military diet

800-1000 calories for 3 days on...........and days "off" are only 1500 calories? I hope you are female....certainly not enough for a guy.

Why not just eat food you like and log it? That way you can learn about your actual eating habits.

Temporary changes = temporary results.

The military diet, by definition, is a short-term crash diet to help people lose weight quickly so they can join the military. It has nothing to do with the actual military, and it's not meant to be a lifestyle change, which is what long-term weight loss requires. I hope that you can still maintain your loss once you start eating like a normal person again. No sarcasm.

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

The military diet, by definition, is a short-term crash diet to help people lose weight quickly so they can join the military. It has nothing to do with the actual military, and it's not meant to be a lifestyle change, which is what long-term weight loss requires. I hope that you can still maintain your loss once you start eating like a normal person again. No sarcasm.

The same diet is also called the *insert reputable hospital* name or Cardiac diet and is billed as a diet that patients are given to lose weight quickly before a surgery. Except that none of the hospital's who's name are used actually use it.

I did the military diet several times and have lost the weight very well. ( I also know a couple who has too) I was stuck on a number and couldn't get off and this diet jumped started the weight loss. I did it a few weeks in a row. I continued to remain on 1200 calories a day for awhile dropping more weight and feeling much better. Then....my DR. started me on 1 anxiety med and 1 anti-depression med to counteract side affects from a medication I must take for a chronic illness. Now 6 months later and 25 pounds heavier and (after anger, crying and frustration and a messed up metabolism from medication) I am taking control back of my life. I had DR step me down off the new meds and i am completely off now. I will start this diet again to jump start the weight loss and continue 1200 calories a day to keep losing. This can work well for you but you have to be consistent in eating well when you are not on it...that is really the key! I wish you the best .

I did this diet right before weigh in time. I was in the USAF. I lost weight for the weigh in but at the time I may have only been 5 to 10 lbs over weight. I think it is a good way to kick start a diet. Its like intermittent fasting.