Making The 3 Day Diet Last A Lifetime

Some people claim the 3 Day Diet is another quick-fix diet gimmick for people who are not serious about their health. (by the way you also have the -believe it or not-: 3 hour diet!) Some versions of the 3 Day Diet require participants to fast for the first day, drinking plenty of water. On the second day, dieters drink only fruit and fruit juices. On the third day they consume only vegetables and vegetable juices. Other versions of the 3 Day Diet encourage dieters to follow a specific reduced-calorie menu for three days. Some critics, who have tried a version of the 3 Day Diet that requires excessive amounts of coffee and tea, say the beverages act as a diuretic. Most of the weight loss, they say, is merely water weight. While it's silly to participate in a weight-loss plan that does not include a sensible balance of lean proteins, fruit and vegetables, there is more than a grain of truth to the idea of losing weight with a 3 Day Diet plan. Many fitness experts advise their clients to follow a low-carbohydrate diet for three days, followed by a higher carbohydrate diet on the fourth day. Another secret for losing fat while maintaining lean muscle mass is to reduce caloric intake slightly for three days and then raise the calorie level back up to your maintenance caloric intake level on the fourth day. In many ways, the 3 Day Diet plans are taking advantage of an idea physical trainers have known about for years. People can trick their bodies into releasing fat when their bodies are not feeling deprived. It takes a few days before your body realizes it is on a diet and starts holding onto fat, so the key is to go off the diet on the fourth day!

Here is an example of what you might expect to eat on some 3 Day Diet plans:

DAY 1

• BREAKFAST
• Black Coffee or Tea
• 1/2 a Grapefruit or Juice
• 1 Slice of Toast with 1 tbsp. Peanut Butter

Lunch

• 1/2 a Cup of Tuna
• 1 Slice of Toast
• Black Coffee or Tea

Dinner

• 3 Oz. any lean red meat or chicken
• 1 cup each of
• green beans
• carrots
• regular vanilla ice cream
• 1 apple

DAY 2

Breakfast

• Black Coffee or Tea
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 a Banana
• 1 Slice of Toast

Lunch

• 1 cup of cottage cheese or tuna
• 8 regular saltine crackers

Dinner

• 2 beef franks
• 1 cup of broccoli or cabbage
• 1/2 a cup carrots
• 1/2 a banana
• 1/2 a cup of regular vanilla ice cream

DAY 3

Breakfast

• Black Coffee or Tea
• 5 regular saltine crackers
• 1 oz. cheddar cheese
• 1 apple

Lunch

• 1 boiled egg
• 1 slice of toast
• Black Coffee or Tea

Dinner

1 cup each of:

• tuna
• carrots
• cauliflower
• melon
• 1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream

Instead of following a random 3 day diet, design a 3 day diet specifically for your own body type, weight and needs. A physical trainer can help you figure out how much protein you need to consume each day to maintain or increase your lean muscle mass, which is the metabolically active muscle tissue that helps you burn calories and look trim. Once you know how much protein you need, try to divide the protein into five small meals a day. Surround the protein on your plate with plenty of vegetables and healthful carbohydrates such as brown rice. Follow your healthful eating plan for three days and then feel free to "cheat" on the fourth day with limited refined carbohydrates and other foods you may crave. With your own 3 Day Diet, you should drop pounds for life!

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