How to lose 10 pounds in 3 days on the 3 day Military Diet…
Follow the Military Diet plan as it was created. Use the Military Diet substitutions if there is a menu item you can’t stomach, but stick to the Military diet plan to get the best weight loss results.
Be tough. The Military Diet wasn’t named after the actual military, it was named after the kind of discipline you’ll need to get through it. Think of it as a boot camp for your body.
Exercise if you have energy to spare. Walking just 20 minutes a day can boost your weight loss significantly on the Military Diet, especially if you walk first thing in the morning or after meals. Exercise is not essential during the Military Diet, but light exercise will definitely enhance your fat loss results. Any extra activity will burn fat because you are not eating as much as normal. If you already exercise regularly, continue to exercise unless you feel really tired or weak.
Drink lots of water before and after every meal to get that full feeling; staying hydrated is very important on the Military Diet.
Get a friend or family member to do the Military Diet with you. Being accountable to someone who is also on the diet helps when the going gets tough. The element of competition doesn’t hurt either.
Weigh yourself before and after the diet. Don’t forget to take measurements before and after the diet too. Nothing motivates a person like seeing real progress. You can also test your weight loss results by trying on your skinny jeans before and after 🙂
Keep up your vitamin C levels. Good old vitamin C is a fat burner. People with low concentrations of Vitamin C burn less fat than people with normal levels of vitamin C. Just one dose of this powerful antioxidant helps the body transform fat from food into energy instead of storing it in the body. Vitamin C creates the compound carnitine, a metabolic super charger. The minimum daily dose of Vitamin C is 75mg for women and 90mg for men. It’s safe to add a Vitamin C supplement of up to 400mg to your diet.
Do not add snacks to the 3 day Military Diet. Snacks between meals are not included on the Military Diet plan. Adding extra calories to the diet plan is going to sabotage your weight loss. If you follow the diet plan and its caloric limits, you will lose weight. Cheating on the Military Diet means you will not lose weight.
Don’t shop when you are hungry. Buy the ingredients before starting the diet to avoid aisles and aisles of temptation in the grocery store. Don’t derail yourself before you get started.
Don’t pig out on your days off! Don’t go crazy on the four days off the Military Diet if you want to see maximum results. Eat like you normally would, or better, but don’t overcompensate for the 3 days of dieting by bingeing on everything in sight on your 4 days off. We recommend a diet of about 1300 – 1500 calories per day, made of up lean protein, veggies and easy on the carbs for the 4 days off the diet.
If you’re using substitutions on the Miltary Diet, make sure what you’re substituting has the same caloric value as what you’re replacing. For exmaple, a cup of tuna is not the same as a cup of almonds.
Don’t use artificial sweeteners except Stevia.
Don’t replace grapefruit with orange. Read more about this on the Military Diet substitutions page.
Don’t skimp on fat on the Military Diet. Fat revs up your metabolic rate. Everyone has become fat phobic, but not all fats are bad! We recommend eating good fats at every meal. You don’t need to eat ‘fat free’ versions of anything. Don’t buy fat free ice cream or fat free yogurt. It sounds counter intuitive, but fat burns fat… Eliminating fat from your diet is a bad weight loss strategy. Eating fat makes you feel fuller for a longer period of time. Fat shuts down hunger hormones and also boosts antioxidant absorption which promotes leanness. Dialing up your metabolic rate means you burn more calories.