To begin with, it should be noted that proper nutrition and diet are completely different concepts. If you can sit on one at least all your life, stay slim and healthy, then the second, if used incorrectly, will adversely affect your condition and figure (due to the so-called weight supercompensation, which inevitably occurs after weight loss). Any doctor will confirm that it is worth switching to a diet only for medical reasons, for example, before surgery or during treatment. If these arguments don't convince you and you really want to be the star of the New Year's celebrations, read on.
Buckwheat diet for weight loss is one of many single-food systems that do not require restrictions on the size of the consumed portion, but provide for eating only one, a maximum of two dishes. The effectiveness and safety of this method has not been clinically confirmed, so many nutritionists, doctors, and athletes dispute its benefits for the body. However, this system also has quite a number of fans. This diet works solely because of the low calorie content of cereals. Some dieters even argue that if you dilute buckwheat with kefir, you can safely refuse other products.
Power scheme
The essence of such a diet is very simple: for a week or two, but not longer, for all meals, including snacks, - specially prepared buckwheat mass. Groats should be thoroughly washed and "steamed", that is, poured with boiling water and left for five to six hours. Usually, 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 kefir with a low fat percentage, 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 menu a little with other products. It is already dangerous to continue such a diet for more than fourteen days, it is better to turn to proper nutrition and try to maintain the result.
Severe versions of the diet provide for eating buckwheat exclusively with kefir or separately. But there are also frugal rules that allow you to eat some vegetables, fruits, and dairy. 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 (mass - steamed), cucumbers;
carrot;
200 grams of buckwheat, 200 grams of vegetable salad with a spoonful 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, unsweetened natural yogurt;
carrot;
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 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 egg;
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 unsweetened natural yogurt, 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 another product, fresh food with one product turns out to be more or less true. One of the advantages of this method is a fairly rapid loss of kilograms due to the low calorie content of cereals and relatively low health risks compared to other mono-diets. Buckwheat is still good for hair and nails, and is also full of nutrients and fiber, which help cleanse the intestines. Theoretically, there will be no physiological hunger, because the volume of buckwheat is not limited. What can not be said about the psychological craving for something sweet, salty or even at least some other product. After all, only at first glance it seems that 14 days is a small interval. When you allow yourself to eat one product, time stretches non-stop! Plus one point: if your body has a muscle corset that you don't want to lose, you should not use the buckwheat method, because the menu does not provide the right amount of protein to "feed the muscles", which means they can easily "burn" and volumesignificantly reduced.
Who should not try?
The buckwheat diet is clearly not suitable for women in position, during lactation, minors, as well as adults who have problems with the stomach, intestines or nervous system. Diagnoses of diabetes and hypertension are also included in the list of contraindications to this method of weight loss. Of the side effects that researchers may experience, the most common are headaches, body weakness, disturbances and decreased performance. The reason for this is the lack of glucose and a number of substances that the body needs due to poor nutrition.
It is necessary to leave the diet very carefully, remembering that with a sharp return to the previous diet, supercompensation will inevitably occur, and the lost centimeters will return, taking with them some more. Therefore, we return to the regular menu smoothly, gradually introducing new steamed and oven-cooked dishes, as well as protein-rich foods. We remember sweet, fried, canned, starchy and other foods only on holidays.
Again, eating one food for a long time and avoiding a variety of foods deprives the body of many of the nutrients that the body needs to function properly. Before reducing your menu to buckwheat and kefir, it is better to discuss experiments with your doctor.
Alternative to buckwheat diet
Buckwheat diet is not a miracle, suddenly getting rid of unnecessary volumes, this is a rather severe restriction of food. And the secret is simple: if an ordinary person needs to eat at least 1800 kcal per day, a 1500 kcal diet, which is obtained on average using only steamed 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 various other products!
It turns out that there is no need to torture yourself with one product when you can eat well and lose weight at the same time. After all, any single diet is fraught with harm (in simple words - "stuffing"), and, obviously, you will definitely stop loving buckwheat after such experiments. And finally - a few reviews about the buckwheat diet from women who have experienced this method themselves:
- "With the help of this diet, I lost 8 kg in 10 days! I am satisfied. I feel great all day long. There is no weakness, bowel function is back to normal. Self-confidence is rising. Turns out I am not as weak-willed as I thought. "
- "Not only did I lose 6 kg in a week, my skin was also cleansed a bit, because buckwheat still helps to flush out toxins from the body. It's just that, if a person wants to lose weight with this diet, you can't immediately after the diet is over , devour everythingYou see, but you need to introduce the product gradually.
- "The secret of the diet is that you don't 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 well, that's impossible. but no buckwheat. I sat down and drank some water.
- "Starting on a diet, I'm sure I can handle it, and two weeks will pass without realizing it. But how wrong I was! It's impossible to work just sitting on buckwheat: you always want to sleep and are sad, so on the third day I have to add fruit, vegetablesand chicken. It got easier, and the weight started to drop pretty quickly. Now I'm acquainted with PP, because I want to lose weight without falling asleep at work. "
- "If you are persistent, the diet will show itself in the best way. It is very difficult to cook for all the rest of the family, they want normal food. Three kilograms lost, I was happy, but now I revived buckwheat. "