Day First
Friday, December 19th, 2008Day First
What was your first day in basic training like?
I leave for Air Force basic training in a month. Can anyone tell me about your experiences on your first day? Feel free to elaborate and tell me about any other basic training experiences. Thanks!
EDIT for Liz: I leave the 28th too!!! Wow! I leave California on October 27th and I arrive in San Antonio on October 28th. Are you going in the Air Force? If so, I may see you there!
it was a very weird and shocking experience. I went to Ft Knox, an all male boot camp in 2005. the key is mail! im not sure what restrictions you will have on phoning home, we got two 5 min phone calls towards the end. just rely on your family and the new people you will meet. Never volunteer unless your drill sergeant says he/she needs X amount of volunteers and he/she is short the number needed. it shows you aren't a brown-noser but will work for the overall team, and if someone doesn't you'll all probably get smoked. it will be a shocker but don't let them get to you. You wont do anything right or fast enough for them so don't let it get you down. Also if you get done say....getting ready for formation, help the slow kid, remember you are in it together! Army is different, i don't know what kind of luxuries you'll have but nothing beats a handwritten letter(Even Now), believe me. Spc Dyar, currently deployed in Southern Iraq
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The Three Day Diet is Back
The Three Day Diet is a fad diet dating back to 1985. Followers of the Three Day Diet are promised up to a 10 pound weight loss in three days. The allure of the the Three Day Diet is the promise of up to a 10 pound weight loss in three days. The reality is that most of that weight loss is likely due to fluid loss and not the more desirable fat loss.
How the Three Day Diet Works
As the name suggests, the Three Day Diet lasts only three days, though it's said that it can be repeated indefinitely, as long as you alternate with 4-5 days of undefined normal eating. The purpose of returning to your usual eating style is to keep your metabolism from slowing, reverting to fat-storing, starvation mode
The Three Day Diet is a regimented plan that must be followed exactly for three days at a time, followed by normal eating for four or five days before opting to resume the plan again.
The Three Day Diet is a very specific food plan that must be followed precisely. Portions must be eaten exactly as specified and dieters are warned not to overeat -- otherwise the promised 10 pound weight loss may not be achieved. Likewise, dieters should not under-eat, even if they are not hungry.
The combination of the suggested foods included in this plan is supposed to create a unique metabolic reaction and boost fat burning.
The Three Day Diet Meal Plan
Day 1
Breakfast
Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal
1/2 grapefruit or juice
1 piece toast with 1 tablespoon peanut butter
Lunch
1/2 cup tuna
1 piece toast
Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal
Dinner
3 ounces any lean meat or chicken
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
1 apple
1 cup regular vanilla ice cream
Day 2
Breakfast
Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal
1 egg
1/2 banana
1 piece toast
Lunch
1 cup cottage cheese or tuna
8 regular saltine crackers
Dinner
2 beef franks
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 banana
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
Day 3
Breakfast
Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal
5 regular saltine crackers
1 ounce cheddar cheese
1 apple
Lunch
Black coffee or tea, with 1-2 packets Sweet & Low or Equal
1 boiled egg
1 piece toast
Dinner
1 cup tuna
1 cup carrots
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup melon
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
What Food is Allowed on the Three Day Diet
The Three Day Diet gives you the freedom to eat a wide variety of foods, as long as you stick to mostly natural foods.n addition to its strict daily food prescription, dieters drink 4 cups of water or noncaloric drinks daily.
The Three Day Diet consists of ordinary foods found in your kitchen. No special expensive recipes or ingredients are required. You don’t have to buy frozen diet meals.
You can add herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard and ketchup to your foods.
What Food is Not Allowed on the Three Day Diet
Processed food such as frozen meals, crackers, ramen soups, cake mixes, chips and candy have to be avoided. No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages, not even diet soda. Beverages are limited to water, and unsweetened fruit juice.
Known Benefits of the Three Day Diet
The main advantage of the Three day diet is that it helps you lose weight fast.
