3 Day Diet

[EEB310]

Anyone ever done this diet? A few of my co-workers are doing it but it seems like there isn't enough calories for the day...and you eat hot dogs and ice cream?? There is also a supposed chemical reacton when you eat the certain foods at each meal. I'm not sure if I'm buying into this one..

Any thoughts?

[BonnieJo]

Oh I think this is a diet I did....Did it have beets in it? If it does then I did it and I did lose the 10lbs but you cannot go back to eating junk or you will gain it all back fast. I love crazy diets like these. I also did the scared heart diet lol

[texasbeauty1982]

I have done a 3 day diet, but it didnt consist of hot dogs and stuff lol It had steak, hard-boiled eggs, cauliflower, hamburger, green beans..alot of good healthy foods and I dropped weight fast eating it...I need to try that again!

[Mrsace13]

Along with everything else, yes I did that one too 21 years ago. It has been around for a long time. I did lose but like the other one said, gained it right back.

It is just another fad that you lose and then gain it back. I wasn't hungry while doing it as far as I rememeber but I was much smaller when I did it. I did it right after I had my 2nd child.

[xblackbettyx]

I've heard of it and tried it and yes I did lose weight. But seriously, it's a crash diet - nothing new. I am sure there is no "chemical" reaction although they do try to bs you and tell you that on websites containing the diet. I remember I bought these overpriced laxatives ("diet pills") and was instructed to follow this diet (on the pamplet inside). If you try a crash diet, definitely make sure you have a plan for after the diet.

[EEB310]

Yes it does have the beets but you can substitute them I guess. I mean I'm eating really healthy now so it makes me wonder if this would just boost my weight loss, as long as I went back to eating healthy afterward, which I would. Maybe I'll try it, Wed-Fri. Here's a copy of the diet if anyone wants it. You can also just google 3 day diet.

What You Can Eat:

The 3 Day Diet is a very specific food plan that must be followed precisely. Portions must be eaten exactly as specified and dieters are warned not to overeat -- otherwise the promised 10 pound weight loss may not be achieved. Likewise, dieters should not under-eat, even if they are not hungry. The detailed plan does not mention or recommend any exercise.

The 3 Day Diet meal plan:

Day 1

Breakfast

Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal

1/2 grapefruit or juice

1 piece toast with 1 tablespoon peanut butter

Lunch

1/2 cup tuna

1 piece toast

Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal

Dinner

3 ounces any lean meat or chicken

1 cup green beans

1 cup carrots

1 apple

1 cup regular vanilla ice cream

Day 2

Breakfast

Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal

1 egg

1/2 banana

1 piece toast

Lunch

1 cup cottage cheese or tuna

8 regular saltine crackers

Dinner

2 beef franks

1 cup broccoli or cabbage

1/2 cup carrots

1/2 banana

1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream

Day 3

Breakfast

Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal

5 regular saltine crackers

1 ounce cheddar cheese

1 apple

Lunch

Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal

1 boiled egg

1 piece toast

Dinner

1 cup tuna

1 cup carrots

1 cup cauliflower

1 cup melon

1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream

In addition to its strict daily food prescription, dieters drink at least 4 cups of water or noncaloric drinks daily.

How It Works:

By some unspecified magical force, the combination of the suggested foods included in this plan is supposed to create a unique metabolic reaction and boost fat burning.

Without an author or book, there is no documentation or explanation of how the 3 Day Diet food combinations burn fat, increase energy, cleanse the body, or lower cholesterol.

As the name suggests, the 3 Day Diet lasts only three days, though it's said that it can be repeated indefinitely, as long as you alternate with 4-5 days of undefined "normal eating." The purpose of returning to your usual eating style is to keep your metabolism from slowing, reverting to fat-storing, starvation mode.

This article was taken from W*e*b*MD

[BonnieJo]

Yeah, that's the one I tired. I would do if your eating healthy one and continue to do so afterwards what can it hurt?

[msmil]

I had a BF a long time ago who lost mega weight using this diet. In addition to the three days, he did an hour of exercise daily, and on the 4 days of the week not on the diet, ate three square meals a day with no snacking in between. I'm pretty sure the diet was issued to him by the army too.. not that it matters, just saying. I think i tried it too, but couldnt eat the TUNA (barf!) i might try it again tho. I love crash diets and the instant gratification of seeing pounds lost qiuckly. Hmmm, 3 day diet challenge anyone?

But i do remember beets being on the thing too.. Where's the beets? lol.

