The water diet in a stretch is considered to be a "diet" in the conventional sense of the word. Its precondition is the observance of the proper drinking regime. There is also therapeutic fasting, but that is the topic for another article.
Usually the period of weight loss is very difficult. We have to give up many favorite foods: sweet, starchy, fried etc. The water diet consists of a balanced intake of fluids.
Misunderstandings about this diet
Opinions about such a weight loss system are contradictory. This is due to the large number of myths associated with balanced fluid intake:
- "Water instead of food" - many people think that such a diet only includes drinking water without food. This is not so: without food, the body will do great harm. The person will feel worse. With this method of weight loss, you should 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 a hoax. The body will not absorb the fluid until it is heated to the required temperature. In order for the metabolic process to start faster, the water should be consumed warm (37-40 ° C).
- "The more you drink, the better the result" is a myth that leads to negative consequences. The body needs to get as much fluid as it can process. Its excess will lengthen the stomach, will require more food. Too much water stresses the kidneys. Intracranial pressure may increase: pathologies of the cardiovascular system will appear.
In order for the water regime to bring results, you must adhere to all the rules, which we will discuss below.
Description
Man is 80% water. It is necessary for metabolic processes. Lack of fluids leads to disorders of metabolism, swelling, deterioration of health, the appearance of excess pounds. Nutritionists recommend drinking non-carbonated artesian mineral water.
Drinking regimen does not mean giving up food.
The main thing is to monitor the amount of fluids you drink, the time of intake, etc. According to reviews of people who have been on 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 can not function normally. All biochemical processes take place with the participation of fluids. Accelerates the speed of reactions.
Water is part of the constituent components of the blood, transporting the necessary substances to all organs and systems. Regulates the temperature and digestion process. Fluid removes toxic elements, toxins and performs many other important tasks.
Many people, trying to lose extra pounds, buy various medicines, special underwear, laxative teas and so on. Their purpose is to "dry" the body. In other words, dehydration.
These weight loss methods, if they help reduce weight, then for a short time. Moreover, such methods cause serious harm to health.
Experts believe that excess pounds appear as a result of dehydration. Therefore, the best diet will be: establishing a drinking regime.
Advantages and disadvantages
The system of proper drinking regime has the following advantages:
- no need to spend a large amount of time to prepare special dietary dishes;
- no need to count calories consumed;
- you can not increase physical activity;
- budget savings: does not mean the use of exotic products that cost a lot of money;
- relative harmlessness;
- does not provoke allergic reactions;
- water quenches hunger;
- gives softness and a feeling of weightlessness.
Despite the large number of positive aspects, the diet also has a number of disadvantages:
- adverse reactions: dizziness, vomiting, etc. ;
- the feeling of satiety passes quickly, the person feels hungry again;
- hard to bear;
- wash nutrients (especially potassium and calcium);
- frequent desire to urinate.
Before you decide to go on a diet, you need to think carefully. Weigh the good and the bad. "
What kind of water is allowed?
Soda is not suitable: it irritates the inner lining of the gastrointestinal tract, provokes an increase in appetite. Coffee, tea, alcohol have a diuretic effect and lead to dehydration. Therefore, they can not be drunk.
It is best to use melted water that has turned into liquid form no more than seven hours ago. Its beneficial properties are due to the lack of strong salts. Ordinary table water is convenient. However, in consuming it you need to know the measure.
It is necessary to drink no more than the amount described in the instructions. Alternatively, you can provoke convulsions, increased intracranial pressure, leakage of useful elements.
Menu
The diet includes partial food. To achieve 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, every meal, before going to bed.
Do not drink while eating. Juice is acceptable 90 minutes after eating.
One day diet
- Breakfast: oatmeal 250 gr, curd mass.
- Snack: a few slices of melon.
- Lunch: a bowl of nettle soup.
- Afternoon snack: kiwi or bread.
- Dinner: 0, 2 kg of beef or fish fillet stew.
3 days
On the first day:
- breakfast: an egg, some cheese sandwiches;
- dreka: mango;
- lunch: salad with vegetables and cheese, 150 grams of chicken breast;
- afternoon snack: apple sauce;
- dinner: boiled vegetables 150 grams and beef 100 grams.
second day:
- breakfast: some toast, 150 grams of cottage cheese;
- Second breakfast: apples;
- lunch: a mixture of vegetables, toast, 150 grams of tuna;
- afternoon snack: pear;
- dinner: salad with cabbage, eggs, sandwich with cheese.
day 3:
- First meal: a couple of toast, a mixture of vegetables, boiled chicken 150 grams;
- lunch: peaches;
- lunch: fat-free broth, 100 grams of chicken fillet, toast;
- afternoon snack: orange;
- dinner: boiled vegetables, steamed kitten, toast.
Twenty to thirty minutes before breakfast, before meals, a few hours before going to bed, you should drink 300 ml of warm water.
