Scarsdale Medical Diet November 4 - November 10

[dietsprite]

Hi all. I'm restarting the Scarsdale Medical Diet, so for anyone interested, feel free to come post about how you're doing on Scarsdale here.
Scarsdale is reffered to as a 2 week diet or 14-day diet because you're supposed to cycle 2 weeks on, then 2 weeks off. For the off weeks you can follow Keep Trim eating(also reffered to as KT)
The Scarsdale menu is listed below. For more information about Scarsdale and Keep Trim, as well as a shopping list you can visit lowcarblisa's wonderful site at Scarsdale Diet Support Site

THE SCARSDALE MEDICAL 14-DAY DIET

Where no portion is indicated, you can eat as much as you like.
Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed.

Between meals you can snack on carrots, celery, and low sodium vegetable broth

BREAKFAST EVERY DAY:
One half grapefruit -if not available,use fruits* in season
One slice of protein bread**, toasted, no spread added
Coffee /tea (no sugar, cream or milk, no honey)


MONDAY

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 fruits in season
Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water

TUESDAY

Lunch:
Fruit salad, any combination of fruits
[substitute lunch recommended - see bottom of page]
Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water

Dinner:
Plenty of broiled, lean hamburger (see Meat & Poultry link for info)
Tomatoes, lettuce, celery, olives (limit 4), cucumbers
and/or Brussels Sprouts
Coffee/Tea/Diet Soda/Water

WEDNESDAY

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 subsituted with fish, seafood, chicken or turkey, or veg protein

THURSDAY

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

FRIDAY

Lunch:
Assorted cheese slices (preferably lowfat)
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

SATURDAY

Lunch:
Fruit salad, any combination of fruits
[substitute lunch recommended]
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

SUNDAY

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


*allowed fruit substitutes
READ the FRUITS link on the left for more detailed info.

**protein bread substitutes
READ the PROTEIN BREAD link on the left for more info & list.

***cold cuts
your choice - lean meats, chicken, turkey
READ the MEAT & POULTRY link on the left for more info & list.

NOTES:
Cooking with herbs, seasonings, spices, grated onion, minced parsley is recommended.
Salt, Non-stick vegetable spray, cocktail sauce, ketchup, chili sauce & mustard are all permitted, but should be used within MODERATION.
Vegetables not permitted are corn, peas, potatoes, lentils and any beans, except green or waxed.
Where no portion is indicated, you can eat as much as you like.
Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed.
Between meals you can snack on carrots, celery, and low sodium vegetable broth
Count your calories - they should be between 850 - 1000 a day.
SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET- SUBSTITUTE LUNCH
If you wish, you may substitute the following lunch for any lunch, any day, on the Scarsdale Medical Diet.
One half cup low-fat pot cheese or cottage cheese,
mixed with One tablespoon of low-fat sour cream
Sliced fruit, all you want
6 halves of walnuts or pecans, whole or chopped, and mixed with the above or sprinkled over the fruit
Coffee/tea/no-sugar diet soda of any flavor
(Tip: puree the cottage cheese & sour cream to make a whipped topping, serve over mixed berries & top w/ chopped nuts for a "sundae")

SECOND WEEK OF SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET
Repeat all menus of the first week. It's as simple as that. If after fourteen days, you still need to lose weight, switch to Keep-Trim Eating for two weeks, [before going back on the SMD.]
Read The Two On Two Off and Keep Trim Links

[dietsprite]

So, the last time I did Scarsdale successfully my start weight was 204. I got down to 169 in 3 months. Then a few months later managed to get down to 162.5 when I restarted Scarsdale. But, I have not stayed on Scarsdale, so on Saturday my weight was back up to 175.
I restarted Scarsdale yesterday and today I'm down 2.5lbs to 172.5!

