On the 3 day diet menu, it is very important to eat your grapefruit or drink your grapefruit juice at every meal.  Additionally, you must drink at least 32 ounces of water each day.

Breakfast #1

Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice
1 piece of dry toast topped with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter

Breakfast #2

Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice
1 egg
1 piece of dry toast
½ banana

Breakfast #3

Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice
5 saltine crackers
1 oz. cheese
1 apple

Lunch on the 3 day diet menu also has about 200 calories a day.

Lunch #1

½ cup tuna in spring water
1 piece of dry toast
Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice

Lunch #2

1 cup cottage cheese
8 saltine crackers
Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice

Lunch #3

1 boiled egg
1 slice dry toast
Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice

Dinner on the 3 day diet menu has about 350 calories and bulks up the meal with 2 cups of vegetables.  You also get a sweet treat in the form of vanilla ice cream.

Dinner #1

3 ounces of lean meat
1 cup of green beans
1 cup of carrots
1 apple
1 cup of vanilla ice cream
Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice

Dinner #2

2 franks
1 cup of  cabbage
1/2 cup of carrots
1/2 banana
1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream
Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice

Dinner #3

1 cup EACH of:
* tuna in spring water
* carrots
* cauliflower
* melon
* 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream
Coffee or tea (sugar substitute okay)
½ Grapefruit or 4 oz. grapefruit juice

Grapefruit has no scientifically based fat reducing properties and does not magically speed up your metabolism.  Eaten whole (rather than juiced), ½ of the fruit provides 6 grams of fiber.  But then, oranges provide 7 grams of fiber.

The 3 day diet menus do provide a healthy, balanced meal plan, but it has only about 900 calories.  So, will you lose weight if you stick to the diet?  Yes.  You will probably lose between 3 and 6 pounds.  Some people claim to have lost 10 pounds.

This can be a real turn on for people who need to lose a dress size in a short amount of time, particularly if a big event is looming.  But, the 3 day diet menu does not provide a lasting solution to weight loss.