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    Military Diet? Good/Bad for you? - Work?

    Posts: 498 Member
    edited January 10 in Fitness and Exercise
    I need to lose some weight and don't want to start any long diet plans or purchase any food plans (weight watchers, nutrisystem, etc) so I was doing some research about the Military Plan.. Seems a good way to lose some weight but at a quick time.. Do you think is a good plan to do? If not why wouldn't it work? Or have you tried it ? Were you successfull? I'm considering this.. Any advice good or bad would be recommended.. Thank you.

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    • Posts: 4,710 Member
      If something is called "The ______ Diet," it sucks.
    • Posts: 498 Member
      If something is called "The ______ Diet," it sucks.

      LOL nice! :)
    • Posts: 8,646 Member
      I'm just going to copy & paste my previous reply for this type of thread:


      These threads are running rampant today.

      Look, most people on here have had success with maintaining a calorie deficit and putting in some old fashioned plain hard work (exercise). It works. It does. Calorie deficit = weight loss. You don't have to adhere to any other rules but that. Give it a shot, you won't be disappointed.
    • Posts: 287 Member
      I hate all these "plans"... maybe they work for some but not for me.... I eat normal... just not as much, not as bad, not as often and have lost over 35 lbs. So without even knowing what the plan is I would say No Good LOL but again everyone is different
    • Posts: 498 Member
      Ah I see here.. Sorry about the "dup" thread, my apologies.. I see where this is going, eaiser for the natural way..
      Gotcha makes sense.. Sorry again about duplicate topics..
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      It's the descent of a yo-yo. When it comes back up, you will have lost a little muscle and replaced it with fat. You will end up just the teensiest bit fatter than you are now. I avoid plans designed to make me fatter.
    • Posts: 1,590 Member
      If you want to become fit like an enlisted service member, TRAIN and EAT like one. Being the in the military is not a short-term program. It's a lifestyle change.
    • Posts: 583
      I think you can get MREs by the case full at an Army/Navy store. Might be a tad better than Lean Cuisine... at least they come with cute little Tabasco bottles.
    • Posts: 3,653 Member
      I was in the military. They worked our butts off and we ate everything and as much as we could get of it.
    • Posts: 3,653 Member
      THIS DIET! though is guaranteed to work, no gimmicks: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/860592-success-with-tdee-20
    • Posts: 138
      Really it shouldn't be a "diet" but more of a healthy new approach to food? that's the way I feel anyway,I still get to eat chocolate but in moderation and I'm feeling tons better already :)
    • Posts: 1,392 Member
      Not being rude but this was the truth for me and worked amazing....
      I did the "Swearing of Fad Diets" Diet....and i have not looked back.
    • Posts: 4,052 Member
      Generally any diet that cycles a few foods (and often very specific foods, not entire food **groups**) over a short few days is not going to do you any real good. You're not getting enough nutrients, you sure as hell aren't getting enough variety, and you won't have a back-up plan for when the allotted days are over.

      It's ill advised from the start.
    • Posts: 1,302 Member
      I'm still disgusted by things like this. Putting "military" or "bootcamp" in front of something doesn't make it "bada**", "hardcore" or anything else like that.

      Do you want to know a real military diet? Look at the food pyramid. Government food follows government documentation. Trust me, I'm with the government.

      The best thing you can do is eat a little better (and a little less) move a bit more, and have some patience :D
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Being a former Marine, I simply don't like the fact that they advertise these as "military diets" or Marine Commando diets" or whatever...When I was in the Marines I was pretty much paid to train and ate at least 4,000 calories per day...and I'm probably estimating low.

      Also...having tried a couple of "diets" in the past, I can tell you that I always had success...but never sustained success. Learning how to manage your caloric intake and understanding input/output of calories is key to sustained success in weight control. In the absence of that, most fail long term. Just my $.02.
    • Posts: 5,030 Member
      I think you can get MREs by the case full at an Army/Navy store. Might be a tad better than Lean Cuisine... at least they come with cute little Tabasco bottles.