Five days
On the first day:
- breakfast: scrambled eggs with tomatoes;
- second meal: jelly;
- lunch break: vegetable soup, 100 grams of chicken breast or turkey;
- afternoon snack: melon;
- dinner: boiled beans, 0, 2 l yogurt without additives.
second day:
- First meal: some toast, one egg;
- Second breakfast: 30 g nuts;
- lunch break: vegetable stew, 100 g liver;
- afternoon tea: grapes;
- dinner: 200 g mushrooms.
day 3:
- breakfast: three tablespoons rice, tomatoes;
- lunch: raisins;
- lunch: three rolls of cabbage, vegetable mixture;
- afternoon snack: pear puree;
- dinner: "summer" salad, low-calorie cottage cheese.
Fourth day: discharge into apples (drink 1, 5 kg of fruit per day, 0, 3 l of water 20 minutes before and after meals).
Day five:
- breakfast: oatmeal, cheese;
- afternoon snack: nectarine;
- lunch break: cabbage soup, lobster 0, 2 kg;
- afternoon snack: 2-3 plums;
- dinner: 200 grams of rabbit, 150 grams of low-calorie cottage cheese, oranges.
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 get rid of 4 to 5 kg.
Seven days
A weight loss regimen that lasts a week provides 2-3 liters of water per day. Dinner should be no later than three hours before the night break.
Menu example:
- breakfast: protein foods, such as chicken breast or tuna;
- lunch: vegetable soup, dietary meat, boiled, stewed, raw vegetables;
- dinner: meat, fish, vegetables cooked in a double boiler;
- snacks: fruits, nuts, dried fruits.
A seven-day diet allows you to lose up to ten pounds.
Ten days
First days:
- in the morning: 2 eggs, a few slices of bread;
- day: 200 g tuna, bread;
- snack: curd mass with herb;
- evening: a cocktail with seaweed, squid and carrots.
Day two:
- breakfast: scrambled eggs;
- lunch: soup with mushrooms and cabbage, boiled pumpkin;
- snack: dried fruits;
- dinner: stuffed eggplant.
Third day:
- breakfast: oatmeal, two tomatoes;
- lunch: stew, poultry 150 g;
- snack: cauliflower and grapefruit salad;
- evening: grilled tuna, two toasts.
Day 4:
- in the morning: 150 grams of cottage cheese;
- day: a mixture of 4 quail eggs, chicken broth, greens;
- snacks: molle puree;
- evening: 0, 2 kg baked rabbit, two toast.
Day five:
- breakfast: omelette with two eggs;
- lunch: chicken soup without potatoes, vegetable salad;
- afternoon snack: apricots;
- dinner: zucchini in the sleeve with lemon juice.
The next five days the menu is repeated.
The last meal is a few hours before you go to bed.
Diet for 14 days
day 1:
- breakfast: eggs, bread, cheese;
- morning snack: pear, half a glass of cherry;
- lunch: 150 grams of chicken fillet, 250 grams of seasonal vegetable mixture with lemon juice, bread;
- afternoon snack: 2 pieces of peaches;
- dinner: 139 grams of beef, 250 grams of boiled vegetables.
Day two:
- breakfast: two crackers, 100 grams of cottage cheese;
- lunch: a bowl of soup, a salad with cilantro, carrots, radishes;
- afternoon snack: two pears;
- dinner: 100 g of buckwheat, 150 g of boiled vegetables and half a grapefruit.
Third day:
- breakfast: fruit salad;
- day: a bowl of quail meat with crackers, 150 g of boiled asparagus;
- afternoon snack: four pieces of dried apricots;
- dinner: two potatoes "in uniform", 200 grams of samples.
day 4:
- breakfast: two loaves of bread, a few tangerines;
- lunch: meli, buka, molla;
- afternoon snack: "summer" salad;
- dinner: two schnitzel, kelp salad.
Day five:
- breakfast: three tablespoons of buckwheat, two tomatoes;
- lunch: okroshka, two pieces of bread;
- afternoon snack: 100 g frozen berries;
- dinner: salad with cabbage and carrots, 150 g turkey, peaches.
day 6:
- breakfast: three tablespoons of rice and a pear;
- lunch: 200 g chicken liver, vegetable mixture;
- afternoon snack: two kiwis;
- dinner: 150 g steamed pork without fat layers, vegetable salad.
Seventh day:
- breakfast: fruit salad with cottage cheese;
- day: soup, boiled egg;
- snack: grains of three nuts;
- evening: 250 g cancer, vegetable salad, two toast.
In the second week, the menu is repeated.
Diet for a month
Example of daily menu:
- breakfast: buckwheat, rice or scrambled eggs, vegetables without heat treatment;
- late breakfast: fruit;
- day: soup, meat, vegetable salad;
- afternoon snack: berries, nuts, dried fruits;
- evening: boiled vegetables, fish or mushrooms with a slice of bread.
Fluid intake, as in other types of diets.
Exit without consequences and secondary use
Returning to the usual diet, as a rule, passes without problems for the body. After a diet for four days, the amount of fluid consumed decreases.
