Did Someone Say Military?

Twin 2 one day was searching on Pinterest and came across the Military Diet.   It seemed like something she would be interested in trying so she asked Twin 1 and they decided to give the 3 day diet a try.  You can read all about it here: 

http://themilitarydiet.com/

Basically the premise is you eat around 1000 calories for 3 days and could potentially lose up to 10 lbs.  It's a quick fix to start your metobolism and get you on the right track.  While eating less than 1200 calories isn't ideal, it's only for 3 days.  There is also a meal plan for the remaining 4 days of the week.  Please talk to you doctor before you try this.  It isn't for everybody.

We decided to give it a go.  We have done 2 rounds already.  Here is the menu for the 3 days (they also give you alternatives if you have any dietary restrictions).   

DAY 1

BREAKFAST - 1/2 a grapefruit / whole wheat toast with pb / coffee

 Lunch - we forgot to take a pic - 1/2 cup of tuna / slice of toast / coffee

SUPPER - Apple / 1/2 banana / 3 oz meat / green beans

DESSERT - vanilla ice cream (same every night)

DAY 2

BREAKFAST - Toast / egg / 1/2 banana

LUNCH - Cheese / crackers / egg

SUPPER - Broccoli / Carrots / Turkey dogs / 1/2 banana

DAY 3

BREAKFAST - Apple / cheese / crackers

LUNCH - Bread / egg

Supper - tuna / 1/2 banana / vanilla ice cream

We do not have a picture of supper as we went to Twin 1's for the NFL conference championships and had wings, etc instead

Here is an example of a breakfast from one of the off days:

Toast / egg / tomato /avocado

While the diet can be effective we have learnt a few things:

1.  After eating vanilla ice cream every night we are now addicted to it.

2.  While we have had success losing up to 3 lbs in 3 days the key is to keep it off during the remaining 4 days.

3.  The deal is to drink coffee the first day but not the remaining two, just water.  That's hard.

4.  The key to not being 'hungry' is to drink water and maybe chew some gum and keep yourself busy OR do some kind of intermittent fasting where you eat breakfast later than normal.

5.  During the 3 days you can still work out but find you won't have a whole lot of energy with so few calories, just keep the workout light and not vigorous.
6.  Day 3 is the hardest but knowing that you can eat 'normal' the next day gets you through it and it's only 3 days.   Anyone can do 3 days right?