Ive tried military diet
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I don't drink soda to. wasted calories something I have learned doing this one too. I drink more water then I ever did and I do not nearly drink as much as the plan said to. I still have my coffee EVERYDAY. I hope you continue to lose the weight and just like everyone else has suggested there are other ways to go about this. But what ever you do don't stop trying. Make it your own. Remember you will not always lose so much just stick to it. I had to learn that it was ok if I did not lose more than 1/2 a lb in a week as long as I kept losing.-1
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It's an awful diet programme
With an irrelevant name
And serious risk of long term failure
I'd avoid like the plague
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Why not just eat at a caloric deficit and eat food?0
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Look bpetrosky I have lost weight and inches it is not water weight. I went from a size 38 to 35 in 4 months just in my waste, I have lost every where. You do not lose the weight in 3 days its the entire week. It is a CICO. You still need to follow the same 3500 cal process even the plan explains this. You can not eat 3000 cal on the 4 days off and expect to lose weight. that's why the plan give you suggested meal plans on off days.
i think bpetrosky knows perfectly how it works lol
the point is...it is a very low calorie diet...Which doesnt learn you to eat properly in moderation...what will you do after this diet???
To not gain, like before
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I don't drink soda to. wasted calories something I have learned doing this one too. I drink more water then I ever did and I do not nearly drink as much as the plan said to. I still have my coffee EVERYDAY. I hope you continue to lose the weight and just like everyone else has suggested there are other ways to go about this. But what ever you do don't stop trying. Make it your own. Remember you will not always lose so much just stick to it. I had to learn that it was ok if I did not lose more than 1/2 a lb in a week as long as I kept losing.
and eating only around 1000 calories a day for a man..for 4 months...wow just wow.
You think that is healthy?
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I don't drink soda to. wasted calories something I have learned doing this one too. I drink more water then I ever did and I do not nearly drink as much as the plan said to. I still have my coffee EVERYDAY. I hope you continue to lose the weight and just like everyone else has suggested there are other ways to go about this. But what ever you do don't stop trying. Make it your own. Remember you will not always lose so much just stick to it. I had to learn that it was ok if I did not lose more than 1/2 a lb in a week as long as I kept losing.
and eating only around 1000 calories a day for a man..for 4 months...wow just wow.
You think that is healthy?
This ridiculous diet is closer to 700-800 calories a day. I wish I would have bookmarked the thread where someone had calculated it and posted screen shots of the calorie totals.0 -
rachelbouc wrote: »Okay...My dad brings MREs home on occasion and I've never seen food like at in them. Where's the BEEFy mac? Stick to CICO.
Yuck. MRE's. My dad STILL think it is a feast worthy meal and tries to share with everyone. Last time I saw him, he offered me spaghetti or something like that. I looked at him like he had two heads. Haha.0 -
I eat very healthy on those three days. and its more like 1100 for me just for 3 days. I will eat 2 eggs with mushrooms, chicken with salad, tuna with toast, green beans some fruit and I might have ice cream for a snack or almonds or just veggies, my choice. thats one day what is so unhealthy about this? Like i said I made it my own and it works for me.0
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I eat very healthy on those three days. and its more like 1100 for me just for 3 days. I will eat 2 eggs with mushrooms, chicken with salad, tuna with toast, green beans some fruit and I might have ice cream for a snack or almonds or just veggies, my choice. thats one day what is so unhealthy about this? Like i said I made it my own and it works for me.
What is your total weekly caloric intake? And how does that compare to your TDEE?0 -
ditsyblond17 wrote: »rachelbouc wrote: »Okay...My dad brings MREs home on occasion and I've never seen food like at in them. Where's the BEEFy mac? Stick to CICO.
Yuck. MRE's. My dad STILL think it is a feast worthy meal and tries to share with everyone. Last time I saw him, he offered me spaghetti or something like that. I looked at him like he had two heads. Haha.
The chilimac is actually pretty darn good!0 -
one day might be oatmeal and grapefruit, low fat chicken wrapped in light cheese, venison steak with broccoli and carrots and a snack of my liking. Not to unhealthy there.0
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I try to keep my totals around 10000 to 12000 per week. I actually lose best when I am in between that intake. there are weeks I have gone higher and week I have gone lower. My average is 10954 over 18 weeks.0
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mantium999 wrote: »I eat very healthy on those three days. and its more like 1100 for me just for 3 days. I will eat 2 eggs with mushrooms, chicken with salad, tuna with toast, green beans some fruit and I might have ice cream for a snack or almonds or just veggies, my choice. thats one day what is so unhealthy about this? Like i said I made it my own and it works for me.
What is your total weekly caloric intake? And how does that compare to your TDEE?
His diary is open Go back 4 months lol
Its kinda sad
I have more food as a snack in the even than what is that diary over the whole day
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I agree it is a poor name for this diet.0
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Ahhhh...nothing like a good old fashioned military diet thread...it's been, what? a couple days...
