To begin with, it is worth noting that proper nutrition and diet are completely different concepts. If you can sit on one at least for the rest of your life, staying slim and healthy, then the second, if used improperly, will hit both your condition and your figure (due to the so-called supercompensation of weight, which inevitably occurs after each rapid weight loss). Every doctor will confirm that it is worthwhile to go on a diet only for medical reasons, such as before surgery or during treatment. If these arguments do not convince you and you really want to be the star of the New Year's celebration, read on.
The buckwheat diet for weight loss is one of the many mono-nutritional systems that do not require limiting the size of portions consumed, but provide for eating only one, maximum two meals. The effectiveness and safety of the method have not been clinically confirmed, so many nutritionists, doctors and athletes dispute its benefits for the body. However, the system also has enough fans. The diet works only because of the low calorie content of cereals. Some fans of the diet even claim that if you dilute buckwheat with kefir, you can safely refuse other products.
Power supply scheme
The essence of such a diet is extremely simple: for one or two weeks, but no more, for all meals, including snacks - a specially prepared mass of buckwheat. The beans should be washed thoroughly and "steamed", ie poured with boiling water and left for five to six hours. As a rule, buckwheat is prepared in the evening. The resulting mass is consumed in small portions in about five or six doses. 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 one buckwheat for a whole week, from the second, experts strongly recommend diluting the meager menu with other products. It is already dangerous to continue such a diet for more than fourteen days, it is better to just switch to proper nutrition and try to maintain the result.
The severe version of the diet involves eating buckwheat exclusively with kefir or separately. But there is also a sparing regime that allows you to consume some vegetables, fruits and milk. Such a diet is definitely healthier and more complete. Buckwheat diet for weight loss for 7 days looks like this:
Monday
kefir, 100 grams of buckwheat (steamed mass), cucumber;
carrots;
200 grams of buckwheat, 200 grams of vegetable salad with a spoonful of olive oil;
kefir;
kefir, 100 grams of buckwheat, 100 grams of stewed vegetables.
Tuesday
120 grams of buckwheat, green tea;
kefir, apple or orange;
100 grams of stewed 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;
carrots;
low-fat cheese - 25 grams, buckwheat with vegetable stew - 200 grams;
kefir;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Thursday
140 grams of buckwheat, boiled chicken egg;
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
cereal bread - 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 egg;
fruits;
100 grams of fresh vegetable salad, 120 grams of buckwheat, 100 grams of stewed 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 stewed chicken fillet, fresh cucumber, 120 grams of buckwheat;
kefir and buckwheat (about 150 grams).
Advantages and disadvantages
With the addition of other products, fresh food with one product becomes more or less correct. One of the advantages of the method is quite fast weight loss due to the low calorie content of cereals and relatively low health risk compared to other monodiet. Buckwheat is still good for hair and nails, and is also full of nutrients and fiber that help cleanse the intestines. Theoretically, there will be no physiological feeling of hunger, as the volume of buckwheat is unlimited. What can not be said about the psychological desire for something sweet, salty or even at least some other product. In the end, it only seems at first glance that 14 days is a small interval. When you allow yourself to eat a single product, time stretches endlessly! Plus one point: if your body has a muscular corset that you don’t want to lose, you shouldn’t resort to the buckwheat method, as the menu doesn’t provide the right amount of protein to "feed the muscles, " which means it can just"burn" and significantly reduce its volume.
Who should not try
The buckwheat diet is definitely not suitable for pregnant women, lactating women, minors, and adults who have problems with the stomach, intestines or nervous system. Diagnoses of diabetes and hypertension are also included in the list of contraindications for this method of weight loss. Among the side effects that the experimenter may experience, the most common are headache, weakness, distraction and reduced performance. The reason for this is the lack of glucose and a number of substances necessary for the body due to improper nutrition.
It is worth leaving the diet very carefully, remembering that if you abruptly return to the previous diet, there will inevitably be supercompensation and the lost inches will return, taking a few more with you. So we return smoothly to the usual menu, gradually introducing new dishes, steamed and baked, as well as foods rich in protein. We remember sweet, fried, canned, starchy foods and other foods only on holidays.
Again, eating one food for a long time and avoiding different foods deprives the body of many of the nutrients it needs to function properly. Before reducing your menu to buckwheat and kefir, it is better to discuss the experiment with your doctor.
An alternative to the buckwheat diet
Buckwheat diet is not magic, suddenly get rid of unnecessary volumes, it is quite a strict restriction of food. And the secret is simple: if an ordinary person has to eat at least 1800 kcal a day, a diet of 1500 kcal, which is obtained on average using only stewed buckwheat and kefir, will force the body to spend its reserves in the form of body fat. But you can create such a calorie deficit not only with buckwheat, but also with other, different products!
It turns out that you do not need to bother with a single product when you can eat deliciously and lose weight at the same time. After all, every monodiet is full of breakdowns (in simple words - "gourmands") and, obviously, you will definitely stop loving buckwheat after such an experiment. Finally - a few reviews of the buckwheat diet from women who have tried the method onmyself:
- "With the help of this diet I lost 8 kg in 10 days! I was pleased. I felt great all day. There was no weakness, bowel function returned to normal. Self-confidence emerged. It turns out that I'm not as weak-willed as I thought. "
- "Not only did I lose 6 kg in a week, my skin also cleared up a bit because buckwheat still helps remove toxins from the body. The only thing if someone wants to lose weight with this diet can not as soon as the diet is over, eat everything you see, but you need to gradually introduce the products.
- "The secret of the diet is that you do not feel hungry: just think of buckwheat - you immediately start to feel sick. At first I ate normally, but half as much as I should, because it is impossible. but not buckwheat. I sat down and drank water.
- "Starting a diet, I was sure I could handle it and two weeks would go unnoticed. But how wrong I was! It's just impossible to work sitting on buckwheat alone: you always want to sleep and be sad, so on the third day you had toto add fruits, vegetables and chicken It became much easier and the weight started to go away quite quickly. Now I'm getting acquainted with PP because I want to lose weight without falling asleep at work. "
- "If you are persistent, the diet will manifest itself in the best possible way. It was very difficult to cook for all the other family members, they wanted normal food. I don't have three kilograms, I'm glad, but now I'm joining again. buckwheat. "