3 day Military Diet?

rwhite610
rwhite610 Posts: 29 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I've seen this on Pinterest countless times but I didn't know if anyone has done it, does it work or left are you left feeling like you're starving by the end of it? I also seen where you can't sub out any of the food but I've never had grapefruit, I don't drink coffee or tea, don't like broccoli, or the middle of a hard boiled egg... picky huh :) Anyways I was just curious as to anyone has tried it, as I would suck it up and eat the stuff if it actually works....
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  • Rum_Runner
    Rum_Runner Posts: 617 Member
    I have a friend on my FL that tried it 2 weeks ago. She kicked herself for even thinking it was a good idea, let alone try it. I'll be honest I don't know anything about it...so this is only one persons (3rd person) review.
  • rwhite610
    rwhite610 Posts: 29 Member
    any reason why she didn't like it or it just didn't work?
  • blu_meanie_ca
    blu_meanie_ca Posts: 352 Member
    "This diet works on chemical breakdown and is proven. Do not vary or substitute any of the above foods"

    A chemical breakdown of what? You can not render fat from your body they way you would from a fatty pork roast. (ick)

    Otherwise, it looks like any other low cal diet out there.. just higher in carbs that most that are floating around.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Quit cutting corners and just change your lifestyle.

    Heres an easier softer way: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    3 Day military diet... are you eating MREs?
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Quit cutting corners and just change your lifestyle.

    Heres an easier softer way: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    This.

    Also, Pinterest is a haven for fads/inaccurate recipes/etc. Anyone can post anything at any time onto a pinterest board. While it's great for ideas, it's full of a ton of horrible ones too.
  • muzmacol
    muzmacol Posts: 358 Member
    i did something similar, lost 8lbs. Its though, hard!
  • BigDave1050
    BigDave1050 Posts: 854 Member
    3-Day Military Diet? Are you going to eat at the Chow Hall?
  • liptok
    liptok Posts: 4 Member
    I'm like you I dont want to starve and I dont like the yellow of boiled eggs, just add a lot of black pepper and salt and you can choke it down, my mother in law did this last year and lost 40 pounds, she said it was'nt hard once you got used to it.
  • BrownEyeAngel
    BrownEyeAngel Posts: 331 Member
    This 3 day diet is a jump start to get you losing! You have to follow it as stated. Not good to change the foods on this diet, because it is a chemical breakdown to lose the fat. It is hard to do and you do feel like you are starving and the end of 2nd and 3rd day. If followed correctly you can lose 8 to 10 lbs.
  • Vegan_Runner
    Vegan_Runner Posts: 133 Member
    Quit dieting and make lifestyle changes. If you can't make a change forever do not make it. You will only fail. Making new healthful habits is the only way to succeed.
  • newdaydawning79
    newdaydawning79 Posts: 1,503 Member
    It's another one of those fad diets that people try to give clout to. It's not worth it. Count calories and exercise, the weight will come off steadily and without having to follow some crazy 'plan'.
  • tubaman58
    tubaman58 Posts: 151
    Doesn't have anything to do with the US Military

    In general, military food is not low cal or healthy...... chow halls are standard cafeteria stuff and MRE's are very high calorie and low bulk.....

    There are some nutso things that individuals will do to make weight standards, not a good way to go
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    i did something similar, lost 8lbs. Its though, hard!

    8lbs of what?
    temporary water weight?
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    3 day military diet ... I think that was the first week of bootcamp where they worked us out 20 hours a day and let us eat for 3 minutes at a time
  • lisa9803
    lisa9803 Posts: 39
    3 Day military diet... are you eating MREs?

    LOL....MRE's are very high in calories and carbs.
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    This 3 day diet is a jump start to get you losing! You have to follow it as stated. Not good to change the foods on this diet, because it is a chemical breakdown to lose the fat. It is hard to do and you do feel like you are starving and the end of 2nd and 3rd day. If followed correctly you can lose 8 to 10 lbs.

    You will feel like you are starving because you ARE starving. It's just a few day, very low calorie diet. It's intended to fool you into thinking it works by emptying out your innards and and eliminating water weight without actually burning very much fat.
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,217 Member
    Are you trying to lose water weight that you will quickly regain and lean body mass that you won't quickly regain, making it easier to add body fat? If so, then this is just the diet for you.

