"That’s what happened to me when I agreed to try the Wine and Eggs diet that Vogue printed in 1977.

First written by Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 classic Sex and the Single Girl, it has had a viral run on the internet lately, and I was brave (stupid?) enough to try it … so you don’t have to...

The Wine and Egg Diet

As the name implies, this diet includes lots of wine and eggs. Plus some grilled steak and coffee. And that’s it. For three days straight. You can have wine at breakfast (and are encouraged to drink up to a bottle a day) and then you’re supposed to lose five pounds."

Here’s the menu:

Breakfast

1 hard-boiled egg 1 glass white wine (dry, preferably Chablis) Black coffee

Lunch

2 eggs (ideally hard-boiled but poached if necessary) 2 glasses white wine Black coffee

Dinner

5-ounce steak (grilled with black pepper and lemon juice) Remainder of white wine (one bottle allowed per day) Black coffee

by Anonymous

reply 1

November 22, 2022 7:56 AM

Something tells me you can set your farts on fire after a couple of days.

by Anonymous

reply 2

November 22, 2022 9:50 AM

Are you also allowed to have unlimited portions of Dolly Parton’s miracle soup?

by Anonymous

reply 3

November 22, 2022 11:24 AM

Alcoholism seems a bigger problem for these hip and urban women than being overweight.

by Anonymous

reply 4

November 22, 2022 11:41 AM

R5

If you change hard-boiled eggs to omelet maybe it won’t make you fart.

Or way less.

by Anonymous

reply 5

November 26, 2022 8:39 PM