Has anyone tried the 3-day diet with success?

nvpixie

I haven't tried it. It seems like it would help to shed a couple pounds due to calorie restriction, but saltine crackers? Unless you have a diet plan after those 3 days, I don't see the benefit. I can see this as being a "kick start" to lose the first few pounds, but other than that it sounds hokey.

GuybrushThreepw00d

Dinner--2 Hot Dogs, (no buns), 1 Cup of Broccoli, 1/2 Cup of Carrots, 1/2 Banana, and 1/2 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream

Hot Dogs? Are you serious??

Fit147

This diet was a BIG THING when I was a child (some 25 years ago)....

I was actually thinking about it a few days ago... and today I'm thinking that it's ridiculous to have people eat weiners in a diet... such a bad food to have.

I think a regular diet of green veggies, lean meat, yogourt, fruit, etc. will do the trick!

Yeah, I did this with a college roommate of mine...in 1986. You lose weight but within days after you gain a few pounds back. It goes against everything this site teaches about long term better choices for health, persistence.

Kitkay805

A friend of mine has a few times. I honestly think that it just gets rid of bloat. I don't think that you would lose 10 lbs unless you have a lot of water weight.

Elzecat

Sounds like a bad fad diet. I would be STARVING with a menu like this.

I'd be chewing my arm off.

You could eat like this for 3 days, lose a bunch of weight due to serious calorie restriction, and gain it right back when you go back to eating normally, because this sounds boring and unsustainable. Or...You can eat a big bowl of whole grain oats and protein powder for breakfast, a nice amount of healthy lean protein (beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc), lots of veggies, some brown rice or sweet potato, some fruit and nuts, and have a little room leftover for a sweet treat like a cookie or piece of chocolate, if that's your thing. And still lose weight :drinker:

Edited to add: Nothing against hot dogs or saltines, I even eat the occasional hot dog or brat at a BBQ get-together...

Elzecat

No but I did the 665 day lifestyle and got great results

and you've got the great arms to show it

scythswife

I say just go get sick and not each much for a few days. I lost 8 tenths of a pound over night so far this way. Just sayin at least if u sick u have a reason to not eat and wreck ur metabolism.

Tllindsey47

Hi! I tried it. Did 100% protocol. It DIDN'T work. I'm doing the homopathic HCG and it does work! I'm down 9 lbs. I'm on day 21. I've done this before and it drops weight VERY fast!

Good Luck!
Tracy

ndj1979

I say just go get sick and not each much for a few days. I lost 8 tenths of a pound over night so far this way. Just sayin at least if u sick u have a reason to not eat and wreck ur metabolism.

LOL or you could just induce food poisioning and lose about five pounds in three days....

hannyz08

When I was in high school I did this, lost six pounds, and gained it all back immediatley. Also I remember being in a really ****ty mood because I wasnt eating enough, yelling at my parents than ran into my room crying lol. But I was in high school so that might have just been hormones....

lizziebeth1028

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone has tried the 3-day diet with any success. 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. Please share if so!!! Here is the link if you dont know what it is......http://blessedmommy.hubpages.com/hub/Lose-Up-To-10-Pounds-In-3-Days-On-The-3-Day-Diet.

3 DAY DIET

DAY 1:

Breakfast--1/2 Grapefruit, 1 Slice Toast, 2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter, and Coffee or Tea

Lunch--1/2 Cup of Tuna, 1 Slice of Toast, and Coffee or Tea

Dinner--2 Slices of any type meat (About 3 ounces) 1 Cup of Green Beans, 1/2 Banana, 1 Small Apple, and 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream (YUM)!!!

Tip to Try: Warm the apple and/or banana and eat them over the ice cream. Delicious


DAY 2:

Breakfast--1 egg, 1 Slice of Toast, and 1/2 Banana

Lunch--1 Cup of Cottage Cheese (Or 1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese, 1 Hard Boiled Egg, and 5 Saltine Crackers

Dinner--2 Hot Dogs, (no buns), 1 Cup of Broccoli, 1/2 Cup of Carrots, 1/2 Banana, and 1/2 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream


DAY 3:

Breakfast--5 Saltine Crackers, 1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese, and 1 Small Apple

Lunch-1 Hard-Boiled Egg, and 1 Slice of Toast

Dinner--1 Cup of Tuna, 1/2 of a Banana, and 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream


This diet works on chemical breakdown and is proven. Do not vary or substitute any of the above foods. salt and pepper may be used, but do not use any other seasoning. diet is to be used three days at a time.

In three days you should lose 10 pounds. After three days of dieting, you can eat your normal foods, but do not over do it. After four days of normal eating, you may start back on the three day diet. You can lose up to 40 pounds in a month if this diet is followed precisely.

This is a safe diet.

REMEMBER: Do not eat/snack between any of the meals!

NOTE: Coffee or tea for the first two meals of Day 1 only. Water only from then on. Water intake is unlimited.

Works on 'chemical breakdown'??.....omg people, just stop. If you want to get fit and stay fit for the rest of your life a 3 day diet is not the answer!!!!!!! It's called a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. It's people that go chasing these fad diets, supplements and quick fixes that never succeed. They find themselves in the same place year after year. Eat healthy, watch your portion size and exercise...that is the recipe for success!

chocl8girl

lizziebeth1028

Hi! I tried it. Did 100% protocol. It DIDN'T work. I'm doing the homopathic HCG and it does work! I'm down 9 lbs. I'm on day 21. I've done this before and it drops weight VERY fast!

