Three Day Military Diet?

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  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    looks like its pretty low calorie and low sodium for 3 days = water weight drop
  • JoeCampbell85
    JoeCampbell85 Posts: 140
    As someone who was in the Army for 6 years, I can say that this diet was never in wide use. It look's unsatisfying. There is nothing magic about any diet. Don't over complicate the process. Eat food you enjoy to a calorie deficit.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    See that search option that at the end of the row with, Home, Recent Posts, My Topics, Settings, Search. It will tell you all you need to know about this fad diet; that's it's not a good idea, for example.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    10 pounds * 3500 calories per pound = 35,000 calories.

    35,000 / 3 = 11,667 calories.

    If you ate nothing for three days and your TDEE were 11,667 per day, theoretically you could actually lose 10 pounds of fat in 3 days.

    I doubt you'd go three days without food and I doubt your TDEE is 11,667. On the other hand, you might lose a lot of water weight that you'd gain right back.
  • jennlynn49
    jennlynn49 Posts: 8 Member
    Well its not just for 3 days. If you read the information on the link, you go back to regular "healthy" eating for the following four days. Then, back to the strict diet for 3 days.

    I am giving it a try. I understand the best results come with watching calories, exercising, etc. Just looking for input from someone WHO HAS DONE THIS.

    Thanks for the replies, I can always count on a good laugh with some of the comments!
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    It gives precious little information on the other four days, but if you eat at maintenance then the math doesn't change.

    And the blog post does call it a 3-day diet, so there's that.
  • coopieclan
    coopieclan Posts: 20 Member
    This is my first time trying the diet. I just finished my third day. How are you doing?
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Well its not just for 3 days. If you read the information on the link, you go back to regular "healthy" eating for the following four days. Then, back to the strict diet for 3 days.

    I am giving it a try. I understand the best results come with watching calories, exercising, etc. Just looking for input from someone WHO HAS DONE THIS.

    Thanks for the replies, I can always count on a good laugh with some of the comments!

    What does it teach you about eating??

    Absolutely nothing!!!!

    Eat reasonable deficit and exercise!!!

    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    If you're just going to do it anyway then why did you ask?

    Also what makes you think that none of the people telling you it's a bad idea have never done it?
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    Now they're slapping the word "Army" on fad diets to get people to try them?
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Now they're slapping the word "Army" on fad diets to get people to try them?

    Yup. And there's one named after a heart hospital-- can't remember which one. Both completely erroneously named.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    NO.
  • Oi_Sunshine
    Oi_Sunshine Posts: 819 Member
    Some things you don't need to try to know it's a bad idea. Meth, for example, or flinging yourself headlong into cacti. Drinking bleach, walking on broken glass, trying to steal a baby bear from its mother...
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    Has anyone tried the 3 day military diet? http://blessedmommy.hubpages.com/hub/Lose-Up-To-10-Pounds-In-3-Days-On-The-3-Day-Diet

    Yes. As a matter of fact, I did it so well that I lost 61 pounds in just two and a half days. I had a good coach, though...

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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Some things you don't need to try to know it's a bad idea. Meth, for example, or flinging yourself headlong into cacti. Drinking bleach, walking on broken glass, trying to steal a baby bear from its mother...

