Military Diet.

I was in the military and even in boot camp we ate at least twice that. You may lose weight, but it will be mostly water and you'll gain it back when you stop. For me that diet would make me binge eat when I stopped it.

I tried a diet very much like this many years ago, in fact it's so similar it seems just repackaged.

I was constantly hungry, irritable and even though I did lose a little bit of weight I put it all back on plus some after I finished (because I was a) ravenous and b) felt like i'd been deprived and deserved the good stuff).

I'd totally recommend just having a good clean diet with a moderate deficit - for me it's been the BIGGEST amount of weight lost and KEPT OFF!!

Good luck

Lose 10lbs a week? It certainly wouldn't be fat loss.....that would require a caloric deficit of 35,000 cal (or 5,000 per day on average) which would exceed the amount of energy expended by most adults by a fact of of 2 or 3.

These fad diets have been floating around (under a variety of names) for years. Highly restrictive and unsustainable. Stick to the basics, a nutritious, well balanced diet with a good variety of foods and a modest caloric deficit.

I started the real military diet back in 1991. You know, the one where you march, run, and do calisthenics, and eating enough to fuel that activity level.

Me too (but back in the mid '70s). I went from a scrawny 170 lb kid to 203 lbs with a 32" waist in about 6 months.

Yeah... NO.

This and other similar versions have been around for a very long time. It goes by misleading names like the Military Diet (as people with military experience already pointed out this isn't anything close to what the military would do), the AHA Diet, the Birmingham Hospial diet. Even the Cardiac diet. People claim this is what hospitals give to patients who need to drop weight fast for surgery although none of the hospitals used actually use it. Some have even released statements to clarify they do not use or endorse this. The AHA (American Heart Association) has as well.

Bottom line, it's just a very low calorie food plan dressed up with a name to sound legit. I would avoid it at all costs. Most of the weight you will lose will be water weight which will come back when you eat normal.

I started the real military diet back in 1991. You know, the one where you march, run, and do calisthenics, and eat enough to fuel that activity level.

QFT

That sounds terrible....

Temporary changes yield temporary results.

Mmm, this look like the diet I had when I was starving myself at 500 calories a day, except I skipped breakfast. I lost a couple pounds, sure... but I also lost a lot of hair, and my skin looked grayish. My heart rate dropped to 40 beats a minute, and I blacked out all the time.

But it was worth it (sarcasm). Good luck with that.

Not even when Soldiers are flagged for exceeding height and weight are they ever put on something like this. They do remedial PT and see a nutritionist. But the inaccurate name is not really the point. Everyone is going to tell you this won't work. Truth is, it will. You may lose several lbs in a week doing this. BUT ... how long will you be able to maintain it? For a week, sure, people have done worse, but over time you will not have enough fuel for your body. So the reason it doesn't work is because once you go back to eating what you did before, you'll gain it back. Possibly more because you may feel really deprived. And you will go back to what you were eating before because a week long change isn't enough to develop new habits. If you like the structure of a diet like this, that's fine but please do some research and ensure proper caloric intake before you build it. If you can't imagine yourself eating that way for as long as you want to stay fit, or forever for most of us, it's not the plan for you. I wish you luck in finding what works for you. Trust me, I know what you feel because I'm still trying to find what works for me ... now that I'm Army Retired and can't eat 3,000 cals a day and stay fit. :flowerforyou:

The problem is sustainability...losing weight takes a long time...months and often years...if you don't have a sustainable plan, you are doomed to failure. Also, you basically learn nothing with fad diets...all you learn is deprivation...you don't actually learn how to properly fuel your body for your activity...what a portion of something for you is, etc. Yes, fad diets are easy and you often see quick results...but you rarely maintain those results. If you want to maintain successfully you will need to learn a thing or two about proper nutrition and fitness.

That's not a military diet.

If you want a military diet, fry everything, have heavy portions of rice and instant mashed potatoes, find the fattiest cuts of beef and chicken, put cheese and bacon in all your canned veggies that you have boiled the nutrients out of, don't eat any fresh produce or milk, and eat store brand TV dinners that are 3 weeks past expiration date for 6 months straight every 18 months.

When not trying to simulate MREs with TV dinners, have tacos every Tuesday and burgers every Friday.

You forgot Chicken surprise!! and powdered eggs!

LOL@everyone pointing out the real version of military diet! My hubby always complains SO much about the food while he's underway!!

That's definitely a ridiculous diet to try, just eat within your deficit calorie limits, and maybe try going for a walk/jog or join a gym if that's your thing. All that diet is going to do is make you really hangry! Not good.

Yeah, no clue why they call this a "military diet". As for members being outside of PRT standards, it is actually against the UCMJ to force any diet on an individual. They can make they workout 10 times a day, but can't stop them from shoving food in thier mouth. This is with the exception of feild MREs, but everyone is eating those, not just those out of standards.

Most active duty military look good physically beacuse the job requires pleanty of physical activity as well as near 24 hour access to a multitude of fitness options. It has nothing to do with intake and all about the burn.