Years ago… before Atkins was the thing to do when it came to low/no-carb diets, there was this… The Mayo Clinic Diet. I titled this “So Called”, because this never had anything to do with the Mayo Clinic, and the Clinic has done a lot to make sure people know that, in fact they now have their own actual “Mayo Clinic Diet“. The stuff below is basically a no-carb, high protein diet that promises you will loose 50-55 pounds in 10 weeks.
I followed this plan about 10 years ago, and I did lose weight.. 40 pounds in about three months, and then I stalled out for the next 2-3 months and decided if I wasn’t going to lose weight I wanted my potatoes back.
This appealed to me at the time because I could eat as much as I want, until I was full. Yea, I’m losing weight on this 1500 calorie a day thing… but I’m never full (unless I cheat… which I have a few times). And the two days off thing… that was kind of appealing as well. Though after no potatoes for over a month, I had some McDonald fries… and they just tasted… off. Anyways, there’s a variation of this out there too called the 12-Day-Diet or sometimes the Grapefruit Diet. Same basic premise, but it’s about eating like this for the long term, not just for 10 weeks.
Now, I am not endorsing… or even recommending this. It’s just in talking with folks lately about weight loss and such, this has come up and folks have asked me about it… so I’m presenting it here to show some of what I’ve tried in the past that didn’t really work out. It appears just as it did when I first put it on my website in the late 90s.
The So-called “Mayo Clinic Diet”
Instructions
1. At any meal you may eat until you are full, until you can’t eat any more.
2. Do not eliminate anything from this diet, especially bacon with breakfast. Do not skip salads. It is the combinatin of foods that burns fat.
3. The grapefruit is important because it is the catalyst that starts the burning process.
4. Cut down on coffee. It affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup at mealtimes.
5. Do not eat between meals. If you eat the combination of foods suggested you will not be hungry.
6. The diet completely eliminates sugars and starches tht are lipids and form fat. Fat does not form fat. It helps to burn it, so you can fry foods in butter and use butter generously on vegetables.
7. Do not eat desserts, breads, and white vegetables of sweet potatoes. You may double or triple helpings of meat, salads, or vegetabels. Eat until you are stuffed. **The more you eat, the more you will lose.
8. you can lose 10 pounds in 10 days. There will be no loss the first four days, but you will lose five pounds on the fifth day. Thereafter, you will lose 1 1/2 pounds every two days until you are where you want to be.
This diet is given to heart patients needing to lose weight quickly for by-pass surgery.
* All soft drinks need to be diet and caffeine free.
* You may not have white onions, potatoes or celery.
* you may have the follown: any combination of red onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, green onions, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, radishes, lettuce, cheese in moderation.
STAY ON THE DIET FOR 12 DAYS AND STOP THE DIET FOR 2 DAYS AND YOU SHOULD LOSE 55 POUNDS IN 2 1/2 MONTHS
(note: I’ve heard that after the first 14 days you can continue on as 12/2 or 6/1 rotation.)
Things you may have:
* Artificial sweetener
* Asparagus, avocado, bacon, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, beets and greens, bell peppers, broccoli, brussel sprouts, butter, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers
* diet soda, caffiene free, dressing – any type, dry powder spices with no sugars
* eggplant, eggs, endive, fennel, fish – any type, seafood, lobster, shrimp (except oysters, clams, scallops or pickled fish)
* Grapefruit, grapefruit juice – unsweetened, green onions, horseradish, kale, leaf lettuce
* meat – any type, beef, chicken, lamb, tongue, hamburgers, bacon, duck, pork, turkey, chicken, ham (no fillers such as sausage, cold cuts and hot dogs)
* mushrooms, mustard, okra, parsley, pickles (dill), purple onions, pepper, peppers, pumpkin, radishes, red onions, rhubarb, salt, sauerkraut, scallions, seasonings, snow peas, spinach, summer squash, tomatoes, tomato juice, turnips, vanilla, water chestnuts, watercress, zucchini
Things you may NOT have:
* Any starches or sugars, honey, ice cream, yogurt, syrup, milk (except skim), sour cream, real mayo
* Banana, beans (except green), peas, sweet potatoes, white onions, yams, corn, celery, potatoes
* Breads, cake, candy, cashews, catsup, cereal, cheese, cookies, cornstarch, crackers, croutons, dates, desserts, dried fruit, figs, flour, gum, jam, macaroni, pancakes, raisins, relish (sweet), rice, spaghetti
The Menu
Breakfast
1/2 grapefruit or 4 oz grapefruit juice
2 eggs any style
2 slices of bacon
Lunch
1/2 grapefruit or 4 oz grapefruit juice
Salad, any flavor dressing (no low fat)
Meat, any kind, any amount
Dinner
1/2 grapefruit or 4 oz grapefruit juice
Meat, any kind, any amount
Vegetables, any green or red (cooked in butter or any type seasoning)
Bedtime Snack
1 glass of tomato juice or skim milk
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[...] Original post by UpMyKilt! [...]
I thought you could have all the cheese you wanted on this diet? At least that is what my copy says?
Thats what I understand about having cheese. And I have info saying that mayonnaise (which does not have any sugar or carbohydrates) can be used. sI also understand that carrots should not be used because of the high sugar content.
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