Good Luck!
Tracy

Good luck not gaining it all back when you have to go off the HCG.

LisaGNV

Works on 'chemical breakdown'??.....omg people, just stop. If you want to get fit and stay fit for the rest of your life a 3 day diet is not the answer!!!!!!! It's called a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. It's people that go chasing these fad diets, supplements and quick fixes that never succeed. They find themselves in the same place year after year. Eat healthy, watch your portion size and exercise...that is the recipe for success!

SO...MUCH...THIS...

Lisapayne76

Sounds Intersting

quirkytizzy

Hi! I tried it. Did 100% protocol. It DIDN'T work. I'm doing the homopathic HCG and it does work! I'm down 9 lbs. I'm on day 21. I've done this before and it drops weight VERY fast!

Good Luck!
Tracy

If it works so well than why are you having to do it again?

iwantdesperately

I have tried this diet before. I never lost the entire 10lbs. The first three days I lose about 7 or 8 lbs. The next three days when I get back on it, it slows down to about 3 and eventually I stopped losing al togetherl. It wasn't worth it for me. Vegetables with no taste or seasoning.. Plain tuna with nothing in it. I could bearly force it down.The ice cream and hot dogs were truly a treat after eating the other stuff. I want a lifestyle change and I don't want to stop eating everything that I love. I guess it is okay for a jumpstart to weight lost to get you started, but it won't last long. I have to admit it helped me out last year when a few friends and myself had a biggest loser contest. I did it three days before weighing in and I dropped 7 lbs and won!!!It put me way ahead of everyone else.

wyeshiawright

I just started today. I dont care about eating what i like its what got me in the situation I'm in now.I've heard a lot of people say yea I lost it but gained it right back no offense but duh if you don't eat healthy when your done you will. A pound of fat = 3500 calories so if you don't eat well you will gain it back. Will let you guys know how it works for me.I'm going to incorporate day 4,5,6,7 2000 calories with days 5,6,7. With 1 HR of cardio. Hoping to do it for 6 weeks with a total of 25 to 40 pounds lost wish me luck. Hopes it goes well.

leann74016

Whether it works or not I can't tell ya, but i can tell you I tried it once and I was shaking so bad the first day by the time it was dinner time, that I just quit it. Its not good if you have any kind of problems with your sugar bottoming out (which i do) so my advice is to not do it and just count calories and exercise. When i asked the same question as you did I rolled my eyes and thought just exercise and eat right, why when I can try something that will instantly drop weight but its not a healthy way to lose weight. Good luck in what you choose to do.

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!

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.

And you all know this HOW?

usernameMAMA

i tried it once and didn't make it past lunch on day one. Dry toast is nasty!

wyeshiawright

On day 3 now and I must say it going OK. I haven't found it hard I guess because I'm really determined to lose weight. See I'd made a big move last year and gained 50 pounds in 3 months I was already 30 pounds over to start. I felt disgusting so I just kept eating I have no friends here and I'm away from everything I've ever known. So one day I decided F**k it I'm going to quit feeling sorry for my self and do it. I must say I've been doing good 1 month ago I started a 1500 calorie diet and working out so this 3day diet isn't so hard wish me luck guys. I'll keep you updated. Oh yea no diarrhea so don't knock it to you try it

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.

And you all know this HOW?

Mostly accidentally. Times when I've eaten like that, being so broke I couldn't afford anything else. It wasn't pleasant.

bonniecarbs

I did it for the first time in the around 1984. It worked. I kept my weight off from 1984 to 2000 by using it. Then I lost interest cause its SO NASTY and I gained about 50 pounds! I try to use it now, but cant get the interest back. As far as being unhealthy and the diet from hell as people say, its real food and its about 1200 calories, and its 3 days. If you were to limit your normally eaten food to 1200 calories for 3 days, and continue tracking the rest of the days, would anybody call that the diet from hell? no, because there is no "title" to that. as long as you do something that has the word "diet" as a title, you make enemies. So glad you wrote this, i'm going to the store and get my stuff and do it for 3 days a week and post my other days as usual.

tigersword

Lose 10 pounds in 3 days? Sure, 10 pounds of water. That's all you lose with this diet.

savithny

"The diet works on chemical breakdown".

Yeah, with all those hot dogs? You'll be breaking down a lot of chemicals. How about at least some vitamin c with all those nitrates?

Gizzy1976

Sounds okay for a quick fix for a holiday or party but not long term. As soon as your back to eating normally again, the weight will pile back on and more besides. Sorry ????

TriShamelessly

No expert, so here's a link ...


3 Day Diet With Cottage Cheese
Following a diet that involves healthful foods like cottage cheese, canned tuna and steamed vegetables may seem like a nutritious and quick way to lose weight. But if you're only eating very low-calorie portions of these foods, it is not a safe or sustainable way to lose weight and keep the weight off. The three day diet is not recommended or created by doctors; consult your doctor before trying the diet or making any other changes in your meal plan.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/3-day-diets/#ixzz2NoX7FDC8

pattypureheart

Yep... Probably about 6 years ago and I lost 8 lbs that weekend... I felt very deprived without condiments or something on the veg. especially... I remember saying to myself on day 3, "only the rest of today... " Yeah I lost (had to be fluid weight, right?) but gained it all back just as fast and never went on again... I don't think it's sustainable or a very healthy way to look at a relationship with food, healthy living etc.

fluffy925

Tried it a couple of months ago, and it didn't work for me, what is working for me now is low carb high fat, but we are all different!