3 Day Tuna Diet – Busted? Or Plausable?
July 14, 2009 by Dan Eitreim
Filed under Diet
Is your slinky black dress starting to look sorta lumpy? Has your stomach been blocking your view of your toes…maybe you have a big dance or a reunion coming. Whatever the reason, you want to dump ten or so pounds and you’ve discovered the 3 day tuna diet. It looks fast, easy and perfect for your needs!
Hold off! There are a few facts about the 3 day tuna diet that you will want to know before you decide to get started.
The 3 day tuna diet is one of the hottest ones out there. It rapidly soared to the tops of the popularity charts because people believe that there can’t be any health drawbacks because you are on the diet for a short amount of time.
Not true! This diet, like ALL crash diets has a bad affect on your metabolism. What that means in the end is that you will very quickly gain back ALL the weight you lost…and in most cases you will add an additional 10 or 15 pounds. Now your 10 pound challenge has become a 25 pound nightmare.
The route to success for ALL crash diets is through starvation. That includes the 3 day tuna diet. It works to lose a few pounds at first, but starvation is also the reason why it’s unhealthy. If you aren’t getting enough calories, your body will slip into starvation mode – within the first day.
When your body defaults to starvation mode – whether from the 3 day tuna diet or any other – it’s usually pretty easy to tell. Symptoms may include feeling sluggish and unable to generate enough energy to perform normal daily tasks…constantly feeling cold…dreaming about food (both day dreams and night dreams), and others. These symptoms mean that your body – in an effort to protect you – has slipped into starvation mode.
The 3 day tuna diet has so few calories, that it is very near to being a VLCD or “very low calorie diet”. Any diet that is under 1200 calories per day is considered a “low calorie diet”. Below 800 calories per day is considered “very low calorie.”
For adults, a “VLCD” is dangerous and should NEVER be attempted without direct supervision of a doctor. Children should never go on a “VLCD” no matter how obese.
The name: 3 day tuna diet, is misleading. It makes you think that you are on the diet for only 3 days. That’s actually not the case…you are on and off for a full month. It’s not a balanced diet and you have no hope of keeping off the weight long term.
A large portion of the diet consists of refined carbohydrates. They are considered as “empty calories” and have little if any nutritional value. Refined carbs also create spikes in our production of insulin. Spikes and drop offs of insulin can create HUGE medical problems as well as energy peaks and valleys and food cravings.
During the four days a week you are NOT on the 3 day tuna diet, most of us gorge and overeat. the food cravings we generate are just too much for us. Studies conducted as far back as the 1970′s show that the average dieter gains an ADDITIONAL 8 pounds on top of his beginning weight in the weeks following the diet.
There ARE diets that will work to lose weight and KEEP IT OFF. They focus on eliminating unhealthy foods and habits and replacing them with better ones. You will NEVER be hungry during a properly formulated and executed diet.
Visit my website right now and you can get a copy of my “Fast Weight Loss Tips!” mini-course while it is still free. For your own health, stay away from crash diets like the 3 day tuna diet. There ARE diets that work…even for you.
necklace (3)
used tires (1)
Forget what you want, what you feel like, what you read. You are in the trenches on the front lines where you will make the difference. Your energy may dip before it rises but your body chemistry will soon adapt. Be strong.
It’s amazing how many people try to find the easy way to lose weight! If the only knew… that they could eat normal… while exercising, and be better off as a result. I always say… “slow and steady wins the race”!
Till then,
Jean
i was wondering if anyone did this and lost weight. i know i wont loose ten pounds like people claim. but does any one have info? and if you tried this how much weight did you loose?