3 Day Diet..?

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  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    No.

    It's a crash diet. Not healthy or productive for long term loss and health.
  • laurelobrien
    laurelobrien Posts: 156 Member
    nope
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    Up to ten pounds of what? Water so you end up dehydrated?
  • jessinicole789
    jessinicole789 Posts: 8
    if you read the article it says to drink plenty of water.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Not a good idea. Do not do this.

    Use MFP, track your food intake and hit your calorie goals and you will succeed. And you don't have restrict your food to some arbitrary list.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    negative
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Well that sounds sustainable.
  • NachoEverydayChick
    NachoEverydayChick Posts: 23 Member
    Bad idea. Fat can't be lost that fast.
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    Negatory
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Track your calories, use MFP..don't customize your calories to 1200 if MFP doesn't do that for you...just use what MFP gives you. Eat them all as often as you can.

    Exercise. Add weight lifting to that, and by weight lifting, lift heavy. This will make it so you not only get skinny, but you look really good skinny.

    Wait. This is the hardest part. But..wait for the results. They WILL happen. It may take several months before a real change is noticed, but it's going to happen.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    *facepalms*

    I bet that 10lbs was more water weight. And what happens when she's off of this diet? She'll probably gain it back.."IF" it wasn't just all water weight.

    Unless this or any other fad diet, pill, etc is something you plan on doing for the rest of your life...don't do it. In fact, you don't need all those other things. JUST YOU. There is no miracle fat loss program that is going to get you amazing results in a month or two. This isn't a race so realize that if you want to get healthier and keep the weight off..you have to be in it for the long haul.
  • enigmatickitty
    enigmatickitty Posts: 9
    *facepalms* It's what soldiers use if they're roughly ten pounds over the military regulations for a quick fix during evaluations if they don't think they can pass the tape test. You'll gain the weight back as soon as you start eating normally again, much like those soldiers do.
  • Hazel2005
    Hazel2005 Posts: 175 Member
    Seriously?!:huh:
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Track your calories, use MFP..don't customize your calories to 1200 if MFP doesn't do that for you...just use what MFP gives you. Eat them all as often as you can.

    Exercise. Add weight lifting to that, and by weight lifting, lift heavy. This will make it so you not only get skinny, but you look really good skinny.

    Wait. This is the hardest part. But..wait for the results. They WILL happen. It may take several months before a real change is noticed, but it's going to happen.

    WHAT WIZARDRY IS THIS?

    Stop this crazy talk. It's sounds good, but it could only work if there was an app that could track all these things for free for you.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Tip for the future. Any time you see one of these "Lose X lbs in Y days" things, just chuckle to yourself and walk away.
  • tbrady1991
    tbrady1991 Posts: 13 Member
    I cannot click on the link but I am assuming that the diet plan you are referring to is the 3 Day Military Diet....
    If you were planning on doing it for any type of long-term results it will not work.
    However, with that being said, if you are doing it for something specific in the short-term it might help.
    I personally have done it a few times, although tweaked slightly, and every time I have lost anywhere from 6-11 pounds. However I went in knowing that it was short-term and to look a little slimmer and nicer in a dress for a wedding or other special occasion. Also I had to work out hard those three days.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Found this link..
    Anybody think it's worth it??

    http://blessedmommy.hubpages.com/hub/Lose-Up-To-10-Pounds-In-3-Days-On-The-3-Day-Diet
    It's another silly fad diet.

    The only way to legitimately lose 10 pounds in 3 days (other than water weight, which will come back as quickly as you lose it) is to create approximately a 35,000 calorie deficit over 3 days. Seeing as how most peoples' TDEE is somewhere roughly between 2000-3000 calories, your caloric deficit would have to total somewhere between roughly -26,000 to -29,000 calories above and beyond your TDEE (or around -8,700 to -9,700 calories over TDEE per day). Not humanly possible to create that large of a deficit.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I'm on the lifetime eat sensibly and work out reasonably plan. I think you should try mine, is superior to the 3 day diet.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    You have been a member of MFP since August 2011 and you haven't learnt yet that this sort of thing is just dumb?
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    No.

    Use this site as it was intended. Eat at a reasonable caloric deficit.
  • jayliospecky
    jayliospecky Posts: 25,022 Member
    Tip for the future. Any time you see one of these "Lose X lbs in Y days" things, just chuckle to yourself and walk away.

    Thanks!

    One question, if I cackle and skip away, will I burn more calories?
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Tip for the future. Any time you see one of these "Lose X lbs in Y days" things, just chuckle to yourself and walk away.

    Thanks!

    One question, if I cackle and skip away, will I burn more calories?

    Depends. If this happens often (for instance, if you read the MFP forums regularly), then you might just want to account for all the cackling and skipping in your Activity Level. I'm on the forum all the time, so of course I use the Very Active modifier. :wink:
  • csi4us
    csi4us Posts: 74
    Found this link..
    Anybody think it's worth it??

    http://blessedmommy.hubpages.com/hub/Lose-Up-To-10-Pounds-In-3-Days-On-The-3-Day-Diet


    I did this crash diet years ago, yes you lose weight in 3 days but 1. You're staving the whole day. 2. The weight comes back on after stopping.and 3, it not good for you to be hungry all day. We need to listen to our body! It knows when we r hungry, it knows when we are full. And it knows when we are tired. It's better to do it the right way with the help of Mfp!
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
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  • murphy612
    murphy612 Posts: 734 Member
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet
  • Shas2228
    Shas2228 Posts: 187
    You'll gain the weight back possibly plus some if you do a crash diet.

    Count your calories and exercise.

    You'll lose weight and have a better chance at maintaining it.
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    Not a good idea. Do not do this.

    Use MFP, track your food intake and hit your calorie goals and you will succeed. And you don't have restrict your food to some arbitrary list.

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  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
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    :love:

    And what happens on day 4?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Having just read it, no. I honestly can't see how anyone could lose 10lbs (most of which is water) eating such processed crap (hot dogs??)
  • cleanjerksnatch
    cleanjerksnatch Posts: 36
    I suggest you do a juice fast/diet if you want to lose weight fast and keep your metabolism high and the content of your diet healthy.

    The most important part of any extreme diet is that you should always have the necessary vitamins & minerals, supplementing if you need to and NEVER starve yourself.

    I will repeat, NEVER starve yourself. Eat and apple, an orange, a pear, a bell pepper, a zucchini, to keep your body always fed so that it will speed up metabolism because it is always given when is needed. Always eat/drink when hungry.

    It is best you try a juice diet and you will find you lose weight extremely fast.

    When you return to eating you must do so modestly. The reason most people dislike these "crash" diets or "extreme" diets is because when people return to eating they relapse into eating how they used to eat before. A juice diet/fast will not only introduce your body to a new healthier phase but it will also open your eyes to all the disgusting things you have eaten before.


    If you do not wish to do something as extreme just add CLA to your diet, 3-4 grams a day in seperated dosages. CLA is a natural fatty acid which helps metabolize fat.

    Include a heavy dose of vitamin c (4 grams a day minimum, seperated dosage), testosterone boosting foods, minerals i.e magnesium, potassium, zinc and many other vitamins of your choosing.

    Remember to avoid soy as it is the worst regarding estrogen. All developed nations have women at a disadvantage with an excess of estrogen in an estrogen environment.

    Keep working hard.

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