To begin with, it should be noted that proper nutrition and proper diet are completely different concepts. If you can sit on it at least all your life, staying slim and healthy, then the second, if used incorrectly, will affect both your condition and your figure (due to the so-calledovercompensation for weight, which inevitably occurs after 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 party, read on.
The buckwheat diet for weight loss is one of the many mono-food diets that do not require limiting the size of the portions consumed, but plan to eat only one dish, maximum two. The effectiveness and safety of the method have not been clinically confirmed, 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 diet fans even argue that if you dilute buckwheat with kefir, you can safely refuse other products.
Feeding diagram
The essence of such a diet is extremely simple: for one or two weeks, but no more, 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. As a rule, buckwheat is prepared in the evening. The resulting mass is eaten 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 no more than a liter per day.
If you manage to eat one buckwheat for a whole week, then from the second, experts strongly recommend diluting the lean 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.
A severe version of the diet provides for eating exclusively buckwheat with kefir or separately. But there is also a savings diet that allows you to consume vegetables, fruits and milk. Such a diet is definitely healthier and more complete. The buckwheat diet for weight loss for 7 days looks 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, plain 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
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;
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 a single product becomes more or less correct. Among the advantages of the method there 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 always good for hair and nails, and is also full of nutrients and fiber, which helps clean out the intestines. Theoretically, there will be no physiological hunger pangs, since the volume of buckwheat is unlimited. What can not be said about the psychological craving for something sweet, salty or even some other product. After all, it only seems at first glance that 14 days is a small interval. When you allow yourself to eat a single product, time stretches out to infinity! Plus one point: if your body has a muscle corset that you do not want to lose, then you should not resort to the buckwheat method, since the menu does not provide protein in sufficient quantities to "feed the muscles", which meansthat they can simply "burn out" and drastically decrease in volume.
Who shouldn't try
The 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. Diagnoses of diabetes and hypertension are also included in the list of contraindications to this method of weight loss. Among the side effects that the experimenter may experience, the most common are headaches, body 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 poor nutrition.
It is worth leaving the diet very carefully, remembering that with a sharp return to the previous diet, overcompensation will inevitably occur, and the lost centimeters will return, taking with them a few more. Therefore, we are slowly returning to the usual menu, gradually introducing new steamed and baked dishes, as well as protein-rich foods. We remember sweet, fried, canned, starchy, and other foods only during the holidays.
Again, eating one food for an extended period of time and avoiding a variety of foods robs the body of many nutrients it needs to function properly. Before reducing your menu to buckwheat and kefir, it is better to discuss the experience with your doctor.
Alternative to the buckwheat diet
The buckwheat diet is not magic, getting rid of unnecessary volumes at once, it is quite a severe food restriction. And the secret is simple: if an ordinary person needs to eat at least 1800 kcal per day, then a diet of 1500 kcal, which, on average, is obtained using only steamed buckwheat and kefir, will force the bodyto expend 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 a single product when you can eat tasty and lose weight at the same time. After all, any mono-diet is fraught with pitfalls (in simple terms - "overabundance"), and, obviously, you will definitely stop loving buckwheat after such an experience. And finally - some reviews of 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 every day. There was no weakness, bowel function returned to normal. Self-confidence kicked in. Turns out I'm not as weak as I thought I was. "
- "Not only did I lose 6 kg in a week, but my skin also cleared up a bit, because buckwheat always helps to eliminate toxins from the body. The only thing, if someone wants to lose weight with thisdiet, you can not immediately after the end of the diet, gobble up everything you see, but you need to gradually introduce the products.
- "The secret of the diet is that you don't feel hungry: just think of buckwheat - you start to feel bad right away. At first I ate normally, but half as much as I should, because hey, it's impossible, but not buckwheat I sat down and drank water.
- "Starting a diet, I was sure I could handle it, and two weeks would pass 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 thethird day I had to add fruits, vegetables and chicken. It became much easier and the weight started to disappear quite quickly. Now I am familiar with the PP, because I want to lose weight withoutfall asleep in 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 disappeared, I'm happy, but now Irekindle buckwheat. "