There are many versions of three-day diets circulating,
all with the promise of bringing dieters significant
weight loss in just three days.
There are many
variations in what dieters may and may not eat during
these three days. One diet even calls for dieters to drink
only water for the first day. On the second day dieters
may eat fruit, and drink only fruit juice, and on the
third day dieters may eat only vegetables, and drink
only vegetable juice.
The most common three-day diet, and the one
that seems to be the most popular, is a three-day diet
with a meal plan that instructs dieters what to eat for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The specifics of the plan
vary, as do what dieters are allowed to drink while on
the plan. Some versions allow anything, others specify
just water and diet soda in addition to the coffee and
tea called for in the meal plan.
Many require that
dieters drink at least four glasses of water daily.
Some allow diet soda to be substituted for the water.
A common version of the three-day diet meal plan is:
Day 1
Breakfast: black tea or coffee, 1/2 a grapefruit,
1 piece of toast with 1 Tablespoon of peanut butter.
Some version specify 1/3 of a grapefruit, some call for
artificial sweetener to be added to the coffee, some
allow grapefruit juice to be substituted for the
grapefruit.
Lunch: 1/2 cup tuna, 1 piece dry toast, black
coffee or tea. Some versions call for tuna in water,
some call for artificial sweetener with the coffee or tea.
Dinner: 3 ounces lean meat, 1 cup green beans, 1
cup carrots, 1 apple, 1 cup vanilla ice cream. Some
versions specify a low fat ice cream, other do not.
Some versions call for 1 cup of beets instead of carrots.
Day 2
Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 slice dry toast, 1/2 banana,
black coffee or tea. Some versions require artificial
sweetened in the coffee or tea. It is not generally specified
how the dieter should prepare the egg. Some
versions call for a whole banana.
Lunch: 1 cup cottage cheese and six crackers.
Some versions allow dieters to choose between 1 cup
of cottage cheese and 1 cup of tuna. Some require six
crackers, some allow eight.Most versions call for Saltine
brand crackers.
Dinner: two hot dogs, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 cup
carrots, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream. Some
versions specify beef franks. Some call for 1 cup of
cabbage instead of 1 cup of broccoli. Some versions
require low fat ice cream.
Day 3
Breakfast: one apple, 1 ounce cheddar cheese, five
Saltine brand crackers, black tea or coffee. Some versions
allow or require artificial sweetener.
Lunch: one hard-boiled egg, one slice dry toast.
Some versions allow black coffee or tea (with or without
artificial sweetener) with this meal, others do not.
Dinner: 1 cup tuna, 1 cup carrots, 1 cup cauliflower,
1 cup melon, and 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream.
Some versions call for 1/2 a cantaloupe instead of 1
cup of melon. Some versions require low fat ice cream.
There are other versions of the above three-day
diet, with some specifying even more alternatives for
the dieter, including an orange instead of grapefruit,
cottage cheese instead of tuna, and various vegetable
substitutions.
Most versions tell dieters to use lemon,
salt and pepper, mustard, vinegar, herbs, soy sauce,
ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings
to add flavoring to food during the diet, but nothing
containing fat, such as butter.
Most versions of the
diet are very specific in saying that dieters have to
follow the rules exactly to see the promised weight loss.
