Three Day Diet, Fact or Fiction?
Everyone, it seems, is trying strange fads or ingesting crazy concoctions to lose weight or improve their health. They want a get slim quick fix, or an easy elixir of youth, or something else equally absurd instead of to take the time actually required to improve health. There are many weight loss plans and one of the latest fads is called the 3 day diet.
How Much Weight Do You Lose On the 3 Day Diet
It claims that, by consuming what it tells you to, you can lose ten pounds in three days.
Come on, what are we foolish. It tells you to eat saltine crackers, toast, eggs, tuna, coffee, tea, apples, and cheese.
This is all regular stuff, nothing magical or high tech in any of it. Have you seen the headline, three Day Diet Lose 10 pounds in three days?
In 3 days you are supposed to lose all of that weight. I have trouble believing it.
Is it True?
If it is true, it is probably because of the small amount you eat on the 3 day diet and it probably is mostly "water weight." Water weight means that what you lose is mostly water flushing out of your system, and very little body mass is actually reduced. Losing water weight is actually pretty pointless since it just means getting dehydrated. This can be dangerous, and is certainly unhealthy.
What is The Best Way to Lose Weight?
The best way to lose weight is the old, traditional way involving a calorie count, in my opinion, although it takes a little longer. You exercise regularly, eat lots of green leafy vegetables and also fruits in moderation, cut out processed and fatty foods, and don't snack between meals. Also, very high carbohydrate food is not really good for your diet either as it will fill you up with calories. This is not a 3 day diet, or even a 30 day diet, but nonetheless, within a couple of months, you will be slimmer and healthier and happier too.
Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989, Irish dramatist, novelist)
Dangerous Diets
There are diets that are outright dangerous. The Atkins diet, for example, works by throwing your liver into ketosis by eating nothing but lots of protein. This can cause liver damage and in some cases, death. Nonetheless, it does make you lose weight at a high rate of speed but once you get off it, you will probably gain the weight right back.
Exercise as Part of Your Weight Loss Plan
If you are going to get on a 3 Day Diet Plan program, one thing to consider is what kind of exercise to do to supplement your dieting. Jogging is very good, but can be hard on your knees. Bike riding is a little safer on your joints in the long run. One of the best exercises, however, is swimming, because it is zero impact and exercises the whole body. Personally, I like to swim for at least half an hour every day. Nothing makes me feel healthier or more refreshed.
