DeborahChris
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I tried the 3-day diet twice, losing about 3 to 5 pounds in the process, but felt like I wasn't getting sufficient nutrients I needed (Program posted below). The program consists of eating certain foods throughout the day for 3 days, eating whatever you want (still healthy foods though) for about 5 days then repeating the 3 day diet. Of course, diets to me never really work, first because the media says so, and second I gained back the weight I lost and more. Fad diets hurt. =p However, even as a "fad diet" it did work for that amount of time (a month or 2).
For the Reset 5-day Cleanse, I admit I started working for the company after finding out about it (discounts!) so hopefully no one takes this as spam. lol I'm just posting about programs that worked for me. Reset is a 5-day cleanse that consists of 15 meal replacement shakes with a load of fiber, 10 bars (iced lemon and peanut butter crunch--everything in there is low glycemic), and a 5-day sample of their GMP and NSF-certified supplements plus you can add fruits to the shakes and eat vegetables. The average a person loses on the cleanse is 5 pounds, but I lost 7. It's technically not all fat, it's the poop in the large intestine that's been sitting there since who knows when. Supposedly, the average person can hold up to 22 lbs of poop in their intestines. lol That's interesting. Well, that's the cleanse, but there's also a "Transformation" phase where instead of drinking shakes for all meals of the day, its only 2 shakes and a low-glycemic snack, which makes sense, and a low glycemic dinner. All in all, I lost 15lbs, but my friends and their family lost more, which I'm confused about, maybe they just have more 'toxins' in their intestines? I don't know, but my friend lost 30 lbs in a matter of a few months and her dad lost 45, I think.
I like the 3-day diet, maybe for a "quick fix," say, right before a cruise, but Reset is more of a lifestyle change, which definitely is better. Overall, those are the 2 I've tried.
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The 3 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
In addition to its strict daily food prescription, dieters drink 4 cups of water or noncaloric drinks daily.
(From WebMD.com, Link: Article on site)
How It Works
By some unspecified magical force, the combination of the suggested foods included in this plan is supposed to create a unique metabolic reaction and boost fat burning.
Without an author or book, there is no documentation or explanation of how the 3 Day Diet food combinations burn fat, increase energy, cleanse the body, or lower cholesterol.
As the name suggests, the 3 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.
For the Reset 5-day Cleanse, I admit I started working for the company after finding out about it (discounts!) so hopefully no one takes this as spam. lol I'm just posting about programs that worked for me. Reset is a 5-day cleanse that consists of 15 meal replacement shakes with a load of fiber, 10 bars (iced lemon and peanut butter crunch--everything in there is low glycemic), and a 5-day sample of their GMP and NSF-certified supplements plus you can add fruits to the shakes and eat vegetables. The average a person loses on the cleanse is 5 pounds, but I lost 7. It's technically not all fat, it's the poop in the large intestine that's been sitting there since who knows when. Supposedly, the average person can hold up to 22 lbs of poop in their intestines. lol That's interesting. Well, that's the cleanse, but there's also a "Transformation" phase where instead of drinking shakes for all meals of the day, its only 2 shakes and a low-glycemic snack, which makes sense, and a low glycemic dinner. All in all, I lost 15lbs, but my friends and their family lost more, which I'm confused about, maybe they just have more 'toxins' in their intestines? I don't know, but my friend lost 30 lbs in a matter of a few months and her dad lost 45, I think.
I like the 3-day diet, maybe for a "quick fix," say, right before a cruise, but Reset is more of a lifestyle change, which definitely is better. Overall, those are the 2 I've tried.
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The 3 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
In addition to its strict daily food prescription, dieters drink 4 cups of water or noncaloric drinks daily.
(From WebMD.com, Link: Article on site)
How It Works
By some unspecified magical force, the combination of the suggested foods included in this plan is supposed to create a unique metabolic reaction and boost fat burning.
Without an author or book, there is no documentation or explanation of how the 3 Day Diet food combinations burn fat, increase energy, cleanse the body, or lower cholesterol.
As the name suggests, the 3 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.
