For starters, it is worth noting that proper nutrition and nutrition are completely different concepts. If you can sit on one for at least a lifetime and stay slim and healthy, then the other, if used improperly, will affect both your condition and your figure (due to the so-called weight compensation, which inevitably occurs after each rapid weight loss). Every doctor will confirm that it pays to turn to diets only for medical reasons, for example, 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.
Buckwheat diet for weight loss is one of many mono-food systems that do not require limiting the amount of portions consumed, but provide a meal of only one, a maximum of two meals. The effectiveness and safety of the method has not been clinically proven, so many nutritionists, doctors and athletes dispute its benefits for the body. However, the system also has enough fans. The diet works solely because of the low calorie content of cereals. Some diet lovers even claim that if you dilute buckwheat with kefir, you can safely refuse other products.
Power scheme
The essence of such a diet is extremely simple: one or two weeks, but not longer, for all meals, including snacks - a specially prepared buckwheat mass. The groats must be well washed and "steamed", ie poured over with boiling water and left for five to six hours. Buckwheat is usually 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 percentage of fat, but not more than a liter per day.
If you manage to eat one buckwheat all week, from the other, experts strongly recommend that you dilute the meager 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 a proper diet and try to maintain the result.
The heavier version of the diet involves eating only buckwheat with kefir or separately. But there is also a frugal regime that allows you to consume some vegetables, fruits and milk. Such a diet is certainly healthier and more complete. The buckwheat diet for weight loss in 7 days looks something like this:
Monday
kefir, 100 grams of buckwheat (mass - steamed), cucumber;
carrots;
200 grams of buckwheat, 200 grams of vegetable salad with a tablespoon 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;
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
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;
fruits;
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 with one product becomes more or less correct. One of the advantages of the method is the rather fast weight loss due to the low calorie content in cereals and the relatively low health risk compared to other mono-diets. Buckwheat is still good for hair and nails, and it is also full of nutrients and fiber that help clean the intestines. Theoretically, there will be no physiological feeling of hunger, because the amount of buckwheat is unlimited. Which cannot be said of a psychic craving for something sweet, salty, or 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 only one product, time stretches endlessly! Plus one thing: if your body has a muscular corset that you don't want to lose, don't resort to the buckwheat method, because the menu doesn't provide the right amount of protein to "feed the muscles", which means it can easily "burn" and significantly reduce volume.
Who shouldn't try
The buckwheat diet is definitely not suitable for pregnant women, during breastfeeding, 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 for this weight loss method. Of the side effects that an experimenter may experience, the most common are headache, weakness in the body, distraction, and decreased performance. The reason for that is the lack of glucose and a number of substances necessary for the organism due to poor nutrition.
It is worth leaving the diet very carefully, remembering that with a sudden return to the previous diet, supercompensation will inevitably occur, and the lost inches will return, taking with you a few more. Therefore, we return to the usual menu without hindrance, gradually introducing new dishes steamed and baked, as well as foods rich in protein. We remember sweet, fried, canned, starchy and other foods only on holidays.
Again, consuming one food for an extended period of time and avoiding a variety of foods deprives the body of many of the nutrients it needs to function properly. Before you reduce 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, sudden release of unnecessary amounts, it is a rather strict restriction in food. And the secret is simple: if an ordinary person needs to eat at least 1800 kcal a day, a 1500 kcal diet, which is obtained on average using only steamed buckwheat and kefir, will force the body to use up its reserves in the form of body fat. But you can create such a calorie deficit not only with buckwheat, but also with other, various products!
It turns out that there is no need to bother with one product when you can eat delicious and lose weight at the same time. After all, any mono-diet is full of flaws (in simple words - "predator"), and, obviously, after such an experiment you will definitely stop loving buckwheat. And finally - a few reviews about the buckwheat diet from women who have experienced the method on themselves:
- "With the help of this diet, I lost 8 kg in 10 days! I was satisfied. I felt great all day. There was no weakness, bowel function normalized. Self-confidence appeared. It turned out that I was not as weak-willed as I thought. "
- "Not only did I lose 6 kg in a week, but my skin also cleared up a bit, because buckwheat still helps to get rid of toxins from the body. Only if someone wants to lose weight with this diet, they can't swallow everything immediately after the diet. you see, but you have to gradually introduce products.
- "The secret of the diet is that you don't feel hungry: just think of buckwheat - you're sick right away. At first I ate normally, but half less, because well, it's impossible. But not buckwheat. I sat and drank water.
- "Starting with the diet, I was sure I could handle it, and two weeks would fly by unnoticed. But how wrong I was! It's simply impossible to work sitting alone on buckwheat: you always want to sleep and be sad, so on the third day I had toI add fruits, vegetables and chicken. It became much easier, and the weight started to disappear pretty quickly. Now I'm getting to know PP, because I want to lose weight without falling asleep at work. "
- "If you persevere, the diet will turn out in the best possible way. It was very difficult to cook for all the other family members, they wanted normal food. Three kilos were lost, I'm glad, but now I'm back. Buckwheat. "