grapefruit diet???help!!!!?

Question

ok i heard if u eat a grapefruit every morning, you will lose weight. well i got two questions. does this really work?how quickly will you lose the weight??i was going to try this to lose 20lbs by august 20th!!but i need those questions answered first.HELP!

Answer 1

It's simple, really. I don't know about the grapefruit diet, but I do know that if you eat eggs for breakfast, salad for lunch, and chicken, tuna, or salmon for dinner, this works. Plus you need to throw some exercise in the mix. Running is great and it works best!

Answer 2

The grapefruit diet is a myth many people think you can lose tons of weight by eating grapefruit, but you are actually just starving yourself. If you need to loose some quick pounds try the south beach diet, I did it and lost 36 pounds in 4 months.

Answer 3

yes the grapefruit diet works. You should eat 2 peices of bacon in the morning with a peice of toast. Something about the bacon and grapefruit makes u burn more calories. You also need to eat a half of grapefruit with every meal. Stay away from Starchy food (potatoes, mac and cheese and bread it all turns to sugar) Eat lots of green veggies and as much meat as you want. Make sure to drink lots of water and excercise also.(No softdrinks or drinks high in sugar.) U can lose close to what you want to lose if you stick with it. Good Luck!! Hope it works for you.

Answer 4

It will only work if its a part of a diet plan. If you just eat grapefruit everymorning and continue to pile up calorie you wont lose weight. Try having healthy food in morning with and having very light dinner so you can have lot of energey during the day. Also try drinking lot of water as it will curb your appetite. And make a food diary. And get a lot of snack-a-jacks...:)

Answer 5

No Grapefruit diets are dangerous. No one is kidding when saying breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Now lets say a person to maintain there wieght has to take in 3000 calories a days. If this person wants to gain weight they should eat 500-800 calories over there normal maintenence caloric intake. So they would be eating 3500-3800. To stay the same wieght they would eat 3000. Now to lose weight they would want to eat 500 cals under there maintenence calories intake. So around 2500 calories. Your calories should not be eaten in 3 meals but 5 or 6 meals. Eating every 3hours.

Now that i have explained basic calories intake i will expand on food choices.

For Protein, You should be eating 1-2 g for ever pound of body weight. I weight 204 so i aim for 250 or more. If you weight 150 you should eat in between 150 and 300 g of protein.You should eat this amount to prevent muscle loss. Even investing in a whey protein supplement would be great..

Carbohydrates. Dieters worst enemy or best friend? I say Best friend. You just need to know which carbs are the best for you. Throughout the day you generally want Whole grains, bran, wheat pasta, brown rice, and fibrous greens. Also know as complex carbs or a.k.a. Long lasting energy. At first you may not like them, but they will grow on you in the end. No matter(Gaining weight, lossing or staying the same) what these are the carbs you should be eating. Remeber 1 g carb= 4 cals so if something has 5 fiber=20 cals subtrat that from your daily calorie totals. For fiber is never digested in your body and comes out whole. if you eat 35 g fiber thats alot of calories you can subtract.

Simple carbs. White bread, fruit, White sugar, other sugars, enriched wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, high fuctose corn syrup, etc. The only one i recomend is the Fruit and other sugars(Mainly dextrose). Fruit is obviously great for you, full of antioxidants,which can get rid of free radicals(Bad stuff). Promote regularity (Solid waste removal). Vitamins and minerals and all that good stuff. Now Dextrose should only be eaten after a workout. It will provide and insulin spike and cause nutrients to move to your muscles faster. About 25-30 g would be sufficient for losing weight. Don't forget to eat a fast digest protein with the dextrose,such as a Whey protein supplement mixed in water or some tuna or chicken.

Fats. Now alot of people think that eat fat is bad. Well its not. Eating the right kind of fats is neccesary to life. Eat fat or die(Just kidding), But it is very important. You shouldnt take in alot of foods that have alot of saturated fat in it or foods that ingredients read Hydrogenated (Insert name) oil. That means trans fat whcih is bad and shouldnt be in the body. I suggest low in sat fat and more Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated. Also under 50 g of good fat for losing weight. I suggest a flaxseed oil pill or a Omega3-6-9 pill or fish oil pills.

Vitamins and minerals---- plain and simple just take a Multi-vitamin every morning. With food intake that should be enough.

Recap.: 1-2g protein per lb of body weight.
More complex carbs, less simple carbs.
Good fats(Flaxseed pills, fish oils, Omega3-6-9 pills, olive oil). Eat low in saturated fat.

VERY IMPORTANT- Now if you need to cheat which i recommend. Make it a cheat meal and not a cheat day. Some diets are all about the cheat day which is wrong. A cheat meal is a better idea. Once a week one meal you can eat what ever you want.

Thats how you lose weight. Also drink 1-2galons of water.

If you need slowly decrease calories amount if you hit a plateau.

Zinko

Answer 6

personally, i think it's better to eat protein in the morning. something like eggs or a low sugar cereal, just look at the labels. as long as you eat breakfast, you'll be fine. read labels and eat protein! it makes you eat less and satisfies you for longer time. if you just use moderation and exercise you can definately lose it by aug. 20th. and remember, don't worry if you mess up! just get right back on it and maybe exercise a little harder the next time. in the end it doesn't matter how much you weigh, just how you feel and how you fit into your clothes.

Answer 7

I heard grapefruit can help you loose weight. I used to drink grapefruit juice a lot in high school. It worked for me, but I can't remember how fast or how much.

Answer 8

my friend did that diet! she lost a lot of weight but went back to eating normal after like a month and she gained it all and more back. but yea it works! she lost like 7 pounds in a week.

Answer 9

yeah it does work cause of the citric acid in it and only eat half of a one at night cause it works better when u eat it at night cause it settles in your stomach faster and u will lose weight faster im just not sure how fast