I am starting a 3 day diet tomorrow. I think I am going to do this once a week just to keep me on track. I am not expecting a huge weight loss or anything. I just really think it might help with getting the weight off. Has anyone done this diet before?

I've done this diet -and basically I did it 1 x wk for 6 mths I lost almost 75 pounds - which was awesome - just be warned - Hopefully your better then I am - but I did not keep the weight off - when I stopped the diet, because just thinking about eating those foods any more made me want to be sick - I slowly gained the weight back - you have to be carefull on the days that your off the diet make sure you really watch your carbs oh and drink lots and lots and lots of water Best of luck to you

I've never done it, but good luck to you!!

I just started it this week...hope it works! Maybe we can keep each other informed as to how we do!

Can you tell me about it i'd love a jump start ?

I don't know much about the specifics of this diet, but if it's something that isn't something you can keep doing for a lifetime...Just make sure you have a good plan for what you will do when you go off the diet so you don't regain when you go back to normal life.

"3 day diet"
Instructions:

Drink 4 glasses of water or diet soda per day.

You can add herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup to your foods.

DAY 1

BREAKFAST

Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

1/2 Grapefruit or Juice

1 Toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter

LUNCH

1/2 Cup of Tuna

1 Toast

Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

DINNER

3 Oz. 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 w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

1 Egg

1/2 Banana

1 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 w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

5 regular saltine crackers

1 oz. cheddar cheese

1 apple

LUNCH

1 boiled egg

1 toast

black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

DINNER

1 cup tuna

1 cup carrots

1 cup cauliflower

1 cup melon

1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream

After your 3 days "on" return to a sensible diet for the next 4 and then you can start over again

First thought:A diet that calls for HOT DOGS? What's next, the SPAM diet?

Second thought: That is a VERY low calorie plan that is lacking many essential nutrients. I sure would worry about my metabolism slowing down eating that way. Coffee and artificial sweetener as part of a plan worries me too.

Best of luck and if this works for you and meets your personal needs, more power to you!

Personally, I would never do a 'diet' like this, even if I ate those kinds of foods! Have you checked out the Whole Foods/Superfoods section of this board? It's a GREAT, natural and healthy approach to eating!

I don't think that sounds very healthy! I would opt for a sensible diet everyday. And 4 glasses of water is not enough, unless the glass is at least 16 oz.!!

It doesn't look too bad to me, especially if you only have to do it for three days at a time. I couldn't eat the peanut butter though (don't really like PB) or the cottage cheese or the tuna come to think about it- maybe not the diet for me then! LOL

Coming from a family with an extensive medical background (not myself, but my mom and sister), this looks like a very unhealthy diet. Nowhere near enough calories and essential nutrients and not enough water.

Best of luck to those who try it, and I don't mean to judge, but this looks like something that will only "bandaid" the problem, not solve it for good.

Let us know how it works.

Blump

I did a few quick calculations. Day 1 of this diet is about 900 calories, 22% of which are from ice cream. Day 2 is closer to 1000 calories, but you still get a large percentage of your total calories from the saturated fat in the beef franks and the ice cream. Day 3 was only 820 calories!

Not healthy for your body or your metabolism.