Military diet
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Right after the raspberry ketones. And for anyone interested, coconut oil comes up after that.2 -
I've tried it.
Absolutely....not worth it unless you're aiming for hangry shoe eater.4 -
Don't do dumb diets. Stop falling for woo and fads.
Read the forums and see how to lose weight in a healthy and sustainable way.3 -
It's unnecessarily restrictive, and doesn't teach you anything about how to keep the weight off once you've lost it.
Just plug you stats into NFL and the # of calories that it tells you.1 -
Have I tried it? No.
Does it work? If you are in caloric deficit, anything will work.
More to the point, is it necessary? No. Is it a smart idea? No. Restriction diets, and fad diets are rarely a good idea, both health wise, and weight loss wise. You will likely put any weight you lost right back on. In addition, weight lost is likely water weight.
If you want to lose weight, eat at a caloric deficit. If you want to lose weight healthily, eat a variety of food with a reasonable caloric deficit. If you want to keep the weight off, understand that this is a lifestyle change, and ensure that the 'diet' you are on is sustainable.
Thanks for your input, at this point I feel like I've tried everything.. that's why when I saw this I didn't think it would be bad, but I see the downfall it has.
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »No. It looks like something someone's toddler made up and they posted as a joke. Hot dogs, saltines and ice cream? Just a very low calorie diet with zero nutrition. Nothing magical about it.
Lol it looks like that's your go to joke in every blog, change it up a bit9 -
pacific904 wrote: »I have done it a few times and always lost 5 lbs, no more, on each occasion. A friend lost 49 lbs doing it every week and swears by it.
I replaced the hot dog with an egg, in France some people call hot dogs "tubes of death"
Whether works for you! But worth a try.
I was watching the videos too and I see it worked for other people as well. I very much dislike hotdogs myself so I was trying to think of a good replacement lol thank you
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I tried it and lost 7 pounds on it and didn't gain it back. I read it's called the military diet because it takes discipline. You are eating very little each day which is why you lose a lot of weight on it. I only did it once just to try it but I later realized it's just a caloric deficit. I personally don't like it and prefer to count my calories. I might do it again in the future if I have an event and need to lose some pounds quick.
That's great! I know it's not a diet the military actually goes by, it's just a name as every other diet, glad to hear you had good results I will keep this in mind when I have a big event thanks!
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Either the combination of foods have magical weight loss properties (for the record, no they don't), and you need to stick to the specific "diet" (which I would agree looks unappealing and childish from a taste-perspective and not adequately nutritious), OR any weight loss is due to the calorie deficit plus the very low cals causing a water loss (which will come back).
No 3 day diet does anything real.
If the idea of only dieting 3 days per week and making them extra low cal days seems appealing, try out a sensible intermittent fasting protocol like alternate day fasting or 5:2. The military diet is absurd.5 -
My friend tried it. It didn't work for her & she is back to eating whatever she was eating before0
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We really need a general sticky for all those "what about the (eating ridiculously low calories) diet" threads.3
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Rachel7575 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »No. It looks like something someone's toddler made up and they posted as a joke. Hot dogs, saltines and ice cream? Just a very low calorie diet with zero nutrition. Nothing magical about it.
Lol it looks like that's your go to joke in every blog, change it up a bit
No joke honey. The diet is total made up nonsense. You're clearly desperate for a quick fix and set on following though so best of luck to you.7 -
Why ask the question to just ignore the advice?7
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Rachel7575 wrote: »Have I tried it? No.
Does it work? If you are in caloric deficit, anything will work.
More to the point, is it necessary? No. Is it a smart idea? No. Restriction diets, and fad diets are rarely a good idea, both health wise, and weight loss wise. You will likely put any weight you lost right back on. In addition, weight lost is likely water weight.
If you want to lose weight, eat at a caloric deficit. If you want to lose weight healthily, eat a variety of food with a reasonable caloric deficit. If you want to keep the weight off, understand that this is a lifestyle change, and ensure that the 'diet' you are on is sustainable.
Thanks for your input, at this point I feel like I've tried everything.. that's why when I saw this I didn't think it would be bad, but I see the downfall it has.
Have you tried....
Entering your stats, goal, and reasonable rate of loss in MFP
Letting MFP calculate a target calorie goal with a deficit built in
Eating a variety of foods within that calorie goal that provide nutrition, satiety and enjoyment
Logging everything you eat as accurately and honestly as possible, ideally using a food scale
Exercising for a number of fitness benefits and eating back a portion of those calories when you log them in MFP
Being patient and consistent and having realistic expectations about your results?
Because I guarantee if you do that, you will see the long term results you are looking for and build habits that you can carry from weight loss to weight maintenance... and will no longer feel like you need to "try everything".
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jennifer_417 wrote: »It's unnecessarily restrictive, and doesn't teach you anything about how to keep the weight off once you've lost it.
Just plug you stats into NFL and the # of calories that it tells you.
Hmmmm. I think somebody is planning their fantasy team for this year and has football on the brain.
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WinoGelato wrote: »Rachel7575 wrote: »Have I tried it? No.
Does it work? If you are in caloric deficit, anything will work.
More to the point, is it necessary? No. Is it a smart idea? No. Restriction diets, and fad diets are rarely a good idea, both health wise, and weight loss wise. You will likely put any weight you lost right back on. In addition, weight lost is likely water weight.
If you want to lose weight, eat at a caloric deficit. If you want to lose weight healthily, eat a variety of food with a reasonable caloric deficit. If you want to keep the weight off, understand that this is a lifestyle change, and ensure that the 'diet' you are on is sustainable.
Thanks for your input, at this point I feel like I've tried everything.. that's why when I saw this I didn't think it would be bad, but I see the downfall it has.
Have you tried....
Entering your stats, goal, and reasonable rate of loss in MFP
Letting MFP calculate a target calorie goal with a deficit built in
Eating a variety of foods within that calorie goal that provide nutrition, satiety and enjoyment
Logging everything you eat as accurately and honestly as possible, ideally using a food scale
Exercising for a number of fitness benefits and eating back a portion of those calories when you log them in MFP
Being patient and consistent and having realistic expectations about your results?
Because I guarantee if you do that, you will see the long term results you are looking for and build habits that you can carry from weight loss to weight maintenance... and will no longer feel like you need to "try everything".
Not nearly as hard as the "military diet" either.2 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
Right after the raspberry ketones. And for anyone interested, coconut oil comes up after that.
We already had coconut oil.
Ah, right - round 1157 doesn't come up until the last thread is at least 2 pages back. <makes note>3 -
skymningen wrote: »We really need a general sticky for all those "what about the (eating ridiculously low calories) diet" threads.
But then we'd have to assign someone to update it every other day to debunk the latest woo
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