Grapefruit Diet

Yeah, the idea of the grapefruit diet doesn’t seem to be far too bad, but rather than encouraging people to eat until ’stuffed’, really, people should be encouraged to live an active life with more thought given to excersising instead of eating until over full.

So does that mean you’re a supporter of said diet? What’s your proof?!

((above comment was me))

And, if you read on from the above quote rather than where it’s been conveniently cut off, you see that all of these participants have actually increased their exercise regime whilst trialling this diet!

You’re really lacking braincells aren’t you? Simply copy a sentence of the above quote into the Google browser and it will show you a page with the COMPLETE quote.

Some people are truly the incarnation of laziness.

i have tryed this diet and it works i have lost 50 pounds

i am not a doctor but medically speaking pure grapefruit juice is not really good for you because of the acid, but it does work

who leaves comments on a diet page????

did all of you who lost like 40 and 50 pounds just do it for the week? Like how long for you to lose 50 pounds?

How many pounds can you lose in a week with this diet

I have been on this diet for a couple of weeks and am losing an average of 1 lb every other day. I started at 184 and am now at 174. It’s somewhat difficult to eat only meat and veg, but it does work if you want a kick start or have quite a bit to lose. As with any “diet”, no it is not a sustainable way to eat forever, but it is a way to eat to lose for a number of months. I am also working out vigorously 40 minutes a day so that when I reintroduce carbs back into my diet, I don’t regain all the weight.

Today i am 185 pounds i am going to try this diet.

Umm.. I’m a vegie.. is ther no way I can replace the meat with something else?

I am 204 pounds. I will try this tomorrow. It is May 18, 2008 today. I will keep you guys posted. Goodluck to me!

ok so we are doing research on diets any one got some info other then whats usless up there ^^^^by the way stop eating all those potato chips you cows…..were joking
but really you dont need a diet you just need to eat proper foods and get exercise

I use this diet when needing to loose 10 or so pounds fast. For example first day of work, a wedding, a party etc. Right now I am on it again because I am going on a work related trip to Jamaica with co-workers. In the first week if done properly I ussually loose 5-10lbs and noticably fit pants better. After the first week I only loose 2 or 3lbs. You actually quit craving sugars and carbs after a week or two. The problem is I get bored on the diet because it is so restricted. If you don’t ease back into carbs and sugar after ending the diet you WILL gain all the weight back during the first week. All in all, I think it’s a good fast way to loose a few lbs. I find myself to be a healthy in shape person, but for certain events I like to look my absolute best and this diet helps

i started the diet today.. it said u can loose 10 lbs in 12 days. i also did the cabbage soup diet, it worked for me, I lost 10 lbs in a week. I did not put back that weight too. But I have been working out & eating healthy after each diet.

Before I even started this diet I was already drinking 100% grapefruit juice everyday.I would walk for 30 min. twice a day,30min in the morning and 30 min before I would go to bed.I had notice a big difference in my weight and the way I fit into my jeans.Then when I went online to do more research with grapefriuts I came across this diet I love it.This is a fast way to lose weight for any event that you have to fit into that perfect something I give this diet two thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!

hi it said in the diet you can eat peas but i looked at a few grapefruit diets and it said no peas can anyone tell me if they have had peas thanks

i want to start this diet but i am not sure of some things like
. can you have fruits cos some say u can and some say u cant
. yourgut and rice ? are they allowed

Regardless of how well it works, it is better than hot dogs and pizza. You cannot possible GAIN weight doing this if you are used to garbage food all the time.

BTW Bev, most say no peas because of the carbs. Read the back of the can for the dietary info. If it has carbs, you probaly don’t want to eat it.

Should you be taking vitamins with this ?

I started the diet Monday June 16, 2008. I am hoping to lose 30 to 35lbs. I keep forgetting to drink my skim milk at bed time, will this stop my weight lost? I also work at night, and I am hoping by eatting at diffent times that will not matter. I will let you all know, if that make a diffent

I work midnight to 8 am.

I eat the eggs and bacon when I get home then off to bed.

I eat first salad around 5 PM.

I eat 2nd salad at 0130 AM.

hey guys im on day 10 of the grapefruit diet…im so happy with the results and i started going to the gym at least 3-4 days a week to help me too.
theres also a hollywood diet that consists of drinking only the specific juice(you blend fruit yourself to make the juice) and water for two days. it also works but i know its not as good for you because you dont eat solid food. However i wasnt hungry when i did this because i was able to sip the juice whenever i wanted, not just at a certain time.
good luck to everyone and if anyone has any questions, id be more than happy to answer!

