military diet

why are you doing this? this is one of the stupidest diets out there! you do realize you will gain back all the water weight you lost when you start eating again?

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Here's a question for the masses?

How does a diet like this get promoted? As far as I see, those promoting it don't make a buck off it. It's not like most where you have to buy their book/food/supplements. As pointed out above, it's just a bunch of random crap thrown together.

To @brie360fhh Have you paid something to someone to be on this diet?

I don't get it.

I think it's just one of those things that gets passed around like bad advice started by someone who thought he knew better than people who actually went to school and studied nutrition.

brie360fhh wrote: »

I'm on day 3 of the military diet an just finished breakfast, so many times have I wanted to quit this diet (yea I know it's only a 3 day diet stop being a baby) I have a huge binge eating problem and stopping my self from snacking takes will power but this diet has an still is showing results an making me count my calories is really helping me n motivated me to stay on track, I've so far lost 6lbs an apparently on this diet u can lose anywhere between 4-10 lbs so I'm satisfied an plan to keep counting calories after this diet to keep the newly shredded pounds off

If you are looking for a diet that is a "diet" just 2 or 3 days a week, look at something that is more sustainable. Weird food combinations have NOTHING to do with weight loss.

Intermittant fasting (or IF) is you dieting 2 or 3 days a week. Pick 3 days (alternate day dieting) only if you've got a ways to go.

With IF you eat very low calorie just 2 days a week, and normally the rest of the time......you still still log food to keep you on track. YOU get to choose the food you eat, foods that taste good to you, foods that are filling to you. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100058-5-2-fasting

The Military diet "eliminates" snacks and you feel like this is control. But it's 3 days......it's too short term to have any lasting effect. If you don't want your weight loss to be temporary, you need to learn to control your snacking at some point.

toxikon wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

How does a diet like this get promoted? As far as I see, those promoting it don't make a buck off it.

I bet someone originally posted it on the internet as a joke.

I am 100% sure of this. I still maintain it looks like a toddler's eating plan - hot dogs, saltines, ice cream...

OP - how does such restrictive low calorie eating affect your binge eating problem? I would imagine this is exactly the type of thing to set off a binge. You're not being a baby by wanting to quit - you're being a grown reasonable adult who knows they are wasting their time doing something silly. Go with your instinct.

R1402017 wrote: »

I did the military diet when I was starting out. Lost 7 pounds and kept it off!! It's frustrating at first but think about it it's only 3 days and then it's all about counting your calories and working out to maintain it. Good luck

Or you could, you know, just start out by setting a reasonable calorie deficit and eating a variety of foods within that calorie goal that provide nutrition, satiety, and enjoyment - and skip the random food combinations and extremely low calorie nonsense altogether...

toxikon wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

How does a diet like this get promoted? As far as I see, those promoting it don't make a buck off it.

I bet someone originally posted it on the internet as a joke.

This has been around long before the internet. I remember seeing a copy of it in the '70's.

Rebecca0224 wrote: »

jdlobb wrote: »

everytime I hear "military diet" my first thought it that it can't be particularly healthy to live on fast food, energy drinks, and alcohol.

My brother is in the military and you just described his diet perfectly.

yep. part of the reason I'm in the situation I'm in now is that I didn't change my habits when I got out of the military, and piled on weight like nobody's business.

Anyone want a 3500 calorie MRE for lunch?

maggibailey wrote: »

Jdlobb I haven't looked ones at one in a long time, I think I still have one in the back of my pantry though I'll see how many calories it has. I just remember being glad it was enough calories for the whole day and laughing every time anyone lost weight on a "military diet".

MREs have never had a full day's worth of calories. This has always been the military equivalent of a "wive's tale" that I never understood why people repeated, when they could just read the package they were holding WHILE they were repeating it. They're engineered so that 2 a day provides all the calories you need to sustain yourself, with an optional 3rd a day if you're deployed above a certain altitude or in a cold climate.

Yep that's the story, but my ex husbands 5 deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan they were lucky to get one on lots of days and told to "embrace the suck". "Drink water drive on" and so forth. Interestingly enough the number of calories you just quoted is my allotment for today so I could in fact subside on one MRE a day. Sorry to have made you defensive I wasn't trying to one up you on your military knowledge, ''twas only making an off the cuff joke about low calorie military diets