[EEB310]

HeY LaDiEs!

MsMil - I would def do a challenge surrounding this diet!! When do you want to start?

I have a question for all of you: Alot of the negative reviews say its all water weight that you lose, its a fad diet, you will gain it all back..blah blah..but do you guys think it could all be water weight if we have been working out and eating healthy already? Maybe they were just referring to people just starting to "diet" who want a quick fix?

But I know we all know it's not a quick fix, this is a lifestyle change...but I do think it could help boost our weight loss!! I mean even if I don't lose 10 lbs like they claim you can, I would be happy with anything that was 3 lbs or more since it usually takes me a week to lose 3lb!

Here's the substitution list and a little more info.

Variations of the three-day diet

Some versions of the three-day diet diet allow herbs, lemon juice, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard, catsup, and Worcestershire sauce to add spice or flavor foods.

Versions of this diet that allow food substitutions do so on the basis that it is a calorie based diet. As long as food substitutions have equivalent calorie amounts, the diet will remain effective. Other versions provide specific lists of permitted substitutions:

An orange instead of grapefruit
Tuna instead of cottage cheese and vice versa
Frozen yogurt instead of ice cream
Cauliflower instead of broccoli and vice versa
Green beans instead of broccoli or cauliflower
Beets instead of carrots
A slice of toast instead of five crackers or vice versa

AND HERE IS HOW TO SUBSTITUTE TUNA IN THE 3 DAY DIET: (plain tuna is not so good)

1) Substitute another type of fish that has the same amount calories and protein as the tuna. For example, there are about 80 calories in 1/2 cup of tuna and 16 grams of protein. Find a fish you enjoy that has similar calories and protein. Make sure the fish has zero carbohydrates and less than one gram of fat.

OR

2) Substitute skinless chicken for tuna in the 3 day diet. The fat content is a little higher in chicken. A skinless chicken breast has about 120 calories and a little over one gram of fat. Eat a little smaller portion of chicken than the tuna, and you should be okay.

OR

3) Substitute Swanson Premium Chunk Chicken Breast White Meat in the can for tuna in the 3 day diet. There is very low fat content, but it's still a little higher than tuna. However, the calories are a little less than tuna to compensate for the difference in fat.

[xblackbettyx]

So if anyone tries this lemme know. I like to know what works lol
I can't for the life of me remember what I lost on this diet...it was so long ago (I've struggled with my weight since I hit puberty....never lost the baby weight and gained some...ugh).

[msmil]

K erin, i'll do it. I SERIOUSLY doubt we will be losing 10 lbs in 3 days, bcz like you said, we are already dieting and exercising. So there will be no major shock to the body that the calories are reduced.. however, maybe there is some magical thing that happens bcz of the food combos, idk. I hope so, LOL! The BF i knew that did this was very successful on it.. lost a total of 50 lbs within the span of a few months. And when he went off of it, he continued on with eating 3 square meals w/no snacking (and he ate like a HORSE! anything he wanted!), and an hour of exercise everyday. Was completely trim and muscular in 6 months. BUT... this was a GUY (big weight loss advantage right off the bat), who was in his early 20's, who previously lived off of fast food and frozen pizza and did hardly any physical activity. So, considering all that, will we see the same results? Probably not. But, i still think its worth a shot. Besides, its only 3 days, AND we can have ice cream

Thinking monday maybe for day 1? Perhaps sooner depending on when i can get to the store. Yeah, guess what? I'm all out of beets and tuna, big shocker.

[EEB310]

too funny! I love your replies!

Yes Monday sounds good! Actually, I am doing this starting today and seeing what happens by Sat morning. I will take Sat and Sun off and then start up with you again Mon. I know your suppose to have 4 days "off" but that's ok. I'll get back to the normal schedule next week. I just want to see if I can do this without cheating. After I seen what was included in this diet I realized I had "tried" it before, but it was called the cardiac diet. Apparently this diet has many names. Anyway, I tried like 2 or 3 different times and each time I would cheat, but I'm hoping that doing this with the help of Phen will keep me on track! I'll let you all know my results on Sat. This morning I was 169.6, so that will be my starting weight.

I am actually utilizing the substitution list because there are things I do not care for in the diet. I'm not sure if there is a limited number of substitutions you can use but I'm not worried about that b/c I need to like what I'm eating! This is why I'm not sure how succesful I'll be, but we'll see! I will be using the orange instead of grapefruit, chicken instead of tuna or cottage cheese, and carrots instead of beets..I hate beets..lol..o and I will just be making my eggs sunny side and use no calorie cooking spray. I also hate hard boiled eggs.

