The ABC DietThe ABC Diet
What is it?
The ABC diet stands for the Ana Boot Camp (ABC) diet used by people in the Pro Ana community for extreme weight loss.
Does it work?
Yes, the ABC Diet can cause extreme weight loss in a very short period of time. It is not uncommon for a dieter to lose 15-25 lbs when following the diet.
How long is the diet?
The full ABC Diet lasts for 50 days, of which 5 days are fasting days. On the other days, you change the calories allowed to prevent the body from going into starvation mode.
What is starvation mode?
If you continually deprive the body of calories, your body will think it is being “starved” and an ancient survival mechanism kicks in and your metabolism slows way down. In essence, your body is trying to prevent losing its last energy stores. The ABC diet tries to differ the amount of calories you get to keep your body guessing and preventing starvation mode.
What can I eat on the ABC Diet?
The ABC Diet itself does not dictate what foods you can or cannot eat. Instead, it focuses on calories only. In theory, you could consume your entire day’s allotment of calories in chocolate, but this clearly is a non-nutritious way of meeting your goals and certainly not recommended.
How many meals per day can I have on the ABC diet?
There is no set limit on this diet. Instead the focus is on total daily calories. Not only will you feel better during the day if you space your meals into many smaller meals, it is also a healthier approach.
What about nutrition?
Unfortunately the ABC diet does not focus on nutrition and focuses only on calories. While most people find the subject either boring or too complicated, it is highly recommended that you learn about the effect of protein, carbohydrates and fat on the body and the importance each of those play in a diet. Carbs and Fat have gotten a bad rap in mainstream media but they play an essential role, and when Protein and the right Carbs and the right Fat are consumed in moderation they work together to keep you feeling fuller longer and help to maintain a good weight.
Is the ABC Diet dangerous?
No diet that advocates such extreme calorie deprivation can be considered safe. Worse, the ABC diet doesn’t advocate good nutrition. So coupling the calorie restriction with potentially bad nutrition is not a good formula. So while the diet is effect in terms of weight loss, one needs to consider longer term implications.
If you're interested in the ABC diet, you should consider modifying to be less extreme. It is posted here in its original form, but you are strongly encouraged to modify it. Options you can do do include doing it for 1 week only (yes, you will lose weight) - 50 days is too long. Or, Increase the daily calorie intake. You can easily double this calorie intake and still lose weight. You may surprise yourself, you could even lose weight faster.
So what is the ABC Diet plan?
This is the diet schedule:
What do I do when I finish it?
It is important to resume a normal, healthy diet. The biggest problem (besides the health effects) is that people often gain back the weight they shed. It is important to find the right balance in your lifestyle for you to maintain the weight you desire.
How can I track my progress?
You can track your actual calories consumed using a site or app like myfitnesspal.com. To keep track of your actual ABC Diet, you can use the log sheet attached to this post.
Are there bad side effects?
YES! We don't know who originally came up with this diet and we are putting it here in its original form. However, the diet is extreme and can be dangerous. The calorie deprivation is too extreme, there is no focus on nutrition and as a result, comes with risks. Add to this that a diet such as this can foster or trigger your Eating Disorder. We strongly recommend that you look at less extreme alternatives, learn about healthy eating and moderate diets.
Why should I care about nutrition?
The ABC diet is not nutritious and this is problematic. Sustained malnutrition will lead to fatigue, hair falling out and even organ failure.
Attached Files
What is it?
The ABC diet stands for the Ana Boot Camp (ABC) diet used by people in the Pro Ana community for extreme weight loss.
Does it work?
Yes, the ABC Diet can cause extreme weight loss in a very short period of time. It is not uncommon for a dieter to lose 15-25 lbs when following the diet.
How long is the diet?
The full ABC Diet lasts for 50 days, of which 5 days are fasting days. On the other days, you change the calories allowed to prevent the body from going into starvation mode.
What is starvation mode?
