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Greenlane Diet
The Greenlane diet (also known as the British Heart Foundation 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 it’s exact origins are unknown.
Interestingly, the diet bears a striking resemblance to the Scarsdale diet – also written in the 1970s.
Greenlane Diet Plan
The Greenlane diet is a very low calorie diet – a typical day’s eating culminates in only 700 calories. This is a crash diet – a sudden and severe reduction in calories that results in primarily fluid loss. The diet should never be undertaken for more than 3 days, any longer and your body will immediately slow down metabolism and place you on target for yo-yo dieting (and subsequent weight gain).
The Greenlane Hospital diet contains a small selection of foods; Dry toast, fruit, tuna, ‘snax’ biscuits. Snax biscuits are a cracker made by the food brand Griffins in New Zealand indicating that this diet may have originated from this part of the world (which does have a Greenlane hospital in Auckland). However this cannot be verified.
Sample Meal Plan
This diet is not recommended
| Breakfast
5 ‘snax’ biscuits (dry crackers) |
| Lunch
1 boiled egg |
| Dinner
1 cup of tuna |
| Drinks
Black coffee/tea/water |
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Hey just wandering, what do u guys eat for the rest of the week?
2moro will be day 2 could you please tell me what vienna`s are?
June, they are little sausages that come in a can. yummy
Hey folks, i am starting the diet today, 3 days on it and 4 days watching what i eat/drink, shall keep u all posted!
Sam x
Hi i’ve just recntly been told about this diet, im not very disciplined when it comes to diets but three days seems do-able.lol.
So todays my first day, ive had day ones breakfast and lunch so far and im not starving so thats good. The Blk tea/coffee keeps you fool till the next meal.lol. keep posting updates.
What are viennas?
They are little sausages in a can..
Hi all,
Starting this diet tomorrow. Nearly got put off by the reports that it was a fad & would slow down my metabolism creating yo-yo dieting which ultimately leads to increased fat/less muscle. But, having read ur posts, especially punk girl ( did she lose the 34KG?), I am inspired to try. I need to loose 30 kg. After having baby 3 yrs ago, I retained 10 kg, then quit smoking, another 10kg gained, then 6 mths chemotherapy, another 10 kg. Somethings got to give! I will keep you all posted.
Day 1- weight 95KG
Day 2:
Well, day one was easy. Woke up 1KG lighter.
Cant find SNAX biscuits so will use cruskits.
Day 3 ..another kg gone!
I thiught I had cruskits in the cupboard to substitute for Snax but I didnt so used 2 ryvita for lunch yesterday & one for breakfast this morning.
Finished the three days. Today is day 4 & I weigh 93KG. Used Ryvita instead of cruskite but have ordered the snax biscuits from a NZ shop in Australia.
Well done jodi. I used ritz biscuits
Does anyone know if this diet really works? And also, if you have done it, did the weight stay off?
yes it does work though not to the level claimed. I lost 14kg in 6 weeks, healthy is side effect!
Can anybody tell me how to get the full three day meal plan menu and not just the example one day menu? i’ve lost the copy i had!
me and my mum are starting this.
do you have to add exersize aswell??
Im going to give this a shot. Im a kiwi living in Australia and Im pretty sure the Jatz/Clix biscuits over here are pretty much the same as Snax back home.
I started today and I weigh 84kg..my aim is 60. I’ve done this diet before and lost 17kg. I gained 6 of that back over a period of 6months but only because i partied way too much than i should have and ate completely unhealthy, not gonna make that mistake again! Wish me luck*
Oh and serene don’t know if you saw it but the full 3day meal plan was posted a few months back by Punkgirl, just read through the older posts (^_^)
Hi from New Zealand…. I’ve done this diet, and yup it sure works. Vienna’s are Frankfurter sausages.
Im planning to start this diet tom, however im not a tea or coffe drinker, so if i skip it and drank water instead will i still lose the same weight??
thanks.
Hey guys
If youre looking for the complete meal plan, go to the British Heart Foundation Diet on the right hand side where all the diets are listed.
