Lose up to 20 pounds in 14 days with Scarsdale diet plan
14 days on Scarsdale diet plan and you’ll be nearly 20 pounds lighter. It sounds great, doesn’t it? And it’s absolutely achievable with some strong will, patience and desire from you side.
The Scarsdale diet menu and complete diet plan were created by Dr. Herman Tarnower (March 18, 1910 – March 10, 1980). The book “The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet” was originally published in the distant 1978 by Herman Tarnower M.D. (as the author) and Samm Sinclair Baker (as the coauthor).
Are you ready to start already? Take a moment to read Scarsdale diet review. I think you will find it quite interesting as Dr. Tarnower offered in his book not only easy way to lose weight but to keep it off forever through his Lifetime keep-slim program.
Scarsdale diet menu
Scarsdale diet menu does not require meal portioning. You can eat as much as you like until you are satisfied (not stuffed).
Breakfast in Scarsdale diet menu is the same everyday.
Breakfast
- 1/2 grapefruit – the best fruit for breakfast!
However if you don’t have a grapefruit at hand, you can substitute it for other fruit in season.
- One slice of protein bread, toasted, no spread added.
- Coffee or tea (no sugar, cream or milk, no honey).
Day 1
Lunch:
- Assorted cold cuts
- Tomatoes – sliced, broiled, or stewed
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Fish or shellfish, any kind
- Combination salad, any greens and vegetables as you wish
- One slice protein bread – toasted
- Grapefruit – if not available, use fruit in season
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Day 2
Lunch:
- Fruit salad – any combination of fruits
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Plenty of broiled, lean hamburger
- Tomatoes, lettuce, celery, olives (limit 4), cucumbers and/or Brussels Sprouts
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Day 3
Lunch:
- Tuna fish or salmon salad (oil drained off) with lemon and vinegar dressing
- Grapefruit, or melon, or fruit in season
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Sliced roast lamb*, all visible fat removed
- Salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
* Can be substituted with fish, seafood, chicken or turkey
Day 4
Lunch:
- Two eggs, any style (no fat used in cooking)
- Low-fat cottage cheese
- Zucchini, or string beans, or sliced/stewed tomatoes
- One slice of protein bread, toasted
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Roast, broiled or barbequed chicken (skin and visible fat removed before eating)
- Plenty of spinach, green peppers, string beans
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Day 5
Lunch:
- Assorted cheese slices (preferably low fat)
- Spinach, all you want
- One slice of protein bread – toasted
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Fish or shellfish
- Combination salad (any fresh vegetables desired, raw or cooked)
- One slice of protein bread – toasted
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Day 6
Lunch:
- Fruit salad, any combination of fruits
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Roast turkey or chicken
- Salad of tomatoes and lettuce
- Grapefruit or fruit in season
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Day 7
Lunch:
- Cold or hot turkey or chicken
- Tomatoes, carrots, cooked cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower
- Grapefruit, or fruit in season
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
Dinner:
- Plenty of broiled (grilled) steak, all visible fat removed before eating; any cut of steak you wish- sirloin, porterhouse, London broil, etc.
- Salad of lettuce, cucumbers, celery, tomatoes (sliced or cooked)
- Brussels Sprouts
- Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water
This diet is not an easy task and by our opinion, it is hard to prepare and to follow.
Despite that fact, it definitely gives the desired results …
Read our review
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There will be a lot of sharing and discussions about the original diet plan. Everyone is free to share their experience and weight loss results in our closed group. You will be able to post your before/after photos, as well as share advices on preparing the Scarsdale diet meals.
49 Comments
Please send me copy of schardale diet please!I’m 1,60tall and overweight 76kg please help me loos weight fast I’m 37 years ol
I went to the book store and order the book. It helps me to read your article . Great reading and yes I’m dropping weight
Can you please send me a food menu please Thanks
Can I take the honey and cinnamon tea with the scarsdale diet?