My menu so far today:
Breakfast-
1 slice whole wheat bread(lowest carb count available in store)
1/2 apple

Lunch-
Chicken with brocolli and cauliflower

[pennylovesdarren]

Hi! I don't see the link for the fruit, meat, or bread subs. ? I clicked on the link for the Keep-trim but the site didn't open. Help! Thanks!


p.s. You look wonderful! Congrats for keeping it off!

[dietsprite]

Thank you.

I modified the link in the top post to go the homepage of the site, on the left are links for more information on several topics.
Here is the link about fruit: Fruit
I hope that works.

[dietsprite]

Dinner for this evening was:
3 turkey burgers(in place of steak, they're cheaper, lol)
brussel sprouts
diced tomatoes and onion

[silentkate]

Hi Rachael! I didn't realize you had already started a post.
I did Scarsdale last year with great results (went from 209 to 179 in around 3 months). The last few months I've been struggling with my eating and went from 179 all the way back up to 196. Clothes that were fitting aren't anymore. I decided to get back to Scarsdale as I know that's what really works for me.
I restarted on Saturday at 196 lbs and this morning I'm 191 lbs.
Breakfast today was fiber wheat bread and half an apple. For lunch I had a chicken breast without the skin, a chicken wing with the skin, and a small chicken leg off a rotisserie chicken.

[pennylovesdarren]

Thanks Rachael! It works!

[dietsprite]

I'm glad the link works.

Today I was down 1 lb.

My menu so far today has been:
breakfast-
1 slice wholeweat bread
1/2 apple
lunch-
rotiseree chicken breast, thigh, wing and leg
small serving brussel sprouts

I ate way to much for lunch and ate the skin on the chicken
I plan to do better the rest of the day and from here on out.

[dietsprite]

I haven't done so well today. Besides to much chicken, I had a couple bites of a very high carb roll with dinner this evening. I did not eat my slice of bread in an attempt to make up for that, lol.
Dinner tonight-
1 salad with low fat vinegrett and alaskan salmon
a small amount of a very high carb dinner roll(won't do that again)

I plan to do much better tomorrow, and I'll stay on plan tonight.

[LoriWants2Lose]

Hi, folks. Everal and I have been posting in the other loop and wondering if we were the only ones doing SMD. We both started today too, although I messed up and will have to restart tomorrow. Story of my life. However, I am down 10 from Atkins and then another 10 from 1 week of SMD. I've been holding at a 20 lb. loss and need to go back on SMD to jump start that again.

I'm a little weird and instead of calling the days Monday, Tuesday, Weds., I name them Day # 1, Day # 2 and start the Monday menu on whatever day I start SMD. So, restarting tomorrow, I'll be doing Monday's menu. Sorry for being such a confusing SMDer. I have found that if I start with any day other than Day # 1 that I cannot control my cravings as easily.

Anyway, I have a week filled with activities, so it's going to be a challenge to stick to it, but I'm hoping with lots of support that I can do it anyway. I want to hit 199 for my birthday and I'm running out of time (22nd of this month).

Nice to "meet" everyone.

[silentkate]

Welcome Lori! Don't worry about being confusing, everyone tweaks things here and there to make it work for them. It's nice to see other people posting here. I do better when I have other people to talk to about how I'm doing (keeps me accountable lol).

Penny, I forgot to say hi to you earlier. Hi! Are you doing Scarsdale at the moment or just considering it? Either way

[silentkate]

Late post for dinner. I stopped by Captian D's after class and got a salmon salad with fat free dressing. I also had my piece of fiber bread with dinner. So far so good today. My stomach is rumbling right now because it's used to being overfed but I'm drinking my Crystal Light and staying away from the fridge.

BTW, if anyone notices that my menu is usually exactly the same as dietsprites that's because we're sisters. lol

[silentkate]

Good morning!
190 this morning (down 1).
Breakfast: 1 piece of bread and half an apple.
I've been posting everything I eat in fitday.com It's really been helping me avoid temptation to know that everything I eat will have to be listed here and at fitday.

[dietsprite]

Good morning! Welcome Lori!
It doesn't bother me at all if you adjust your menu days! We often make adjustments as well.