Here is the one I am doing :

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-grapefruit-diet

i really wish those ppl who said they lost the 40 to 50 lbs on this diet would say how long it took to lose that amount!!!!!!

what can i say ……..for someone who has struggled with dieting all his life,diets DONT work!If they did there would be one and it would be called THE DIET everyone would be on it and everyone would be slim.
Saying that im still a fat B—–D! Best of luck!
p.s ITS A BLOODY HARD GAME.

I planning starting this diet Monday I been researching this for awhile and I want to know how do ya’ll deal with your two days off. Do you eat a lot of carb or junk foods.

Is it me or does this diet give you the runs the first couple of days? My friend on the diet says its normal, is that true for you guys?

my sister followed this diet, without doing much exercise and lost 50 pounds, this diet DOES work for people who follow it correctly.

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Grapefruit JUICE sends me to the Shi**er within an hour. Eating the fruit does not.

I cannot recommend if you are working out alot. You need carbs for the energy for the workout I think.

Question - does it matter when the grapefruit is consumed ? Meaning, do you have to eat the grapefruit first and then the meat/salad or can you eat the grapefruite after the meat/salad (like a dessert to the meal) … ??

Hi afshou - my guess is yes you can replace the bacon with another type of meat (or fish) as i believe that this diet is about consuming meat/salad and grapefruit. i am still wondering about what to eat during the 2 days off….

Hey Jeff - do you eat carbs on your 2 days off ?

I eat pizza, etc.. on my days off. You are not going to gain it all back in 2 days anyway. It took me 5 years to get “fat”.

does anyone have an idea of how much weight you will gain back verses that that you lost. I read that the weight loss is from losing fluids. I currently weigh 164 but would like to be 130 but don’t see much point of doing the diet if you are going to gain it right back. I understand that you do not need to pig out, but what if you just eat normal meals after finishing the diet such as a steak and fries with water? If anyone could help I’d appreciate it!!

Hey did you all really eat until you were stuffed or did you eat until you werent hungry anymore? Also when it say you can fry foods are you frying them in cooking grease or what? Please someone answer!!

To Bert….im going to start the diet this following Monday and right now im doing tons of research….and so far i’ve read that you are not supoose to use OIL……….

Reading the progress of yall’s diet, makes me wanna do this diet. I’m 5′7 weighing in at 210. My goal weight is 160. Imma try this diet for the 12 days and see how it goes. Wish me luck!

hey sally or jackie what is a normal menu choice for you on a given day? i want to do it and make sure i am doin it right. i need to lose about 50 myself someone please answer and what all do you drink and is ir between meals

I think it works i know someone who lost alot of weight.I always have want to try it but now i came across this page ill try it. I want to loose 30lbs… hope to stick to it…

Cheeks… Sometimes I eat fruit. I am on day 5, I haven’t notice any significant change yet (it might be the fruit). I plan to weigh at day 7 and again at day 12. I really do not get that hungry on this diet.

i did this grapefruit diet and i must say i was very impressed with my results. i lost 15lbs in 1 1/2 months while going to the gym 5 days a week. cheating was inevitable for me and it usually happened on the weekends but i know my limit. i want to lose 25 more lbs!

I went on thi diet 10 years ago and lost 40lbs in 3mts, I started again last month and lost 4lbs the first 5 days then goit off track , I again have started today 8/11/08 and plan to loose about 50-60lbs.

Hey everybody…. Purpose hav u seen any changes yet?

Cheeks……… this is day fourteen. I have just come off my two-day break. We a few snacks (fruits), I am down 3lbs. I did get some information from a doctor. She said at first you would lose what they call “water weight” and then if you proceed the weight should start coming off very fast.

Okay everyone, the diet works as of 8/18/08, I am down a extra 5lbs. That is amazing. I feel great. My total lost is 8/lbs in 18 days. I plan to lose another 10 lbs and then I am going to add execrise to this plan. Cheeks………… Let me know how your doing. Great job Wendy!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck Channelle…I just started the diet on the 18th. I am not a diet fan at all and I am famous for breaking diets quick, because of the restrictions. I did cheat a little by having a potato yesterday. I’ve weighed myself early to see how I was looking since the word is you will lose 5 pounds on the 4th day. I started at 224 lbs and today I am 219 lbs.

It started off a little hard, because I did have headaches. I am not expecting a super fast weightloss. I think you have to eat on time and if you are use to eating a lot or several times a day, is the reason why they say eat until you are full. I was eating light and I was straving, but now that I’ve increased my portions per meal I am ok. I don’t really believe you are necessarily losing water weight either, because before I started this I did not drink a lot of water. My body is really solid with FAT, lol! I believe this diet will be durable for me, because I love meat and veggies. The grapefruit juice wasn’t as bad as I thought.

