The Military Diet?

[USAF-Larry]

Have you heard of The Military Diet?  I hadn't seen it before this article. Appparently it is another fad diet that has sprung up that promises you can lose up to 10 pounds a week.

Unfortunately, the Military Diet has no affiliation with the U.S. Army – or anybody else's army, for that matter. (Not quite as scandalous as you think: The Cleveland Clinic Diet, British Heart Foundation Diet, Mayo Clinic Diet and Navy Diet aren’t linked to those outfits, either!) What it does have is a buzz around its three-day “strict” / four-day “maintenance” week, and its promise that you'll shed 10 pounds in that week.

Read full article here:  The Military Diet

[WendyB]

All I can say is watch out if you are around me. I would be one grumpy person

Not enough food for me

[USAF-Larry]

LOL @WendyB

[Jo2DaJo]

I wouldn't suggest doing this. Just like it states in the very last sentences: "Will you lose weight on the Military Diet? Short term, sure. But as with the launch phase of so many fad diets, the weight lost will be mostly water weight. You will put that back on when you drop the diet eventually. And drop it you shall, as you will be putting yourself at risk of nutrient deficiencies long term if you stay on it."

I would talk with primary doctor to see what could be tweaked to help this diet actually give a healthy benefit in the long run.

[DerrickS]

I agree with @Jo2DaJo, 1,100 calories and a few cups of coffee a day may cause you to lose weight fast, but could potentially do some serious damage to your body in the long-run.

[yoebz123]

I've tried it a few times before as like a kick starter to my diet and usually lose about 7-8 lbs when doing so. From what I read, the diet was originally set for folks who had to lose weight quickly before surgery. 

[Malme84]

The best military diet is one that involves enlisting and going through BCT LOL. I lost 32lbs in 10 weeks and felt great!

[USAF-Larry]

It didn't work that way for me, @Malme84.  I was so skinny when I went into the military that I had to get a waiver for the weight minimum.  But, 12 weeks of basic training fattened me up. I think it was all of the SOS! 

[elderwanda]

Hmmm....

Sort of irrevelant, but---  the term "Military Diet" reminds me of how terribly ravenous I was during Air Force basic training, some 30 years ago.  In six weeks I went from a weak 122 pounds to an even weaker 108 pounds (5' 3", F).  We got three "meals" a day, supposedly, but the minute I sat down to eat, I would hear, "LET'S GO!! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!!", so I could never eat more than about a third of what was on the plate, especially since we we required to choke down two glasses of the nastiest tap water on the planet or all hell would break loose upon us.  I remember being sooo hungry 24/7, fantasizing about food all the time, and passing out a few times.  I totally failed the obstacle course because I had gotten so weak that I couldn't even hold onto a bar and hang my 108 pounds from it for a half-second.   It apparently never occurred them that there was a relationship between my body wasting away and the fact that I was given a total of about three minutes a day to eat.  Go figure.   

Ah, good times.  Good times.  Not bitter at all. 

[elderwanda]

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@USAF-Larry wrote:

It didn't work that way for me, @Malme84.  I was so skinny when I went into the military that I had to get a waiver for the weight minimum.  But, 12 weeks of basic training fattened me up. I think it was all of the SOS! 

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I just saw this after posting my lament about my experience.  Either they've changed things a lot (which is likely) or you can eat without chewing.  I guess they have changed, because you say 12 weeks, not 6.  Or maybe you were (are?) an officer.  I don't remember the term "SOS".  It was a long time ago, though.   

[GershonSurge]

SOS is SH%% on shingle. It was creamed beef on toast.

[USAF-Larry]

Well, @elderwanda, if you went in 30 years ago, I retired from there before you went in, so I'm sure things changed a lot. Yes, basic training used to be 12 weeks, but about the time they fired up for Viet Nam, they shortened it to 6 weeks so they could ram troops through there. I went through 12 weeks of basic training when I got the draft notice, and then 10 years later I went through 12 weeks of OCS training to get commissioned, so some have said I was a slow learner....