A low-calorie diet plans that people choose to follow in a hope of losing weight quickly is popularly known as the military diet. Military diet is expected to help in losing Up to 10 pounds in 3–7 days. However, there isn’t much evidence that this will be equally effective for every person. Let’s know more about a 3-day military Diet. Foods that are allowed as part of the military diet include:
- Apples, Grapefruit, and bananas
- Whole wheat toast and saltine crackers
- Cottage cheese & hard cheddar cheese
- Canned tuna fish
- Meat of any kind, including processed meats like hot dogs
- Eggs
- Green beans, broccoli, carrots
- Peanut butter
- Vanilla ice cream
- Black coffee (with no cream and sugar added, but stevia is allowed) and water
How Does the Military Diet Work?
3-day military diet is split into 2 phases over a 7-day period. If you decide to follow the diet plan then there are certain things that are needed to be kept keep in mind. For the initial 3 days, you must strictly follow a set low-calorie meal plan for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Remember not to satiate the craving for snacks between the meals. Total calorie intake during this phase is roughly 1,100–1,400 calories per day.
For the remaining 4 days of the week, you cannot start eating random things but make sure to eat healthily and continue to keep your calorie intake low.
you can repeat the diet several times until you reach your goal weight.
- Military Diet Precautions
If you have finally decided to give it a try, keep these following precautions in mind:
- Drastic reduction in intake of calories may contribute to side effects like cravings, muscle weakness, headaches, trouble concentrating, poor sleep and digestive problems as you’re likely to feel more hungry, irritable and tired than usual.
- If you are an athlete low-calorie intake and depleted glycogen stores may result in delayed recovery from exercise.
- If you are suffering from eating disorder, then trying the military diet is not at all recommended, as it can lead to deterioration in health.