Anyone else want to join in for Monday??

[texasbeauty1982]

haha I so would join, but I HATE: beets, cauliflower, ice cream, coffee, green beans, cottage chz and the list goes on and on and isnt that the majority of whats IN the diet?? lol ughhhh I have done this b4, but it had totally different foods in it! I wonder if I can find it?? OOOO! I think its in my kitchen actually! If I can find it tonite, I will post it k?

[Spercy55]

Did you guys start day one of this diet today???? I want to try it to...I will start tomorrow....

[EEB310]

Originally Posted by Spercy55

Did you guys start day one of this diet today???? I want to try it to...I will start tomorrow....

Hey!

I did start the diet today and it went well. I actually wasn't hungry at all!! The Phen def helped b/c when I've tried this in the past I was always hungry!

I posted above, the substitutions I will be using...so not sure how good my results will be, but even if I lose 2-3 lbs I'll be happy b/c it usually takes me a week to lose that. I did workout today too. I did some cardio on the elliptical for 45 mins. I had the resistance up every 2 mins and did some interval training. I sweated my butt off but it felt great! I def had the energy to do it too!!

Keep us posted on how it goes!!

[OOlala]

Ok... I'm in too.... I could use a change... .... so I will start on Monday too because I have to buy most of the stuff.... This doesn't have to be unhealthy at all.... whole grain bread, real peanut butter, organic nitrate free hot dogs, and real vanilla icecream..... nope I don't see a problem.... I will stick to my black coffee and forget the sweet and low though

[EEB310]

So today is Day 3 for me! It has been going surprisingly well. I'm not hungry at all and I just feel like I'm doing my body good. I will start over again on Monday with you ladies. The only thing that will s u c k today is that I am suppose to go to a friend's house later on for a jewelry party and just to hang out and I def wanted to have some drinks! My drinks usually consist of diet soda, which has no calories, but of course liquor has calories. I mean I know I wont drink enough to gain a pound but I just feel like I would be cheating b/c you are not suppose to have alcohol while on the 3 day diet.

I mean I'm not an alcoholic it's not like I HAVE to drink, I just wanted too. So who knows what I'll decide later. I prob will have a couple, b/c if I can't have things I want here and there, I'll never succeed with this weight loss journey. I need moderation not restrictions!

[Windygirl]

So did you lose any weight on this? If yesterday was day 3 then you should know something! Come on tell us the skinny!

[EEB310]

Hey All!

Well Wed morning I was 169.6 and today (Sat) I was 167.4. So I lost 2.2 lbs. I must add that after my workout Thurs nite I was starving so I had a tortilla shell with a little melted cheese...Fri for dinner I didn't have what was on the diet, I had 2 small veggie tacos, but I made sure they equalled appox the same amount of calories as the food that the diet said to have.

What messed me up was that I had a jewelty party to go on to on Fri which I thought was at 7pm but was really at 6! So I had no time to cook my chicken (bc I can't eat plain tuna) b/c I had just gotten home from work a little after 5 and looked at the invite at like 530 to double check the time!..and I also did not work out on Day 3 as I had no time...oh and I did have about 4 vodka teas at the party

So with all this said, I'm not sure if I would of lost more without the above mentioned and with exercise on Fri (I did work out on Wed and Thurs and I did have the energy to do it!), but I'm still happy. I'll take 2.2 in 3 days since I usually have only been losing 2.5-3 lbs a week.

I will start this over again on Monday and give a final weigh in Thurs morning. It will be easier since I have no plans any of those evenings to mess up my meals and I won't be drinking either.

So who is with me for starting this Monday, 1/18???

[ethansmommy23]

INTERESTING! i posted on the new year thread that i can't lose a lb if i was paid to bc i do well during the day but at night time i blow it big time! yea i made home made brownies tonight! but yea monday is a good day for me to start too.. r there any subs for the tea/coffee bc i hate both maybe diet coke?? lol, i'm addicted i can't help it.

[tazgirl31]

Hey danielle I will start Monday with u I'm mad cause I been stress eating cause I'm all stressed about a surprise surgery I have to go thro so I put on a few pounds and I want to lose ten pounds before my surgery so yea whst a good diet to try! So I'm up for it, will try to get all my foods this weekend! Even if I don't lose ten pounds mayb 5 that sounds good to me! So can we do it 3 days then take 4 days off then do it 3 more days? Is this how it works or am I wrong?! Let me no if u really wanna try it ok ?! Taz

[texasbeauty1982]

Ok, I will go today and get the foods that I dont already have. The only thing I wont eat on there is the cauliflower and ice cream. But I dont think that will hurt me too bad. 3 days shouldnt be too hard to handle IM IN!!

