Scarsdale Medical Diet Reviewed

What is the Scarsdale Diet?

The Scarsdale Medical Diet is a low fat, low calories weight loss system that was designed by Scarsdale, New York physician Herman Tarnower. "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" was also written as a guide to follow and provide information on this diet plan. This web site was also created as a full resource site to the Scarsdale Diet and how it works.

How Strict Are The Menus On The Scarsdale Diet?

Strict and rigid are two words you tend to hear from people commenting on the Scarsdale Diet's menu plans. In fact, many people have shied away from the diet due to the fear that they might not be able to live up to its daily eating requirements. In truth, while the diet does establish many hard-and-fast rules for your meals, wouldn't you rather work through it for two weeks and receive your desired weight loss rather than flounder around hoping for the next miracle pill?

Making Changes

The Scarsdale Diet works best when followed to the letter. While some changes may be permitted, it really just distracts from your main goal. Isn't the purpose of going on a diet to lose weight? Instead of worrying about how to make the next two weeks a canvas for your creativity, try using it as a measure for your resolve. Making changes is tempting but you're only hurting yourself in the end.

Plenty of dieters take liberties with their eating programs and the same is true for those under the Scarsdale Diet as with any other system. With Scarsdale, in particular, we've seen people switch lunch meals to dinner and vice versa,
substitute Wednesday meals with Friday eating plans and over-eat one day then under-eat the next. While these may seem benign, they do affect the way the diet works. Especially important is your mindset when making these changes which pretty much turns the diet into a game you can creatively cheat your way into, instead of a means to actively improve your physical health.

With that said, not all changes to the Scarsdale Diet menus are bad. If you really find the meals bland, try using the same ingredients for each and preparing them differently. For instance, instead of eating the tuna and vegetables separately, you can cook them as one dish, adding in the allowed condiments for better taste. As long as you stick with the recommended ingredients and don't add anything, it should be fine.