Faith vs the Fork

In the last three days I have definitely learned that it is amazing what food can tell you about yourself...Physically and Emotionally!

I ran across this article last week about a diet: How to Lose Up To 10 Pounds in 3 Days on the 3 Day Diet (Three Day Military Diet) of course after reading the article I did a google search and then went straight to instagram (#militarydiet) to see if people were really seeing results. Much to my surprise, they were! From everything I have read it seems at though most people seem to lose around 6-7lbs in the three days but I am sure that if you were to stick to  the diet 100% and exercise it would be possible to drop ten in three days. (most seemed to gain 1 or 2 pounds back in the next four days.

Another great site is http://themilitarydiet.com/

This is a very strict diet that tells you exactly what to eat three times a day for three days and then you can continue your normal diet for the next four days until it is time to start the three day diet again. I read through the menu and other than cottage cheese everything seemed to look like foods that I could deal with for three days, so once I found out that (it is not recommended) it is possible to "substitute" foods then I decided it was going to be game on! "Faith vs the Fork"

My new adventure started Monday morning and I just finished my last of the three days tonight...it was extremely hard but I made it!

Opposite of what I thought would happen, Monday was the easiest to me -maybe because I was excited for the new challenge or maybe because I was able to have two sugar free red bulls before dinner haha but either way this day proved to be by far my easiest. Each night with dinner you get ice cream and I remember after dinner on day one thinking that I was so full I could not eat my ice cream and that this diet was going to be a piece of cake if everyday left my belly this satisfied....like I said, this was day one - day two and day three were definitely not a piece of cake!

Day two definitely consisted of less food (around 900 calories) and the lunch (cheese, egg, and crackers) is what I would consider a snack which is exactly what I felt that I had eaten....just a snack that had to hold me over until time for dinner!

Day three has definitely been the kicker.... today consisted of less than 700 calories and my body could feel it...I felt more lethargic than the other days and not satisfied at all with any of the meals other than the ice cream with dinner! :)  However, the satisfaction that came with my last bite of dinner tonight knowing that "I beat the fork" was definitely more satisfaction than any cheeseburger in the world could have given me at that moment!

So whats next? I plan to pick my calories back up over the next four days, I am not going to overindulge and eat everything in sight but if I want a cookie or a salad (I have been craving cesar salad since day one!) I am going to have it , knowing that on Monday I will be back on the military diet wagon! I plan to do this until I am five pounds less than my goal weight....for example, If I want to lose 20lbs and I lose six pounds per week and gain back one during my four days off of the diet that means I really am losing five pounds that week when it's all said and done so I will continue this diet for five weeks (week one down yay!!!) until I lose 25lbs (the extra week/5lb loss is so that I can have a little extra wiggle room after such a strict diet for this many weeks) at which point I will stop with the Monday - Wednesday plan and focus on maintaining my weight and becoming healthier by drinking less soft drinks, WAY more water, eating less fast food...etc...All of the stuff I should be doing anyway to avoid having to "diet"!! :)

As I said in the beginning it is amazing what food can tell you about yourself...this diet has helped me to better understand how important food and proper nutrition are to my health and how much it really does effect me physically and emotionally.
I learned that I actually don't have to drink a soft drink or sweet tea to survive....water really will work in keeping me alive - who would have ever guessed it?! haha
I also learned with every meal except for dinner on day one and day two (those days were fine) after eating I felt full but not satisfied -meaning I knew I did not need anything else, my "hunger needs" had been met but mentally I could not believe that such a small portions could have done that. Contrary to how I may have felt at some moments while eating tuna, eggs, or bananas....I did not starve to death and even better -I have lost 4.2lbs as of this morning - tomorrow morning will be the final verdict of what I lost throughout my first three days! I will try to keep posting the results - and if you try this diet let me know...accountability is always a great thing! :)

"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."


My Military Diet "photo journal" on Instagram:

xoxo,

Faith