Military diet stories/ opinions

Veejohnson1990
Veejohnson1990 Posts: 35 Member
edited November 30 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone tried the military diet? Just my friend has just finished his first 3 days on it and lost 8 lbs, was wondering if anyone else has/had succeeded on it?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    He lost mostly water. Nothing to brag about. Military diet is silly.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Has nothing to do with the military, seems monotonous and unbalanced nutritionally. Why not eat less than you do now, and move more? That works and lets you have some ice cream and beer once in a while.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    Pretty sure we aren't allowed to discuss/promote it here.
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    I'm dubious of anything that says that you'll loose up to 10 lbs in a week. That's either unhealthy, or dangerous. I know while I was in the military, the military diet I knew of was eat as much as you can because it's a guarantee that you'll burn it off plus some every day.
  • IGbnat24
    IGbnat24 Posts: 520 Member
    Such an awful program. Absolutely no rhyme or reason to the plan except slash calories.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,337 Member
    It is primarily water weight, it will not stay off, and it does nothing to teach a person how to eat an appropriate amount of calories instead promoting a quick fix that doesn't fix anything.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    You know what the real military diet is? About 4,000 to 5,000 cal per day when you're going through basic.

    The "military diet" to which you allude is an unsustainable crash diet....stick to the basics; eat a well balanced, nutritious diet while maintaining a modest caloric deficit. Slow and steady wins this race......
  • Veejohnson1990
    Veejohnson1990 Posts: 35 Member
    I did ask him if he did any exercise while on the diet and he said he tried to do a mile run and felt dizzy witch put me off quite a bit, witch is why I thought I'd get some better opinions on it first :)
    And so far none are positive haha witch speaks volume about the whole thing :D
    Thank you for replying :)
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    This is a ridiculous diet. If you want to lose weight just eat at a calorie deficit. No need for fad diets .

    PS your friend lost water weight and will gain it back when he returns to his normal eating
  • pootle1972
    pootle1972 Posts: 579 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    Pretty sure we aren't allowed to discuss/promote it here.

    We aren't. ...mfp will delete any threads that mention it.

  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Ridiculous nonsense. Hot dogs, saltines and ice cream - it's a joke, nothing anyone should take seriously and actually try.
  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    Guppcake wrote: »
    I did ask him if he did any exercise while on the diet and he said he tried to do a mile run and felt dizzy witch put me off quite a bit, witch is why I thought I'd get some better opinions on it first :)
    And so far none are positive haha witch speaks volume about the whole thing :D
    Thank you for replying :)

    What about wizards and mudblood?
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    You know what the real military diet is? About 4,000 to 5,000 cal per day when you're going through basic.

    The "military diet" to which you allude is an unsustainable crash diet....stick to the basics; eat a well balanced, nutritious diet while maintaining a modest caloric deficit. Slow and steady wins this race......

    Yeah, this one is more like the Iron Ration, i.e. that little lunch box you get for when you're deep in enemy territory and can't get supplies in.
    A healthy diet looks different.
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