Its right near the bottom of the comments list.
Im starting the British Heart Foundation diet today.
Good Luck guys.
on third day of diet today and have already lost 6lbs! so really excited for final weigh in tomorrow morning. finding it really good i save my ice cream for later in the evening so i have something to look forward to, otherwise i would snack!! will continue with this next week .
Hi!!!
I started this diet this morning but I’m not sure I have started on the right track, day two and three look easy to me but day one is not working so far.
I am not a hot drink lover and I though id try a coffee but couldn’t even get this to my lips it smelt sooo bad! The same happened with the tea. The peanut butter, well I managed a teaspoon but couldn’t face another and as for the half a grapefruit, how bitter are they!?! I managed a little bite before giving up completely. I felt as though I had started off badly.
I have just had dinner (the tuna I probably only ate 2oz not 4oz) but I skipped the hot drink and I was wondering if this would effect the ‘chemical breakdown’. I never thought it would be easy but I cant help feel disheartened on my first day.
I’ve done this diet before and it works. Currently on day two at the moment and i’ve already lost 3 pounds. Of cours you’re going to pile the weight back on if you eat junk food straight after day 3.. but yes it does work.
ohi meant to say.. there are different varieties of the diet out there.. this is the one i follow:
ay 1
Breakfast:
1 Cup black coffee or tea 0 cal
½ Grapefruit or 2 oz fresh squeezed juice 55 cal
1 Slice toast 80 cal
1 Teaspoon peanut butter OR 2 oz baked beans 30 cal
Lunch:
3oz plain tuna in springwater 120 cal
1 Slice toast 80 cal
1 Cup black coffee or tea 0 cal
Dinner: 6 p.m.
2 Slices Turkey (3 oz.) 75 cal
4 oz string beans 35 cal
4 oz grated beets 50 cal
1 Small apple 80 cal
3 oz Cote Dore Vanilla ice cream 200 cal (Or use Cote D’or Vanilla Light) 80 calories
Total calorie intake Day 1 805
Day 2
Breakfast:
1 Cup black coffee or tea 0 cal
1 Hard boiled egg 80 cal
1 Slice toast 80 cal
½ Banana 55 cal
Lunch:
3 oz cottage cheese or 3oz plain tuna 200 cal
5 Ritz or 3 Tuc Crackers 60 cal
Dinner 6pm
1 Plain hot dog or Turkey hot dog(no buns) 180cal
4 oz broccoli 35 cal
2 oz carrots 50 cal
4 oz sliced beets 50 cal
½ Banana 55 cal
3 oz Cote Dore Vanilla ice cream 200cal (Or use Cote D’or Vanilla Light) 80 calories
Total calorie intake Day 2 895
Day 3
Breakfast:
1 Cup black coffee or tea 0 cal
5 Ritz crackers 60 cal
1 slice Cheddar cheese (1 0z) 115 cal
1 Small apple 80 cal
Lunch:
1 Hard boiled or poached egg 80 cal
1 Slice toast 80 cal
1 Cup black coffee or tea 0 cal
Dinner 6pm:
4oz plain tuna in springwater 120 cal
4 oz steamed beets 50 cal
4 oz cauliflower or green-leaf vegetables 50 cal
4 oz cantaloupe 55 cal (melon)
3 0z Cote Dore Vanilla ice cream 200 cal (Or use Cote D’or Vanilla Light) 80 calories
Total calorie intake Day 3 910
Hi there
I can’t stand tuna, is there a good substitute that I could have and still get good results?
Thanks
I have done this, lost 10kg easily and kept it off. When I got bored I went for similar substitutes. I think one of the reasons it works is because lots of us eat too much (as well as the ‘wrong’ foods). The first week or two were hard – because I was used to eating twice as much – this diet got me into the habit of eating less, so on my 4 days off I would eat a lot less – which is why the weight stayed off when I came off the diet.
I shuold add, took 6 weeks to loose the 1okg. Also, the diet was originally 3 days with different food, to be followed by 4 days normal eating, and so forth. Thats why I think it works – get used to eating less.