3 day military diet.

AthennasMommy
AthennasMommy Posts: 83 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My birthday is in less than 3 weeks away and I want to push myself to loose up to 10lbs. I would like to jump start my weight loss with the 3 day military diet. Has anyone done this before? I'd like to know what you thought about it. Please no negativity. I know most people are against "diets." Like I said, I'm only thinking about doing it to jump start my weight loss.
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  • WhoHa42
    WhoHa42 Posts: 1,270 Member
    10lbs in 3 weeks is insane. Even if you do get down you won't be able to keep it off. I'd say focus more on body composition than weight. Even then, that's a really small window.
  • keef1972
    keef1972 Posts: 411 Member
    Never heard of it....?
    10lbs in 3 weeks seems a little much, if you ask me.
  • Dtapia89
    Dtapia89 Posts: 1
    My mom just did this and she lost 9 pounds. Now we have to see what happens after going back to eating normal. She really wants me to try it, but I just don't trust it. I'm pretty sure the weight will come back. I will update you when she weighs in again in 4 days.
  • Vinodiet
    Vinodiet Posts: 5 Member
    I'm not sure what the 3 day military diet is and I spent 10 years in the USMC. All I remember about the chow hall meals is they were always high quality vegetables, meats and the best salad bars the world has ever known. No pudding, cake or pie that I can recall. Lot's of physical training too. So really, like most of the sensible posts I've seen on this site, the secret (if it's a secret at all) is if you want to lose weight, burn more calories than you consume each day.
  • BrotherBill913
    BrotherBill913 Posts: 662 Member
    10lbs in 3 weeks is insane. Even if you do get down you won't be able to keep it off. I'd say focus more on body composition than weight. Even then, that's a really small window.



    This^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not to mention the loose skin......
  • monietrojan
    monietrojan Posts: 45 Member
    I'm not familiar with that but I know some people who've done the juice diet meaning they drunk nothing but juice for 10 days I think. I'm not sure how much weight they lost but there are some people on here who've had success with straight juicing.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    It's a starvation diet with no nutritional value and has nothing to do with the military...Not sure what else to tell you as you want no negative comments.....
    Enjoy losing a lot of muscle mass, slowing your metabolism and probably binging like crazy within a week...
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    Hehehe

    considering you had a year since your last birthday to get your nutrition together.... why not just fast?

    And how come you didn't give yourself more time? I mean, you know when your birthday is coming. It's not like an unplanned or quickly planned social event
  • Linda09189
    Linda09189 Posts: 80
    No negativity......clearly you knew you would get that....that's a lot of weight in 3 weeks and totally insane, do it the right way diet and exercise
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
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    Temporary changes get you temporary results. And even the temporary results will likely disappoint you as any weight loss isn't going to leave you with the body you're hoping for.
  • buffgirl79
    buffgirl79 Posts: 17
    I have no idea what the 3 day military diet is...but I sure am glad u asked for no negativity. ..lol :/ you look pretty small already so 10 pounds might be alot...However if u have a fair amount to oose..like I'm looking for around 40 to leave. .I don't think 10 pounds in 3 wks is that 'crazy'. I have been working out and eating right (1200-1500 cals a day) and honestly if I hadn't gone away for a weekend with my Hubs and gained 4 pounds I would've lost 13 by now and it's been just over a month.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    The…what? Nearly eleven years as a military spouse and I don't think I've ever seen any of the active duty soldiers cutting back on food. If anything they're always looking for something to eat. Seriously, there's one behind me right now going through the cabinets.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Tell you this terrible idea isn't negative, it's truth.

    If you don't want the truth, fine. Try it.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    The…what? Nearly eleven years as a military spouse and I don't think I've ever seen any of the active duty soldiers cutting back on food. If anything they're always looking for something to eat. Seriously, there's one behind me right now going through the cabinets.

    This.

    My best friend is career army. He just texted me for looking for dinner and or cupcakes.
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    Which military eats such a horrible diet?
  • LishieFruit89
    LishieFruit89 Posts: 1,956 Member
    Im going to assume by your screenname youre the mommy to some child.

    Be a good example for this child.
    Dont do some stupid crash diet thatll lead to yo-yoing. Its not healthy.
  • wmstormvet
    wmstormvet Posts: 145
    I'm not sure what the 3 day military diet is and I spent 10 years in the USMC. All I remember about the chow hall meals is they were always high quality vegetables, meats and the best salad bars the world has ever known. No pudding, cake or pie that I can recall. Lot's of physical training too. So really, like most of the sensible posts I've seen on this site, the secret (if it's a secret at all) is if you want to lose weight, burn more calories than you consume each day.

    Marine here too. I completely agree! More calories expended than taken in!!
  • PatheticNoetic
    PatheticNoetic Posts: 905 Member
    The…what? Nearly eleven years as a military spouse and I don't think I've ever seen any of the active duty soldiers cutting back on food. If anything they're always looking for something to eat. Seriously, there's one behind me right now going through the cabinets.

    This.

    My best friend is career army. He just texted me for looking for dinner and or cupcakes.

    Yeah- military wife here and my husband is constantly eating. And any time they go out field and have to live off of rat packs- they all get diarrhea and then stuff themselves when they get back to civilization. It's not by choice or a nice way to dine. I don't know what this diet is but it sounds bunk.
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    10lbs in 3 weeks is ALOT.

