kat plus extra crackers. But seeing as I’ve weighed myself today I thought I’d still share my results:-
Breakfast – 5 crackers (Jacobs square ones), apple, small chunk cheddar cheese
Lunch – Boiled egg on dry slice wholemeal toast
Afternoon Snack – More crackers and a 4 fingered Kit Kat, half a large satsuma
Dinner – Just had half honeydew melon and pineapple yoghurt
Drink-wise I’m having around 2.5-3 pints of water plus one decaf tea. I haven’t done any strenuous exercise yet, just a 20min walk to the shops and back each day plus 15 mins light dancing on day 1.
This morning another 3lbs has gone.
22nd Sept 08 – Have managed one day although it couldn’t go to plan because I needed to go shopping. I had:-
Breakfast – Some M&Ms left over from the night before (oops)
Lunch – Boiled egg on half a toasted muffin
Dinner – One tin of mackerel, beetroot, honeydew melon, pineapple yoghurt
This morning I’d lost 3lbs.
21 Sept 08 – Going to give it a try. Currently 14st 13lbs
I tried it for 3 days and lost 8lbs great stuff
16 Sept 08. Starting this diet for the first time tomorrow. I like all the foods on offer so don’t think I will find it too difficult. Will report back on progress.
A starvation diet that is carb heavy and everything else light. Heart disease on a plate.
IT WORKS…….I find that doing the second and third day ( coz cant stomach the first day ) I still loose the same amount of weight as doing three days….TRY IT OUT!!!
not hungry on this diet but cant get rid of my craving for somthing sweet after my lunch.
Does anyone know a vegetarian version of this? I do eat fish?