Overall, the military diet is a pretty low-calorie plan, considering dieters are encouraged to consume approximately 1,400 calories on day one, 1,200 calories on day two, and roughly 1,100 calories on day three, explains JJ Virgin, a board-certified nutrition specialist. (Here’s what you need really to know about counting calories.) The foods on the plan are supposedly “chemically compatible,” she says, and are said to work together in order to promote fast weight loss. When you are on the diet you are supposed to follow it for three days in one week, she adds.
DAY 2
Breakfast: one egg cooked (however you like), one slice of bread or toast, 1/2 banana
Lunch: one cup of cottage cheese, one hardboiled egg, five saltine crackers
Dinner: two hot dogs (no bun), one cup of broccoli, 1/2 cup of carrots, 1/2 banana, one cup of ice cream