If you continually deprive the body of calories, your body will think it is being “starved” and an ancient survival mechanism kicks in and your metabolism slows way down. In essence, your body is trying to prevent losing its last energy stores. The ABC diet tries to differ the amount of calories you get to keep your body guessing and preventing starvation mode.
What can I eat on the ABC Diet?
The ABC Diet itself does not dictate what foods you can or cannot eat. Instead, it focuses on calories only. In theory, you could consume your entire day’s allotment of calories in chocolate, but this clearly is a non-nutritious way of meeting your goals and certainly not recommended.
How many meals per day can I have on the ABC diet?
There is no set limit on this diet. Instead the focus is on total daily calories. Not only will you feel better during the day if you space your meals into many smaller meals, it is also a healthier approach.
What about nutrition?
Unfortunately the ABC diet does not focus on nutrition and focuses only on calories. While most people find the subject either boring or too complicated, it is highly recommended that you learn about the effect of protein, carbohydrates and fat on the body and the importance each of those play in a diet. Carbs and Fat have gotten a bad rap in mainstream media but they play an essential role, and when Protein and the right Carbs and the right Fat are consumed in moderation they work together to keep you feeling fuller longer and help to maintain a good weight.
Is the ABC Diet dangerous?
No diet that advocates such extreme calorie deprivation can be considered safe. Worse, the ABC diet doesn’t advocate good nutrition. So coupling the calorie restriction with potentially bad nutrition is not a good formula. So while the diet is effect in terms of weight loss, one needs to consider longer term implications.
If you're interested in the ABC diet, you should consider modifying to be less extreme. It is posted here in its original form, but you are strongly encouraged to modify it. Options you can do do include doing it for 1 week only (yes, you will lose weight) - 50 days is too long. Or, Increase the daily calorie intake. You can easily double this calorie intake and still lose weight. You may surprise yourself, you could even lose weight faster.
So what is the ABC Diet plan?
This is the diet schedule:
What do I do when I finish it?
It is important to resume a normal, healthy diet. The biggest problem (besides the health effects) is that people often gain back the weight they shed. It is important to find the right balance in your lifestyle for you to maintain the weight you desire.
How can I track my progress?
You can track your actual calories consumed using a site or app like myfitnesspal.com. To keep track of your actual ABC Diet, you can use the log sheet attached to this post.
Are there bad side effects?
YES! We don't know who originally came up with this diet and we are putting it here in its original form. However, the diet is extreme and can be dangerous. The calorie deprivation is too extreme, there is no focus on nutrition and as a result, comes with risks. Add to this that a diet such as this can foster or trigger your Eating Disorder. We strongly recommend that you look at less extreme alternatives, learn about healthy eating and moderate diets.
Why should I care about nutrition?
The ABC diet is not nutritious and this is problematic. Sustained malnutrition will lead to fatigue, hair falling out and even organ failure.
Attached Files
- ABC DIET TRACKER.pdf 110.16KB
The 2468 DietThe 2468 diet
What is it?
The 2468 diet is an extreme calorie deficit based diet. It uses a cycle that repeats, commonly for 50 days. The cycle is exactly what it is named after:
What is it?
The 2468 diet is an extreme calorie deficit based diet. It uses a cycle that repeats, commonly for 50 days. The cycle is exactly what it is named after:
[*]200 calories one day
[*]400 calories the next day
[*]600 calories the day after that
[*]800 calories for the last day in the cycle
[*]And then repeat.
[/list]Does it work?
Based on the restrictive calories it certainly causes weight loss. You will average around 3300 calories over the typical one week cycle of the diet. If you assume that you need on average say 1500 calories a day to maintain weight under a normal active lifestyle (10,500 per week), you can see how much lower this diet is. The net result is a weekly deficit of about 7000 calories which will equate to 2 pounds per week or 8 pounds per month.
How long is the diet?
There isn’t really a set time for this diet but it is commonly done for 6-8 weeks.
What can I eat on the 2468 Diet?
The 2468 Diet itself does not dictate what foods you can or cannot eat. Instead, it focuses on calories only. In theory, you could consume your entire day’s allotment of calories in chocolate, but this clearly is a non-nutritious way of meeting your goals and certainly not recommended.
