3 day military diet- information and a rant

When I was in bootcamp I was eating about 4,000 calories a day. I lost 15 lbs in 7 weeks.

Caveat- I was getting my *kitten* kicked, not sleeping, and running/swimming/doing exercise constantly.

The truth to the matter is that the only way to loose weight is to exercise and eat right.

When I went through basic. I ate three times a day. Full Meals Too. Also Drank a lot of water cause of the excessive moving around. They also made sure I ate. I ate everything but junk food and soda. My drill sergeant would make sure of that. Besides if someone had something bad. Be assure that he wasn't the only one working the calories off. We all got punished.

I saw it this way. We were always moving.

Got up at 430 Cleaned the Bay
530 Doing PT for an hour (We alternated between running and muscle groups every other day) Sunday was day off. We stripped and rewaxed the Bay
630 We would go to Breakfast.
0730 We would go upstairs and get ready for the workday and we were down by 0900

At 1130 We were either at mess hall for lunch or had an MRE and had at least and hour
The rest of the day we were doing something.

AT 5pm is when we quit had dinner and did our laundry and shoes.

In 8 Weeks I went from 238lbs down to 185lbs.

I was also super healthy too.

In conclusion is that they can have all these crazy diets. Truth of the matter is that if you eat right and exercise. Calories in and Calories out method. You will loose your weight, keep it off and be healthy in the end.

When I was in bootcamp I was eating about 4,000 calories a day. I lost 15 lbs in 7 weeks.

That is normal in Boot Camp though. When I went through navy I lost like 25 pounds, through Coast Guard 10 lbs. But I know of people who gained as well. All the foods they make in boot camp are super high in protein. They do that on purpose because you need it. I don't know how you guys did it, but in Coast Guard boot camp they made sure you ate. If you were done, you get up and go out side and stand at parade rest until EVERYONE finishes. Each company had 30 minutes to eat, the reason behind that is because people shoving food down their throats were learning really bad habits once they got out of boot camp.

But the food in Coast Guard boot camp was high calorie/high protein because of how much calories you burn.

Now...I was in PTSP (prior service)...so I had it a lot easier than recruits...but I was still losing weight, I only had to go through half of what recruits did.

I am a coasty OMG Did you have to eat Scrapple?!?! WTF is that!?!?!

When I was in bootcamp I was eating about 4,000 calories a day. I lost 15 lbs in 7 weeks.

That is normal in Boot Camp though. When I went through navy I lost like 25 pounds, through Coast Guard 10 lbs. But I know of people who gained as well. All the foods they make in boot camp are super high in protein. They do that on purpose because you need it. I don't know how you guys did it, but in Coast Guard boot camp they made sure you ate. If you were done, you get up and go out side and stand at parade rest until EVERYONE finishes. Each company had 30 minutes to eat, the reason behind that is because people shoving food down their throats were learning really bad habits once they got out of boot camp.

But the food in Coast Guard boot camp was high calorie/high protein because of how much calories you burn.

Now...I was in PTSP (prior service)...so I had it a lot easier than recruits...but I was still losing weight, I only had to go through half of what recruits did.

I know this is an old thread but I did the diet awhile ago for my blog and lost 7 lbs with barely any exercise. I am currently doing it again with my friend and planning on continuing it (3 days on, 4 days off) until the summertime. I think it is incredibly effective. The only downside is I have very low energy to do my workouts, which since the first time I did the diet have become a daily, very vigorous event.

Actually, this is a military diet. I was given this diet when I was joining the Army. It is effective, but it is difficult. However, it does work!

As was I. I didn't even need to lose weight when I was in Basic Training and our Drill Sgt made everyone eat this way because we did have a few girls that needed to trim down a bit. He used it as team building making us all eat the same way.

When I left Basic training I was starting to look very, very muscular eating this way.

Note to self: Don't join military.

Exactly!!

I was in the military and we were never told what to eat . We showed up at the mess hall and ate when it was time. And showed up for PT in the morning that was that. US ARMY 11th ACR Germany 86-90 I lost like 80lbs in 8 weeks.

The diet is low cal, that's why it's limited to 3 days on, 4 days off. However, it works. My friend gave it a test drive & lost 6.7 lbs. That's not 10, but she also doesn't eat tuna. It wasn't water weight, because she lost size & it didnt come right back. It's not my favorite though. I usually drink Visalus shakes 2 times per day. I did this diet for 1 day, and felt sluggish.. I missed my proteins & nutrients. I'm down over 30 lbs w/my shakes. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I lost 1 lb on that day....

I think it's called "military" because it's the type of diet military members do when they are close to having to weigh in and need to lose a few pounds. I had a friend who did something similar because she was overweight by a few pounds due to having a baby.

I think this diet is ridiculous and you should just eat in slight caloric deficit with whole foods you all would be much better off.

this is hilarious. I was at the gym the other day on the treadmill and I heard two girls next to me (I'm guessing they were of high school age) talking about this "military diet" and how someone they knew was on it and that it was totally nuts. I kept thinking to myself " ah, memories of high school yo-yo diets!"

I really don't understand the passionate stance against this diet. Almost everyone that I have seen that goes on this program loses weight pretty fast. And it doesn't seem that unhealthy, its just 3 days of eating very light, and it includes protein, fruit, veggies, grains. And the next 4 days you can eat anyway you choose - and I will choose to eat healthy those days. What is so terrible about it?

@hopestobelost, the diet really doesn't teach people how to eat healthy, and it's so important to eat properly (not just healthy but to make sure to eat enough calories) on the off-days, that when you don't already know how to eat for maintenance, it's easy to yo-yo, which has evidence that yo-yoing is worse for your health than being overweight and maintaining. The way the diet actually works can be really good, but the way it can be used (as an intro to severe restriction, or as a quick way to lose weight but without learning healthy behaviors) can be really bad.

Seems there is mixed opinions this however I say if your eating and exercising and your losing weight it's helping you achieve what you want to do.. All diet plans have thier ups and downs IMO..