The 3
day diet is one of those trendy little diets that seems to be
popular today. If you follow the 3 day diet correctly, you can
supposedly lose upwards to 10 pounds in just three days. That seems
like a lot of weight to lose in such a short period of time, is it
healthy or even possible?
While its certainly possible to lose 10 pounds or even more in
just three days, it’s probably not healthy, and generally not
recommended by health professionals. The 3 day diet is invariably
frowned on by nutritionists as being an overall a fad diet that is
not very effective in producing sustainable weight lose. Sure you
can lose 10 pounds in three days, but the chances are you’ll put it
right back on again when you finish.
The 3 day diet isn’t really anything scientific or overly
complicated. It’s basically just your typical calorie restricted
diet. Most formulas for it involve three meals a day consisiting of
very limited portions of low fat, low sugar foods. Some examples of
a few of the meals recommended in the 3 day diet include half a
grapefruit and one slice of toast for breakfast; a half a cup of
tuna (no mayo) and a slice of toast for lunch; and a three ounce
portion of chicken, two cups of vegetables and one cup of ice cream
for dinner.
Like many diets, the 3 day diet recommends drinking 4+ glasses of
water daily, and allows you to add any low calorie seasonings to
your food, such as Worchester sauce, spices, mustards, vinegars,
salt and pepper, soy sauce or ketchup. It also allows for drinking
tea, coffee, or diet soda, so long as there is no sugar added.
So does this kind of 3 day diet plan work? Chances are you will
in fact lose some weight if you stick to it. However, going from
eating normal or oversized portions to eating the kinds of meals
recommended in the three day diet is going to through your body’s
metabolism for a loop. Essentially, you’ll be on starvation mode,
and the moment you resume regular food consumption you’ll promptly
start gaining wait again.
The recommendation to drink plenty of water is really the only
thing the 3 day diet does right. Everyone should drink at least 4
glasses of water a day, whether dieting or not, and ideally should
drink even more.
Overall, the 3 day diet is not the best diet plan. If you are
otherwise healthy and just want to lose a few pounds for a reunion,
wedding, or some other event coming up on the weekend, the 3 day
diet may help, but in terms of an effective sustainable weight lose
program its not going to help much in the long run.
