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Carnation Instant Breakfast & Grapefruit
SummaryLow fat meal repalcement shakes and grapefruit with minimal carbs, as well as your meat and veggies at dinner time. These low fat shakes give you all the vitamins and minerals that you need for the day. The grapefruit as well as the snacks in between meals help boost your metabolism to help you burn fat better. This balanced diet really works and KICKS ASS!!! DescriptionBREAKFAST: 1 carnation instant breakfast shake made with fat free milk 1/2 a pink grapefruit SNACK: 1 flavoured quaker rice cake or 1 package of thinsations LUNCH: 1 carnation instant breakfast shake made with fat free milk 1/2 a pink grapefruit SNACK: 1 flavoured quaker rice cake or 1 package of thinsations DINNER: 1/2 a pink grapefruit 1 1/2 cups of salad mix with fat-free dressing (or a minimal amount of normal dressing) OR 1/2 cup of vegatables of your choice 1-2 servings of meat or other protien SNACK: 1 flavoured quaker rice cake or 1 package of thinsations TIPS: with any diet and weight loss plan exercise is key as well as drinking 8-10 glasses of water or green tea a day. (although I don't reccomend drinking that many glasses of green tea! probably about 3-4 max in a day.) AND ANY MORE WATER THAN THAT IS CALLED WATERLOADING AND IS DANGEROUS! IT CAN LEAD TO WATER RETENTION, BLURRED VISION, BRAIN SWELLING, COMA, AND DEATH. I have personally been in the hospital due to waterloading and speak from personal experience. So please, don't OD on the h2o! Hoodia is a good apetite supressant that can help with any cravings you may get if you actually need it. Hoodia chews are good and you can get them at GNC. HistoryI lost 150 pounds on this diet 3 years ago and 2 pregnancies later still didn't gain it ALL back. I'm doing it again and lost 95 pounds to date, although it is harder for me to lose weight this time around and I have to exercise a lot more. But it is the only diet that has worked for me and doesn't drain me of all my energy when I am doing it for a prolonged period of time. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE ER, TRY THIS ONE! I love it!!! CriticismThis is my own diet that I created myself and I haven't had any problems with it. In fact it is the only one that actually works for me and keeps me from feeling sick if I am doing it for a prolonged period of time. But I welcome any comments whether they be kudos or criticism. Tags: bars grapefruit meals shakes Related Diets: Slim-fast Diet Cambridge Diet Celebrity Slim Carb Solutions Medifast |
| shine | posted 27-Jan-2009 10:12pm can i just eat vegetables instead of meat for dinner or do i still need the meat,also can i sqeeze the juice from the grapefruit and drink it or do i need to eat the grapefruit? |
| Nissa | posted 29-Jan-2009 11:03pm If you just squeeze the juice out of the grapefruit instead of eating the fruit you will not get enough fiber in your diet. I was watching the news the other day and a doctor was saying that drinking juice is a good substitute for eating fruits and vegetables, but if you don't eat some fruits and vegetables, then you will get the antioxidants, but not the fiber, which isn't good for you. I suppose that for dinner you don't have to eat meat, but you need to have some protien in your diet, and you can get that from canned beans (the white or brown ones, not the green ones), or peanut butter. It is important to have protien in your diet especially if you are working out because without enough protien, you can burn out easily and end up with health problems. I hope this post helped you, shine. |
| Amanda | posted 19-Mar-2009 5:58pm Any other fruit you would suggest besides grapefruit? :P This sounds like a diet I can do cause I'm picky...so I Googled Carnation Instant Breakfast shakes!! For protein I can do eggs as well? right? |
| Sam | posted 27-Apr-2009 3:23pm Well, today's day 1 of me trying this diet. I've only had grapefruit juice before (which I HATED), but to be honest the grapefruit wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be (I drizzle a little splenda on it to make it sweeter). The carnation shakes are really good, but I wait a bit in between eating the grapefruit and drinking the shake, cause the two don't go together very well hehe. So far I haven't had any cravings yet, which is pretty surprising considering this time of day I'm usually raiding the cabinets for something to eat. If I remember, I'll try to check in and post how it's going. :) Thanks a lot for posting this; I hope it works for me like it did for you! |
