My wonderful success story is that after eating exactly what was on the menu (which I have posted the one I got online below from 2 different sites), I felt energized and wonderful. I did rearrange things on the menu, but I ate every thing it said to and I took 2 hours at least between meals and I did not go to bed til many hours after eating. I did NO workouts and I did NOT drink more water than I normally drink on a day to day basis. I plan to eat smaller portions than I usually do on the days I am off and to add veggies and fruits to my plate. I AM going to do this again and welcome anyone to join me! However, my friend was doing this with me as well and says that she had dizziness, stomach pain, headaches, and extreme sleepiness and she ended on day 2 with a five pound weight loss. Her symptoms could have been from lack of caffeine, not enough water, not enough calories, or trying to exercise with not enough calories. I do not know, BUT FAIR WARNING!

Anyways, I weighed this morning and lost a total of 12 pounds in 3 days!

Day 1:

Breakfast- Half Grapefruit, 1 piece toast, 3 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch- Half cup Tuna, 1 slice toast
Dinner- 2 slices any meat (3oz), 1 cup string beans

Day 2:

Breakfast- 1 boiled egg, 1 piece toast, half banana
Lunch- 1 cup cottage cheese, 5 saltine crackers
Dinner- 2 hotdogs, 1 cup broccoli, half cup carrots, half banana, half cup vanilla ice cream

Day 3:

Breakfast- 5 saltine crackers, 1 slice cheddar cheese, 1 apple
Lunch- 1 boiled egg, 1 slice toast
Dinner- 1 cup tuna, 1 cup beets, 1 cup cauliflower, half banana or half cantaloupe, half cup vanilla ice cream


It says after three days you eat normal but do not over do it and after four days start back on the three day diet, so 3 on 4 off 3 on 4 off kinda like that...says it works on chemical breakdown and is proven. also says: salt n pepper may be used but no other seasonings allowed.

Some food on the 3 Day Diet menu may not appeal to all. In these instances, substitutions may be made. For instance, the one cup of tuna may be replaced with one cup of cottage cheese. An orange can be substituted for the half a grapefruit. Frozen yogurt is an obvious substitution for the nightly scoop of ice cream. Cauliflower, broccoli, green beans and cabbage are interchangeable, as are carrots and beets; likewise one piece of toast may be subbed for the Saltines.

So round 2 proved beneficial as well! Though I didn't lose as many pounds as I did the first time, I still was happy to see another 6 pounds gone! I'm hoping that the reason I didn't see as dramatic details is because of my womanly reasons this time. Anyway I feel like 100 times better about myself now. I can see my stomach shrinking and feel lighter most days. Losing weight has encouraged not only my immediate family, but also other members of my family and a lot of my friends to get active if nothing else. On 3 of the 4 days I am not on the diet, I make sure to take a walk to keep what I am eating from really effecting me.

As far as my friends go... the first friend who followed exactly like I did lost 6 pounds. She was impressed and feels lighter and already fits into clothes better. I believe she might try this again with me.

The second friend lost only 4 pounds by following the other plan to eat more (at least on the first day). I do not know if she wavered in what she ate beside that. She will not be doing this again because she claims it's too few calories. I say... it's a DETOX! Thankfully she lost more weight a few days later. Maybe because of the workouts she was doing or maybe it just took that long to catch up with her. I can not say.

I think it helps lose weight faster if you stay away from the salt and pepper all together like I did, but I know some people can not do all that. It does seem like your system gets cleaned out around day 4 or 5 as well.

Tomorrow I will be starting on round 3. I have lost 18 pounds in 14 days already this year! I can not wait to be to my goal weight and thank you for the encouragement to know others are reading my posts!

congratulations on your success, ladies! i did this diet once but only lasted for 2 days. i gave up on the 3rd day because my head was hurting (lack of sugar, maybe?). however, i lost 3 pounds! i want to give it a second shot to hopefully lose more. know this thread is a little old but i'll keep you posted on my results, i'm starting sometime this week.

So after Round 3 of the 3 Day Diet, I have decided that it has worn out its usefulness to me. I have not quit and completed all 9 days of this diet in the 3 weeks that I have completed it. However, it was a bit of a disappointment to get on the scale and see that I weigh the exact same as I did the last time I stepped on a scale. Don't get me wrong, I am completely happy that I lost 18 lbs. I think however that my body has gotten used to these foods and it is no longer a detox. I am glad that this jump started my weight loss and I plan on figuring out what else will work for me. I welcome others to try this and see how it helps them. I will be checking every now and then to see how other people ventured. Good Luck!

Congrats on the 18 pounds lost!! What was your diet like for the 4 days you were off the 3 day diet? Did you eat a lot more? Do you think anything would have triggered you to not lose extra weight? Just curious! I'm starting the 3 day diet tomorrow with two friends. I'm going to stick to my calorie goal MFP gave me for the 4 days I am off the diet and if I end up eating more calories, then I will work out to burn them off so that I am back to even with my goal. I really want results with this!