Fasting days are very popular (especially water days) because they allow you to rid your body of waste and toxins, which means following a strictly prescribed pattern of nutrition.The "favorite" diet is based on the principles of these days, strict compliance with all the rules will allow you to lose approximately 1 kilogram per day.
What is the nature of diet?
A "favorite" diet is a 7, 12 or 14 day fast, during which you eat a limited amount of the same type of food on a strictly prescribed schedule.It is recommended to rule out anything serious during the examination and not to leave home for long periods of time, as eating and drinking most days can cause increased intestinal motility and increase the pressure on the kidneys.
On the one hand, this result is due to a serious lack of calories in the dietary menu.On the other hand, completely changing your diet every day can promote weight loss—the body doesn't have time to adapt energy expenditure to one restriction before another restriction immediately sets in.
A "favorite" diet is stressful for the body because not only does it have to function in a severely resource-limited mode, but it also has to readjust daily to accommodate new nutrient types.It is this that triggers the weight loss effect.
7-Day “Favorite” Meal Plan
If you choose your favorite 7-day diet, the classic and gentler version, follow this nutritional plan:
Days 1, 3 and 6 - Liquids or Beverages
Hunger can only be satisfied by liquid food, but the amount is not limited.No restrictions apply primarily to purified water, tea without sweeteners and low-fat kefir.You can also use broth without salt and spices, as well as freshly squeezed fruit, fruit and vegetable juices.Vegetables should be given priority, and the recommended daily intake should be limited to two cups.
Day Two – Vegetables
Various vegetables (except potatoes), especially green vegetables - various cabbages, zucchini, cucumbers, radishes and turnips, but also eggplants and tomatoes.Vegetables can be steamed, boiled, or roasted, but not fried.
You can eat fresh green salads seasoned with lemon juice or 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 is allowed.
You can eat a total of 1.5-2 kilograms of vegetables every day, divided into 5 portions.You will also need to drink 1.5 liters of clean, still water.
Day 4 - Fruity
Your daily diet is 3kg of any fruit except high calorie bananas and grapes.Favorites are fat-burning pineapple, pectin-rich apples and the best fruit for weight loss – grapefruit.
Try to eat fruits that are in season rather than fruits brought from other countries.Monitor your body's reaction - if you feel unwell, for example, with bitter grapefruit, choose a different fruit.Remember your drinking habits.
Day 5 - Protein
You'll finally feel full!Try not to binge on food, but rather eat slowly, in small portions, but often - 6-7 times a day.You can enjoy dishes such as skinless and fat-free chicken tenders, fish and seafood, eggs (preferably only egg whites), and low-fat cheese.No sauces, seasonings, salt.Water, as before - 1.5 liters per day.
Day 7 - Finals
Eat in moderation and right, eating all the foods you eat in your "favorite" meals on different days.Still without salt and fat sauce, steam, roast, oven cook.An example menu is:
- Morning:2 eggs.
- snack:Low-fat kefir or yogurt or cottage cheese.
- daytime:Low-fat vegetable chicken soup.
- snack:A few apples.
- night:Green salad.
Do not forget that you need to drink one and a half liters of water during the day.
You can practice the diet every 2-3 months.You can also choose other diets for 7 days.
12 Days of “Favorite” Diets
Initially, the "Favorites" diet was designed to last a week, but more options were quickly added.So if 7 days isn’t enough for you, try a similar diet for 12 days.Internet "nutritionists" suggest two options for continuing:
First option:
- Day 7- Instead of getting off the diet like a weekly plan, drastically reduce your mineral water intake.
- Day 8— Vegetables (you can eat vegetables in any form, as mentioned in the seven-day dietary recommendations above).
- Day 9- Kefir.You can drink unlimited amounts, but only low-fat.
- Day 10- protein.Follow all the recommendations for your fifth protein day.
- Day 11-Drink only green tea.
- Day 12- Exit the diet, similar to the last day in the seven-day version.At the same time, it is worth replenishing the body's vitamin balance with fruits.
Second option:
The second option is to break the entire 12-day period into four three-day periods of a single diet:
- Three days of kefir.Any amount of low-fat kefir.
- Three Apple Days.Any apple in any quantity, raw and/or baked.
- Three protein days.Chicken tenders prepared using a salt- and spice-free diet.careful!This is a very large burden on the kidneys.You can and should drink water.
- Three wine and cheese days.150ml of wine and 30g of cheese with each meal.The amount of these snacks is limited only by your tolerance for alcohol.Apparently, after losing so much weight over the past nine days, another three days could only be tolerated in a permanently intoxicated state.
Non-drinkers can substitute grape juice or pomegranate juice for wine.It is recommended only if the acidity of the gastric juice does not increase.
14 Days of “Favorite” Diet
The Favorite Two-Week Diet doesn't offer anything particularly paleo like a wine day (or wine diet).These are just two of the seven-day diets described in succession above.Due to the specific duration of the dietary restrictions, it is worth extending the number of drinking days, including preserves, fruit drinks, jellies and smoothies with fruit, but without sugar.
On drinking days, some people also drink coffee (no more than one cup a day without added sugar), fruit and vegetable smoothies, and so-called green cocktails, which are made with lots of vegetables, water, and a fruit or two.There are options for a protein day where you only eat chicken breast.Some suggestions don’t exclude potatoes from vegetable day.
Therefore, you can adapt your "favorite" diet to suit you and make it a little gentler over the course of 14 days.
general advice
Whether your meal plan is 7 days, 12 days, or 14 days, here are some tips:
- Don't try to combine your favorite diet with high-intensity training.Her diet is very poor and does not provide your body with the energy it needs to fully train.Therefore, the effectiveness of fitness will be minimal and the possibility of injury will be greatly increased.Rest.
- It's important to drink enough water in your diet, but it's just as important to drink it right.You should not drink water during or immediately after meals, since in this case it will dilute the gastric juices, causing an interruption in the digestive process.Drink it half an hour before meals and not within one hour after meals.Try drinking small amounts (up to 50ml) throughout the day.
- To make the effects of the "Favorite" diet last long-term, continue eating the same way you did on day seven of the plan for one week.Try to maintain healthy eating habits such as cooking, baking, and steaming, limit salt and sugar, and eat in moderation.
'Favorite' Diet: Results
Advocates of the "Favorite" diet talk about truly unique results: weight loss from 5 to 10 kilograms in 14 days.In some cases, with the help of this diet, they lost 14-16 kg in two weeks.
But you should understand that not all of this is excess fat.A large part of such rapid weight loss is loss of fluid and muscle mass.Furthermore, impressive results can only be achieved if you have a sizeable surplus.
If you weigh 65 kg, don't expect to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks; most likely, you'll lose 2-4 kg:
dietary taboos
Dietary taboos are diseases of the excretory system, gastrointestinal tract, metabolic disorders, mental disorders and other diseases.You'd be better off looking for less extreme ways to lose weight if your medical history includes:
- any kidney or liver disease;
- Gastritis and colitis;
- cardiovascular system dysfunction;
- Abnormal eating behavior;
- Easily prone to emotional overeating.
In addition, "favorite" diets cannot be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and are best discontinued after illness or during periods of increased physical activity.In the next article we will discuss the rules for observing fasting days during pregnancy.
The "favorite" diet is quite restrictive, so if you have no contraindications, be prepared for a strict diet.At the same time, it is an excellent option for "reorganizing" the body, clearing out toxic substances and getting rid of excess pounds.