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This Military Diet Can Help You Lose 10 Pounds In
3 Days
Fat loss has long been something that
most humans have desired to master. Everyone can benefit
from gaining some muscle and losing some body fat (unless
you’re Phil Heath then in that case, you’re already maxed
out), not only in terms of aesthetics but also for health
reasons. Lowering body fat and lowering one’s body weight
can do wonders in terms of blood pressure, cholesterol, or
just simply being more athletic. But at the end of the day,
a diet (or fat loss) can be reduced to burning more calories
and eating less calories.
Weight loss is bound to occur when you
eat less than what your body needs. Simply put: eat less,
move more. That way your body will tap into stored body fat
as energy (as opposed to the food you eat.)
But some of us need a jump start on our
diets, a huge reduction on the scale can give us that boost
and motivation that we need. Here is the 3-day military diet
that can help you lose 10 pounds! (This diet is intended for
women, but men are recommended to add an extra 100 calories
a day in the form of protein.)
Note: this diet may (or may not) be
used by members of the military. But it does work! Not
because of some fancy foods that can burn fat but simply
because of the reduction of calories. (Hint: ice cream is
included in this diet…but in moderation!)
Day 1
Breakfast may be one of the most
essential meals of the day simply because it will give
you that desired energy first thing in the morning and
it can help kickstart your metabolism. For your first
meal of this 3-day military diet you can have half a
grapefruit, 1 slice of toast (preferably whole wheat or
multigrain) with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. If you
have a peanut allergy you can substitute it with almond
butter, soy butter, sunflower seed butter, hummus,
pumpkin butter, or bean dip. And any breakfast isn’t
complete without 1 cup of black coffee or caffeinated
tea.
Please note, you cannot add
any sugar, cream, milk or sweeteners into your coffee or
tea. These beverages are not essential to the diet as
you can substitute it with any amount of water. But
green tea and coffee both have thermogenic properties
(burns more calories) and black coffee can suppress your
appetite.
The next meal of the day (lunch)
consists of half a cup of tuna, another slice of toast
(but no peanut butter this time) and water, black coffee
or tea. If you need to season your foods then go with
alternatives such as garlic salt, pepper, honey mustard,
and any other low or no calorie seasoning.
For dinner, you can have 3 ounces
of any type of meat, 1 cup of green beans, half a
banana, one small apple and one cup of vanilla ice
cream. As you can tell, there isn’t a lot of food in
this diet and that’s because lowering calories is what
causes weight loss. If you want to drop the pounds, you
got to cut the calories!
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Breakfast:
1/2
Grapefruit (plain)
1 Slice Toast
w/ 2 tbls Pnt Bttr
Coffee
(black) or Tea (plain)
Lunch:
1/2 Cup Tuna
1 Slice Toast
(plain)
Water, Blk
Coffee, Tea
Dinner:
3 oz Meat
(any type)
1 Cup Green
Beans
1/2 Banana
1 Apple
(small)
1 Cup Van Ice
Cream
Water, Blk
Coffee, tea
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Day 2
The next morning, breakfast should
include one slice of multi grain or whole wheat toast, one
whole egg, and half a banana. This diet is intended to last
three days, and then take 4 days off. Rinse and repeat until
you achieve the results you desire. The 4 days off do not
mean you can binge eat and eat yourself to sickness. The
goal should still be to eat around 1,500 calories or less.
For lunch, you are entitled to one cup
of cottage cheese (or you can replace it with 1 slice of
cheddar cheese), 1 hard-boiled egg and 5 saltine crackers.
Due to the low amount of food on this diet, it is not
recommended to work out intensely during these days.
Instead, go for a brisk 30-minute walk daily.
Dinner is served! You can have two hot
dogs (minus the buns), 1 cup of broccoli, half a cup of
carrots, half a banana, and half a cup of vanilla ice cream.
This diet dictates vanilla ice cream only (why? I have no
clue) but you can substitute ice cream (who would do that?)
with one cup of apple juice or one cup of vanilla,
strawberry or banana flavored almond milk.
The vegetables on this diet should be
steamed, baked, boiled or eaten raw. Meat should be grilled
or baked, and if you are a vegetarian then you can
substitute the protein sources with tofu, lentils, beans
and/or Portobello mushrooms.
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Breakfast:
1 Slice Toast
1 Whole Egg
1/2 Banana
Coffee
(black) or Tea (plain)
Lunch:
1 Cup Cottage
Cheese
1 Hard Boiled
Egg
5 Saltine
Crakcers
Water, Blk
Coffee, Tea
Dinner:
2 Hot Dogs
(minus buns)
1 Cup
Broccoli
1/2 Cup
Carrots
1/2 Banana
1/2 Cup Van
Ice Cream
Water, Blk
Coffee, tea
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Day 3
The third and final day has arrived!
You’re almost there, don’t give up now! For breakfast, you
are to have 5 saltine crackers, 1 slice of cheddar cheese
and 1 small apple. Saltine crackers can be replaced with
rice cakes (one for one) and cheddar cheese can be replaced
with ham, eggs, cabbage or soy cheese. Don’t forget your
black coffee or caffeinated tea!
This lunch is going to be a bit small
but on the menu is one slice of whole wheat or multi grain
toast and one hard-boiled egg. You can switch the egg out
for one cup of milk, or two slices of bacon or just one
chicken wing. As you can probably tell, from day 1 to day 3
there is a slow and gradual reduction of even more calories
(hence the rapid weight loss.)
For the last meal of day 3, you can
have 1 cup of tuna, half a banana and one cup of vanilla ice
cream.
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Breakfast:
5 Saltine
Crackers
1 Slice
Cheddar Cheese
1 Apple
(small)
Coffee
(black) or Tea (plain)
Lunch:
1 Slice Toast
(plain)
1 Hard Boiled
Egg
Water, Blk
Coffee, Tea
Dinner:
1 Cup Tuna
1/2 Banana
1/2 Cup Van
Ice Cream
Water, Blk
Coffee, tea
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Additional Information
There is no snacking allowed on this
diet. You need to eat these foods and these foods only. You
can switch the foods around, so you can have dinner for
breakfast and vice versa but you cannot add any additional
foods in!
Alcohol is strictly prohibited on this
diet (even though alcohol is a macro-nutrient but without
nutritional value), even on your 4 days off, you should not
be consuming alcohol especially beer or fruity drinks (it’s
just empty calories!) If you MUST drink, then only one glass
of wine is permitted.
Please remember, weight and fat loss
are two different entities. 10 pounds lost in 3 days does
not mean 10 pounds of fat. The reduction in calories (and
salt as well) will cause you to shed some water weight, some
intestinal mass (poop) and some fat as well.
So, if you think this diet is for you,
give it a go! Just make sure to consult a physician first
before jumping into such a strict diet.
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