This morning I was down .5. It's not much, but I didn't do so well yesterday, so I'll certaintly accept any loss! lol

Breakfast was-
1 slice whole wheat toast
1/2 apple

Lunch-
canned pinapple slices in pinapple juice
3 apples
1/2 cup cottage cheese

I'm looking forward to dinner, lol. And despite the fact that at times it's hard, I'm happy and excited to be back on Scarsdale!

[LoriWants2Lose]

Hi, ladies. I'm doing well so far today, but night is always my challenge and I have a Tupperware party tonight at a friend's house who is an amazing cook. Ugh! I have to really get my willpower in place before I go.

Here was my menu (I'm on Monday, even though it's Tuesday):

Breakfast- 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch--protein bread, slices of ham, tomato slices, lots of water
Snack--SF jello cup

Dinner will be tuna, salad, and some small serving of fruit. I'm leaning toward pineapple.

I also am going to guzzle a diet soda before I go into that party so I can be strong.

[dietsprite]

Good luck at the party, you can do it!

[pennylovesdarren]

Hi Kate! I'm not doing SMD yet but I am watching you girls to see how it goes. It seems to be going well! I am currently just recording everything I eat in a food journal and am reducing my calories in hopes of getting used to eating a lot less so I can do SMD without starving to death! LOL I know there are some foods you can eat without limits but I have got to mentally prepare. I like the fact that you can eat bread etc., I don't do strict LC well at all. In all my attempts, I've learned that it just doesn't work for me. But this seems doable and effective! Great combination! KUTGW!

[silentkate]

Good luck at the party Lori! You can do it!
Penny, that sounds like a good plan. SMD is easier when you're prepared for it. I've tried it in the past when I wasn't ready and didn't stick to it. I'm happy to be back on track now though.

[silentkate]

Lunch: 1/2 can of pineapple, 1 apple, and 1/2 cup %2 cottage cheese
Dinner: 3 turkey burgers, brussels sprouts, salad with fat free ceaser dressing.

Just ate dinner and I feel so much better. My stomach is used to an overabundance of junk food so it wasn't to happy with being fed only fruit salad for lunch. The nice thing about SMD is that even though you get hungry when you do eat the food tastes so much better. The idea of a plain burger, brussels sprouts and a salad would have sounded less than appealing a week ago but I enjoyed it just as much as I would have enjoyed the Chinese food I probably would have eaten if I was off track.

[LoriWants2Lose]

Waaaahhhh! I really messed up at the party and the food wasn't even that good. Not that the hostess isn't a great cook--she is--but nothing was worth setting myself back. I don't know what's wrong with me lately. I can't seem to stick to SMD the last week or so. I know it's a mindset, because I've had it before. I just have to find it again.

I may try induction for two weeks to get my body out of this carb addiction cycle and then back on SMD. I also think I need to stop pushing myself so hard to be a certain number by X date. It is almost like setting myself up for failure. I'm going to change my sig line and just put that my next goal is ONEderland, instead of my next goal is ONEderland by X date.

I could use prayers, well wishes and anything else you want to send my way. I don't know why losing weight has to be so hard. I really want to be normal again. I don't even have to be skinny. I just wanna be normal. Sniffle.

[LoriWants2Lose]

Don't ask me how, but I'm actually down .5 today. I'll take it. LOL We have three meals out this week and I have no idea what is being served at two of them because they are at people's houses. I'm going to do Atkins OWL the rest of the week and restart SMD on Monday. There is a lot less going on next week, so it will be easier to do SMD then. I would still like to lose another pound this week. That will put me back to my sig weight. I know I should change my stats, but I don't want to LOL

[silentkate]

Good morning!
I'm down to 189 this morning.
I'm going up to South Carolina the week of Thanksgiving to spend some time with my dad and his side of the family. I'd really like to be back to 179 by then but I'm not going to push myself to reach it. Right now I'm just happy that the scale isn't moving up. lol
Breakfast: 1/2 an apple. I was in such a rush this morning that I forgot to eat my toast. I'll add the piece of bread to my lunch.
I've noticed that I'm not craving food as often now as I was just a few days ago. Even with having such a small breakfast I don't feel like I need to rush to the fridge for lunch. I will be eating lunch of course (Scarsdale has such low calories already I don't think it's good for me to skip meals) but it's nice that the cravings are in control so that I'm not living for the fridge and my next meal.