Im 60 now. I have gone on this diet a few times in the past
its the only diet that works for me
Can I subtitle yogurt for the cottage cheese
totally works!
Please send me a copy of Scarsdale diet to help my patient to reduce weight in an healthy way. Thank you so very much!
Blanka F Yanes, MD
Lunch and dinner on Tuesday is reversed. The lunch is supposed to be the dinner and vice vrsa.
Who changed the diet menu?… I see the dinners and lunches have been switched around on at least a couple of days? The originator had a specific reason for the food combinations in his original menu… I’ve been on this diet 2 weeks at a time whenever I needed to the last 34yrs and works wonderfully just the original way…no one has the authority to rearrange it… Im sticking to the original menu because it really works !
Hi, I am 69 years of age, male, 5’8″ 210 lbs. My normal weight should be 180 lbs. I take low daily doses of 8 mg. of Atacand and 10 mg. of Crestor. Is there any reason I should not try the Scarsdale two week diet?
Please advise…….
Thank-you,
Richard J.
Yes, origional diet definitely works. I lost 36lb in 4-5 months doing 2 weeks on one week off. The week off doesn’t mean you stuff yourself but you simply add jacket potatoes for example. This works for me as I have a slow metabolism and the 2 weeks on, one week off means my metabolism keeps working effectively. If you diet continuously your body gets used to the food intake, you have to keep kickstarting your metabolism to lose weight effectively and safely.
please send me a copy of the scarsdale diet I want to try it as I have at least fifty lbs to lose thank you
This is the only diet that works. I can’t really call it a diet because i am never hungary. I lost 30 lbs. In 6 weeks. I have so much energy now, amazing. Thanks to this diet plan.
I just can’t seem to take off my weight. After not being able to really move for a year because of lower back and sciatica. I have since had my back surgery but continge to gain weight. I need help. Please send me a copy of the complete diet.
Please send an original format of the diet as I have used it in the past, (maybe 25 years ago, and did lose weight).
This diet is very easy once you understand it. Meat, chicken, fish, coddle, tea, diet soda if you must. Sugar free grapefruit cups make breakfast fast and easy. Sprinkle toast with cinnamon and Stevia for a cancer fighting tasty treat. Cut out all fats. 2Weeks 20lbs. Works like a charm! You can do anything for 2 weeks! Remember, eat as much of meat, fish, and chicken as you like.
This is the only diet program I’ve ever tried. It worked for me many years ago, plus, I love grapefruit. I’m going back on it today and I can’t wait to see the results.
Can someone post the original diet menu? Please
I’ve been on this diet before and it requires some will power but it’s well worth it once it’s said and done!!!
Please send me a copy of the Scarsdale diet to Noel Miller, 272 Beechpark, Lucan, Co. Dublin K78 Y032 let me know the ccost of what I have to pay, THANK YOU
This diet is my go-to and has been for 20 years. The weight literally falls off. You can’t cheat at all but all that protein keeps you from being hungry. I make a special tomato sauce that I use sparingly on everything and it didn’t seem to make a difference at all in the effectiveness of the weight loss. Just take a can of plain tomato sauce with nothing else in it at all, add some powdered ginger, black pepper, apple cider vinegar and no cal sweetener. Experiment with the amounts of things you add. I’m on it again now…7 pounds, seven days so far.
Can I have a protein shake first thing in the morning before breakfast?
Thanks
Tamara
I followed 90% of the diet to take into account low carb, high fat and I lost 8 kg in two weeks. Nice
I can’t find protein bread. Can someone tell me where and what brand to buy, I don’t have time to make it
Can the meals be switched
can snack on carrots in between meals
This diet wasn’t to easy but in the last 6 days I have lost 10.8 pounds!!! I definitely got the results I wanted.
