Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for February 29, 2024

I remember a Dennis The Menace comic book where his Mom decided she needed to lose weight. Why, God only knows. We should all be as thin as Alice Mitchell. But no, she goes on a grapefruit diet and expects Dennis & Dad to go on it with her. Boy, did they cheat. Dennis went to his friend Gina’s house for pizza. Dad stopped at the hot dog stand on the way to work, had donuts with his morning coffee at the office, and ate a 3-course lunch. Of course, these days, putting a kid Dennis’s age on a grapefruit only diet would get CPS called on you.

I hate grapefruit and grapefruit juice. Just too sour. Too bad because it really is good for you. But not as a fad diet.

I lost about 30 pounds/15 kg in a month on the PMR diet. I don’t recommend it.

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Juice is not really good for dieting. The sugar to pulp ratio is awful. It can cause a bacterial surge in the gut, aggravate a pre-diabetic condition and many people do not tolerate well so much citric acid.

I don’t like grapefruit at all, so I would have lost weight from not eating, which is not healthy either. Stick with whole foods (not processed) and eat what you like. I guess Cathy didn’t do so well with her own advice to “resist!”.

Hello Cathy friends!

I’m with you, lightenup. I don’t like grapefruit either. I am trying to eat more fruits that I DO like and less of the treats that I can’t resist.

Hello and Happy Leap Day Cathy friends.

I also do not like grapefruit much – which is really ok because I cannot have it now. It interferes with my anti-cholesterol meds.

Yes, cheating on a diet should definitely involve chocolate.Hope everyone had a fun day today.

Boy—do these two know how to have a wild good time or what? [End Sarcasm font—ha.]

Personally, I love fresh grapefruit, but I’ve never been a big fan of the juice for some reason. Couldn’t tell you why, but it is what it is.

HI, MOM. Hello, Clan.