The water diet is suddenly considered a "diet" in the conventional sense of the word. Its prerequisite is the observance of the correct consumption regime. There is also therapeutic fasting, but that is a topic for another article.
The weight loss period is usually very difficult. We have to give up many favorite foods: sweets, starchy, fried, etc. The water diet consists of a balanced intake of liquids.
Misconceptions about this diet
Opinions on such a weight loss system are contradictory. This is due to the huge number of myths surrounding a balanced fluid intake:
- "Water instead of food" - many people think that such a diet involves only drinking water without food. Not so: without food, the body will be severely damaged. The person will feel worse. With this method of losing weight, you need to give up high-calorie products, but not healthy foods. In this case, you just need to observe the drinking regime.
- "The colder the water, the faster it will be possible to lose extra pounds" is an illusion. The body will not absorb the liquid until it is heated to the required temperature. In order for the metabolic process to start earlier, water should be consumed hot (37-40 ° C).
- "The more you drink, the better the result" is a myth that leads to negative consequences. The body should receive all the fluid it can process. Its excess will stretch the stomach, it will require more food. Too much water puts too much stress on the kidneys. Intracranial pressure can increase - pathologies of the cardiovascular system will occur.
In order for the water regime to bring results, it is necessary to adhere to all the rules, which we will talk about below.
Description
Man is 80% water. It is necessary for metabolic processes. Lack of fluids leads to metabolic disorders, swelling, deterioration of health, the appearance of extra pounds. Nutritionists recommend drinking artesian mineral water without gas.
Drinking regime does not mean giving up food.
The main thing is to monitor the amount of liquids you drink, the time taken, etc. According to the reviews of people who followed this diet, it helps to lose up to 10 kg.
General rules
If the body loses at least 10% of the fluids it needs, serious health problems will begin. Everything can end in death.
Water is a solvent for organic and inorganic compounds, without which organs and systems cannot function normally. All biochemical processes occur with the participation of the fluid. Accelerate the speed of reactions.
Water is part of the constituent components of the blood, it carries the necessary substances to all organs and systems. Regulates the temperature and the digestive process. The liquid removes toxic elements, toxins and performs many other important tasks.
Many people, trying to lose extra pounds, buy various drugs, special underwear, laxative teas, etc. Their purpose is to "dry" the body. In other words, dehydration.
These methods of losing weight, if they help to reduce weight, then for a short time. In addition, such methods cause serious harm to health.
Experts believe that extra pounds appear due to dehydration. Therefore, the best diet will be: establishing a diet.
Advantages and disadvantages
The system of a correct consumption regime has the following advantages:
- there is no need to spend a lot of time on the preparation of special diet dishes;
- there is no need to count the calories consumed;
- you can not increase physical activity;
- budget saving - does not imply the use of exotic products that cost a lot of money;
- relative harmlessness;
- does not cause allergic reactions;
- water relieves hunger;
- gives lightness and a feeling of lightness.
Despite the large number of positive aspects, the diet also has a number of disadvantages:
- adverse reactions: dizziness, nausea, etc. ;
- the feeling of satiety passes quickly, the person is hungry again;
- difficult to bear;
- washes away nutrients (especially potassium and calcium);
- frequent need to urinate.
Before deciding to go on a diet, you need to think carefully. Weigh the pros and cons ".
What kind of water is allowed?
Soda is not suitable - it irritates the inner lining of the gastrointestinal tract, causes an increase in appetite. Coffee, tea, alcohol have a diuretic effect and lead to dehydration. Therefore, they cannot be drunk.
It is best to use melt water that turned into a liquid form no more than seven hours ago. Its beneficial properties are due to the absence of hard salts. Ordinary table water is suitable. However, in its consumption it is necessary to know the measure.
It is necessary to drink no more than the amount prescribed in the instructions. Otherwise, you can provoke convulsions, increased intracranial pressure, leaching of useful elements.
Menu
The diet involves fractional feeding. To obtain a result, the daily number of calories is not more than 1200 or 1500. Some sources speak of fewer calories, less than 1000 or even 800 Kcal per day. Remember, such a low daily calorie content will not lead to anything good, girls should eat food for at least 1200 Kcal, and boys for at least 1500.