    There are no shortcuts to losing weight and improving your health.
  • rwhite610
    rwhite610 Posts: 29 Member
    I am making lifestyle changes and have no issues in doing so, I was just asking if anyone had heard about it or used it, no reason for smart *kitten* comments. It is very low carb as when I entered day 1 into MFP I wasn't even at 1,000 calories no way I could go that low.
  • MrsPong
    MrsPong Posts: 580 Member
    Husband is military. He has his marines use something like this to cut weight for a weight-in the weight comes back.
    Workout, cut calories and lose is slowly then you'll keep it off.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Quit dieting and make lifestyle changes. If you can't make a change forever do not make it. You will only fail. Making new healthful habits is the only way to succeed.


    ^^^^^^^THIS!!!!!!!!
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
    This 3 day diet is a jump start to get you losing! You have to follow it as stated. Not good to change the foods on this diet, because it is a chemical breakdown to lose the fat. It is hard to do and you do feel like you are starving and the end of 2nd and 3rd day. If followed correctly you can lose 8 to 10 lbs.

    Lose 8-10 lbs of what?

    This will be mostly water and will return immediately once you start eating normally again.

    There is no such thing as "jump starting" your diet. Eat foods you enjoy and stay at a deficit. Exercise how ever you enjoy.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I am making lifestyle changes and have no issues in doing so, I was just asking if anyone had heard about it or used it, no reason for smart *kitten* comments. It is very low carb as when I entered day 1 into MFP I wasn't even at 1,000 calories no way I could go that low.

    So if you're already making changes, should we applaud you for asking about a fad diet? What were you expecting?

    You've already lost, why go off on some stupid pinterest diet?
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    It's a bad idea.
  • JennyLisT
    JennyLisT Posts: 402 Member
    I've been around the military my whole life, and I work closely with members of the military. I have not personally encountered this "3 day Military Diet" on the web, but from what you people are describing, it's nothing like what I know members of the military to eat. When you do heavy physical work, you might want to actually, y'know, eat food. As others have mentioned, MREs are extremely high calorie and mess halls are not the stuff that fad diets are made of.
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    What the heck? I was in the army and I never heard of such nonsense.

    If anything..eating like a military person is going to the chow hall 3 times a day. No snacks for you. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. And it definately isn't low cal or small portions either.

    And the occasional mre when you are out in the field. And those are like 1000+ cals if I remember correctly.

    Forget any preworkout protein shakes and afterworkout recovery nonsense. Uncle Sam aint' giving you any extra.

    As for what I think the "military diet" would be-


    Go back to old school eating. Forget once a day or 6 meals a day..it's 3 times a day like in the olden days..

    If anything eating 3 square meals a day would be the military diet.
  • rwhite610
    rwhite610 Posts: 29 Member
    I didn't know it was a fad diet or what it was other than what I seen on there which is why I asked on here. I didn't know how low cal it was until I plugged it into MFP. I didn't realize people got so pissy about people asking questions on here
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I didn't know it was a fad diet or what it was other than what I seen on there which is why I asked on here. I didn't know how low cal it was until I plugged it into MFP. I didn't realize people got so pissy about people asking questions on here
    I'm not speaking for the collective, but I get pissy when the threads are full of fad diets or quick fixes. There are no quick, safe, lasting fixes. It's even more sad to see someone that has lost looking for a way to speed it up.

    Just like when you see all of the other fads pop up. You've lost 4 lbs according to your ticker, you're doing something right. Keep doing that and be patient.

    If you're concerned about the honest feedback on the forums here, google is always an option.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    Just another ' fad diet"
  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
    I've seen this on Pinterest countless times but I didn't know if anyone has done it, does it work or left are you left feeling like you're starving by the end of it? I also seen where you can't sub out any of the food but I've never had grapefruit, I don't drink coffee or tea, don't like broccoli, or the middle of a hard boiled egg... picky huh :) Anyways I was just curious as to anyone has tried it, as I would suck it up and eat the stuff if it actually works....

    First, I would NOT recommend this. However, I know someone who has been doing this for 8-10 weeks. It simply suprresses your calories for 3 days and then you are supposed to "eat reasonably" the rest of the week. They have lost approximately 2 lbs per week doing this. Just using MFP and making your macro targets will get you much better results IMHO.

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