Channelle if you want to continue to blog about our successes and support each other, please do and anyone else as well. Good luck people, I will check back and update with my stories.

I started this diet on the 18th at 215lbs and is now down today(8/25/08) to 203lbs. I love being able to eat meat cooked any style. Chicken has been my best friend : ). I am getting closer to my FIRST goal which is 180lbs…looking forward to losing lots more. I will keep you all posted on my success. Exercise is also IMPORTANT that way you don’t gain back as much weight on your 2 cheat days.

I started it just yesterday (08.27.08), I followed it strictly and did some exercise (mostly dance). I’ve lost 1.5 kg which is about 3.3 pounds. I’m sure it’s mostly water weight but I started drinking lots and lots of water and it’s good. I think I like this diet— I don’t go starving and I don’t get as much cravings!

C.w.–5′8″ - 185 lbs
G.w.–5′8″ - 140 lbs

I will start this diet on 08.29.08 and I wanna be done with the 45 pound weight lose by novemeber ishh. Well ima try to exercise as well since I want fast results, I hope I can get thru with this cuz I’m tired of trying ang trying over and over coutless times. Anyways I will keep you guys updatedd.

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I am starting this diet tomorrow sept 2nd. I have tried different diets and fasts in the past with success. I always seem to fall off the boat somewhere once its off ! Shame on me. So here I am 5′10 200 , I will get down to 180 slim and trim. The nice thing about this diet is you don’t have to weight out portions, or starve in between meals..eat all you want it says ! Cool ! I love rabbit food so this should be a breeze..lol

GOOD LUCK to everyone and CONGRATS to everyone that has succeeded !!

I wish we could post before and afters !!

I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS DIET.. CAN SOMEONE LAYOUT SOME KIND OF MEAL PLAN FOR ME.. IKNOW THE BREAKFAST, BUT WHAT KINDS OF MEAT DO YOU ALL EAT FOR LUNCH AND DINNER??

Hey purpose… I stopped the diet. I didn’t see any changes. from reading ur blogs I am so happy for you and obviously it works. I just need to get back on it and stick to it. Its just so hard eating the same food. How did u overcome that? What juice did u drink? I got the OceanSpray…. please give me some pointers. Thank you.

This diet works…i tried it when i was around 13 in a half..and i stayed on it for nine months including the two day breaks i had every 12 days…and im telling u it works well..yeah u’ll be hungry at the begining and of course you could get use to it later on..i lost 180 ibs in 9 mnths on this diet it works…i kept it for about 4 in a half years and last yeah i gained about 50 back b/c i slaked off i will be starting this again tuesday (09/09/2008)…i think im gona try it for a year…but yeah try it good…for anybody….

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I have been on tis diet off and on for about 7 years now. The catch is once you’ve lost the desired weight you must incorporate lifestyle changes! If not you will gain double the weight back! I am telling all of you this because of past experiences. I will begin this diet again this week. It’s better to start on a Monday because you will have every other weekend off! You must follow the diet exactly the way they tell you to and you will see results! We as Americans are lazy and want the easy way out. Daily activity is required to maintain a healthy or desired weight! Lets all pitch in to help one another and America stay healthy. If you want to do this diet as a jump start to your diet plan, it will work! Enjoy!!!

This diet really does work but you have to add some kind of exercise like at least walking for an hour a day would be perfect. Another thing dont eat too much grapefruit i believed eating more than the recommended would help me loose more weight faster but in only gave me anemia and gastritis so this diet can be good to loose weight but can also affect your health so you decide if u want to look and feel pretty or be healthy.

starting this diet tomorrow 09/17/08 heading to australia at the end of October hoping to lose about 30lbs, fingers crossed anyway…best of luck to everyone who is on it!!!!

HI everyone I just started this diet 9/18/08 I will be posting in 12 days and good luck to everyone!!!

