Extensive water diet is considered "diet" in the conventional sense of the word. A necessary condition is the observance of the right drink. There is also therapeutic fasting, but that is the subject of another article.
Usually the period of weight loss is very difficult. We have to give up many favorite foods: sweets, starches, fries, etc. The water diet consists of a balanced fluid intake.
Misconceptions about this diet
Opinions about such a weight loss system are contradictory. This is due to the huge number of myths about balanced fluid intake:
- "Water instead of food" - many people believe that such a diet includes only drinking water without food. This is not the case: without food, there will be great harm to the body. The person will feel worse. With this weight loss method, you should avoid high-calorie but unhealthy foods. In this case, you just have to follow the consumption plan.
- "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 heats up to the required temperature. To start the metabolic process earlier, the water should be consumed hot (37-40 ° C).
- "The more you drink, the better the result" is a myth that leads to adverse consequences. The body needs to receive as much fluid as it can process. Excess will stretch the stomach, will require more food. Too much water puts too much pressure on the kidneys. Intracranial pressure may increase: pathologies of the cardiovascular system will occur.
In order for the water regime to work, you must follow all the rules, which we will discuss below.
Description
Man is 80% water. Needed for metabolic processes. Lack of fluids leads to metabolic disorders, edema, deteriorating health, the appearance of extra pounds. Nutritionists recommend drinking artesian mineral water without gas.
Drinking does not mean giving up food.
The main thing is to monitor the amount of fluid you drink, the time of intake, etc. According to reviews of people who have followed this diet, it helps to lose up to 10 pounds.
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 properly. All biochemical processes take place with the participation of fluid. Accelerates the rate of reactions.
Water is part of the blood components, it carries the necessary substances to all organs and systems. Regulates temperature and digestion process. The liquid removes toxic elements, toxins and performs many other important tasks.
Many people, trying to lose extra pounds, buy various drugs, especially underwear, laxative teas, etc. Their purpose is to "dry" the body. In other words, dehydration.
These weight loss methods, if they help to reduce weight, then for a short time. In addition, such methods cause serious damage to health.
Experts believe that extra pounds occur as a result of dehydration. Therefore, the best diet will be: establishing a consumption plan.
Advantages and disadvantages
The right drink system has the following advantages:
- You do not have to spend a lot of time preparing special food dishes.
- you do not need to count the calories consumed.
- you can not increase physical activity.
- save budget: does not involve the use of exotic products that cost a lot of money.
- relatively harmless
- does not cause allergic reactions.
- Water dulls hunger.
- gives lightness and a feeling of weightlessness.
Despite the large number of positive aspects, the diet also has a number of disadvantages:
- Side effects: dizziness, nausea, etc.
- the feeling of satiety passes quickly, the person feels hungry again.
- hard to bear;
- flushes out nutrients (especially potassium and calcium).
- frequent urge to urinate.
Before you decide 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 can not be drunk.
It is best to use melted water that has been liquefied no more than seven hours before. Its beneficial properties are due to the absence of hard salts. Ordinary table water is suitable. However, in its consumption you must know the measure.
It is necessary to drink no more than the amount specified in the instructions. Otherwise, you can cause convulsions, increased intracranial pressure, flushing of useful elements.
Menu
The diet includes a fractional diet. To achieve a result, the daily number of calories does not exceed 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 men for at least 1500.
There are several types of diet. Each of them provides a glass of hot water after waking up in the morning, any meal, before going to bed.
Do not drink while eating. The liquid is acceptable 90 minutes after eating.
A day diet
- Breakfast: oatmeal 250 gr, curd.
- Snack: a few slices of melon.
- Lunch: a bowl of nettle soup.
- Afternoon snack: kiwi or bread.
- Dinner: 0, 2 kilos of beef or stew with fish fillet.
3 days
On the 1st day:
- Breakfast: an egg, some cheese sandwiches.
- lunch: 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.
2nd day:
- Breakfast: some toast, 150 grams of cottage cheese.
- 2nd breakfast: apple?
- Lunch: vegetable mixture, toast, 150 grams of tuna.
- Afternoon snack: pear?
- Dinner: cabbage salad, egg, sandwich with cheese.
Day 3:
- 1st meal: two toasts, a mixture of vegetables, boiled chicken 150 grams.
- lunch: peach;
- Lunch: soup in lean broth, 100 grams of chicken fillet, toast.