How many meals per day can I have on the 2468 diet?
There is no set limit on this diet. Instead the focus is on total daily calories. Not only will you feel better during the day if you space your meals into many smaller meals, it is also a healthier approach.
What about nutrition?
Unfortunately the 2468 diet does not focus on nutrition and focuses only on calories. Try and eat as many “healthy” calories as possible. If you eat simple carbs (eg. White bread) you will receive a temporary spike but quickly get very hungry, and you don’t have a lot of calories to spare with this diet, so use them wisely.
Is the 2468 Diet dangerous?
No diet that advocates such extreme calorie deprivation can be considered safe.
What do I do when I finish it?
It is important to resume a normal, healthy diet. The biggest problem (besides the health effects) is that people often gain back the weight they shed. It is important to find the right balance in your lifestyle for you to maintain the weight you desire.
How can I track my progress?
You can track your actual calories consumed using a site or app like myfitnesspal.com. To keep track of your actual 2468 Diet, you can use the log sheet attached to this post.
2468 DIET TRACKER.pdf 110.52KB
Are there bad side effects?
YES! We don't know who originally came up with this diet and we are putting it here in its original form. However, the diet is extreme and can be dangerous. The calorie deprivation is too extreme, there is no focus on nutrition and as a result, comes with risks. Add to this that a diet such as this can foster or trigger your Eating Disorder. We strongly recommend that you look at less extreme alternatives, learn about healthy eating and moderate diets.
Why should I care about nutrition?
The 2468 diet is not nutritious and this is problematic. Sustained malnutrition will lead to fatigue, hair falling out and even organ failure.
.Five Bites DietThe diet has been described as 'mental gastric bypass surgery'. Obese people can get their stomachs stapled, so that they feel full on only a few bites of each meal. This diet therefore takes a fair bit of self control, the first 3 days were the hardest for me, it then got quite a bit easier.
The creator of the diet suggests 5 bites of each meal, but I have made it 3 bites, because this is closer to how much a gastric bypass patient can usually eat. Breakfast 3 bites of porridge (oatmeal) made with skimmed milk and 1 tsp sugar Lunch 3 bites of ham sandwich Dinner 3 bites of lasagne Its important that drinks are consumed that have no calories. Such as diet coke, water, herbal teas, tea or coffee. Master Cleanse FastRecipe #1 (single serving): - 2 Tbsp Lemon (approx ½ of a Lemon) - 2 Tbsp Genuine Organic Maple Syrup - 1/10 Tsp Cayenne pepper - Ten oz. glass of hot water (cold can be used if preferred) #2 (60 oz. daily serving): - 60 oz. water - 12 Tbsp organic Maple syrup (Grade B) - 12 Tbsp lemon juice - ½ Tsp Cayenne Pepper There are a couple important things to remember when using these recipes. For one, the lemon juice used must be fresh squeezed. This cannot be emphasized enough. It is necessary to use fresh produce. Canned juice won't work and will erase most of the benefits of using this diet. Also, the maple syrup must be organic, Grade B maple syrup, not the sugar filled syrup that is used at the breakfast table. Caroline Kettlewell Diet †Breakfast: ½ cup fat-free yogurt (100 cals) total: 100 calories, 0 gms fat Lunch: 1 clementine or 1 small orange ( 45 cals) total: 45 calories, 0 gms fat Dinner: 3 bites of dinner (approx. 