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Like i said already look all you want. it works for me and it is 100% accurate. You will notice this week was horrible but I was camping with the family so all bets are off. Next week is a new week. You will see I also weigh myself everyday so I could see a trend and adjust as needed. I found I lost better eating less carbs and I am still learning what I can eat or not eat.0
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you can say waht you want it is unhealthy
minimum intake for a male is 1500 a day ( this is what your body use for pumping blood around, breathing etc...so doing nothing else)
For a woman 1200 minimum
You eat lower than that even.
You will lose a lot of muscle
But bad part is...to support another person to do this..when you want to do this yourself ok
But a young woman..she can lose her period, hair and harm her self in other ways.
I dont mind if people do this... your life...but please dont support others to do so.0 -
It is a lifestyle now, just like any normal eating plan. Weigh your food, count your calories, track everything, exercise and repeat. Its just a way of life. Once I reach my goal weight I will increase my 3 days calories so I stay put and that will be life.
It sounds like intermittent fasting the way you are doing it, but with IF you can eat whatever you want and don't have to eat the nasty boring stuff this plan requires.
I note you say you have changed the stuff, which is great, but then you aren't really doing this fad diet but a form of IF. (The claims for this diet are that the foods used are special somehow, which is of course silly.)0 -
I try to keep my totals around 10000 to 12000 per week. I actually lose best when I am in between that intake. there are weeks I have gone higher and week I have gone lower. My average is 10954 over 18 weeks.
Then you literally aren't doing the military diet anymore, are you? You're not following what food the plan wants you to eat. You're eating more calories than the plan wants you to (I think the actual plan averages only 1000 calories a day if not less). What you've ended up doing is IF - intermittent fasting. Like the 5:2 diet but you're doing 4:3. Which is fine. If that helps you, go for it, as long as you can stick to it forever. But don't call it the military diet... because it's not. I don't think you should encourage people to do the military diet because it's a VLCD and those are discouraged by MFP, plus the success you've found really isn't with the military diet.0 -
rcamille969 wrote: »Im so curious about this diet and I didnt believe u could lose up to 10lbs in 3 days, so I tried this one from 212lbs I dropped 8lbs in 3days I weigh 204lbs it was a surprised, a good one thou, you can try it out too, I didnt feel hungry at that time thou I needed a lot of self control not to eat the foods I wanted.
It's common for people with lots to lose to drop a bunch of weight when you first start losing, especially if you change your diet a bunch. It's mostly water.
With a good deal to lose it seems like you should figure out something more sustainable, especially if you want to be able to learn to eat to keep the weight off.0 -
Wow. Ok BWB, Please do not follow this diet I would not want anyone harming themselves. Sorry for sharing my results. Good luck everyone.0
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CiCo is very effective, but if you eat whatever you want and only focus on a deficit, wouldn't that just make you skinny fat?0
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Actually, it sounds like vinbar1 has adopted a 4:3 intermittent fast plan and wrapped the military diet idea into his fast days. It's an odd approach but workable, if he likes eating like that for his fast days and doesn't go too far over his TDEE for non-fast days. It won't be faster than eating at the equivalent deficit 7 days a week.
A 5:2 Intermittent Fast would be preferable, and far less wonky for the fast days.
The fact remains that the military diet is promoted as a quick loss in 3 days, where a lot of water weight gets lost quickly and comes back quickly after the person goes back to their routine.0 -
I am admittedly highly conservative when it comes to nutrition. I post the Canada Food Guide on my fridge if that is any indication. I only once went on a VLCD diet and that was for a few weeks under medical supervision. The intent WAS to reduce the glycogen stores in my liver (shrink the liver) to make surgery safer.
The diet consisted of a number of meal replacement high protein shakes and another half cup skim milk. I was allowed unlimited water and diet jell-o.
Within a few hours I was too weak to continue my exercise regimen. It was many weeks before I could start up again.
Within a couple days food was either abhorrent or cruelly tempting.
I developed the "wobblies" from being lightheaded and dizzy. No operation of heavy equipment!
I counted the days to get off that diet, and never again. Unless medically required.
Food is a much kinder way to live.0 -
Marzi, If you research the plan, it does not make any claim as to eating certain foods to help you lose weight. It is only 3 days at about 1000 cal. It tells you NOT to do it more then 3 days and it even tells you you can substitute. it give recommendations but it does not restrict you from making any substitutions as long as you keep to the cal count. So yes it is the same diet.0
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There are food substitutes for every food in the military diet.0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »Ahhhh...nothing like a good old fashioned military diet thread...it's been, what? a couple days...
A couple days? More like a couple hours.
I will never understand the allure of a 3 day crash diet centered around hot dogs and tuna fish. I'd be miserable eating 800 calories a day.0 -
- The list was not developed by the military.
- The military feeds its soldiers very well, and the only way a person WON'T gain on a true military diet is if they work out like they do in bootcamp.
- The list is nonsensical. Perhaps on purpose.
- It's a VLCD diet, so the results are likely temporary.
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