Lori, I've been there! It is really hard to stick to Scarsdale when you're eating at other peoples houses or having business related lunches and dinners. Those inevitably throw me off track. This is probably my 9th attempt at Scarsdale. Just two weeks ago I was struggling and failing to stick to Scarsdale. You'll know when you're ready to do it. I think I'm going to follow your idea of not being so focused on a weight by a certain time. I had numbers I wanted to reach before Thanksgiving and Christmas but I think I should focus more on just eating right so I don't stress myself out. Oh and congrats on the loss!

[silentkate]

Lunch: 1 piece of bread. Teriyaki salmon. An apple.
Dinner: Chicken salad with fat free ceaser dressing.

[silentkate]

187.5 this morning. That's down 1.5
Breakfast: 1/2 apple, 1 piece bread

The next three weeks are going to be very stressful due to coursework and lack of money for good groceries. But I'm going to stick it out and stay on Scarsdale instead of using it as an excuse to make bad food choices like I usually do. The holidays are coming up and that gives me a good reason to stay on track. On Thanksgiving I'll be seeing my dads side of the family. Around Christmas I'll be seeing my moms side who I haven't seen in a year. After Christmas I'll be seeing my step dads side of the family who I haven't seen in a year. I want to look good but more importantly I want to feel good about myself and I'm not going to let some stress take that away.

[silentkate]

Lunch: 1 cup of 2% cottage cheese, 1 piece fiber bread, 2 eggs
Dinner: Chicken & green beans with onion

[dietsprite]

Hi!
I've been doing really well with sticking to Scarsdale the past few days. I haven't consistently weighed myself. I know I've lost some weight, but I'm not sure how much, so tomorrow I'll make sure to weigh myself and post.

Lori- I've been in that position before. Sometimes it just isn't the right time. I look forward to you starting in a couple of weeks if you feel it's time then!

[silentkate]

Hello
187.5 this morning (same weight)
Breakfast: 1 piece of fiber bread and 1/2 apple
Lunch: 4 reduced fat cheese sticks, spinach, 1 piece fiber bread
Dinner: Salmon, 1 piece fiber bread, green beans

[dietsprite]

Hello!
Finally weighed myself. 169 this morning.
Breakfast-
1 slice ww toast
1/2 apple
Lunch-
3 reduced fat string cheese sticks
1 slice ww toast
1/4 cup spinach
Dinner-
1 slice ww toast
salmon
1 can tuna
1 1/2 cup green beans

[dietsprite]

169.5 this morning, so I'm up .5 pounds. I'm not that discouraged though, I had a lot of sodium yesterday(as I was making most of my toast garlic toast and using plenty of salt with that tuna, lol), so most of it is probably water weight.
The awesome part is that I can already tell that my clothes are starting to fit a little bit better. It's not a huge difference, but still enough to make me happy, lol.

Breakfast-
1 slice ww toast
1/2 apple

[silentkate]

Good morning!
187 this morning. (down .5 pounds)
Breakfast: 1 piece of toast and 1/2 apple

So today makes it 1 week of being on Scarsdale. Total loss for that week is 9 pounds. Obviously some of that is water weight but I remember the first time I tried Scarsdale and lost quickly; I convinced myself that it was all water weight but then my clothes started fitting loser. I can't wait until I get to that point now. I really should have taken measurements when starting. Something I did do is take a picture of myself in my size 10 jeans which I can't fasten at all. When I do get to the point of fastening them I'll post before and after pictures.