    I think at a max you could lose 6lbs if you work hard at the gym, lower your carbs, up your protein and drink lots of water!!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    10lbs in 3 weeks is insane. Even if you do get down you won't be able to keep it off. I'd say focus more on body composition than weight. Even then, that's a really small window.

    this...

    plus if you starve yourself for 3 weeks, when you eat your nice birthday meal you will feel sick and bloated and put all the weight back on...
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    My birthday is in less than 3 weeks away and I want to push myself to loose up to 10lbs.with the 3 day military diet. Has anyone done this before?

    My military diet was "eat all the foods" and "do loads of phys". We used to consume in the order of 3000 - 3500 cals per day in normal jogging, but we burned off a couple of thousand of those.
    Please no negativity

    Does not compute, do you want opinions or do you just want people to agree with you?

    You're talking about an excessively aggressive rate of weight loss that doesn't lend itelf to sustainability. You'll lose a disproportionate volume of lean mass, rather than fat.

    Doesn't stack up, so what are your motivations?
  • PearlAng
    PearlAng Posts: 681 Member
    As others have said, 10 lbs in 3 weeks is a bit much. Why not scrap the diet idea and focus on losing weight and being healthy with a more manageable option. That way, the weight you lose will be sustainable, and if you start now, by time your next birthday rolls around in a year (or even before that) you'll meet your goal
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Get therapy
  • Poods71
    Poods71 Posts: 502 Member
    You do this diet and you might lose the 10lb you want to lose for your birthday but one birthday meal and it will be back on and doing silly diets like this by your next birthday you will be looking to lose 20lb. Only telling you this because I don't want you making the same mistakes I did. Took me a long time to learn that eating a healthy balanced diet and doing some exercise is the only way to get it off and more importantly keep it off. Start now and you could have the body of your dreams by your next birthday (probably before).
  • mscrystallee
    mscrystallee Posts: 62 Member
    I had no idea what this "diet" was prior to looking it up. It promises 10 lb weight loss in as little as a week. Honestly the content of the meals does not look like you are doing your body much good http://themilitarydiet.com/military-diet-plan/ and I would say why are you setting arbitrary dates to when you need to be a certain weight.
  • licorice_tea
    licorice_tea Posts: 59 Member
    There have been actual, arguably unethical, studies done on what the maximum weight loss per week is that you expect to see in total starvation. I seem to recall it's something like 2.5 pounds per week, and don't think for a minute that means 2.5 pounds of fat. The Minnesota Starvation Experiment is one such study. I think you should genuinely look into it, but in case you don't, the gist is that starvation-level calorie intake causes your metabolism to plummet through the floor and start cannibalizing your own body for food, and so much of the weight you lose is water and muscle. If you were to then up your calories to even 1200, the minimum recommended for women, your metabolism would be so trounced that you would actually see an initial weight gain until your body stopped freaking out.

    Maybe the question you really want to ask is, "Ignoring factors that put me at risk for relapse later on, what is the fastest I can lose weight?" I will actually answer this question for you, but I don't recommend you do it. You can probably maintain a rate of 2 pounds per week lost if doing a 1,000 calorie deficit doesn't bring you below 1000 calories (MFP says 1200, but you can probably get away with this for 3 weeks). That means you are looking at 6 pounds. Any faster than that, and you will hit the ceiling of what you can lose per week, and it won't really matter (to the scale) whether you are eating 1000 calories or zero because your metabolism will just slow down to compensate. You will probably lose more on the scale, though, if you've just started dieting -- water weight and food-in-digestive-tract-weight.

    I did this 1000-calorie-per-day thing once, because back in the early days LoseIt didn't have the kind of safety in place that MFP does to inform you that going below 1200 is dangerous, and I just picked the highest weight loss level and didn't do my health and fitness research. When I switched to maintenance, and tried to eat normally, I was so uncontrollably hungry that I could eat and eat until I your stomach is painfully bloated and you still feel ravenously hungry. It's a side effect of long-term starvation, I think the Minnesota study covers it as well. Anyway, I don't recommend it.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Cant wait to see what motorized wheelchair she buys when she's in her late 60s.......

    Eat right
    Lift weights
    Sleep

    Wash, rinse and repeat!
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Bad idea for a diet.

    Stick to recommended fat loss from MFP or Free Diet Calculator (most accurate for most people)

    With a military diet you WILL LOSE lean muscle mass. Every one of my friends who joined into a military branch came back smaller then when they went in, muscle and fat wise.
  • twinpoppy
    twinpoppy Posts: 5
    You know you can always eat less but healthy and increase the physical activity instead of cutting down on food.
    We have to eat, and if you do more exercises you can afford to eat more and still lose weight ;-)
    Just stick to the more nutritious foods and drink a lot.
    Good luck!
  • toronto_j
    toronto_j Posts: 206 Member
    Why is it called the Military Diet? Because you have to be militant about starving yourself? People in the armed forces have to eat a lot because they do so much physical activity.

    I've noticed people here get stuck on numbers..."I must lose 5/10/20 pounds by X date." How about just doing the best you can (meaning eat healthy, log your food, exercise etc.) in that allotted time?
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