Hey this diet works. I did this diet about 13 years ago and lost 54 pounds from February 13 to April 29. I walked every day rain or shine for an hour. I have tried this diet several times sinnce then, and can not lose anything without exercising but of coarse I almost 40 now. I started the diet back 09/22, and so far I have lost 2lbs. Before, I don’t remember losing anything until day 5. Somebody help me, I didn’t eat any cheese last time, but can you eat cheese which has no carbohydrates, and still lose weight. Also before, I ate 2 slices of bacon for breakfast, can you eat more bacon and still lose weight. Please respond.

im given it a try wish me luck

can i eat avocado and tabassco with this diet?
Please some one let me know
ryansmom917@yahoo.com

Hello all,
Day 2:
I started this diet yesterday, so far so good,157.2 I walk about 2 mile a day. do u have to drink just water? I love green tea with no sugar? can I have this?

i just started this whole diet thing on 9-25-08 so i feel ya daniella!!!!i am hopein this works i am 5′9 and 230lbs i may not look it but i feel every pound of it i just had a beautiful 9 lbs baby girl 11 months ago so i am still tryin to loose all this exsess weight i gain allmost 100lbs and she is my first baby i really hope this diet works wish me luck and i am very open to any suggestions!!! Thanks!!!

i just started this diet today. in order to jump-start my weight-loss. i will do it for 2 weeks, then probably start re-introducing good/complex carbs slowly. SBD style. will keep you updated. good luck to everyone!

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. ~Brendan Francis

my weight is 140 Lbs, 5′5 and my goal is to lose 10 pds and look fit for my wedding day on 11/30/08 so I have 2 months to fulfill it. My diet plan on each every meal is eating oatmeal, vegetables, a tiny piece of meat, a glass of 8oz grape juice and some grapes for desert. I will drink a lot water as prescribe. I exercise by running and walking for half an hour or playing badminton or basketball 3x a week. I have already started this plan 3 days but no loss of pounds yet… I understand it’s still early to expect. My only concern is the grape juice.. is it really safe drinking a total of 24oz a day? 3x a day on each meal.. Even though it’s 100% grape juice but it still have natural sugar on it ( but it’s still sugar ). I’m afraid to have diabetes for doing this for 2 months. I really do hope it’s safe to our health. I will post updates on my progress. Wish me luck. =)

You can put vanilla extract in skim milk for bedtime snack.

Hi guys and congrats to the many of you who have done so well. It’s 2nd October 2008 and i have just scanned all the wonderful postings above. The grapefruit diet i initially read about, that Kylie Minogue reportedly uses to lose 7kg (15lb)in 2 weeks, calls for half a grapefruit to be eaten AT THE START of each meal. Previously, instead of going on the LOW-CARB HIGH-PROTEIN DIET, I used this approach to my everyday eating, having half a grapefruit (peeled & cut up into pieces) up to half an hour before each meal for about one and a half years and it worked really well for me as i continued to gradually lose weight despite not worrying about what I ate or drank (including champagne!). I have read that there is an insulin-lowering effect from eating this nutritious high-fibre fruit. Perhaps that’s the key. Actually, I also love eating large red or green fresh chillies when I’m dieting for getting those feel-good endorphins flowing and supposedly also helping the body get into fat-burning mode. As far as the grapefruits go, unfortunately I gradually forgot to pop them in my shopping trolley and focused more on cooking nice meals for my new family and I guess I’m paying the price now, needing to lose 20kg or 3 dress sizes. But for fast weight loss, yes, I have done the LOW-CARB dieting thing, even eating cheese as snacks, and one does lose quite a bit of weight but must be very careful when coming off it as the weight does tend to come back on quickly when you resume eating carbohydrates, even if exercising daily! I would like to give this GRAPEFRUIT DIET another try, having been inspired by all you’ve written above, and by my own experience eating half a grapefruit before each meal… only this time I will stick to it for 30 days or more and only gradually re-introduce low GI/high fibre carbs such as buckwheat crispbread (also great for many of us who are gluten-sensitive) when I come off it. I also believe that walking or cycling (I use the recumbant bike at the gym) at a pace where you are perspiring and have an increased heartrate, yet can still carry on a conversation, for at least 45 minutes most days is the key and I shall commit to doing this. Also, I have just finished reading The Fat Stripping Diet which is very scientific and, in a tiny nutshell, is all about keeping fat below 20g/day for women and below 40g/day for men in order to lose weight, in conjunction with daily exercise. (So I will be eating lean meats, soft* boiled eggs and not smothering my food with butter and oil, that’s for sure, just a little olive oil or flaxseed oil for me. [*A naturopath advised that eating soft boiled eggs does not raise cholesterol, but eating hard boiled eggs does! Also, drip-filtered coffee doesn’t raise cholesterol but espresso coffee, incuding the shots used in cafe lattes and cappucinos, does! The lady who loves green tea should probably drink decaffeinated green tea throughout the day so you’re still getting the anti-oxidants and enjoyment without all the caffeine, which also has an effect on raising blood pressure.) The daily exercise recommended in The Fat Stripping Diet book: brisk walking because that is the best for keeping you in the fat burning zone - it takes about 20 mins to get into the fat burning zone, so make it count and do 45-60 mins! - (and also helps bone density), whereas workouts that are too vigorous keep you in the cardio zone (great for heart and lungs, but calls on stored glycogen for fuel instead of getting the fat burning process going). I wish i knew this sooner cos I’ve been working my butt off (not literally lol) over the past few years doing 5 full-on cardio sessions per week including Les Mills’ Body Attack classes - plus Body Pump. It didn’t help me lose any weight - in fact I’ve only gained it. God bless the grapefruit and good luck to one and all in this continuous battle to keep our tyrant tastebuds under control and regain & keep our healthy, slender figures!