      Or a reese cup! They handed them out like candy during the hurricane so I think there's an extra case or two hanging around here.
    • Posts: 1,820 Member
      All the food I had in the military sucked. But if you are serious, set your goals to lose two pounds a week, buy a load of veggies, fruit and whole grains - then go run a few miles 3 times a week.
    • Posts: 19 Member
      It's simple. Stop putting garbage in your mouth. Abstain from processed foods, no soda (not even diet), limit your carb intake. Eat clean. Prepare your own meals (not from a box or frozen bag).

      Then, go lift some weights and do cardio on the off days.
    • Posts: 926 Member
      If something is called "The ______ Diet," it sucks.

      This! That is all!
    • Posts: 908 Member
      my husband tried to help me with that. reason he was only in the military for a year
    • Posts: 19 Member
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      Or a reese cup! They handed them out like candy during the hurricane so I think there's an extra case or two hanging around here.

      MREs are probably not what you want to be eating if you are trying to lose weight. These things are packed with calories because the people who are eating them need the extra calories.
    • Posts: 95 Member
      If you want to become fit like an enlisted service member, TRAIN and EAT like one. Being the in the military is not a short-term program. It's a lifestyle change.

      This is the truth...
    • Posts: 216 Member
      I was in the military. Everything was deep fried (even the vegetables) and the meat arrived in boxes stamped "rejected the the federal prison system." I'd steer clear.
    • Posts: 112 Member
      Ask yourself can eat like this for the rest of your life? If the answer is NO, then it won't work! FYI, Weight Watchers provides you tools to learn portion control, healthy choices, be accountable for what you put in your mouth, eat less and MOVE! While eat healthy foods from the grocery store! Unlike Jenny Craig, Medifast, Nutrisystem.
    • Posts: 636 Member
      My husband has been in the military for 14 years and we have never heard of this diet. I seriously doubt the military uses this. I Googled it and the food plan is just really low calories, at most probably 1000 calories (and they want you exercising on top of that). But do you really eat a cup of vanilla ice cream every night for the three days. And hot dogs? It seems overly processed with very few veggies, not enough protein, and too much caffeine. The weight you would lose would definitely be water weight. Then you eat whatever you want for 4 days and recycle that water weight again when you start the next 3 day cycle. Sounds like a vicious cycle to me.
    • Posts: 5,320 Member
      My favorite part is that the version I saw insisted that you had to eat these foods, in the given combinations, because there was some kind of chemistry involved. That makes it sound all official like, right?
    • Posts: 636 Member
      My favorite part is that the version I saw insisted that you had to eat these foods, in the given combinations, because there was some kind of chemistry involved. That makes it sound all official like, right?

      The version I saw insisted on that as well. Must be why you need to eat the hot dogs (minus the buns, of course) and vanilla ice cream. The chemicals must help with the breakdown.
    • Posts: 213 Member
      Do you want to know what the Military REALLY does when they want someone to drop a lot of weight? They make them work their *kitten* off, eat healthy, and drink a lot of water....hmmm....sounds a bit like being healthy....
    • Posts: 325 Member
      If you aren't willing to make a lifestyle change, which is the longest term change possible, you probably aren't ready to lose weight. I decided long ago that I was done with dieting until I was ready to make a permanent lifestyle change. I finally was ready last fall and it's so much different than being on a diet. It's easier for me and I believe I can sustain this for life.
    • Posts: 325 Member
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      The version I saw insisted on that as well. Must be why you need to eat the hot dogs (minus the buns, of course) and vanilla ice cream. The chemicals must help with the breakdown.

      There was an eating plan (not a diet) a few years ago that claimed different nutrients needed to be eaten (and not) with certain types of food. I think there's a degree of truth to this. The only reason I wonder if it's a good plan is that my sil does it and she's a chemist...of course, she worked in plastics...
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