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kirstycorona
kirstycorona Posts: 1 Member
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Anyone try the military diet I'm on day 1 does this thing work
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    It's stupid. Don't do this!!
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
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    No, it does not. You will lose water weight and gain it right back.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    Any diet that has you eating fewer calories than your body uses per day can work. That said, this diet is pretty unnecessarily restrictive and I would get bored and hangry with it, personally.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
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    diannethegeek wrote: »
    Any diet that has you eating fewer calories than your body uses per day can work. That said, this diet is pretty unnecessarily restrictive and I would get bored and hangry with it, personally.

    What she said. It "works" but it's not sustainable.
  • RetroPolkaDot
    RetroPolkaDot Posts: 83 Member
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    whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    RetroPolkaDot wrote: »
    whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!
  • ClicquotBubbles
    ClicquotBubbles Posts: 66 Member
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    I have'nt heard of it so I found their website and found this "The Military Diet, or the 3 day diet, is a fast way to lose up to 10 pounds a week."hummm.....Also I had no idea that they had Yogurt Parfait for breakfast along with Cinnamon Oatmeal, Florentine Goat Cheese Flatbread and1/2 cup sorbet 

1 ounce chocolate-covered almond in the military; maybe its just the top brass. I wonder which army it is and what wine they have with each course?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    It's a silly, arbitrary diet with no basis in fact which has to pretend to be associated with the military (or in other incarnations the Mayo Clinic) to lend itself any legitimacy. Will you lose weight? sure - you're eating at a calorie deficit. But it has absolutely no magic food combinations, and no more utility than eating a balanced, calorie controlled diet containing foods you like.

    I really believe that this diet was started as a joke and even the author can't believe people still try it.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
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    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I really believe that this diet was started as a joke and even the author can't believe people still try it.

    My thoughts exactly.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
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    I thought this was a VLCD that we couldn't promote?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    Op I support your decision to start of the new year with the military diet. Good luck to you in 2016!
  • errollmaclean
    errollmaclean Posts: 562 Member
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    queenliz99 wrote: »
    RetroPolkaDot wrote: »
    whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!

    They come with chocolate bars, neat little mini loaves of bread, peanut butter in a toothpaste tube. It's like the neatest little picnic, lol :D
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    errollm wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    RetroPolkaDot wrote: »
    whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!

    They come with chocolate bars, neat little mini loaves of bread, peanut butter in a toothpaste tube. It's like the neatest little picnic, lol :D

    My ex got really mad when he found out my friend and I stole all the little M&M packs out of his MREs...
  • errollmaclean
    errollmaclean Posts: 562 Member
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    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    errollm wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    RetroPolkaDot wrote: »
    whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!

    They come with chocolate bars, neat little mini loaves of bread, peanut butter in a toothpaste tube. It's like the neatest little picnic, lol :D

    My ex got really mad when he found out my friend and I stole all the little M&M packs out of his MREs...

    I assume that's why you're his ex, lol.
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,049 Member
    edited January 2016
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    queenliz99 wrote: »
    RetroPolkaDot wrote: whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!

    The new ones do come with quite a choice in entrees and deserts.

    http://www.mreinfo.com/mres/mre-menus/

    The nutritional information is also available now

    http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/03/02/defense-department-rations-nutrition-database/24256925/

    Only two real problems I see:
    1) They are made for young men on the bounce and so pack around 1250 cals per meal.
    2) $$$ for civilians. 12 meals in a case from $50 to $75.

    "They're not your grandfather's MREs!"
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    d_thomas02 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    RetroPolkaDot wrote: whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!

    The new ones do come with quite a choice in entrees and deserts.

    http://www.mreinfo.com/mres/mre-menus/

    The nutritional information is also available now

    http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/03/02/defense-department-rations-nutrition-database/24256925/

    Only two real problems I see:
    1) They are made for young men on the bounce and so pack around 1400 cals per meal.
    2) $$$ for civilians.

    "They're not your grandfather's MREs!"

    sans smokes!LOL
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    Dumb diet. I can't say anything kind about it.
  • Alev1974
    Alev1974 Posts: 3 Member
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    kirstycorona wrote: »
    Anyone try the military diet I'm on day 1 does this thing work

    I tryed it to kick start my weight loss and it helped me loose 3-4 kgs its been 6 months and i havent gained it back. For me it worked it trained me to eat smaller portions and with regular exercise and control your eating i think its good.
  • Alev1974
    Alev1974 Posts: 3 Member
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    But u do feel hungry a lot, i cheated a bit i still had my coffee with milk once a day
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    errollm wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    RetroPolkaDot wrote: »
    whenever anyone mentions it I think of MREs

    Which sounds sad! Unless they come with brownies!

    They come with chocolate bars, neat little mini loaves of bread, peanut butter in a toothpaste tube. It's like the neatest little picnic, lol :D

    The pound cake was always my favorite.
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