Anyone try the military diet?....

My little brother does it and actually really likes it. He had lost some weight but probably not as much as he could lose because on the 4th day he is eating gallons of ice cream, cheesecake, etc.

It's open? It may just be open to friends not sure I will check. However...I eat high protein, whole grain, low carb, lots of veggies etc.

and if you aren't eating enough, it won't matter.

I tried it and didn't last the first day. I went home and binged on french fries..My coworker has done it 3 times already and she likes it. I have alot of weight to lose, so I was starving myself..And, i'm not into gaining all the weight back.You really won't eat like that diet everyday, so unless you are looking to lose weight real fast for something specific like a wedding or a work weigh-in, it won't stick with you for the long run. I'm on Weight Watchers and love it. I lose weight slow but am learning an entire new way to eat and change my lifestyle for the long run. Good luck on that! ;-)

whoever loses 40lbs in a month is in for a nightmare with their metrate

You lost me at the word "diet". Diets don't work. The only thing that works is making permanent life changes.

I did the real military diet from 1998-2007. I went in at 130lbs and came out 9 years later 225lbs with a 22% BFP. Yeah, some "diet".

I'm going back to the Basic Training "diet".
The Drill Sergeants wouldn't let us eat anything sweet.
We could have any beverage we want as long as it was water.
We walked everywhere.
When we walked, we did it with a quickness.
Hell, when we did anything, we did it with a quickness.
When we weren't walking, we were running.
We went to bed at the same time and woke up at the same time.
When we did something wrong, we exercised as punishment.
When we did something right, we exercised as reward.

I went into Basic Training at 130lbs and came out 165lbs of pure muscle, could run like the wind, and could do push-ups & sit-ups for days.. I miss those days. I will have them again.

40 lbs. in a month?!! :noway: That's just crazy! :mad: :explode: Talk to your Doctor 1st, he'll set ya straight, jus sayin...

Not necessarily. My doc wanted me to do the scarsdale diet. I told her NO!! That is too restrictive and at my age I don't need to be losing what little muslce I have left. at the time I was doing Turbo fire. She told me those high intensity work outs don't work because NO ONE can maintain that level of exercise. Not all docs are in the know.

I came across a pin on Pinterest for the military diet. Read the plan and it's really easy to follow. 3 days on (eating their food plan) and 4 days off (still eating healthy but not following their meal plan). It boasts that you can lose up to 40 lbs in a month if done correctly. Anyone try this diet? Thoughts? Success? Bad reviews?

This came up in a different thread. I don't see how you could lose 40 lbs a month. I also don;t see that it's necessarily shocking or anorexic.

This has 3 days at around 1000 calories (1069, 833, 871) and 4 days at an unspecified "Normal".

So, if "Normal" is 1800 calories/day - you're at about a 20% deficit on this. If "normal" is 3000 calories - it's about 30% deficit.

But at 1800 - you're only looking at a total weekly deficit of 2627 calories. At 3000 - you'd be at a deficit of 6227 calories for the week.

After the first water loss week, you'd get maybe 1-2 lbs of loss a week.

I think I got my math right - and I'm using the numbers from another post on this same topic - not any kind of personal experience.

Seeing as the last person that mentioned this diet to me was suffering from anorexia I would definitely not recommend it.