Fasting days are very popular (especially days on the water), because they allow you to cleanse the body of waste and toxins, and involve eating according to a strictly established pattern.The "favorite" diet is based on the principles of such days, and strict adherence to all the rules will allow you to lose about 1 kg per day.
What is the essence of the diet?
The "favorite" diet is 7, 12 or 14 days of fasting, during which it is allowed to consume limited amounts of the same type of food according to a strictly regulated scheme.During the test, it is advisable to free yourself from any serious issues and not to be away from home for a long time, since the diet on most days causes increased intestinal motility and puts increased stress on the kidneys.
On the one hand, the result is explained by a significant lack of calories in the diet menu.On the other hand, weight loss is facilitated by a complete daily change of diet - the body does not have time to adjust energy consumption to one restriction, the other immediately kicks in.
The "Favorite" diet is stressful for the body, because it not only has to work in a mode of severe resource limitation, but also has to adapt to a new type of nutrition every day.Due to this, the effect of weight loss occurs.
"Favorite" diet plan for 7 days
If you have chosen the favorite 7-day diet, that is, the classic and soft version, follow the following nutrition chart:
1st, 3rd and 6th days - liquid or drinks
Hunger can be satisfied only with liquid food, but in any quantity.The lack of restrictions applies primarily to still water, unsweetened tea and low-fat kefir.You can use broth without salt and spices, as well as freshly squeezed fruit, fruit and vegetable juices.Vegetables should be preferred and it is advisable to limit their daily intake to two glasses.
Day 2 - vegetables
You can also do all kinds of vegetables (except potatoes), especially green ones - all kinds of cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, radishes and radishes, eggplants and tomatoes.Vegetables can be steamed, boiled, baked, but do not fry.
You can eat salads made from fresh vegetables, seasoned with lemon juice and even vegetable oil (up to 2 tablespoons per day).All dishes are allowed to be flavored with a certain amount of natural spices, but no salt should be added.
In general, it is allowed to eat 1.5-2 kg of vegetables per day, dividing them into 5 portions.Also, you need to drink 1.5 liters of pure still water.
4th day - fruity
Your daily diet is 3 kilograms of any fruit, except for high-calorie bananas and grapes.Favorites are fat-burning pineapple, pectin-rich apples, and grapefruit, the best fruit for weight loss.
Try to eat fruits that are in season, not imported fruits.Watch your body's reaction - if you feel bad, for example, choose a fruit other than bitter grapefruit.Remember the drinking regime.
5th day - protein
You will finally feel complete!Try not to rush into food, but eat slowly, in small portions, but often - 6-7 times a day.You can enjoy chicken fillet without skin and fat, sea fish and seafood, you can eat eggs (preferably only white), low-fat cottage cheese.No sauces, spices, salt.Water, as before - 1.5 liters per day.
Day 7 - the final
Eat moderately and properly, eat all the foods you eat in your "Favorite" diet on different days.Still without salt and fat sauces, it is cooked in steam, on the grill, in the oven.An example menu is:
- In the morning:2 eggs.
- Snack:low-fat kefir or yogurt, cottage cheese.
- During the day:low-fat chicken soup with vegetables.
- Snack:a pair of apples.
- In the evening:vegetable salad.
Do not forget about one and a half liters of water that you should drink during the day.
You can apply the diet no more than once every 2-3 months.You can also choose other diets for 7 days.
"Favorite" diet for 12 days
Initially, the "Favorite" diet was intended for one week, but was quickly supplemented with expanded options.So, if 7 days is not enough for you, try the 12-day analogue of this diet.Network "food experts" offered two options to proceed:
First choice:
- 7th day- hard discharge in mineral water, not a way out of the diet as in the weekly scheme.
- Day 8— vegetables (you can eat vegetables in any form as described above in the recommendations for the seven-day diet).
- 9th day- kefir.You can drink it in unlimited quantities, but low-fat.
- 10th day- protein.Follow all the recommendations of the 5th protein day.
- Day 11- only in green tea.
- 12th day- leaving the diet similar to the last day in the seven-day version.At the same time, it is worth replenishing the vitamin balance of the body with fruits.
Second option:
The second option involves dividing the entire 12-day cycle into four three-day mono-diets:
- Three kefir days.Any amount of low-fat kefir.
- Three apple days.Any apple and any quantity, raw and/or cooked.
- Three protein days.Chicken fillet is prepared with dietary methods without salt and spices.Carefully!This is a huge burden on the kidneys.You can and should drink water.
- Three days of wine and cheese.Each meal includes 150 ml of wine and 30 g of cheese.The number of such snacks is limited only by your alcohol tolerance.Apparently, after such a heavy weight loss during the previous nine days, it is possible to endure three more only in a state of permanent intoxication.
Non-drinkers can substitute grape or pomegranate juice for wine.It is recommended only if the acidity of gastric juice is not increased.
"Favorite" diet for 14 days
The favorite 2-week diet does not offer a particularly original diet like the wine days (or the wine diet).These are simply the two seven-day diets described above consecutively.Due to the special period of dietary restrictions, it is worth extending the drinking days with compotes, fruit drinks, jelly and milk shakes with fruit, but without sugar.
On drinking days, some also drink coffee made with lots of greens, water and a fruit or two (no more than one cup a day without sugar), fruit and vegetable smoothies, and green smoothies.Only chicken breast has options for protein days.Some recommendations do not exclude potatoes on vegetable day.
So you can adapt your "Favorite" diet for 14 days and make it a little softer.
General recommendations
Regardless of your meal plan - 7, 12 or 14 days - listen to the following recommendations:
- Do not try to combine your favorite diet with intense exercise.Its very meager diet will not provide your body with the energy it needs for a full workout.Therefore, the effectiveness of fitness will be extremely low, but the probability of injury will increase significantly.Just relax.
- Drinking enough water in your diet is very important, but drinking it right is just as important.You should not drink water during or immediately after a meal, because in this case it dilutes the gastric juice, which leads to a violation of the digestive process.Drink half an hour before a meal and no later than an hour.Try to drink small doses (up to 50 ml) during the day.
- In order for the results of the "favorite" diet to last for a long time, eat similarly to the seventh day of the scheme for another week.Try to maintain healthy eating habits such as cooking, baking and steaming, limiting salt and sugar and eating in moderation.
"Favorite" diet: results
Proponents of the "favorite" diet talk about truly unique results: between 5 and 10 kg in 14 days.There were cases when with the help of this diet they lost 14-16 kg in two weeks.
But you have to understand that not all of them are excess fat.With such rapid weight loss, a large part of the weight loss is fluid and muscle mass.Moreover, effective results are possible only with effective excesses.
If you weigh 65 kg, don't expect to lose ten pounds in 2 weeks;you will most likely get rid of 2-4 kg:
Diet contraindications
Contraindications to the diet are diseases of the excretory system, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, metabolic disorders, mental disorders, etc.If you have the following in your medical record, it's best to look for a less extreme way to lose weight:
- any kidney and liver diseases;
- gastritis and colitis;
- dysfunction of the cardiovascular system;
- eating disorder;
- prone to emotional overeating.
Also, the "Favorite" diet cannot be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and it is better to refuse it after an illness or during periods of increased physical activity.In the next article, we will talk about the rules for observing fasting days during pregnancy.
The "favorite" diet is quite strict, so if you have no contraindications, prepare yourself psychologically for a strict diet.At the same time, it is an excellent option for giving the body a "shock", cleaning it of toxic substances and getting rid of excess weight.