Started the diet on 9/22/08, today(October 3) is day #12 I’ve lost 9lbs. Boy am I ready for for something other than lettuce. It’s not been that bad, haven’t been hungry between meals. I’ve lost a total of 17 lbs since 09/08/08. I saw an article on a carb-cycling diet. Has anyone lost anything on a carb-cycling diet, where you eat low carb one day and high carb low fat the next?

Oh! and for anyone else who has successful stories in achieving there weight loss goal I would love to hear them, it keeps me motivated! I will also continue with updates on my progress as well. Good luck everyone!!!

Day 8: Finally I’ve lost 2lbs… really not easy to lose weight but I have 53 more days to go. Tomorrow is my Dad’s birthday so I’m going to make a little cheating lol… but seriously I’m not going to be full. Oats and grape fruit juice is still on my menu for tomorrow and I’m not going to sacrifice my 8 days of dieting.

My diet plan:

Meals: Oats, green vegetables, a tiny piece of lean meat, a glass of 8oz grape fruit juice and some grapes for desert. I will drink a lot water as prescribe.

Workout: I exercise by running and walking for half an hour or playing badminton or basketball every monday, wednesday and friday.

We must have the will, determination and sacrifice to achieve our goals. Good Luck!

Hiya guys, I’ve been on this diet about 10 years ago and I lost a good deal of weight. I’m thinking of going on it again and I’m looking to lose about 30-40 lbs. Can somebody please post what type of meats you allowed to eat? It’s been so long that I forgot.

THIS DIET DOESN’T GIVE YOU ENOUGH CALORIES FOR IT TO BE HEALTHY!!!!

[I wish there was more information] I trying the diet today and i was thinking it doesn’t say if your allowed yo eat it with ketchup? Personally I hate eggs. So i was unsure if it would still work to eat them with ketchup because it drowns the taste out…

Also by any kinds of meat.. Does that count for fattening foods? O.o; I usually don’t like to sit down and cook a meal. It takes to long. [I just cooked a hotdog, not the healthy but it was quickly cooked]. I read any kind but i wonder….

Today is day 5. I lost 5# in 4 days (well actually in 3 days because I stayed the same on the 4th day) and today is the first day that I really don’t feel hungry between meals. I started drinking Good Earth sweet and spicy herb tea in addition to the water (I was getting sick of drinking all that plain water!! all day). The first couple of days were hard getting used to not eating little meals throughout the day and having to pass up “goodies” in the office. I’m sticking to the diet as it is, not cheating and eating slow so my brain has time to realize I’m full quicker. I’m finding that my portion sizes get smaller as I go because I feel full sooner. I take my vitamins and supplements and feel great! I am getting as much exercise in as I can, even if it means going for a walk on my breaks and during lunch. I’m going to start exercising to videos after work to get the extra “workout” and hopefully build muscles quicker. Muscles burn fat faster. I fit into a pair of pants that were snug on me previously and it was nice not to feel like a sausage in them! The diet is what you make it to be. I hope to lose another 15# between now and Christmas, which is not an unrealistic goal. Seeing results quickly is rewarding!!

I am starting tomorrow. I weigh 146.5. I need to lose like 8 pounds in 6 days, I’m hoping this is the thing that will make it happen. Good Luck Everybody!

I am today 144. i am just curious can i still drink? if i just do gin and tonics and eat the grapefruit? I have two weddings to go to next weekend.

I started this diet today 10/25/08. I am 214 and 5′2.5. I need to loose 24 more lbs so my BMI will be low enough to donate a kidney to my brother. I tried the cabbage soup diet and only lost 2 lbs and never cheated. I am a little discouraged but hope that I will have more success with the grapefruit diet. The faster I lose, the faster we can proceed with the surgery and the faster my brother can end his 4 hr, 3day a wk sessions of dialysis. My total goal is 50 lbs. The rest after I recover. Best wishes to everyone on their weight loss journeys. Any advice is welcome. Can we eat fruit?

I will try this diet starting next week because i need to lose up to 40 pounds by december in order to go to the military and wish me luck to conquer a goal.