The 3 Day Diet - Two Versions and Lots of Willpower

The 3 Day Diet will get you into those skinny pants in no time!

The 3 Day Diet seems balanced and “ok” upon first inspection. If you can last three days with minimal food, that is. After poking around on the Internet, we found a second version of the 3 Day Diet, which is more restrictive than the first, and appears more like three days of starvation. Who wouldn’t fit into a smaller size after not eating for three days!

The 3 Day Diet - Version 1

Version one of the 3 Day Diet promotes drinking four glasses of water or diet soda during the day. An extensive menu lists meals and snacks to eat for all three days so you can achieve the maximum diet results. It actually lets you eat food all three days, including fruits, vegetables and carbohydrates.

Version one of the Three Day Diet doesn’t seem to make any claims to a specific number of pounds lost, just that you will lose weight.

The 3 Day Diet - Version 2

Version two of the 3 Day Diet begins with a day of fasting. Fasting = no food, only water.

Day two you can eat fruit and drink fruit juice only. On day three, you can only eat vegetables and drink vegetable juice. This version of the 3 Day Diet claims you can lose ten pounds in three days if the three day menu is strictly followed. The rest of the week is spent eating lightly and “normally.” After seven days is up, start the routine again, (oh joy!)

The Inside Skinny on the Three Day Diet

The 3 Day Diet version two claims you can easily lose up to forty pounds in one month. Is it any surprise, since 4 days you are eating nothing, and eight other days you only get fruits and vegetables? Next thing you know, you’ll be walking around and asking, “What’s up Doc?”

3 Day Diet Risks

Both versions require careful monitoring since the food intake is low. If you want to try the second version, make sure to keep taking vitamins so that when you fast, you are still getting the nutrients your body needs. Doctors and nutritionists don’t recommend either version of the diet, in any form, (nor of course, do we). Consider yourself warned.