One-Week Weight Loss Wonders

See how diet fads actually work

Monday, May 18, 2009  |  Updated 7:59 AM EST
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One-Week Weight Loss Wonders

Does a diet based on grapefruit really help you drop the pounds?

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Ever wondered if those out-there diet plans really work? News4 enlisted a team of five dieters at Gold's Gym in Clarendon to test them out.


Grapefruit Diet:

Breakfast:

  1. Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
  2. 2 eggs any style
  3. 2 slices of bacon

Lunch:

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  1. Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
  2. Salad with any dressing
  3. Meat any style and any amount.

Dinner:

  1. Either 1/2 grapefruit OR 8 oz. juice (unsweetened)
  2. Salad with any dressing OR a red or green vegetable cooked in butter or spices.
  3. Meat or even Fish any style cooked any way.
  4. Coffee or Tea (1 cup)

Bedtime Snack:

  1. 8oz. glass of tomato juice or 8 oz cup of skim milk.

More on the Grapefruit Diet:  Click Here

 

Russian Airforce Diet:

Day 1

Breakfast
Coffee

Lunch
2 eggs + 1 tomato

Dinner
7 ounces of red meat + green salad

Day 2
Breakfast
Coffee + toast or saltines

Lunch
7 ounces of red meat + green salad

Dinner
5 1/4 ounces of ham + 1 cup yogurt
 

Day 3
Breakfast
Coffee + toast or saltines

Lunch
Green salad + 1 tomato + 1 mandarin or orange

Dinner
3.5 ounces of ham + fruit salad + 2 eggs

Day 4
Breakfast
Coffee + toast or water saltines

Lunch
5 1/4 ounces or gruyer cheese +1 egg +1 carrot

Dinner
Fruit salad + 1 yogurt 
 
Day 5
Breakfast
5 1/4 ounces of ham + 1 cup carrots

Lunch
7 ounces of broiled fish + 1 tomato

Dinner
8 3/4 ounces of red meat

Day 6
Breakfast
Coffee + toast or water saltines

Lunch
1/4 chicken baked + citric fruit

Dinner
2 eggs + 1 cup raw carrot 
 
Day 7
Breakfast
Coffee + toast or saltines

Lunch
7 ounces of red meat + citric fruit

Dinner
Anything you like ( in moderation) Not over 500 calories.
Then repeat the entire diet for 7 more days. 

More on the Russian Airforce Diet: Click Here

 

Chicken Soup Diet:

On the chicken soup diet you are allowed one breakfast a day. Now you can try a different breakfast every day, and this is the best way because it will give you a good nutritional balance. Since there are only 5 different ones to choose from, for the last two days of the diet, repeat the ones you liked the best. Okay, here are the Breakfast dishes:

Breakfast 1:
1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt combined with 1/2 cup chopped fruit salad and sprinkled with wheat germ.

Breakfast 2:
1 cup ricotta cheese combined with 1/2 tsp. of sugar and a dash of cinnamon.
2 pieces while-grain bread, toasted
3 dried figs

Breakfast 3:
1 1/2 cups Total cereal
1/2 cup nonfat milk
1/2 cup calcium enriched orange juice

Breakfast 4:
1/2 cup prune juice
1 small whole-wheat bagel, topped with 1 oz of fat-free cheddar cheese melted.

Breakfast 5:
1 1/2 cups cooked Wheatena Cereal
1/2 cup nonfat milk

More on the Chicken Soup Diet: Click Here

 

7 Day Diet: 

Monday
All the fruit you want except banana

Tuesday
All the vegetables you want (you can use soy sauce, vinegar or mustard)

Wednesday
All the fruit & vegetables you want.
 
Thursday
5 bananas with 5 glasses of milk

Friday
4 (3 oz beef/chicken or fish steaks) With fresh vegetables

Saturday
4 (3 oz. Beef steaks) With fresh vegetables
 
Sunday
4 (3 oz. Beef steaks) With fresh vegetables

More on the 7 Day Diet: Click Here

 

Bread & Butter Diet

Day One:

Breakfast:
1 slice whole wheat bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
1/2 cup orange juice

Lunch:
3.5 ounces drained water-pack tuna
gree salad
1 slice portein bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
1 small apple

Dinner:
4 ounces broiled cod
1cup steamed broccoli
1/2 cup steamed peas
1 slice rye bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
1 orange

Day Two:

Breakfast:
1 slice raisin bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
1 soft boiled egg

Lunch:
3.5 ounces pink salmon
3 ounces lettuce
1 tomato
1 slice white bread
1teaspoon butter

Dinner:
4 ounces broiled hamburger
1 hamburger roll
1 pickle
green salad.

Day Three:

Breakfast:
1 slice corn bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
1 cup grapefruit juice

Lunch:
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 green pepper
1/2 cup green beans
1 slice French bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine

Dinner:
4 ounces broiled white meat chicken
1/2 cup mixed vegetables
1 slice bran bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine

Day Four:

Breakfast:
1 slice cracked wheat bread
1 teaspoon butter or margarine

Lunch:
1 ounce Muenster cheese
1/2 cup stewed tomatoes
1 cup steamed summer squash
1 slice Italian Bread
1 Teaspoon butter or margarine

Dinner:
4 ounces dark meat turkey
1/2 cup corn
green salad
1 slice pumpernickel
1 teaspoon butter or margarine
 

More on the Bread & Butter Diet: Click Here

 

Watch the videos to see how our dieters did.

Check back tomorrow for the next diet that our team tested.

Posted Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 - 12:52 PM EST
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