Military Diet.

it's not called a military diet because thats what they actually eat in the military. they call it that as sort of a nod to it being intense and difficult. in any case, dont do it. sounds very unhealthy and who wants that much canned tuna? yuck! lol

Just in the interest of disagreeing with everyone, a quick eyeball seems like this would have a good macronutrient profile, lots of healthy fats and proteins, veggies, decent carbs. Double or triple the quantities and if you're the type of person who can eat the same things day after day (I'm one of them), this actually isn't half bad.

Just make sure to double or triple the amount.

I tried a long time ago...lost 7 pounds. Gained it all back the next week. Horrible idea.

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.

DITTO

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.

This is truth. That's the real military diet. Oh, and lots of alcohol.

QFT

it's not called a military diet because thats what they actually eat in the military. they call it that as sort of a nod to it being intense and difficult.

Totally. I can see this being just as mentally demanding as getting up at 0300 (on about 4 hours of sleep) and marching 10 miles to the firing range with a 40lb rucksack, spending all day qualifying with different weapons and drilling tactics, then marching 10 miles home. Oh, wait..:huh:

Ah, I fondly remember easy days like this one. Range days were always chill. Everyone had time to eat lunch and if you qualified the first time, there usually was time for some BS time with the boys.

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.

I disagree that 'most active duty look good physically.' A good portion are fat and out of shape. Unless you're in infantry or special ops/warfare/forces, then you won't see as many fat bodies because their lives depend on it. But most servicemembers work in support jobs behind the wire, not infantry.

My original post was just kinda-sorta joking. We eat like crap in the military, and if you don't have a rating/mos/whatever that requires a lot of physical activity, you will gain a lot of weight. Particularly if you have a job that requires long hours where you simply don't have access to gym equipment. I'm here because I'm recovering from gaining 30 lbs on sea duty. Your only choices are to always feel hungry, or to eat 3-4000 calories of a high carb, high fat diet, high preservative diet and the one broken treadmill onboard paired with lack of sleep isn't going to keep the weight off.

I'm not offended by the term, it's actually an underhanded compliment made by someone who clearly hasn't walked around a base. I just thought it was funny that people thought servicemembers ate fresh produce everyday in the middle of the desert or the middle of the ocean. Produce spoils after like 5 days, the food takes that long to even get delivered, let alone until it's prepared and eaten. Rice, potatoes, pasta, and canned goods are the things that don't spoil, so it is mostly what people in the military eat. Meat/chicken is expensive, and the military has to feed hundreds of thousands of people, so we get cheap cuts of meat.

In all seriousness, the diet she posted was okay for macros but she probably has to double all the portions of everything in order to lose weight at a healthy pace. It's also not sustainable for the long term and will not build the habits one needs to form to lose weight.

Not in my Corps...there are no fat Marines. There are fat squids, fat airmen, and fat soldiers...there are no fat *kitten* Devil Dogs. That is all...Oorah...carry on!

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It's funny because you're being serious...

:huh: No... just no. that's not enough to sustain anyone for any length of time.

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.

I disagree that 'most active duty look good physically.' A good portion are fat and out of shape. Unless you're in infantry or special ops/warfare/forces, then you won't see as many fat bodies because their lives depend on it. But most servicemembers work in support jobs behind the wire, not infantry.

My original post was just kinda-sorta joking. We eat like crap in the military, and if you don't have a rating/mos/whatever that requires a lot of physical activity, you will gain a lot of weight. Particularly if you have a job that requires long hours where you simply don't have access to gym equipment. I'm here because I'm recovering from gaining 30 lbs on sea duty. Your only choices are to always feel hungry, or to eat 3-4000 calories of a high carb, high fat diet, high preservative diet and the one broken treadmill onboard paired with lack of sleep isn't going to keep the weight off.

I'm not offended by the term, it's actually an underhanded compliment made by someone who clearly hasn't walked around a base. I just thought it was funny that people thought servicemembers ate fresh produce everyday in the middle of the desert or the middle of the ocean. Produce spoils after like 5 days, the food takes that long to even get delivered, let alone until it's prepared and eaten. Rice, potatoes, pasta, and canned goods are the things that don't spoil, so it is mostly what people in the military eat. Meat/chicken is expensive, and the military has to feed hundreds of thousands of people, so we get cheap cuts of meat.

In all seriousness, the diet she posted was okay for macros but she probably has to double all the portions of everything in order to lose weight at a healthy pace. It's also not sustainable for the long term and will not build the habits one needs to form to lose weight.

Even a support unit in the Army (which I was in - Aviation) we still PT at 6am - every day for 1.5hours. There was no getting out of it unless you were going to sick call every day and that ended up being written up for Malingering. Yup, we eat like crap in the military but burned it off pretty quick too Every Friday was a 10 mile battallion run... god I hate running...

Agreed.

P.S. If you've been in a military chow hall… you know that the notion of a diet structured after the military is laughable.