- afternoon snack: orange;
- Dinner: boiled vegetables, steamed cutlet, 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
The first day:
- Breakfast: omelette with tomatoes.
- 2nd meal: jelly?
- Lunch break: vegetable soup, 100 grams of chicken or turkey breast.
- afternoon snack: melon;
- Dinner: boiled beans, 0, 2 liters of yogurt without additives.
2nd day:
- 1st meal: two toasts, one egg.
- 2nd breakfast: 30 grams of nuts.
- lunch break: vegetable stew, 100 g liver.
- Afternoon tea: grapes?
- dinner: 200 g mushrooms.
Day 3:
- Breakfast: three tablespoons rice, tomato.
- lunch: raisins;
- Lunch: three cabbage rolls, vegetable mixture.
- Afternoon snack: pear puree.
- Dinner: "summer" salad, low-calorie curd.
Day 4: unloading on apples (drink 1. 5 kg of fruit a day, 0. 3 liters of water 20 minutes before and after meals).
Fifth day:
- Breakfast: oatmeal, cheese.
- afternoon snack: nectarine;
- lunch break: cabbage soup, crayfish 0, 2 kg.
- Afternoon snack: 2-3 plums.
- Dinner: 200 grams of rabbit, 150 grams of low-calorie cottage cheese, orange.
A five-day course accelerates the breakdown of fats, cleanses the digestive system of toxins and toxins. Thanks to this, it will be possible to get rid of 4 to 5 kg.
Seven days
A weight loss program that lasts a week provides 2-3 liters of water per day. Dinner must be no later than three hours before bedtime.
Sample menu:
- Breakfast: Protein foods such as chicken breast or tuna.
- Lunch: vegetable broth, dietary meat, boiled, boiled, 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:
- morning: 2 eggs, a few slices of bread.
- day: 200 g tuna, bread.
- snack: mass of cottage cheese with herbs.
- evening: a cocktail with seaweed, squid and carrots.
Second day:
- breakfast: omelette;
- Lunch: mushroom soup and cabbage soup, cooked squash.
- snacks: dried fruits;
- Dinner: stuffed eggplant.
Third day:
- Breakfast: oatmeal, two tomatoes.
- Lunch: stew, poultry 150 g;
- snack: salad with cauliflower and grapefruit.
- evening: grilled tuna, two toasts.
Day four:
- morning: 150 grams of cottage cheese.
- day: a mixture of 4 quail eggs, chicken broth, greens.
- snacks: apple puree;
- evening: 0, 2 kg rabbit in the oven, two toasts.
Fifth day:
- Breakfast: two egg omelette.
- Lunch: chicken soup without potatoes, vegetable salad.
- Afternoon snack: apricots.
- Dinner: zucchini on the sleeve with lemon juice.
The menu is repeated for the next five days.
The last meal is a few hours before you go to bed.
Diet for 14 days
1st day:
- Breakfast: egg, bread, cheese.
- Breakfast snack: pear, half a glass of cherries.
- Lunch: 150 grams of chicken fillet, 250 grams of seasonal vegetable mixture with lemon juice, bread.
- Afternoon snack: peach 2 pcs.
- Dinner: 139 grams of beef, 250 grams of boiled vegetables.
Second day:
- Breakfast: two crackers, 100 grams of cottage cheese.
- Lunch: a bowl of soup, a coriander salad, 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 boiled asparagus.
- Afternoon snack: four pieces of dried apricots.
- Dinner: two potatoes "in uniform", 200 grams of mushrooms.
Day 4:
- Breakfast: two loaves of bread, a few tangerines.
- Lunch: millet, bread, apple.
- Afternoon snack: "summer" salad.
- Dinner: two schnitzels, salad with seaweed.
Fifth day:
- morning: three tablespoons of buckwheat, two tomatoes.
- Lunch: okroshka, two pieces of bread.
- Afternoon snack: 100 g frozen berries.
- Dinner: salad with cabbage and carrot, 150 g turkey, peach.
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:
- morning: fruit salad with cottage cheese.
- day: soup, boiled egg.
- snack: kernels of three nuts.
- evening: 250 grams of cancer, vegetable salad, two toasts.
In the 2nd week the menu is repeated.
Diet for a month
Sample daily menu:
- morning: buckwheat, rice or omelette, vegetables without heat treatment.
- brunch: 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 diet.