There are several types of diets. Each of them provides a glass of warm water after waking up in the morning, at any meal, before going to bed.
Don't drink while you eat. Liquid is acceptable 90 minutes after eating.
One day diet
- Breakfast: 250 gr oatmeal, curd mass.
- Snack: a couple of slices of melon.
- Lunch: a bowl of nettle soup.
- Afternoon snack: kiwi or bread.
- Dinner: 0, 2 kg of veal or stew with fish fillet.
Three days
The 1st day:
- breakfast: an egg, a couple of cheese sandwiches;
- lunch: mango;
- lunch: salad with vegetables and cheese, 150 grams of chicken breast;
- afternoon snack: apple sauce;
- dinner: stewed vegetables 150 grams and beef 100 grams.
2nd day:
- breakfast: a couple of toast, 150 grams of cottage cheese;
- 2nd breakfast: apple;
- lunch: a mixture of vegetables, toast, 150 grams of tuna;
- afternoon snack: pear;
- dinner: cabbage salad, egg, cheese sandwich.
3rd day:
- 1st meal: a couple of toast, a mixture of vegetables, boiled chicken 150 grams;
- lunch: fishing;
- lunch: soup on lean broth, 100 grams of chicken fillet, toast;
- afternoon snack: orange;
- dinner: stewed vegetables, steamed cutlet, toast.
Twenty to thirty minutes before breakfast, before meals, a couple of hours before going to bed, you need to drink 300 ml of warm water.
Five days
The first day:
- breakfast: scrambled eggs with tomatoes;
- 2nd meal: gelatin;
- lunch break: vegetable soup, 100 grams of chicken or turkey breast;
- afternoon snack: melon;
- dinner: stewed beans, 0, 2 l of yogurt without additives.
2nd day:
- 1st meal: a couple of toast, an egg;
- 2nd breakfast: 30 g of walnuts;
- lunch break: vegetable stew, 100 g of liver;
- afternoon tea: grapes;
- dinner: 200 g of mushrooms.
3rd day:
- breakfast: three tablespoons of rice, tomato;
- lunch: raisins;
- lunch: three cabbage rolls, composed of vegetables;
- afternoon snack: pear puree;
- dinner: "summer" salad, low-calorie curd mass.
4th day: unloading on apples (drink 1. 5 kg of fruit per day, 0. 3 l of water 20 minutes before and after meals).
Fifth day:
- breakfast: oatmeal, cheese;
- afternoon snack: nectarine;
- lunch break: cabbage soup, shrimp 0, 2 kg;
- afternoon snack: 2-3 plums;
- dinner: 200 grams of rabbit, 150 grams of low-calorie ricotta, orange.
A five-day course accelerates the breakdown of fats, cleanses the digestive tract of toxins and toxins. Thanks to this, it will be possible to eliminate from 4 to 5 kg.
Seven days
A one-week weight loss regimen involves 2-3 liters of water per day. Dinner should be no later than three hours before the night's rest.
Example menu:
- breakfast: protein foods, such as chicken breast or tuna;
- lunch: vegetable broth, diet meat, stewed, boiled, raw vegetables;
- dinner: meat, fish, vegetables cooked in a double boiler;
- snacks: fruit, nuts, dried fruit.
A seven-day diet allows you to lose up to ten kilograms.
Ten days
First days:
- morning: 2 eggs, a few slices of bread;
- day: 200 g tuna, bread;
- snack: cottage cheese mass with aromatic herbs;
- evening: a cocktail of seaweed, squid and carrots.
Second day:
- breakfast: scrambled eggs;
- lunch: mushroom and cabbage soup, stewed pumpkin;
- snack: dried fruit;
- dinner: stuffed eggplant.
Third day:
- morning meal: oatmeal, two tomatoes;
- lunch: stew, poultry 150 g;
- snack: cauliflower and grapefruit salad;
- evening: grilled tuna, two toasts.
Fourth day:
- morning: 150 grams of cottage cheese;
- day: a mixture of 4 quail eggs, chicken broth, vegetables;
- snack: apple puree;
- evening: 0, 2 kg of baked rabbit, two toasts.
