You can expect to lose a few pounds on a 3 day liquid diet. The best way to use this diet is to purge your system for 3 days by staying on a liquid diet and then gradually add food back to into your diet.
Slowly increase your calorie intake to 1300 calories. The 3 day liquid diet consist of drinking a nutritious protein shake 4 times per day along with plenty of water and a vitamin supplement. The total calorie per day on this diet is around 800 to 900 calories.
After 3 days, remain on liquid protein shakes but use them for between meal snacks. You can even use the protein drink for a breakfast replacement meal. Your lunch and dinner will consist of 1 baked chicken breast or fish and 2 non-starch vegetables.
The best liquid protein shakes are whey protein or the protein shakes used by bodybuilders such as Met-Rx. To make a whey protein shake, place the following in a blender:
* 3 packets of Splenda,
* 3 ice cubes
* 8 ounces of low fat milk, preferably un-sweeten soy milk
* 2 scoops of whey protein powder
After 2 weeks, you can add in a starch vegetable for lunch and dinner. So the program goes as follows:
Day 1 to 3
Meal 1 … Protein shake
Meal 2 …. Protein shake
Meal 3 …. Protein shake
Meal 4 …. Protein shake
Drink eight – 8 ounces of water and take a multiple vitamin.
Day 4 through Week 2:
Breakfast … Pprotein shake with fruit
Mid morning …. Protein shake
Lunch …. Chicken breast with 2 non-starch veggies (try green beans and broccoli)
Mid afternoon …. Protein shake
Dinner …. Same as lunch.
Week 3 – Week 6
Breakfast … Protein shake with fruit
Mid morning …. Protein shake
Lunch …. Chicken breast with leafy vegetable and sweet potato or yam or brown rice
Mid afternoon …. Protein shake
Dinner …. Same as lunch.