by Tingting Cojuangco, Lucy Torres-Gomez and Rissa M. Samson
Philippine Star, 14 November 2007
Miss Cojuangco writes:
Do this 3-Day Diet. Believe me, it works. Follow the diet three days of the week until you reach your desired weight.
Important: Drink four glasses of water or diet soda per day. You can add herbs, salt, pepper, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard or ketchup to your food.
Note: Follow the diet for three days and lose 10 pounds. It works based on a chemical reaction so you must eat everything in the diet without substituting.
This is scientifically proven. You can have as much water, tea, salt, pepper as you like but no other seasonings. After going on the three-day diet, you can eat normally for four days and then go back to it. But do not overeat on those four days.
This diet has been tried and tested, and is guaranteed effective. It worked on my staff and officers of the Philippine Public Safety College — they’ve gotten leaner and I saw the big difference myself!
DAY 1
Breakfast
Black coffee or tea (with 1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal)
1/2 grapefruit or juice
1 toast with 1 tablespoon peanut butter
Lunch
1/2 cup of tuna
1 toast
Black coffee or tea (with 1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal)
Dinner
3 ounces any lean meat or chicken
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
1 apple
1 cup regular vanilla ice cream
DAY 2
Breakfast
Black coffee or tea (with 1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal)
1 egg
1/2 banana
1 toast
Lunch
1 cup cottage cheese or tuna
8 regular saltine crackers
Dinner
2 beef franks
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 banana
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
DAY 3
Breakfast
Black coffee or tea (with 1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal)
5 regular saltine crackers
1 ounce cheddar cheese
1 apple
Lunch
1 boiled egg
1 toast
Black coffee or tea (with 1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal)
Dinner
1 cup tuna
1 cup carrots
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup melon
1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
OF COURSE you will lose weight, anybody on this "diet" will lose weight because of the super low calories taken, You cannot follow this diet for 2 weeks straight because, well the super low calories, you will have no energy, you will faint. On this "Starvation diet" you will first lose water, then lose muscle and lastly your fat will go. Thats why it can only be done 3 days straight, 4 days re-loading on carbs. They call this "diet" carbo cycling and yes you lose mega pounds OF WATER in the first 3 days. No fat will be lost untill you start to re-feed on the regular days to boost your metabolism and do it again So 3 days on the diet, 4 days off etc. Here are the calories for your day 1:
coffee - 0 calories
equal 2 sachets - 4 calories
1/2 grapefruit - 32 calories
toast sliced bread - 32 calories
peanut butter, 1 table spoon - 94 calories
Breakfast total - 162
tuna - 109 calories
toast sliced bread - 32 calories
coffee - 0 calories
equal 2 sachets - 4 calories
Lunch total - 145
3 oz skinless chicken breast - 141 calories
1 cup green beans - 34 calories
1 cup carrots - 40 calories
1 apple - 70 calories
1 cup regular vanilla ice cream - 280 calories
Dinner total - 565
TOTAL DAILY CALORIES - 872
with this low calories you should not even try to exercise, you will lose weight while getting a massage.
To lose 1 pound of fat you need to burn 3500 calories.
In order to lose 1 pound of fat and you are on a 1000 calorie diet (when female) and your resting metabolic rate is 1500 calories daily (meaning if you consume 1500 calories daily you will not gain or lose weight)
So with out exercise on a 1000 calorie diet you should lose 1 pound a week.
When you exercise / burn more calories you could speed this up to 1.5 pound/week or so.
Losing more "weight" than this is not healthy and it will not be fat alone but muscle as well.
You can lose 4-5 pounds a week of fat if you are overweight, than fat will fly off like crazy for the few month or so.
I say:
With a catering and food business running almost 24/7, I hope I find the discipline to even try. Here's a look at my typical lunch:
Roast Beef in Mushroom Gravy Sauce, Stir-fried Vegetables and Seafoods in Oyster Sauce, Fried Banana Cutlets, Tortang Talong and Freshly Brewed Coffee