| Jenn | posted 18-Jul-2009 12:15am @ shine....you need some kind of protein in your diet, it doesn't have to be meat. A high protein diet (you get alot in the shake) is pretty much the key to weight loss because the proteins builds and maintains your muscles and that boosts your metabolism. If you don't get enough protein you starve your muscles and it makes them weaker and slows your metabolism. A good substitute for red meat is fish, shellfish, beans, soy, eggs (whites are better), yogurt, lentils, Tempeh to name a few. And a quick tip, if you get a craving or feel hungry between meals you can eat a teaspoon of peanut butter...it will make you feel full and its a good source of protein (I've found the skippy natural peanut butter is pretty good) Oh one more thing....fiber is really important and so is water (flavored is cool, brewed tea, crystal light, I personally like propel but only when I'm working out because there is higher sodium but you should get like a gallon of water a day....last I heard like 90% of Americans are dehydrated and don't realize it). If you are not getting enough fiber and you are not regular then the good vitamins and stuff you are taking into your body will not be absorbed properly. You also get bloated and retain more water from not being regular........Hope that helps  |
| Renee | posted 7-Sep-2009 3:00pm wow, I had decided over the weekend that the cookie diet program was just too much money so I am going to try carnation instant breakfast sugar free and some grapefruit twice a day, and a small meal for supper, maybe a healthy choice or something and I happend onto this diet! you said you lost 150 pounds a few years ago on a program similar to this...how long did it take you? Any loose skin? Energy level okay? Thanks for this site!!! |
| Nissa | posted 14-Sep-2009 3:18pm CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST IS PROTIEN!!! read the package. Took me about 4 months to lose 100 pounds and then another 2 to lose the other 50. Good luck to you! If you stick to this diet and exercise too, it rocks!!! and doesn't make you feel like crap  |
| Nissa | posted 14-Sep-2009 3:29pm Oh, and grapefruit has lots of fiber, and rice cakes are carbs, just all of this is basicly fat free and you still get the calories. Also, if you do not eat a diet that is high in salt (sodium) then you don't need to be drinking a whole galon of water, maybe about 1 litre or a quart. You can get dangerously low blood pressure and die if you drink too much water. But if you eat a lot of fries, bread, potato chips and put a ton of salt on your food, by all means, drink a galon or 2 of water a day. This diet is not perfect, but it is much better than taking diet pills or being near starvation. Atkins is ok too, but for only short term because too much protein can shut down your liver. Although, protien is very good. If you must take diet pills Acai on it's own is ok because it is natural. The caffiene diet pills can dehydrate you. If you take a lot of those caffiene diet pills then that is another time it would be good to drink a lot of water, although that again could flush all the nutrients out of your body and kill you. |
| Nell | posted 17-Sep-2009 4:22pm I wanted to do a liquid fast for spiritual reasons but didn't want my metabolism (very slow metabolism) to slow all the way down, so I did the Carnation Breakfast Essentials No Sugar Added, for 7 days, 3 times a day and I lost 13 lbs. I was not hungry at all and I felt great. I wouldn't recommend doing this for health reasons or for extended periods, but it really helped me to control my hunger and to make better health choices. A friend told me that you "Eat to live" and not "Live to eat", so I'm trying to make this a life change and do the Carnation Breakfast one or twice a day and eat a regular balanced meal. This is my 11th day and I gained one pound, but that is good, because I know that was a huge change for my body to lose that quickly on just liquids. I also did Leslie Sansone's walking tape 4 times that week and my energy level was great. I will post any changes. Stay encouraged everybody. |
| Mel | posted 3-Oct-2009 6:15pm I am going to try this diet because I need to loose 100lbs ...its been hard since my car accident. |
| Nell | posted 22-Oct-2009 10:52am It has been over a month since I lost the weight on Carnation. I have lost another 7lbs since I have learned to control my portion sizes and eating less bad carbs, like white bread, pastries, chips. It's a daily journey, but be encouraged Mel |
| carrie | posted 14-Nov-2009 11:59pm i want to try this but i can not eat grapefruit because of a med i take may be a yogurt instead email please at cdehart40@live.com thanks |
| jessie | posted 13-Dec-2009 6:34pm Do I get the regular instant breakfast or the sugar free stuff??? Also about how fast does the weight come off? |
| Nissa | posted 28-Dec-2009 1:56am I have never heard of the sugar free carnation breakfast, but I am going to look for it now. Thanks! How fast the weight comes off depends on how motivated you are to exercise. This is because muscle is what burns fat. Fat does not burn itself. If you are not into going to the gym and doing extreme cardio or excercise tapes make sure that you at least walk or do pilates. Pilates are good for total body toning. Good luck! :) |
| Anonymous | posted 17-Jan-2010 7:12pm nissa do you have any before or after pics? |
| Anonymous | posted 10-Feb-2010 10:42am will this diet work just as well on a man? |
| Nelvis | posted 9-Mar-2010 4:52pm The sugar free drinks seem to make me hungry, So I went back to the regular ones. So far I've lost 50lbs |
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