Water can be replaced with green tea, juices.
When you return to a normal diet, it is advisable to consume fermented milk products, raw dishes, compotes, fruit drinks, jellies, etc. After a while, the amount of daily fluids 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 weight loss system predicted a significant excess of daily water volume, compared to the usual, you can go back to the diet no earlier than three to four weeks. During this period, the kidneys will rest from a strong overload: there will be no problems in the urinary system.
Adverse reactions
Weight loss with water has side effects. Abuse can cause:
- kidney problems, swelling;
- heavy load on the cardiovascular system;
- slowing down the weight loss process (excess fluid prevents the breakdown of fats);
- water-salt imbalance;
- calcium leakage: causes cramps, joint pain.
In reviews, people who are on a diet talk about the effectiveness of this method of weight loss, while the negative is usually accompanied by the appearance of adverse reactions, frequent dizziness and fainting. Experts believe that the issue here is inadequate adherence to recommendations, for example, too low daily caloric content. As we said, you should eat at least 1200 Kcal.
To prevent unwanted consequences, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the daily volume of fluid indicated in the recommendations. Do not diet for more than half a month.
Contraindications
The water weight loss system can not be used for kidney pathologies, diabetes mellitus and increased intravenous pressure.
Carefully go on a diet with obesity. Due to the high concentration of insulin in the blood, severe swelling may occur.
Before losing weight, you should consult a doctor.
In 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 swelling in the limbs. By maintaining the regime, the volume of water increases and the amount of salt consumed decreases. Because of this, fluid does not leak, fat in the problem areas is absorbed. Duration: no more than seven days. During the period of childbearing, the process should be supervised by a specialist. Leave 2-3 kg. It can be repeated after six weeks.
Bread with water-kefir
Bread with or without yeast is allowed. Drink 1. 5 liters of kefir and 10 glasses of still water per day. Duration - no more than 14 days. During this time, they lose up to 5 kg. After a couple of months you can continue the diet again.
Water without milk
You can use any low-calorie product except milk. The diet should not last more than a week. It will help you lose up to 10 kg. However, such a weight loss does not affect health in the best way. You can repeat it for a month and a half.
Tea room
Based on five times use of green tea. The drink should be of high quality, with large leaves. Prepared with purified water. This diet option should not be chosen for problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Duration - 1-2 weeks. Repetition is allowed in two months. With this system, you can lose 8-10 kg.
Japanese tea
Per day you should drink 1. 5 liters of Japanese tea. The rest of the juice is water and herbal decoction. A drink from Japan has antioxidant, cleansing properties. Distributes body fat quickly. This diet helps to lose 9-11 kg, but should not be repeated more than once every six months.
apple-water
It is considered quite heavy, not everyone can afford it, it helps to lose 2-5 kg, cleansing the digestive tract. Weight loss will take three days. The first two days you should 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 oats. 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 allow you to sleep soundly. You can return to the diet after three months.
Water-protein
Provides a minimal amount of calories, but is easily tolerated. Diet is recommended to be combined with sports exercise for greater effectiveness. You should drink 2. 5 liters of water a day. The daily menu consists of foods rich in protein. No more than 1200 kcal per day is allowed. The diet lasts 5 days. Leave 4-5 kg. Re-application: after 1. 5 months.
If, with any dietary option, the health condition worsens, regret occurs, weight loss should be stopped. 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 | Amount of fluid in liters |
|---|---|
| 55 | 2. 2 |
| 60 | 2. 4 |
| 65 | 2. 6 |
| 70 | 2. 8 |
| 80 | 3. 2 |
| 100 | four |
To calculate the daily rate of fluids, the weight must be multiplied by 40. The resulting number indicates how much water you should drink per day in ml.
Recipe
Even though the water diet is about eating low calorie foods, this does not mean that they should taste bad. There are many recipes that make weight loss enjoyable.
Watermelon with lime
For cooking you need:
- tul shalqini;
- a bunch of mint;
- four limes or lemons.
Method of cooking:
- divide the berries into four parts;
- cut into equal slices or make balls;
- mint mixed with 2 tbsp. l. lime pulp;
- place the slices in a bowl, pour lime juice over them and sprinkle with a mixture of fruit peel and mint.
apple salad
Ingredients:
- Apple;
- eggs;
- parsley;
- basil.
Recipe:
- boil the egg until fully cooked;
- eliminate yellowish yellow;
- pass the protein and fruits of the apple tree through a coarse grater;
- put the herbs in the salad.
The dish is covered with basil.
fruit cottage cheese
Components:
- cottage cheese;
- Apple;
- lemon juice;
- 1 tablespoon honey;
- 3-4 nuts.
Method of cooking:
- Cut the apple fruit into cubes and carefully pour the lemon juice;
- for impregnation, let stand for ten minutes;
- mixed with honey, walnuts, cottage cheese.
Dietitians' opinions about the water 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 system. In everything you need to know the measure.