[tazgirl31]

Originally Posted by texasbeauty1982

Ok, I will go today and get the foods that I dont already have. The only thing I wont eat on there is the cauliflower and ice cream. But I dont think that will hurt me too bad. 3 days shouldnt be too hard to handle IM IN!!

Yay Tex I'm gonna go get my food tonight to and going to go right by the plan, I sure hope I can drop 10 pounds in three days that would b cool! I hope Danielle does it tommorow with us to and anyone else wanting to try it!! I'm excited cause I need to drop ten pounds bad lol! I'm stuck!! Taz

[texasbeauty1982]

I just bought everything I needed so here goes nothing tomorrow!

[ethansmommy23]

yep i got everything i need. i'm in!

[tazgirl31]

Cool I'm in to I will get my food tonight! Omg I'm getting anxious if I lose ten pounds I will b soooooo happy taz

[ryleighsmommy15]

I just cant force myself to eat some of those foods. Like plain tuna lol

[EEB310]

Ok ladies I will be starting over again tomorrow! I will post my starting weight in the morning.

Taz - yes you do this for 3 days and then 4 days off and then start again on the following monday! Of course on the off days you are suppose to eat healthy, not pig out b/c then you might gain it back.

Well good luck ladies!! I'll post each day on my progress!

[tazgirl31]

Originally Posted by EEB310

Ok ladies I will be starting over again tomorrow! I will post my starting weight in the morning.

Taz - yes you do this for 3 days and then 4 days off and then start again on the following monday! Of course on the off days you are suppose to eat healthy, not pig out b/c then you might gain it back.

Well good luck ladies!! I'll post each day on my progress!

Ok great!! I'm starting today I'm even going to have the beets instead of the carrots lol! I never had beets so hopefully they aren't to gross! I will let u no haha! Great if this works well for me I will stay on it a while! Good luck girls I will post how I do my first day too taz

[texasbeauty1982]

Ok, so my starting weight is 230.4lbs and I just ate my breakfast for Day 1...Im not drinking the black coffee becuz I just DONT drink coffee period cuz its gross lol so Im drinking the grapefruit juice instead. Here goes nothing! Day 1 has started!! LOL

[EEB310]

Starting weight is 168.8

I was 167.4 on Sat, but like I said, I didn't work out on the weekend and TOM is coming so it's prob a combo of both.

I just ate breakfast for Day 1, but no grapefruit. Too bitter for me. So I had an orange. I also hate coffee but I do like tea so I am drinking that now!!

Good luck Ladies, We can do this!!

[tazgirl31]

I agree no coffee for me either, I hate tea ( hot tea) but I'm bout to have my 1/2 grapefruit n my yummy toast with peanut butter lol! I'm already anxious to have my ice cream tonight haha eating this bread is making me nervous cause I haven't ate bread in months mayb only once in the last year so I chose it carefully and found the only one on shelf with 9 carbs per slice anywas, can't wait until tommorow weigh in hoping to b at least 1-2 pounds down goood luck girls taz

[msmil]

Oh crap! I totally forgot i was supposed to start this today.. opps!

Well anyways, guess i will have to start tomorrow.. since i have beets now. UGH!
I'm following this beyotch the letter.. serioulsy think thats why the thing works. Magic metabloic food combinations.. melt the fat off like a snow-cone on the equator lol.

[tazgirl31]

Originally Posted by msmil

Oh crap! I totally forgot i was supposed to start this today.. opps!

Well anyways, guess i will have to start tomorrow.. since i have beets now. UGH!
I'm following this beyotch the letter.. serioulsy think thats why the thing works. Magic metabloic food combinations.. melt the fat off like a snow-cone on the equator lol.

Hehe u always make me laugh!!!!! I'm like u I'm following it to a T lol even having beets tonight never had them so I'm a little nervous

Anyhow, I'm doing ok so far, not really hungry and the plain tuna isn't bad at all on my toast I can for sure do this for 3 days ahhhh looking forward to weigh in tommorow! Goood luck msmil

[texasbeauty1982]

lol Nice MSMil Wow, I had a yummmmmmy lunch of tuna and a piece of toast! mmm..mmm...lol (that is sarcasm btw)