To begin with, it is worth noting that proper nutrition and diet are completely different concepts. If you can sit on one at least all your life, remaining slim and healthy, then the second, if used incorrectly, will hit both your condition and your figure (due to the so-called supercompensation of weight, which inevitably occurs after any rapid weight loss). Any doctor will confirm that it is worth turning 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.
The buckwheat diet for weight loss is one of the many mono-food systems that do not require limiting the size of portions consumed, but provide for eating only one, maximum two dishes. The effectiveness and safety of the method has 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 solely due to 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 one or two weeks, but not longer, for all meals, including snacks, - specially prepared buckwheat mass. Groats must be thoroughly washed and "steamed", that is, 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 kefir with a low percentage of fat, 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 simply switch to proper nutrition and try to maintain the result.
A severe version of the diet provides for eating exclusively buckwheat with kefir or separately. But there is also a sparing regimen 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 something like this:
Monday
kefir, 100 grams of buckwheat (mass - steamed), cucumber;
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, natural yogurt without sweeteners;
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 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;
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 with one product turns into more or less correct. Of the advantages of the method is a fairly rapid loss of kilograms due to the low calorie content of cereals and a relatively low health risk compared to other mono-diets. Buckwheat is still good for hair and nails, and is also full of nutrients and fiber, which helps to cleanse the intestines. Theoretically, there will be no physiological feeling of hunger, because the volume of buckwheat is unlimited. What can not be said about the psychological craving for something sweet, salty, or even at least some other product. After all, it only at first glance seems that 14 days is a small interval. When you allow yourself to eat one single product, time stretches endlessly! Plus one point: if your body has a muscle corset that you don’t want to lose, you should not resort to the buckwheat method, since the menu does not provide protein in the right amount to "feed the muscles", which means they can simply "burn out" and significantlydecrease in volume.
Who should not try
Buckwheat diet is definitely not suitable for women in position, during lactation, minors, as well as adults who have problems with the stomach, intestines or nervous system. The diagnoses of diabetes and hypertension are also included in the list of contraindications for this weight loss method. Of the side effects that the experimenter may experience, the most common are headache, weakness in the body, distraction and reduced performance. The reason for this is the lack of glucose and a number of substances necessary for the body due to poor nutrition.
It is worth leaving 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 a couple more. Therefore, we are returning to the usual menu smoothly, gradually introducing new steamed and oven-cooked dishes, 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 an extended period and avoiding a variety of 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.
Alternative to buckwheat diet
The buckwheat diet is not magic, suddenly getting rid of unnecessary volumes, it is a rather severe food restriction. And the secret is simple: if an ordinary person needs to eat at least 1800 kcal per day, a 1500 kcal diet, which, on average, is obtained by 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 other, various products!
It turns out that there is no need to torture yourself with a single product when you can eat tasty and lose weight at the same time. After all, any mono-diet is fraught with breakdowns (in simple words - "gluts"), and, obviously, you will definitely stop loving buckwheat after such an experiment. 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 the days. There was no weakness, bowel function returned to normal. Self-confidence appeared. It turns out that I am not as weak-willed as I thought. "
- "Not only did I lose 6 kg in a week, my skin also cleared up a little, because buckwheat still helps to remove toxins from the body. Only the only thing, if someone wants to lose weight with this diet, you can’t immediately after the diet is over, gobble up everything you see, but you need to gradually introduce products.
- "The secret of the diet is that you don’t feel hungry: just think about buckwheat - you immediately start to feel sick. At first, I ate normally, but half as much as I should, because well, it’s impossible. but not buckwheat. I sat and drank water.
- "Starting a diet, I was sure that I could handle it, and two weeks would fly by unnoticed. But how wrong I was! It’s simply impossible to work sitting on buckwheat alone: you always want to sleep and be sad, so on the third day I had to add fruits, vegetables and chickenIt became much easier, and the weight began to go away pretty quickly. Now I’m getting acquainted with PP, because I want to lose weight without falling asleep at the workplace. "
- "If you are persistent, the diet will show itself in the best possible way. It was very difficult to cook for all the other family members, they wanted normal food. Three kilograms are gone, I am glad, but now I turn back on buckwheat. "