Has anyone tried the 3-day diet with success?

Michelle1810

I have been doing the diet and the 1st day when I tracked it was a little over 1200 calories. Day 2 is around 1100 calories. I haven't done out day 3 yet. That is tomorrow. Yesterday I wasn't hungry at all. I only have 1200 calories a day normally so this isn't a huge reduction for me. My biggest concern is the lack of coffee. No caffeine will be hard for me. I will let everyone know how much weight I lose after the 3 days. I'm using it to get over my plateau and get me back on track from too much birthday cake and bad eating the past few weeks.

prattiger65

There is no quick fix. There is no new way to lose weight. Eating at a calorie deficit will cause weight loss. The reason people see this large drop in the first days is............water. You could do the snicker bar diet and eat only snicker bars for three days, 1000 cals. Day one, 800 cals. Day two and 500 cals. Day three, and probably lose several pounds. This is a junk/fad diet. Eat reasonably and move some. It really is that simple.

Swany2

Did it, wouldn't do it again...lost a few pounds but then put them back on again...Put me off hotdogs, cottage cheese and peanut butter for life.

My partner loves peanut butter and I now can't even stand the smell of it!!!

But each to their own, you may try and find it ok.

All the best

Cr01502

First off let's be clear.

I'm ALL for the hot dogs and ice cream BUT

Is this something you're planning on doing for the rest of your life?

If not I would find something else.

May I suggest a calorie deficit coupled with physical activity??

BeccaBollons

First off let's be clear.

I'm ALL for the hot dogs and ice cream BUT

Is this something you're planning on doing for the rest of your life?

If not I would find something else.

May I suggest a calorie deficit coupled with physical activity??

That's radical thinking that is.

SquidgySquidge

I just finished day 2 dinner. Yes the calories are very low, yesterday I had only 1071 calories. It's hard for me to stick to 1200, so this is a bit of a challenge, plus the no snacking is kicking my butt. I only have one more day of this torture left, lol. I will keep you updated with my results.

'I only have one more day of this torture left, lol.'

I don't care if this diet made me lose 10lb per week, if it's torture I would rather stay as I am and lose weight at a slower and sustainable rate.

Crankstr

NO.

TylerJ76

No

It will probably take me 3 YEARS to get where I want to be...then a lifetime to keep me there...

fitbum19

Sounds like BS...Ice cream & hot dogs?????

my thoughts exactly. I would never advise the use of this "diet"

jennifer_417

Edited, because I don't want to be one of those snarky people I used to hate on the forums. I even posted a "Why-Is-Everyone-So-Meeeeeeaaaaaaan?" thread once...:blushing:

bobf279

can you do it Monday, Wednesday and Friday

ndj1979

all you are doing is restricting calories and eating in a deficit...you can do the same thing with MFP For free....

there is no magic fairy dust to weight loss....1 day diet...seven day diet ..whatever..its all the same...eat less + exercies = lose weight...I will now charge 19.99....

ndj1979

I have done this a few times. It works. You will be hungry, especially if you are used to eating a lot more. You are supposed to lose 10 pounds in three days, I always lost 7-8 pounds in three days without exercising. The chemical composition and reduced carbs are what make it work.

I always went off the diet the rest of the week and pigged out and gained back most, if not all the weight lost in a few days. I have not tried doing this and then sticking to a healthy diet the rest of the week. I'm curious to try it that way.

This is good if you are going to a wedding or party and need to lose weight quickly. I have known people to do this every week, watching what they ate the other 4 days of the week and have lost 30 pounds in a month and kept it off.

so it works but you gain all the weight back...WTF?????

Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door

I think I saw this on Dr. Oz. may I suggest the Maker's diet by Jordan S Rubin it would b a lot better. you can eat as much as you want on the approved foods and no calorie counting. I lost 40 pounds on it when I did it. it's healthy food so you won't feel hungry.

Poods71

Fine if you are using it in an emergency to look good for one particular day but as soon as you go back to normal you will put it straight back on and maybe a bit more. If you want to lose weight and keep it off for good then eat right and exercise and you will get where you want to be and stay there.

katerinajulia

I have tried it before. I lost about 6 or 7 pounds (mostly water weight) which I promptly regained, plus more, when I returned to normal eating.

inkforareason

You can lose weight eating oreos, and skittles, and cotton candy. So long as you are keeping a caloric deficit. There are dozens of people who have gotten their blood drawn before and after a diet of nothing but junk food and as long as they kept a caloric deficit, they not only lost weight, but their bad cholesterol goes down, good cholesterol goes up, and their triglycerides go way way down. Now I am not advocating that kind of dieting at all but the fact is, that decades of "nutritional science" are just plain wrong and are being proven so every day by more and more scientists. There is just a massive marketing machine and fantastic sums of money being made behind the idea that one kind of sugar is worse for you than another, or one fat is worse for you than another. It has been categorically proven that your body treats high fructose corn syrup the EXACT same way that it treats pure natural cane sugar. A calorie is a calorie. Keep a deficit, and you lose weight. Keep a surplus, and you gain weight. Period. There are chemicals, both natural and synthetic that will speed up your metabolism, but a calorie is a calorie. You can eat absolutely anything you want, and so long as it fits your macros, and you keep a caloric deficit, you will lose weight and it will be healthy. Dont forget to take a multi-vitamin so you meet your micros as well. I have lost every single pound so far eating, for the most part, like hell. And I am losing weight quite quickly I might add. Eating proper, healthy, whole foods will always be the safer and more nutritionally beneficial way to eat. But it doesn't mean that you cant ever have a burger or some candy. Or that you cant even have it several times a week. Still believe that eating several times a day "keeps you metabolism going"? Bogus. Fantastic sums of people are finding out that IM (intermittent fasting) helps them lose weight every bit as well as eating eleventy times a day, and that it makes dieting much easier for them. No matter on what time schedule that you decide eat, it doesn't matter. Keep a caloric deficit, stick to your macros, eat a multi-vitamin so that you hit your micros, and guess what? You wont even have to work out to lose weight. Although your body look a whole lot better if you do. Don't listen to BS gimmicky diets or other outrageous claims. Its just too simple for some people to believe. IIFYM - if it fits your macros. Knowledge is power.

