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3 Hour Diet
Jorge Cruise is famous for his “8 minutes” series. A renowned fitness trainer, Cruise has capitalized on the popularity of short workout routines. The 3-Hour diet is a logical extension to his fitness routines, bringing in a diet regime to suit the average consumer. Note: Sometimes the author has been erroneously called George Cruise.
Eat Every 3 Hours
The 3 Hour diet is all about meal frequency. By eating every 3 hours, blood sugar levels will be more consistent and the bodies metabolism will remain in a heightened state.
For most people this will equate to about 5 meals per day – breakfast, lunch, and dinner – with two snacks in between. The 3-Hour diet addresses processed and fast foods – and much of the sales pitch of the book is about being able to lose weight and still eat some “junk” foods.
Food groups should always be combined – i.e. protein should be eaten with carbohydrates and fat (and fruit and vegetables where possible). Cruise recommends drinking 8 glasses of water per day.
3 Hour Diet Plan
| Breakfast McDonalds Egg McMuffin, 1% milk & apple Lunch Dinner Treat Sample Snacks – Pria Double Choc bar and Nabisco 100 calorie Oreo cookie snack Freebies – 1 diet coke, 1 coffee, 1 non dairy creamer |
Another example
For breakfast, a ham and cheese omelet, bread and lots of fruit.
Three hours later, a Pria bar. Three hours later, a lunch of beef enchilada, rice and a salad with regular dressing. Three hours later, a snack like fruit or a few cookies. Three hours later, dinner; salmon, rice, veggies, and three hours later, dessert, like chocolate mousse.
Diet, Exercise, and Eat Often
The principles of correct nutrition, appropriate exercise, and frequent eating are an effective strategy for losing weight. However the 3-Hour diet tries to be too popular at times. The book describes a method to pick appropriate portion sizes – rather then rigidly counting calories – but later goes on to restrict portion sizes to certain calories!
The by-line of the book also criticizes low-carb diets claiming that they do not work. This is a cheap shot as low-carb diets do work for some people (particularly those who are carbohydrate sensitive).
The 3-Hour Diet will be useful to many who are just beginning the journey of understanding nutrition and weight management – but it is only a beginning.
Many feel that the inclusion of so many processed foods is a sell-out – as healthy nutrition often includes only the most un-processed foods. Weight loss and nutrition are two separate but related issues. Fast food should always be a last-resort food – not a daily staple.
However for many people a diet like this is far more approachable than one that suddenly restricts food or calls for dramatic changes.
Program Costs
The 3 Day Diet retails for 24.95.
3 Hours to a Better Body?
The author makes some outrageous claims – such as “burn 2 pounds of fat per week, with belly fat first”. Such a comment is completely false, as it is not possible to spot reduce body fat – it will burn off from all over the body, and is different for each person. Also, as is most weight loss diets, the body will eventually plateau – and many diets such as the 3-Hour diet seem to conveniently ignore this pattern.
The Three Hour Diet will be popular, but in the end offers very little in new science or nutrition.
See Also
The 3 Hour Diet – How Low Carb Diets Make you Fat and Timing Makes You Thin by Jorge Cruise.
I have tried this diet before and losed and am going back to it for life I hope
I ve been on a similar diet for this past 2 years and I lost 24 kg in the first 8 months, but I dont eat JUNK FOOD, and I dont think that when eating junk food one can loose weight.
So just a small Advise Eat healty and equally (protein and carbs) every 3 hours and when you want to have a treat eat a protein bar, I suggest oh yeah bar
am excited about the 3 hour diet i have battled being over weight since my accident and surgerys rhat have limmitted my ablity to do excerise so today starts my first day after reading the book
YOU KEEP SAYING MCDONALDS WELL GUESS WHAT I DID THIS PLAN AND ATE MCDONALDS 1 A WEEK FOR MY FREE DAY AND LOST 23LBS 2 AND 1/2 MONTHS SO THIS DOES WORK JUST CAUSE U WANT US TO SWITCH TO THE EAT CLEAN DIET PLS. IF ANYONE BELIEVES THIS DONT WORK THINK AGAIN. THANKS FOR THE MEXCIAN….
