A 3 day diet! What does it Mean Exactly?

If you’re a dieting fanatic like so many of us are these days, then I bet you’ve heard all about the so called 3-day diet! As if losing 10 pounds in 10 days wasn’t a bit hasty, now we’re seeing all kinds or crazy weighloss programs such as the coffee diet, water diet, and all the rest of them. What’s next fad to be thrown out to the weight watching suckers, the overnight diet?

They want a get slim quick-fix, or an easy elixer of youth, or something else equally absurd, instead of to taking the time actually required to improve health. Of course, striving for better health and then maintaining that good health wouldn’t be necessary if we looked after ourselves in the fist place, but as prevention was overlooked we can only focus on a cure and more importantly we need that focus to be on a healthy weight loss diet.

The latest dieting fad to get dieters excided is called the 3 day diet. Ha, what’s next, lose 8 pounds in overnight while you’re sleeping! Anyway, back to the 3 day craze. It tells you to eat saltine crackers, toast, eggs, tuna, coffee, tea, apples, cheese. All regular stuff, nothing magical or “high tech” in any of it, and in 3 days, you're supposed to lose all of that weight. Hmm! I have trouble believing it.

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.” To lose water weight means pretty much that, which is 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.

The best way to lose weight is the old, traditional way, in my opinion, although it takes a little longer. There are no big secrets on how to eat healthy and maintain good health. 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.

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 protien. 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.

If you are going to get on a 3 day diet 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.