First of all, it is worth noting that proper nutrition and diet are completely different concepts. If you are able to sit on one of them for at least your entire life, stay slim and healthy, the second misuse will also affect your condition and shape (because of the so-called weight compensation, which inevitably results in weight loss after each seizure). Any doctor will confirm that you should only diet for medical reasons, such as before surgery or during treatment. If those arguments aren’t convincing and you really want to be a New Year celebration star, read on.
A dieting buckwheat diet is one of many mono-food systems that does not require a limit on the size of portions consumed, but requires the consumption of only one, up to two foods. The effectiveness and safety of the method have not been clinically confirmed, so many nutritionists, doctors and athletes dispute its benefits to the body. However, the system also has quite a few fans. The diet works exclusively because of the low calorie content of cereals. Some diet fans even argue that if you dilute buckwheat with kefir, you can safely refuse other products.
Power scheme
The essence of such a diet is extremely simple: for a week or two, but no longer, for all meals, including snacks - a specially prepared buckwheat paste. The grits must be washed thoroughly and "steamed", ie poured over boiling water and left to stand for five to six hours. Buckwheat is usually made in the evening. The resulting mass is consumed in small portions of about five to six portions. It is impossible to cook, add sugar, salt and other flavor enhancers. But water and green tea - in unlimited quantities, as well as low-fat kefir, but not more than a liter per day.
If you manage to eat a buckwheat for a full week, from the second onwards, experts strongly recommend diluting the cramped menu with other products. It is already dangerous to continue such a diet for more than fourteen days, it is better to simply switch to proper nutrition and try to maintain the result.
The severe version of the diet prescribes the consumption of buckwheat only with kefir or separately. But there is also a gentle cure that allows you to consume some vegetables, fruits and milk. Such a diet is definitely healthier and fuller. The buckwheat diet for weight loss for 7 days looks like this:
Monday
kefir, 100 grams of buckwheat (steamed), cucumber;
carrot;
200 grams of buckwheat, 200 grams of vegetable salad with a spoon of olive oil;
kefir;
kefir, 100 grams of buckwheat, 100 grams of steamed vegetables.
Tuesday
120 grams of buckwheat, green tea;
kefir, apple or orange;
100 grams of steamed chicken breast, 130 grams of buckwheat, 50 grams of fresh vegetables;
kefir;
150 grams of buckwheat, kefir.
Wednesday
140 grams of buckwheat, natural yogurt without sweeteners;
carrot;
low-fat cheese - 25 grams, buckwheat vegetable stew - 200 grams;
kefir;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Thursday
140 grams of buckwheat, boiled chicken eggs;
Apple;
low-fat cottage cheese up to 5% - 120 grams, 100 grams of fresh vegetable salad, 120 grams of buckwheat;
kefir;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Friday
bread with cereals - 1 slice, 180 grams of buckwheat;
1 boiled beet;
100 grams of chicken fillet and 150 grams of buckwheat;
kefir;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Saturday
120 grams of cottage cheese, 120 grams of buckwheat, boiled eggs;
fruit;
100 grams of fresh vegetable salad, 120 grams of buckwheat, 100 grams of steamed fish fillet;
kefir;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Sunday
120 grams of natural yogurt without sweeteners, 150 grams of buckwheat;
kefir;
80 grams of steamed chicken fillet, fresh cucumber, 120 grams of buckwheat;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Advantages and disadvantages
By adding other products, fresh food becomes more or less compatible with one product. The advantages of this method include the relatively fast weight loss per kilogram due to the low caloric content of cereals and the relatively low health risk compared to other mono-diets. Buckwheat continues to be good for hair and nails, and is full of nutrients and fiber to help cleanse the intestines. Theoretically, there will be no physiological hunger because the amount of buckwheat is unlimited. What not to say about the psychological desire for a sweet, salty, or at least some other product. After all, it seems at first glance that 14 days is a small interval. If you can afford to eat a single product, time goes on indefinitely! Plus one point: if you have a muscle splint in your body that you don’t want to lose, don’t resort to the buckwheat method because the menu doesn’t provide enough protein to "nourish the muscles, " meaning it can simply "burn out" and the volume can drop significantly.
Don't try
The buckwheat diet is definitely not suitable for women who are breastfeeding, minors, and adults who have stomach, intestinal, or nervous system problems. The diagnosis of diabetes and high blood pressure is also on the list of contraindications to the weight loss method. The most common side effects experienced by the experimenter are headache, body weakness, distraction, and decreased performance. This is due to a lack of glucose and many of the substances needed by the body due to malnutrition.
It is worth leaving the diet very carefully, remembering that a sharp return to the previous diet will inevitably result in supercompensation, and the lost centimeters will return and take a few more with them. Therefore, we are returning smoothly to our usual menu, gradually introducing new steamed and oven-baked foods as well as protein-rich foods. We only remember sweet, fried, canned, starchy and other foods on holidays.
Again, consuming a food for extended periods of time and avoiding different foods deprives the body of the nutrients it needs to function properly. Before reducing the menu to buckwheat and kefir, it is better to discuss the experiment with your doctor.
An alternative to the buckwheat diet
The buckwheat diet is not magic, it suddenly gets rid of excess amounts, it is a fairly strict dietary restriction. And the secret is simple: if an ordinary person needs to eat at least 1, 800 kcal a day, a 1, 500 kcal diet, which is achieved using only steamed buckwheat and kefir on average, forces the body to reserve its body fat. But such a calorie deficit can be produced not only with buckwheat but also with various other products!
It turns out that there is no need to torture yourself with a single product if you can eat deliciously and lose weight at the same time. After all, every monodiet is full of failures (in simple words - "gluttony"), and obviously after such an attempt it will surely stop its love of buckwheat. And finally - some opinions on the buckwheat diet from women who have experienced the method for themselves:
- "I lost 8 kg in 10 days with this diet! I was satisfied. I felt great all day. There was no weakness, bowel function returned to normal. Self-confidence appeared. It turned out not to be as weak as I thought. "
- "Not only did I lose 6kg in a week, my skin also cleared up a bit because buckwheat still helps remove toxins from the body. The only thing anyone wants to lose weight with this diet is it can't be after the diet. take everything you see right away, but you need to introduce the products gradually.
- "The secret of the diet is that you don't feel hungry: just think of buckwheat - you'll be sick right away. At first I ate normally, but half as much as I should, because it's impossible. But not buckwheat. I sat and drank water.
- "Starting my diet, I was sure I could stand it and the two weeks would go unnoticed. But how much I was wrong! It got a lot easier and the weight started to lose weight pretty quickly. Now I'm familiar with PP because I want to lose weight without falling asleep at work. "
- "If you persevere, the diet will show itself as well as possible. It was very hard to cook for the other family members, they wanted normal food. Three pounds are gone, I'm glad, but now I'm turning buckwheat back on. "