This is "A diet plan used by the Birmingham Alabama Hospital in their Cardiac Unit for patients who need to lose weight fast before having heart surgery. Up to 40 lbs a month could be lost using this plan!" This quote, published in a popular magazine, has been passed on with the diet for your informational purposes only -- Please ask your doctor if it is safe based on your special needs before trying it.
"Do not vary or substitute any of the foods. Salt and pepper may be used but no other seasonings – use this diet 3 days at a time. In 3 days you will lose 10 lbs. After 3 days, you can eat your usual foods but don’t over eat! After 4 days of normal eating, repeat the 3-day plan."
Day 1
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea,
½ grapefruit or 4 oz of grapefruit juice
1 slice toast
1 Tbsp peanut butter
Lunch:
½ cup tuna or 1 slice cheese
1 slice toast
black coffee or tea
Dinner:
2 slices any type meat (3 oz)
1 cup string beans
1 small apple
1 cup vanilla Ice Cream
Day 2
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea
1 Egg
1 slice toast
½ banana
Lunch:
1 cup cottage cheese or ½ cup tuna
5 saltine crackers
black coffee or tea
Dinner:
1 or 2 hot dogs (no bun)
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
½ cup carrots or turnips
½ banana
1 cup vanilla ice cream
Day 3
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea
5 saltine crackers
1 slice cheddar cheese
1 small apple
Lunch:
1 boiled egg
1 slice toast
black coffee or tea
Dinner:
1 cup tuna
1 cup beets or carrots
1 cup cauliflower or greens
1 cup cantaloupe
½ cup vanilla ice cream
Monday, January 30, 2006
Thursday, September 29, 2005
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1. seven seas
2. split level
3. forgive and forget
4. missing you
5. downtown
6. lucky break
7. he's by himself
8. see-through blouse
9. first aid
10. west indies
11. six feet underground
12. backward glance
13. tricycle
14. reading between the lines
15. crossroads
16. three degrees below zero
17. neon lights
18. just between you and me
19. one in a million
20. broken promise
21. you are out of touch
22. life begins at forty
23. jack in a box
24. growing economy
25. up before eight
26. just around the corner
27. apple pie
28. making up for lost time
29. standing ovation
30. I understand you undertake to undermine my undertaking