Apart from this fast weight loss Three Day Diet is also having other advantages like increasing your body energy, healthy skin, reduces allergies and enhanced sexual drive. Other advantages include:
- The Three Day Diet can flush your body of toxins in the process as long as you stick with the program and do not overeat.
- The Three Day Diet is simple to follow, reasonably cheap, less time consuming and there is no complicated recipes to follow.
The fasting of the 3 day diet can make the body to heal naturally.
Digestion uses up strength in the form of fat and muscles from our energy store Fasting also appears to release a hormone that stimulates the immune system. It also gives your intestinal system a chance to clean itself and the body time to flush out the waste products of metabolism.
A regular practice of fasting is said to also help prevent a buildup or backlog of metabolic debris in the body, diminishing the possibility of serious illness.
Potential Risks of the Three Day Diet
Some people feel dizzy, weak, unable to concentrate and complete daily activities.If you are looking for a weight loss program and exercise plan that will help you maintain your health, weight, strength, and more, then this diet is not for you. This diet might only offer you temporary weight loss, and might not have enough nutrients in it to help you workout on a regular basis.
What the Experts Say About 3 Day Diet
"There is no such thing as a Cleveland Clinic diet," says Cindy Moore, director of nutrition therapy at The Cleveland Clinic. "It is an urban legend that is not nutritionally sound, and the only reason it causes weight loss is because it is so low in calories, not because of any food combinations or metabolic reactions."
Following a plan with fewer than 1,000 calories a day concerns Moore. "The plan yields about 1,000 calories a day which has the ability to lower metabolism so when you revert back to normal eating, you regain weight even quicker."
Because the 3 Day Diet is so low in carbohydrates, it's likely the initial weight loss is primarily water weight, as carbohydrate encourages your body to retain water. As soon as the dieter goes back to consuming a normal amount of carbohydrate, the water weight comes back.
There has been a lot of research to help us understand why weight cycling occurs. When we diet, our body still requires a set number of calories to function each day. If we do not get it from food, our body will break down its own energy stores in fat and muscle to survive. It has long been established that a diet that promotes more than a two-pound per week weight loss will break down muscle tissue for energy at a more rapid rate than it will break down fat stores for energy. Whereas, the slower one loses weight, the less our body uses lean muscle tissue for energy and the more it uses our fat stores. Lean muscle is the last thing a dieter wants to lose. Muscle tissue is the source of our metabolic rate. The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn each day. The less you have, the less you burn each day. Thus, even slow weight loss diets will burn some muscle tissue for energy, particularly when unaccompanied by exercise. Choosing to lose weight fast without exercising is a no win combination that is a strong predictor of weight cycling.
Bottom Line About The Three day Diet
The Three Day Diet is a simple a low calorie diet. There is nothing magical no mystical chemical reaction that goes on as some seem to think.
The only reason that a person on this diet would lose weight is due to the severe calorie restriction. Because of the low amount of carbohydrate in the diet, it is also possible that a person on this diet will primarily lose water weight. As soon as the dieter goes back to eating a normal diet and consuming a normal amount of carbohydrate, this water weight will be gained back.
The other demerits of three day diet are:
- The Three Day Diet is that never educates the dieter on how to achieve sustainable, healthy weight loss.
- The diet is so monotonous, dieters gladly return to their old eating habits.
- There is no documentation or scientific explanation of how the Three Day Diet food combination burn fat, increase energy, cleanse the body, or lower cholesterol.
There are numerous alternatives to the Three Day Diet that are much healthier, and will produce better results.
Look for a well-balanced weight loss plan that controls calories every day, includes exercise, and allows a wide variety of healthy foods. To lose weight, it is simply not enough to eat a prescribed diet for three days without addressing eating habits that cause weight gain.
About the Author
Jeff Behar, MS, MBA has over 30 years of experience in Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Anti-aging Fields.
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