Cherie's Military Diet

Why the Military Diet Worked for Me

252 pounds down to 241 pounds

Cherie Logan

The Sunday before I started the diet, I weighed 252 pounds. I did not want my weight loss for the Military Diet to include water weight, so for the first three days of the week, I was very careful with my food intake: no wheat, fresh salads, protein, no desserts. It worked and I quickly dropped the 5 pounds of systemic inflammation (water weight). When I started the Military Diet, I weighed 247 pounds.

I’m an at-home grandmother, meaning that my time is my own. I modified the Military diet slightly and will show the modifications below. My husband and my three adult daughters did the Military Diet with me so that everybody in the home pretty much ate the same. The girls really struggled with hunger, faintness, shaking, foggy thinking, and didn’t like the diet as a general rule.

I didn’t have the same negative response that they did and I believe it is because of two things. First, as a pre-diabetic (Yes! I have moved from being diabetic to pre-diabetic!) I wanted to break up my meals so that I ate throughout the day. I didn’t eat “breakfast” until I was hungry, no matter what time that was. Then, I started with my ProArgi-9+ and the same company’s energy powder drink. This drink helps my heart (I had a mild heart attack two years ago), normalizes blood pressure, eases headaches, and helps with my overall physical and mental health, including my blood sugar.

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Then I started my eating journey for the day, spreading out what I ate so that I was able to eat something every few hours. Because of this, I didn’t have any negative responses whatsoever (other than boring food, of course!)

The second thing that made this diet workable for me is that I once had a lap-band, and so I knew going in – absolutely knew – that a small amount of food would sustain my life. I knew it. I had lived it before so psychologically, I knew I could push through. (See my article on my lap-band experience.)

The Military Diet

What I Actually Ate

Breakfast

½ Grapefruit

1 slice toast

2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter

1 cup caffeine drink (coffee, tea)

Lunch

½ cup tuna (I’m allergic)

1 slice toast

1 cup caffeine drink

Dinner:

2 slices any type of meat

1 cup green beans

½ banana

1 small apple

1 cup vanilla ice cream

Very Late Breakfast

1 drink of double ProArg-9+ and its energy powder (this is not a protein drink)

Waited

½ Pink Grapefruit

Waited

1 slice gluten-free toast with 1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter

Lunch:

Sliced roasted chicken, I didn’t measure, with salt, garlic powder and onion powder added

Waited

1 slice gluten-free toast with 1 tablespoon peanut butter reserved from the breakfast menu

Dinner:

1 apple (I didn’t worry about the size)

Waited

Meat and fresh green bean cooked together, I didn’t worry about quantity, but it was pretty close to the suggested limit.

Waited

Slice of chocolate peanut butter pie (okay, so I really cheated here. A baker did something special just for me, and spent three weeks working on creating the perfect recipe. She called me the night before I started the Military diet and there was NO WAY that I wasn’t going to include the pie in my diet!)

Breakfast:

1 Egg

1 Slice Toast

½ banana

Caffeine drink

Lunch:

1 cup cottage cheese or slice cheddar cheese

1 hard-boiled egg

5 saltines crackers

Dinner:

2 hot dogs

1 cup broccoli

½ cup carrots

½ banana

½ cup vanilla ice cream

Very, Very Late Breakfast! (okay, a lunchtime breakfast)

My doubled ProArgi9+and energy drink

Waited

1 egg, whipped, cooked in coconut oil (I hate the taste of eggs)

1 slice gluten-free toast with sliced bananas on top

Lunch (a few hours after breakfast, so, mid-afternoon)

1 cup cottage cheese

6 gluten-free crackers, okay, this was really 3 undivided crackers) spread with peanut butter

A few hours later, another tablespoon of peanut butter straight off of the spoon. (total cheat)

A very late Dinner at 9:30:

Fresh “baby” carrots (I didn’t worry about how many) (before the 9:30 meal)

Waited

Fresh cooked broccoli with 2 hotdogs sliced into it, salt

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Another slice of my chocolate peanut butter pie with a little bit of whipped topping.

Breakfast:

5 soda crackers

1 slice cheddar cheese

1 small apple

Lunch
1 hard-boiled egg

1 slice toast

Dinner:

1 cup tuna (allergic)

½ banana

1 cup vanilla ice cream

Very late breakfast:

My drink

Waited

Apple

Waited

6 gluten-free crackers topped with sliced cheese.

Lunch:

Slice gluten-free toast with a generous amount of peanut butter

Later:

Another spoonful of peanut butter

Later:

Several dry roasted sunflower seeds

Dinner:

Roasted chicken with salt, garlic, and onion powders, not concerned about quantity, but it was probably slightly over a cup

Waited

Last slice of peanut butter pie with more whipped topping.

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To see my review on taking Apple-Cider Vinegar for 2 weeks, click here

You can check out the group review of apple-cider vinegar challenge here

I also tried the 3 day egg fast, and If you are looking to see how this diet stand up to other 3 day diets, check out this post Egg Fast -vs- Military Diet.