I want to try this! I weigh 134 and I want to weigh 118. Does any know how much exercising I have to do every day to reach my goal? And will it take a long time to lose the weight? I’d really appreciate the help.
Finally! a diet that works and your not hungry all the time.I never thought i could eat just one sm candy-but i can.I have tryed all kinds of diets and this shouldn’t even be called a diet because you eat what you want & lose the weight without spending alot of money.I lost 5 lbs the first week & 3 the second week & 2 lbs there after-total lost 16lbs-i’m 144 lbs – 5’7- try it you’ll like it! good luck
this diet seems realy cool an i plan on tryn it but i got one question if you eat breakfast at 7am tht make dinner at 7pm and dessert/treat/last snack is 3 hours later thats 10 pm. then ur posed to wait 3 mor hours to go to sleep that make it 1am the next day. so i just wana kno if i got tht all straight and if i do and i get up at 6:30 am then thts only 5 an a half hours of sleep is that healthy? im not tryn to bash this diet i think its rly cool i just would lk to kno these few questions. thanks for any help!
I did this diet over 5 years ago and lost 2 pounds a week and lost 22 pounds. I haven’t put but a couple pounds back on, then I return faithfully to the diet and it drops off. Great diet, I like that I can have my diet and eat chocolate too, lots of fruit etc….
Who ever criticizes this diet has not done it yet! go ahead and try it out it is very, very effective. I am 46 and I have a complete hysterectomy, so you can imagine that my metabolisms is as if i had 80. Still, this is the only diet that has worked, It has taken my belly fat off and gives me the satisfaction to be able to enjoy eating things that i like in small portions but scheduling throughout the day ….
well? yeah the mcdonalds thingy makes u doubtful……. but a person with common would know it includes eating healthy food in healthy portions n of course exercise…… this is actually workable
I am going to try it. It makes good sense. I am a grazer and eating every 3hrs will be good for me. I work a very uneven schedule and if I can set an alarm and have the right foods handy it will be great. If you eat often, you should be satisfied as most people snack on unhealthy foods because they are naturally hungry about every 3 hours so why not have some sort of healthy and knowledgeable plan in place to help? I am not close to fast food and not a great fan of it in any case. So it’s just a matter of having the right foods on hand and a timer. How complicated is that. Also this is not one of those diets that just assume you live in California where you have access to so many different foods you don’t have in the mid-west in small out of the way towns. This is so doable..and that works for me.
Also, let’s try not calling people names..it’s not nice and only reflects poorly on the name caller..
For myself, I am looking forward to a healthier me. Good luck everyone, no matter what you decide.
I think that 3 hours diet is Amazing
At “jorge is a dumb mexican”, firstly the name you put sounds like your racist…so of course your not going to attempt the diet or research the science behind it. You’re allowing your ignorance to prevent you from researching online. Secondly, Kyle is right. Look up your info 1st then cry later.
Also look up foods you can’t eat together.. such as bacon and eggs, steak and mashed potatoes.. fruit can only be eaten alone.. because our bodies require certain chemicals for each food and with these combinations where it can’t produce both chemicals food doesn’t get broken down! So what does that tell you?? I had to do all this research after finding out my intestins were clogged! (Which helped clear my skin too!)
just do your research.. you can literally google any question you have and find the answer.
I lost weight by eating mcdonalds.. get your burgers protein style! I did the new york body diet.. don’t exceed 1200 calories a day and no bread, no dairy (which I cheated here and there a little with cheesee), no alcohol, and no sweets. Everything else you can eat! The more you portion the more you have a variety to eat. Didn’t have much to lose.. but getting back into modeling so I did this diet that heidi klum did and lost 10 pounds the first week which was including the safe natural and very effective cleanse I did first! Which helped my metabolism since ill go a week without going number 2 without it.. but yes, it works!
look it up!
i think this diet is really dumb sounding because if it is called a 3 hr diet and the first word of the diet plan is mcdonalds theres definitely something wrong there. i think this jorge guy doesn’t know what hes talking about and who ever tries this diet is retarded.
wow all you guys should get your facts straight about mcds… and regular mcmuffin minus the cheese only has 6 grams of fat and 300 calories, how is that so bad. and 12 mms really is not going to hurt u its just there so you dont get bored with your food. also sodium content should be a problem unless you dont drink enough water…..