High-five to my quick-fix sisters!
Yes, easily lose a pound a day on Scarsdale and I SWEAR to you, I didn't start going anything back for two years. Only when I moved back to my parents house, which is the place where good intentions go to die.
Scarsdale is just a low-carb, low-calorie diet plan. He tells you what to eat every day for a week, and you do it for two weeks at a time. Then you take two weeks off and do the "maintenance plan" which is much less strict. Then you alternate fortnights on and off until you hit your perfect weight.
I LOVED it. I loved the structure. Plus there's no weighing or sodding trying to cut bits of cheeses to the size of a matchbox to get the right point count... He just lists today's foods. Those foods, you can eat as much as you like.
If we were doing Scarsdake today, we'd be eating:
BREAKFAST grapefruit or fruit, 1 slice dry toast, black coffee.
LUNCH Cheese, all you want, with 1 slice dry toast, spinach, tomatoes and some other veg. (I used to save the breakfast toast and just have cheese on toast, or sandwiches). Coffee, tea, water or diet drinks.
DINNER Fish, any kind, cooked without fat. Lots of veg. Maybe fruit for pudding. Coffee, tea, etc.
That's from memory. It might be slightly wrong - I can't remember which veg. But you could eat a TON of cheese and a TON of fish and still lose 1lb/day. Saturday was good - chicken for dinner. But Sunday is the best day - chicken for lunch and steak for dinner.
It was family friendly - I just gave the kids potatoes, pasta etc with the main meals. Very simple foods. Like Atkins but with fruit and veg. The most similar diet is probably South Beach. I felt great on it.