http://www.doyoueven.com/2013/01/iifympart1/
http://www.doyoueven.com/2013/01/iifympart2/

quirkytizzy

This is an old diet, recycled with many different kinds of foods. (Often with hot dogs and ice cream.) There is no magical chemical interaction between hot dogs and ice cream. There is no magical interaction between grapefruit and cottage cheese. Why would people believe this? It's absurd. If you aren't sure if it's a good idea or not, think about how you'd react to someone telling you HOT DOGS AND ICE CREAM were the secret to losing weight.

Because that's what this diet is telling you. Pick any two random foods and try to imagine the logistics of those being the secret.

SRH7

There is no magical chemical interaction between hot dogs and ice cream. Why would people believe this? It's absurd. If you aren't sure if it's a good idea or not, think about how you'd react to someone telling you HOT DOGS AND ICE CREAM were the secret to losing weight.

Because that's what this diet is telling you.

Because the unicorns told me it was true.

Calories in, calories out. Burn more than you eat and you will lose weight. Eating very low calories for three days a week will cause a deficit. Would work exactly the same if you replaced all of the food with Pop Tarts but the same calorie intake. Me? I'd rather spread the deficit over a week and eat what I want instead of having such a prescriptive plan.

Trilby16

I don't see how you could possibly lose 10 pounds in 3 days on that plan. I've done Edgar Casey's 3-day apple de-tox (apples, water, nothing else) and lost about 8 pounds, but it comes back. But I got de-toxed!

Kaylaef

First off let's be clear.

I'm ALL for the hot dogs and ice cream BUT

Is this something you're planning on doing for the rest of your life?

If not I would find something else.

May I suggest a calorie deficit coupled with physical activity??

That's radical thinking that is.

I know, I was GOB STOPPED!

CarmenSRT

I don't see how you could possibly lose 10 pounds in 3 days on that plan. I've done Edgar Casey's 3-day apple de-tox (apples, water, nothing else) and lost about 8 pounds, but it comes back. But I got de-toxed!

Rampant diarrhea is supposed evidence of "detoxing"? 'Cause that's what would happen if I only ate a mess of Apples! :laugh:

quirkytizzy

I don't see how you could possibly lose 10 pounds in 3 days on that plan. I've done Edgar Casey's 3-day apple de-tox (apples, water, nothing else) and lost about 8 pounds, but it comes back. But I got de-toxed!

Rampant diarrhea is supposed evidence of "detoxing"? 'Cause that's what would happen if I only ate a mess of Apples! :laugh:

Yeah, I don't think too many people think that far when they start detoxing or cleansing. It will consist of pooping. Watery, noisy, slippery pooping. And lots of it. Unnecessarily so, as well.

But yeah. Pooping.

bpotts44

This is also called the "military diet" and is completely ridiculous. Its been gone over again and again on these boards. I would love someone to tell me what "chemical breakdown" is and how this diet achieves it. Do yourself a favor and just eat better and stay in your caloric and macro targets.

ndj1979

I don't see how you could possibly lose 10 pounds in 3 days on that plan. I've done Edgar Casey's 3-day apple de-tox (apples, water, nothing else) and lost about 8 pounds, but it comes back. But I got de-toxed!

Rampant diarrhea is supposed evidence of "detoxing"? 'Cause that's what would happen if I only ate a mess of Apples! :laugh:

Yeah, I don't think too many people think that far when they start detoxing or cleansing. It will consist of pooping. Watery, noisy, slippery pooping. And lots of it. Unnecessarily so, as well.

But yeah. Pooping.

three days of diarrhea is flushing....

ndj1979

This is also called the "military diet" and is completely ridiculous. Its been gone over again and again on these boards. I would love someone to tell me what "chemical breakdown" is and how this diet achieves it. Do yourself a favor and just eat better and stay in your caloric and macro targets.

it should really be called the leprachaun and unicorn diet..or better yet the three day moronic plan...

Mommy_J

Basically - from what I've read (I have not counted it out myself) it's a strick Calorie reduction diet. Day 1 gives you between 1000-1100 calories. Day 2 & 3 I think are closer to 800. Of course on that kind of deprevation diet you'll lose - but you'll be in starvation mode, and not surprisingly anything you eat in the days following will quickly make you gain it all back. If you are already on a low cal diet (1200-1500 calories) it will not be as "effective" as it would be for someone that is eating 2000 calories a day.

I seriously thought about it a few months back - but it's not worth hurting my metabolism like that. Frankly, my weightloss is a sustainable lifestyle change - there is nothing sustainable about less than 1200 calories a day (for me). Plus I love having the energy to work out!!

^^^^^^^^What she said!

LisaMarie8713

Sounds more like a recipe for a yoyo to me....

losethatshit

3 day diet isn't going to do **** or help you, especially in the long run. Even if you do lose more than water weight over these 3 days, which i highly doubt you will, you'll put the weight right back on after finishing because you never actually changed your old lifestyle or instituted any new permanent more healthy eating habits.

K_Serz

I have a friend who is doing it and has been losing weight, but I wanted to see if anyone has seen any really drastic results from trying it.

Its 3 days. You cant lose the weight you want (assuming most people want to lose fat) in 3 days eating that diet and not running across Arizona like they are Forest Gump. Good luck trying though!