You must drink eight 8oz. glasses of water daily (64 oz. total per day).
At any meal you may eat until you are full.
You must eat the minimum listed at each meal.
You cannot eliminate anything from the diet. Especially the bacon at breakfast and the salads. You must eat the bacon and salads. These combinations of food burn the fat, omitting one part of the combination will cause the whole thing not to work.
The grapefruit or fruit juice is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning process. Don't add or reduce the amount of grapefruit or juice.
Cut down on coffee, it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup at meal time.
Don't eat between meals. If you eat the suggested foods you will not get hungry.
You can fry food in butter and use butter generously on vegetables.
Do not eat desserts, breads, and white vegetables or sweet potatoes.
You may double or triple helpings of meat, salad or vegetables.
Eat until you are stuffed. The more you eat the more weight you will lose.
Stay on the diet 12 days, then stop the diet for 2 days and repeat.
Diet Plan:
Breakfast:

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

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

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

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


Things you May NOT Have Things You May Have
White onions
Red onions

Potatoes
bell peppers

Celery
Radishes

Peas
Broccoli

Cereal
Cucumbers

Corn
Carrots

Starchy vegetables
Green Onions

Potato chips
Leaf Spinach

Peanut Butter
Cabbage

Pasta
Tomatoes

Corn chips
Green Beans

Jelly or Jam
Lettuce

Sweet pickles
Chili (no beans)

Pretzels
Mayonnaise (hence the term Mayo diet)

Fruit
Any cheese

Low-fat / fat free or diet salad dressings
Hot Dogs


Cole Slaws


Reg. Salad Dressing


Green Vegetables


1 tsp Dried Nuts


Dill or Bread / Butter Pickles