100 cals) total: 100 calories, 2 gms fat total: 245 calories, 2 gms fat Vegan Model Diet †Breakfast: 1 slice reduced-calorie bread (45 cals) 1-2 cups black coffee, or with no-cal sweetener (0 cals) total: 45 calories, ½ gm fat Lunch: 1 medium-large apple (120 cals) total: 120 calories, ½ gm fat Dinner: 8 baby carrots (40 cals) total: 40 calories, 0 gms fat total: 200 calories, 1 gm fat Super Reduction Oatmeal Diet †Breakfast: One packet instant oatmeal, any flavor (120-160 cals) total: 120-160 calories, 2-4 gms fat Lunch: Diet soda (0 cals) total: 0 cals, 0 gms fat Dinner: Tea w/ no-cal sweetener (<5 cals) total: <5 calories, 0 gms fat total: 120-165 calories, 2-4 gms fat When I make the oatmeal I cook it with water and only use original, so that breakfast is only 98 calories,with milk and sugar it is 148 calories. The Negative Calorie Diet †
This is where you can eat any of the following safe foods. It says that the energy required to digest these foods is less than the energy that they contain. Fruits Apple- 1 fruit- 65 cals Apricot- 3 medium- 50 cals Blackberries- 1 cup- 75 cals Blueberries- 1 cup- 80 cals Cherries- 10 cherries- 50 cals Grapes- 10 grapes- 40 cals Grapefruit- 1/2 fruit- 45 cals Kiwi- 1 fruit- 45 cals Peach- 1 fruit- 35 cals Pinapple- 1 cup- 75 cals Plum- 1 medium- 35 cals Raspberries- 1 cup- 60 cals Strawberries- 1 cup- 45 cals Veggies Broccoli- 1 cup- 45 cals Cabbage- 1 cup- 15 cals Cauliflower- 1 cup- 30 cals Celery- 1 cup- 20 cals Cumcumber- 1 cup- 16 cals Lettuce- 1 cup- 5 cals Muchrooms- 1 cup- 20 cals Onion- 1 cup- 40 cals Radishes- 4 radishes- 5 cals Spinach- 1 cup- 10 cals |
The Russian Gymnast Diet †This is the diet of Olympic silver medalist Irina Tschachina ( 5"6 and weighs only 99lbs!) it was such a success for her now many other Russian Gymnasts are following this diet.
Breakfast: Glass of either orange or apple juice Lunch: Fruit Salad (made off kiwi fruit, orange, pineapple, and peeled apples) Glass of fruit juice (from one of the above fruits) Dinner: Glass of non carbonated water* Green apple Anyone on this diet for 5-7 days can loose between 4 lbs-11 lbs *non carbonated means non fizzy, so normal water. The Marya Hornbacher Diet †Breakfast: 1 grapefruit ( 100 cals) total: 100 calories, 0 gms fat Lunch: 2 fat-free pretzels from a bag ( 20 cals) 4 carrot sticks, ( 12 cals) 4 celery sticks ( 5 cals) 3 tsp mustard (5 cals) total: 42 calories, 0 gms fat Dinner: ½ cup fat-free, sugar-free yogurt ( 60cals) total: 60 calories, 0 gms fat total: 202 calories, 0 gms fat The Miss Hilton Diet † Breakfast (0 cals) Diet Coke (0 cals) Diet Pill (0 cals) Lunch (36 cals) Water (0 cals) 1/2 sliced apple (36 cals) Diet Pill (0 cals) Dinner (30 cals) Water/tea w/equal (0 cals) 3 oz. steamed vegetables (30 cals) Snack (15 cals) Sugar free gum (5 cals) 1/2 cup sugar free jello (10 cals)
The Miss Richie Diet † Breakfast (53 cals) Black Coffee/Diet Coke/Water (0 cals) 1/2 a grapefruit (53 cals) Lunch (48 cals) Diet Coke/Water (0 cals) 1 1/2 cup Salad w/o dressing (33 cals) Sugar Free Popsicle (15 cals) Dinner (92 cals): Water (0 cals) 2 oz. drained, light tuna canned in water (66 cals) 3 oz. green beans (26 cals) Snacks - whenever you want (20 cals): Sugar free popsicle (15 cals) Sugar free gum (5 cals)
The Ana Diet † Breakfast Coffee and one small vegetable Lunch Small apple/small vegetable Snacks Sugar free gum Evening meal Apple/raw carrot/lettuce Drink plenty of water to fill yourself up. Get in at least 30 mins of cardio a day. |