Weight Loss

This 3 Day Diet is a rather famous low calorie crash diet. Some people say that the “special combination of foods” in the menu plan helps produce weight loss in just three days. Claims have been made that you can lose up to 10lbs in just three days.

Here are the instructions for the the 3 Day Diet:

Day One
Breakfast: Black coffee, tea, or water; 1/2 grapefruit or juice; 1 slice toast with 1T of peanut butter
Lunch: 1/2 cup tuna; 1 slice toast; black coffee, tea, or water
Dinner: 3oz. any lean meat; 1 cup green beans; 1 cup carrots; 1 cup vanilla ice cream; black coffee, tea, or water

Day Two
Breakfast: Black coffee, tea, or water; 1 egg (any style); 1 slice toast; 1 banana
Lunch: 1 cup cottage cheese or tuna; 5 saltine crackers; black coffee, tea or water
Dinner: 2 beef franks or hot dogs; 1/2 cup carrots; 1 banana; 1 cup broccoli or cabbage; 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream; black coffee, tea, or water

Day Three
Breakfast: Black coffee, tea or water; 5 saltine crackers; 1 slice cheddar cheese; 1 apple
Lunch: 1 hard boiled egg; 1 slice toast; black coffee, tea, or water
Dinner: 1 cup tuna; 1 cup carrots; 1 cup cauliflower; 1 cup melon; 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream; black coffee, tea, or water.

Note: You are allowed to use sugar substitute with your coffee. You are also allowed to use lemon, salt and pepper, mustard, and cooking spray when preparing food.

It’s quite possible that you’ll lose pounds if you adhere strictly to the weight loss diet. For one thing, the menu plan is very low in calories. In addition, you must drink a lot of coffee, which acts as a diuretic and helps you to lose water weight. Because the diet lasts for only three days, people are likely to stick with it.

But what happens after the three days are over? You might be excited at losing so much weight in such a short time, but those pounds were mostly water weight, not fat. You’ll regain the weight almost immediately when you go back to eating normally.

There’s also a problem with the inclusion of ice cream in this diet. While there’s nothing wrong with ice cream in moderation (and you do eat it in moderation on the weight loss diet), you could start thinking about the ice cream as a reward for sticking to your diet during the day. This is an unwise pattern of thought, to associate food with good behaviour. You want to learn to reward success with something other than a treat.

The menu plan lacks essential nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins, to name just a few. The meals can in no way be considered a healthy eating lifestyle.

The weight loss diet may help some people jump start their way into losing weight. But most people will return to their usual eating habits after the three days. This can lead to a yo-yo dieting effect which is known to adversely affect your metabolism.

Plenty diets and weight loss eating plans are much safer and more effective than this one. It’s really tempting to go for the quick weight loss. But your efforts will be completely wasted unless you are committed to better eating practices after the three days are up.

David Ogden -Lose Weight USA
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