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  • judipatootie
    judipatootie Posts: 51 Member
    i guess thats my problem: Im in the Airforce! Thats why the lbs dont come off so easily! HA! Seriously- there is no "army" diet. In the military we are taught to eat properly. Whether we are do or not, is up to us. In Basic training, on any course i have ever been on- or anywhere for that matter where they have serious control over what we do- there has been no "diet" to follow.
  • jbeebs101
    jbeebs101 Posts: 4 Member
    My mom is medically obese and has success with the three-day diet, but I have repeatedly told her that it is extremely unhealthy. I tried it and was starving and didn't lose an ounce of weight! I took the time to calculate the calories for each day and they are all under 1200 calories, but one of those days was 900 calories! That is literally starving the body. I understand that it's only for three days, but cutting calories that low still isn't healthy.
  • Lilly_the_Hillbilly
    Lilly_the_Hillbilly Posts: 914 Member
    Unless you're eating rat packs or MRE's I doubt that it's a true representation of a "military diet".
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    *dingdingdingdingding* give this poster a prize for getting it SOOO right!
    There is nothing magic about any diet. Don't over complicate the process. Eat food you enjoy to a calorie deficit.
  • silvercat64
    silvercat64 Posts: 25
    I actually had a military recruiter recommend something like this to me when I was considering my options in high school. (It was like 15 years ago, so I don't know if it's exactly the same, but it looks familiar.) Being a gullible teenager, I tried it. I was constantly hungry during the diet phase, so I just ended up eating it back in the following four days. IMHO it's a waste of time.
  • fleetdoc23
    fleetdoc23 Posts: 2
    Well take it from someone who has seen this "diet" in action. This is in was in use as early as the mid-nineties and the title the author has given it makes it seem like it was a sanctioned thing. The author even admits in the first few paragraphs that "this is used to get in shape quickly, and also for new recruits" (Meaning short term loss to either make weight cutoff, or drop a few inches to beat the tape).

    I can speak for both Navy and Marine Recruits having been a little heavy coming in Navy Boot, and being stationed at Parris Island 96-99ish. The basic diet regimen for recruits in my day who need loss (or gain) is eating the same chow as everyone else with a few modifications (No desserts, chicken/fish substitutes sometimes, fruits). In fact the ones who had it worse were the underweight ones (had to eat double chow, in same amount of time). With lots of PT. You should see some of the before and afters I personally witnessed there.

    That being said, this diet, and variations have been around for some time. It is not in widespread use. There are certain physical standards that are adhered to, and this is usually used by people who are either on the borderline or over weight standards, and done in a "last minute panic" fashion. This never changes behavior, and these same people are usually repeating the process 6 months later for the next fitness test. It was usually combined with the fat burner of choice (in the 90's it was ephedra), which resulted in the ambulance picking up people around PRT season in V-fib.

    My true diet when I was with the grunts consisted of chow hall stuff, lots of fast food,lots of adult beverages, and an insane amount of various physical activities. It was not uncommon to drink ridiculous amounts of Kool aid (cough) while writing our Mother's until midnight and get up and run 5 miles the next day. My eating habits were terrible in those days.

    You will lose muscle on this diet, which saps your energy, and will destroy your long term resolve. Best not to even go down this path. You will rapidly gain weight back (homeostasis is a pain).

    Now ALL that being said. I did have someone when I was stationed in Sicily lose 40 pounds eating nothing but apples in a two month period. He also lost around 60 points off his total cholesterol count. This was probably the most extreme this I had witnessed in my career.

    Good luck no matter what choice you make!
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    It's what you do over time that matters, three days isn't enough time to have real results.
  • RabbitLost
    RabbitLost Posts: 333 Member
    Unless you're eating rat packs or MRE's I doubt that it's a true representation of a "military diet".

    You rock! :love:
  • fleetdoc23
    fleetdoc23 Posts: 2
    That's a good one! Most MRE's have around 1250 calories per pack plus you can heat it with the enclosed ration heater at your desk (do they still have these?lol), or just put the entree pack inside your bra/blouse next to your skin and warm it up that way(laugh). Or if you want ,Nam-style C-rats just eat franks and beans, drink hot beer and smoke Marlboro's.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Why do stupid stuff?
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    I'm fairly sure that there is no "military" diet.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    My mom is medically obese and has success with the three-day diet, but I have repeatedly told her that it is extremely unhealthy. I tried it and was starving and didn't lose an ounce of weight! I took the time to calculate the calories for each day and they are all under 1200 calories, but one of those days was 900 calories! That is literally starving the body. I understand that it's only for three days, but cutting calories that low still isn't healthy.

    if she's still obese, she's not really having success with it.

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