1. Daily Instructions:
Drink 4 glasses of water or diet soda per day. You may use herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar,
Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard and ketchup on your food.
3 Day Diet Day One
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea with Equal or Sweet & Low
1/2 grapefruit or juice
1 slice toast with 1 tablespoon peanut butter
Lunch:
1/2 cup of tuna
1 slice toast
Black coffee or tea with Equal or Sweet & Low
Dinner:
3 ounces of lean meat or chicken (any kind)
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
1 apple
1 cup regular vanilla ice cream
3 Day Diet Day Two
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea with Equal or Sweet & Low
1 egg
1/2 banana
1 slice toast
Lunch:
1 cup cottage cheese or tuna
8 regular saltine crackers
Dinner:
2 beef frankfurters
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 banana
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
3 Day Diet Day Three
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea with Equal or Sweet & Low

2. 5 regular saltine crackers
1 oz. cheddar cheese
1 apple
Lunch:
1 boiled egg
1 slice toast
Black coffee or tea with Equal or Sweet & Low
Dinner:
1 cup tuna
1 cup carrots
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup melon
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
BREAKFAST EVERY DAY:
1/2 grapefruit or cantaloupe or fruit in season (choose whatever costs least)
One slice of protein bread, toasted, no spread added
Coffee /tea (no sugar, cream or milk)
MONDAY
Lunch:
Chicken Bouillon
*Chef's Salad
1 slice protein bread, toasted
Coffee/Tea
Dinner:
Fish, fresh or frozen (depending on cost), broiled or baked
Combination salad, as many greens and vegetables as you wish
1/2 Grapefruit - or fruits in season
Coffee/tea
TUESDAY
Lunch:
Fruit salad, any combination of fruits, as much as you want, on lettuce
Coffee/tea

3. Dinner:
Plenty of broiled, lean hamburger (inexpensive cut; if possible chopped at home after removal of all visible fat)
Brussels sprouts, in season or cabbage or broccoli
Salad of lettuce, cucumbers, celery, radishes
Coffee/tea
WEDNESDAY
Lunch:
Tuna fish or salmon salad (oil drained off)with lemon and vinegar dressing, on lettuce
Grapefruit, or melon
Coffee/tea
Dinner:
*Lamb Stew
OR
*Braised Lamb Shanks
Sauerkraut
Salad of lettuce,tomatoes,cucumbers,celery
Coffee/tea
THURSDAY
Lunch:
Two eggs, any style (no fat used in cooking)
Low-fat pot cheese or cottage cheese
Zucchini
One slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea
Dinner:
Boiled, Roasted, broiled or barbecued chicken, all you want -(skin and visible fat removed before eating)
OR
*Broiled Chicken Hawaiian
Plenty of spinach
Coffee/tea
FRIDAY

4. Lunch:
*Spinach Pie Olga
No-sugar added applesauce
Coffee/tea
Dinner:
Fish, any kind, fresh or frozen, broiled or baked, or sauteed or poached
Combination salad, any fresh vegetables you want,including cold diced tables, if you prefer
One slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea
SATURDAY
Lunch:
Fruit salad on lettuce,any kind of fruit you want, best market buys
Coffee/tea
Dinner:
Turkey or chicken, roasted, boiled or broiled
OR
*Marinated Turkey Parts
Salad of tomatoes and lettuce
Grapefruit or canteloupe or watermelon
Coffee/tea
SUNDAY
Lunch:
Cold or hot turkey or chicken
OR
*Broiled Chicken Hawaiin
OR
*Marinated Turkey Parts
Tomato, carrots, cooked cabbage (or broccoli or cauliflower, if preferred)
Coffee/tea
Dinner:
*Broiled or Grilled Round Steak
OR

5. Cubed steak, pan-broiled in non-stick skillet
OR
*Boneless Ham
OR
*Liver and Onions
OR
*Lean Pot Roast (low-cost lean cut of meat, marinated)
OR
*Tenderized Pimento Steak
Salad of lettuce, cucumbers, celery
Cooked tomatoes (fresh or canned withour sugar or oil)or
Brussels Sprouts
Coffee/tea
SCARSDALE DIET - SUBSTITUTE LUNCH
If you wish, you may substitute the following lunch for any lunch, any day, on the Scarsdale Money-Saver Diet.
*One half cup low-fat pot cheese or cottage cheese, on lettuce.
*Sliced fruit, all you want, best local market buys.
*One tablespoon of low-fat sour cream topping the fruit.
*6 halves of walnuts or pecans, chopped, and mixed with or sprinkled over the fruit.
Coffee/tea/diet soda
AFTER YOUR FIRST WEEK
Repeat the daily menus here for your second week on the Scarsdale Money -Saver Diet, or if you like, you may
substitute the week's menus of the basic Scarsdale Medical Diet, or one of the other Scarsdale Diets.