Exit without consequences and secondary use
The return to a normal 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 returning to a normal diet, it is advisable to consume fermented dairy products, first courses, compotes, fruit drinks, jellies, etc. After a while, the amount of daily fluid should be reduced to 1. 5-2-2 liters. Even after weight loss, it is advisable to drink a glass of warm water before eating. This will improve the functioning of the digestive system.
If the weight loss system predicted a significant excess of daily water volume, compared to normal, you can diet again 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.
Unwanted actions
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 (too much fluid inhibits the breakdown of fats).
- water-salt imbalance;
- Calcium flushing: causes cramps, joint pain.
In reviews, dieters talk about the effectiveness of this method of weight loss, while the negative is usually associated with the appearance of side effects, frequent dizziness and fainting. Experts believe that the issue here is improper adherence to the recommendations, for example too little daily caloric content. As we have said, you should eat at least 1200 Kcal.
To avoid side effects, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the daily fluid volume 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 pathology, diabetes and increased intravenous pressure.
Be careful with your obesity diet. Due to the high concentration of insulin in the blood, severe swelling may occur.
Before losing weight, you should consult a doctor.
In the water options
Water-salt
For those who want to lose extra pounds, pregnant women. Adherence to the consumption plan during the first trimester "saves" from intoxication. In the last stages it eliminates the swelling in the extremities. While the regime is maintained, the volume of water increases and the amount of salt consumed decreases. Because of this, the fluid does not stay, the fat in the problem areas is absorbed. Duration: not more than seven days. During the waiting period of the child, the procedure should be supervised by a specialist. Leave 2-3 kilos. It can be repeated after six weeks.
Bread-kefir water
Bread with bran or without yeast is allowed. Drink 1. 5 liters of kefir and 10 glasses of water without gas per day. Duration - no more than 14 days. During this period they lose up to 5 kg. You can diet again after a few months.
Water without milk
You can use any low-calorie product, except dairy. The diet should not last more than a week. It will help you lose up to 10 pounds. 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 use of green tea. The drink must be of high quality, with large leaves. It is prepared with clean 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 pounds.
Japanese tea
You should drink 1. 5 liters of Japanese tea a day. The rest of the liquid is water and herbal teas. A drink from Japan has antioxidant, cleansing properties. It breaks down body fat quickly. This diet option helps to lose 9-11 pounds, but should not be repeated more than once every six months.
water-apple
It is considered quite heavy, not everyone can stand it, it helps to lose 2-5 kilos, to cleanse the digestive system. Weight loss will be followed by three days. For the first two days you should eat only apples in an amount of 2 kilos and drink water in a volume of 2. 5 liters. On the third day, the diet can be differentiated with two tablespoons of oatmeal. Apples contain a large amount of acidic fruits. These substances irritate the gastrointestinal tract: the feeling of hunger increases. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat fruit before bedtime: the desire to eat will not let you sleep peacefully. You can return to the diet after three months.
Water-protein
It provides a minimal amount of calories, but is easily tolerated. The diet is recommended to be combined with sports training for greater efficiency. You should drink 2. 5 liters of water a day. The daily menu consists of foods high in protein. No more than 1, 200 kcal per day is allowed. The diet lasts 5 days. Leave 4-5 kg. Re-application: after 1, 5 months.
If, with any dietary choice, the state of health deteriorates, malaise occurs, weight loss must stop. It is recommended that you contact a specialist.
Fluid volume chart
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 rate of fluid, the weight must be multiplied by 40. The resulting number indicates how much water you should drink per day in ml.
Recipes
Although the water diet involves the consumption of low calorie foods, this does not mean that they should taste bad. There are many recipes that make slimming enjoyable.
Watermelon with lime
For cooking 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 large. lime pulp;
- Put the slices on a plate, pour lime juice over them and sprinkle with a mixture of fruit zest and mint.
apple salad
Components:
- Apple;
- egg;
- parsley;
- royal.
Recipe:
- boil the egg until fully cooked.
- eliminate the yolk;
- pass the protein and the apple fruit through a coarse grater.
- put the herbs in the salad.
The dish is completed with basil.
fruit curd
Components:
- cottage cheese;
- Apple;
- lemon juice?
- 1 teaspoon?
- 3-4 nuts.
Cooking method:
- Cut the apple fruit into cubes and carefully pour in the lemon juice.
- for impregnation, let stand for ten minutes.
- mix with honey, nuts, cottage cheese.
Dietitians' views on 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 systems. In everything you must know the measure.