I have also used this diet whenever I need to loose a few pounds. My mom used it back in the day and recommended it to me over 20 years ago. I’ve recommnded it to many friends and they love it too. It’s simple and provides fast results. I usually have four lbs less by Thursday morning of the first week. A big plus, it sort of resets any bad eating schedule I’ve fallen into.
Last note: google the diet, I agree that some sus are switched out above.
Please share how it goes.
I first went on this diet back in 1979, lost 48lbs in 3 months, 2 weeks on and 2 weeks careful. I never regained the weight as I just went on the diet for a few days whenever a lb or two crept on. I can genuinely recommend this diet for a good result. I prefer to stick to the original diet whenever I have to use it.
I’ve read the book from cover to cover several times, and Dr. Tarnower said the meals could be switched around on occasion, as necessary. So, I’ll use this menu until I find an original menu online or find my book! It’s lost in all my packing boxes. I need to lose a few pounds due to stress eating from moving. I’ve use this diet, as needed, since the 80’s, and it’s worked like magic for me!
Down 2 pounds since yesterday morning, and I’m not starving! Love this diet! Lean meat, eggs, cheese, bread, veggies, fruit! Tell this group all about your successes, because (you can trust me on this), no one else will want to hear it!
can someone please give me an idea of what to eat on the two weeks off. I always need a menu mapped out for me to follow. Or someone just tell me where I make the changes starting with breakfast, lunch and dinner. What do I add to each meal.
Thank you.
Susanb
Isn’t the above the original diet? It’s a great diet..
I use Ezekiel Bread – comes in several options.
Contain sprouted grains, Ezekiel bread has more protein, fiber, and absorbable vitamins and minerals. Whole Foods, Meijer and other stores, but look in frozen food area.
Does anyone have a menu for the Keep Trim phase of the diet? I am looking for a menu for weeks 3 and 4. Thanks so much
wanted to know some things
1-may I exchange days, meals, or foods?
2-may I drink water throughout the day?
3- I don’t eat hamburger and lamb may I eat anything like chicken instead?
4-Is it OK for me to have 14oz. of water with 1/2 lemon in the morning before breakfast?
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How to order original Scarsdale diet book
I have been in this diet and lost 7lbs in the first 7 days sadly the last three days I have stalled and had zero loss but I’m keeping at it for the remaining four days to see what happens. I really hope the stall breaks as it’s infuriating being this good and not seeing results daily!!
I am 79 years old, 5’ 11” tall, weight 260 lbs , I want to lose 40 lbs. Can I go on the Scarsdale Diet?
Hi
Please I would like to see the menu I need to loose weight
Thank You
Only real food diet that has ever worked for me. I’ve tried the keto the last few months — isn’t working. I hope it works now at 60 like it did when I was in my 20’s. I need to lose 50 lbs by fall. I’ve always included bananas on fruit salad days. Anyone else doing that?
can I eat avocado on the scarsdale diet?
The full menu is available in the Scarsdale Diet book, either in your local bookstore or at your library. This has the original menu as well as enhanced menus, such as the Gourmet Diet for those who like to cook.
The sprouted 7 grain bread at aldi fit the requirements really close for “protein” bread. I’ve tried many things shakes meal replacements counting calories working with a trainer and eating ungodly amounts of food that took sooooooo much prep and drinking protein shakes all day. This is by far the best most effective easiest way I’ve ever lost weight. Variety of foods is great use ur imagination and get creative… easily substitute things u don’t like. It also is very cist effective and not expensive. Sometimes ill swap days….still see results!!! There is a great app for Android users. I will never try anything else when I need to lose some lbs.
I love this simple diet. I was on this diet in 1979 and lost more weight and cellulite than I ever did before and definitely after. While in my childbearing years I stayed away from it. But now I am Back!
I cant seem to find a menu plan for the keep trim phase which would be really helpful as I have found this easy as it is simple to follow. Also can you alternate the days, ie have eggs on Friday instead of Thursday for example.
can you substiute cottage cheese for somethimng else?