I Did Dr. Perricone’s 3-Day “Facelift Diet”. Here’s How It Went…

Results of day-before shopping trip to Whole Foods

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and after indulging with wild abandon over the last couple months, I’ve decided upon this diet as my jumpstart/detox of choice. I figure I can do anything for 3 days, and I’m hopeful that the results will be worth it it. My hopes are for better-looking skin (as opposed to sallow and puffy), and less toxic bloat (in tummy especially).

I first heard about this diet when Dr. Perricone’s book — The Perricone Prescription: A Physician’s 28-Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation, first came out in 2004. The 3-day diet is a more restrictive version of the 28-day program. Bring on the restrictions! I’m ready!

You can find the diet online, including here, and there may be slight variations from the original, but everything I’ve seen follows pretty much the same plan. The plan above allows Greek yogurt instead of chicken breast (bedtime snack), and I’m all over that.

So here goes:

The Prep:

First, I had to pick a chunk of time that included 3 days where I would be able to prepare and eat all the meals on this plan, and also a day to shop and prepare before I began the diet.

So, New Years Day was my designated preparing/shopping day, and I knew I had 3…