Fifth day:
- breakfast: two egg omelette;
- lunch: potato-free chicken soup, vegetable salad;
- afternoon snack: apricots;
- dinner: zucchini in the sleeve with lemon juice.
The next five days the menu repeats itself.
The last meal is a few hours before going to bed.
Diet for 14 days
1st day:
- breakfast: eggs, bread, cheese;
- morning snack: pear, half a glass of cherries;
- lunch: 150 grams of chicken fillet, 250 grams of a mix of seasonal vegetables with lemon juice, bread;
- afternoon snack: fishing 2 pcs. ;
- dinner: 139 grams of veal, 250 grams of stewed vegetables.
Second day:
- breakfast: two crackers, 100 grams of cottage cheese;
- lunch: a bowl of soup, a salad of coriander, carrots, radishes;
- afternoon snack: two pears;
- dinner: 100 g of buckwheat, 150 g of boiled vegetables and half a grapefruit.
Third day:
- morning: fruit salad;
- day: a bowl of quail broth with crackers, 150 g of stewed asparagus;
- afternoon snack: four pieces of dried apricots;
- dinner: two potatoes "in uniform", 200 grams of mushrooms.
4th day:
- breakfast: two loaves, some mandarins;
- lunch: millet, bread, apple;
- afternoon snack: "summer" salad;
- dinner: two cutlets, seaweed salad.
Fifth day:
- morning: three tablespoons of buckwheat, two tomatoes;
- lunch: okroshka, two pieces of bread;
- afternoon snack: 100 g of frozen berries;
- dinner: cabbage and carrot salad, 150 g of turkey, peach.
6th day:
- breakfast: three tablespoons of rice and a pear;
- lunch: 200 g of chicken liver, vegetable mixture;
- afternoon snack: two kiwis;
- dinner: 150 g of steamed pork without layers of fat, vegetable salad.
Seventh day:
- morning: fruit salad with ricotta;
- day: soup, boiled egg;
- snack: kernels of three walnuts;
- evening: 250 g of cancer, vegetable salad, two toast.
The 2nd week, the menu is repeated.
Diet for a month
Example of a daily menu:
- morning: buckwheat, rice or scrambled eggs, vegetables without heat treatment;
- brunch: fruit;
- day: soup, meat, vegetable salad;
- afternoon snack: berries, nuts, dried fruit;
- evening: boiled vegetables, fish or mushrooms with a slice of bread.
Fluid intake, as in other types of diets.
Release without consequences and secondary use
Return to the usual diet, as a rule, passes smoothly for the body. After a four-day diet, the amount of fluids consumed is reduced.
Water can be replaced with green tea, juices.
When returning to a normal diet, it is advisable to consume fermented dairy products, pasta dishes, compotes, fruit drinks, jellies, etc. After a while, the amount of daily liquid should be reduced to 1. 5-2 liters. Even after losing weight, it is advisable to drink a glass of warm water before eating. This will improve the functioning of the digestive tract.
If the slimming system provided for a significant excess of the daily volume of water, compared to usual, it is possible to resume a diet no earlier than three or four weeks. During this period, the kidneys will rest from a strong overload - there will be no problems with the urinary system.
Adverse reactions
Water weight loss has side effects. Abuse can cause:
- kidney problems, swelling;
- heavy load on the cardiovascular system;
- slow down the weight loss process (excess fluid inhibits the breakdown of fats);
- water-salt imbalance;
- calcium leaching: causes cramps, joint pain.
In reviews, dieters talk about the effectiveness of this method of losing weight, while the negative is usually associated with the appearance of adverse reactions, frequent dizziness and fainting. Experts believe the point here is improper adherence to recommendations, for example, too low a daily calorie content. As we said, you need to eat at least 1200 Kcal.
To prevent unwanted consequences, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the daily volume of liquid indicated in the recommendations. Don't diet for more than half a month.
Contraindications
The water slimming system cannot be used for kidney disease, diabetes mellitus and increased intravenous pressure.
With caution, follow a diet with obesity. Due to the high concentration of insulin in the blood, severe swelling can occur.
Before losing weight, you need to consult a doctor.
