The 3-Day Military Diet: Did I Make It Out Alive?
I’m not a fan of dieting in the sense of the normal yo-yo effect that we see a majority of the times these days. It’s as if each diet out there today (the hyped ones online and in magazines) promise amazing results in a matter of days. No thanks, not for me. However, I’m someone who could eat the same foods every day for months and be completely ok with it, so some might consider my routine a “diet” yet for me, it’s simply a lifestyle. I’m pretty boring when it comes to meals and can easily live off of a protein source such as chicken, eggs, or ground meant on a daily basis. Then combine that with a carbohydrate like rice or some veggies or a salad and I’m good to go. Plain, boring, yet effective. So what did I try? The diet I decided to test is called the 3-Day Military Diet.
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This diet was brought to my attention and I was actually bored with my current nutrition plan (not that there was anything wrong with it) so, I decided to give it a go and document my results. You might have also heard this diet called the Army Diet or even the Ice Cream Diet.
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This diet has nothing to do with the military, so let’s get that out of the way. It’s not some top-secret diet that our military goes through in order to get lean and mean. It’s a fad diet that claims to be able to allow you to drop 10 pounds in three days without the need for exercise. For me, I NEED to exercise, it’s a stress-reliever. I thought I’d still be able to get in a workout while giving this diet a go. My wife wanted to try the diet as well so I had someone else to go through it and give them their experience and feedback.
The Foods in the Military Diet
I’m not going to lie, if you don’t like eating boring foods, you’re going to struggle with this diet. Like I said earlier, I can live off of boring foods, but this diet might take the cake—it’s insanely boring with the food choices. All the foods in this diet can be found at every grocery store and most of the foods you might actually already have in your home. The diet itself can be found all over the internet for free, and there are no subscriptions needed or books to purchase.
Items you will see throughout this diet are lean protein sources, fruits and vegetables, whole grain toast, and coffee. Oh, and ice cream. Yes, you read that correctly. You might be looking at that and thinking you can definitely handle that, but if you are consuming nearly 2,000 or over 2,000 calories each day normally, the potential to hate your life on this diet is a strong possibility (trust me).
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The diet also contains substitutions if you aren’t a fan of certain food items. For instance, if you don’t like tuna, you can substitute something like another fish or almonds to meet the requirements. If you don’t drink coffee you can have something like a sugar-free Red Bull. If you are allergic to peanut butter (peanut allergy), you can substitute something like almond butter or even hummus. Not a fan of cottage cheese? You can substitute cheddar cheese. There are many options if you aren’t a fan of something in the diet, so it makes things very simply to apply to your specific and individual taste buds.
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