Diet that actually tells you what to eat?

[fishfingersandtoes]

In the 80s & 90s I remember lots of diets that gave specific instructions on what to eat. There was one I did called the rainbow diet where every plate had the full rainbow of fruit & veg on half of it and then a bit of protein & carb. And there was one which began each day with half a grapefruit. Do these still exist?
Really I'm looking to magically loose 2 stone without making any effort, but I thought something like this might kick start me.

There are plenty. The Sirt Food diet for example, made famous by Adele.
You won't magically lose weight with any diet. It is about eating less. How you achieve eating, varies across the trends. One will tell you to eat less carbs, the other to eat less often, or to check with a calculator how much you eat, at the end of the day, it all comes down to eating less.
The diet that will work is the one you are able to stick to. Everything else is smoke and nutrition wars.

There's the three day military diet/ice cream diet. Not sustainable but ok for a quick blast.

Take a look at the Fast 800.

Agree. Fasting is the way forward. It works.

However, this thread has reminded me of the diet books my late DM had in the 80s. She was a fan of Audrey Eyton's The F Plan which, as diets go, wasn't that bad.

Fast 800 online version generates meal plans and shopping lists for you. You can adapt them if there are foods you don’t like.
It’s pricey but takes some of the work out of dieting.

Have you tried it @Helenahandkart ?

Dp is pre diabetic and needs to lose a fair amount but he also works far better if he has a plan (and he likes cooking).

Thanks for starting the thread @fishfingersandtoes because me and do were just discussing this! We are starting on Jan 2nd

Dp and I !

The Body Coach (Joe Wicks) one comes with a prescriptive list of meals (and recipes) that you have to use, although you get a couple of options per meal

I remember an odd one think it was something like the British heart diet? About 20 years ago. Very low calorie and specific

Try this - works, leads to ongoing positive dietary changes, and you won't feel hungry:

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/the-blood-sugar-solution-10-day-detox-diet/9781473616653#GOR008642633

Yes. I lost almost three stone in three months. Put some of that back on after I stopped following it though.

@RingingInMyEars I started the Fast800 12 week online plan in Oct 2020 and it revolutionised my life. I suspect I was pre-diabetic (lots of symptoms and having a huge waist). I lost about 2.5 stone and have kept it off.

I found the online plan with set meals for everyday very helpful. It also helped me to expand my culinary tastes. If you buy the Fast800 cook book (the one with red stripe) it does have a weekly meal plans included too if you wanted to try it out first. But personally I found the £99 for the 12 week plan well worth it.