On the water options
Water-salt
For those who want to lose excess weight, pregnant women. Compliance with the drinking regime in the first trimester "saves" from toxicosis. In the later stages it eliminates the swelling of the limbs. While maintaining the regime, the volume of water increases and the amount of salt consumed decreases. Due to this, the liquid does not linger, the fat in the problem areas is absorbed. Duration: no more than seven days. During the child's waiting period, the process should be supervised by a specialist. Leave 2-3 kg. It can be repeated after six weeks.
Water kefir bread
Permitted bread with bran or without yeast. 1. 5 liters of kefir and 10 glasses of water without gas are drunk a day. Duration: no more than 14 days. During this time, up to 5 kg are dropped. You can resume a diet after a couple of months.
Milk-free water
You can use any low-calorie products, except dairy products. The diet shouldn't last more than a week. It will help you lose up to 10 kg. However, such weight loss does not affect health in the best way. You can repeat in a month and a half.
Tea Room
Based on the five times the use of green tea. The drink should be of high quality, broad-leaved. It is prepared with purified water. This dietary option should not be chosen for gastrointestinal problems. Duration - 1-2 weeks. Repetition is allowed in two months. With this system you can lose 8-10 kg.
Japanese tea
Per day you need to drink 1. 5 liters of Japanese tea. The rest of the liquid is water and herbal decoctions. A drink from Japan has antioxidant and purifying properties. Quickly destroys body fat. This diet option helps you lose 9-11 kg, but it shouldn't be repeated more than once every six months.
water-apple
It is considered to be quite heavy, not everyone can resist it, it helps to lose 2-5 kg, cleanse the digestive tract. Weight loss lasts for three days. The first two days you need to eat only apples in the amount of 2 kg and drink water in a volume of 2. 5 liters. On the third day, the diet can be diversified with two tablespoons of oatmeal. Apples contain a large amount of fruit acids. These substances irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa: the feeling of hunger increases. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat fruit before bedtime: the desire to eat will not make you sleep soundly. You can return to the diet after three months.
Water-protein
It provides a minimal amount of calories, but is easily tolerated. It is recommended to combine the diet with sports training for greater effectiveness. You need to drink 2. 5 liters of water per day. The menu of the day consists of foods rich in protein. No more than 1, 200 kcal per day are allowed. The diet lasts 5 days. Leave 4-5 kg. Reapply: after 1, 5 months.
If, with any dietary option, the state of health worsens, malaise appears, it is necessary to stop weight loss. It is advisable to contact a specialist.
Liquid volume table
The volume of water consumed is individual for people with different weight categories:
| Body weight in kilograms | The amount of liquid in liters |
|---|---|
| 55 | 2. 2 |
| 60 | 2. 4 |
| 65 | 2. 6 |
| 70 | 2. 8 |
| 80 | 3. 2 |
| 100 | four |
To calculate the daily dose of liquids, the weight must be multiplied by 40. The resulting number indicates how much water you need to drink per day in ml.
Recipes
Even though the water diet is all about eating low calorie foods, that doesn't mean they should taste bad. There are many recipes that make weight loss enjoyable.
Watermelon with lime
To cook you need:
- watermelon pulp;
- a bunch of mint;
- four limes or lemons.
Cooking method:
- divide the berry into four parts;
- cut into equal slices or make balls;
- mint mixed with 2 tbsp. L. lime pulp;
- place the slices on a plate, pour the lime juice over them and sprinkle with a mixture of fruit peel and mint.
apple salad
Ingredients:
- Apple;
- egg;
- parsley;
- basil.
Recipe:
- boil the egg until completely cooked;
- remove the yolk;
- pass the proteins and apple fruit through a coarse grater;
- put the herbs in the salad.
The dish is topped with basil.
fruit curd
Components:
- cottage cheese;
- Apple;
- lemon juice;
- 1 tsp Honey;
- 3-4 nuts.
Cooking method:
- cut the apple fruit into cubes and carefully pour the lemon juice over it;
- for impregnation, let stand for ten minutes;
- mix with honey, walnut kernels, cottage cheese.
The opinions of dieticians on the water-based diet are generally similar. Experts say that water has a good effect on the activity of all organs and systems, but its excessive use is even more dangerous than dehydration. This adversely affects the cardiovascular and urinary systems. In everything you need to know the measure.