Why they call it that is an unanswered mystery, but perhaps because it is short-lived and incredibly effective, and the menu has food for all tastes.
And to know if the Favorite diet is suitable, you need to know the most important thing about it.
Secrets of effectiveness and real benefits of your favorite diet for weight loss
Favorite is one of the most unusual and popular weight loss methods, which is a kind of variety of several fasting days.
According to scientific data, when the body is constantly forced to reorganize its metabolism to process very different foods, its energy costs increase significantly and it becomes more inclined to function in a somewhat atypical way.
And in the Favorite Diet for Weight Loss, the products are varied (and at the same time similar, if we compare those that can be consumed on the same day).
And foods are also divided into two non-overlapping categories - solid foods and drinking foods.
The accelerated breakdown of subcutaneous fat deposits is also affected by a deficiency of fats and carbohydrates (especially simple ones) and a general low-calorie diet.
In addition, weight loss occurs due to the removal of excess fluid from the body, which is caused by the diuretic effect of certain foods and the depletion of glycogen reserves, a product of glucose processing.
The number of kilograms lost largely depends on the initial body weight.
The more it exceeds the norm in this individual case, the more significant the numbers on the scales will be.
Approximately, this value varies:
- from 3 to 6 kg in a week;
- 5 to 10 kg in two weeks;
- from 7 to 15 kg in three weeks.
But the last option is not safe in terms of stress on the body, weakening the normal state of health, and is not recommended by many doctors.
Therefore, it is best to limit yourself to one or two diet cycles without interruption.
You can return to your favorite diet no earlier than after 3-4 months.
Features of Favorite Diet for Weight Loss
The Favorite Diet is not an easy diet.It is often accompanied by increased emotional fatigue, decreased physical resistance and periodic acute attacks of thirst to eat something outside the planned menu (which, of course, one should not succumb to).
When following the diet, it is recommended to avoid heavy work and other stress, and not travel (adapting to a new climate and even a new time zone will be difficult).
Taking a vitamin-mineral complex will be helpful.
It is also important to take into account that this weight loss method creates a great burden on the body and is unacceptable if you have any serious health problems.
In particular, the Favorite Diet for weight loss is contraindicated in the following cases:
- exacerbation of a chronic disease;
- diabetes mellitus;
- rehabilitation period after surgery;
- increased blood cholesterol levels;
- current viral or infectious disease in autumn-winter (e.g. flu, sore throat);
- gastritis;
- disturbances in the functioning of the endocrine (hormonal) system;
- tendency to faint;
- liver diseases;
- hypotension (low blood pressure);
- varicose veins.
The exit from the preferred weight loss diet, like so many others, must be gentle, that is, gradually:
- increase the calorie content of the daily diet;
- increased consumption of fats and carbohydrates (first complex, then simple);
- removal of the main dietary products from the diet;
- add sweets, sausages, pastries and the like to the menu;
- reducing the amount of liquid you drink (to usual volumes).
Rushing after a diet (if you don't remain so careful for at least a week) always leads to one thing - the return of weight, and often to a greater extent than before the weight loss program began.
Nutritional rules for losing weight on the Favorite Diet
The alternation of “tables” in the seven-day courses of this diet may be different, but everything should end with days of balanced nutrition, bringing metabolic processes to a relatively normal state.
Drinks table
Everything that can be drunk is consumed, which means we are talking about hot first courses.
These are usually vegetable or meat broths, but if you prepare puree soup, the proportion of vegetable puree should be minimal.
And fruit and vegetable juices must be pulp-free.
It is not forbidden to drink jelly - starch will protect the digestive tract from disruption.
The menu may also include tea, herbal infusions, black coffee, kefir, yogurt, whey and skimmed milk.Still mineral water is required.
Vegetable table
This category of products can be prepared as you wish - boiled, stewed, baked in the oven or on the grill, simply chopped... You can add unrefined vegetable oil and spices, of course - herbs.The choice of vegetables in quantities of up to 1.5 kg per day is not limited, only potatoes and sweet potatoes, beets and corn are excluded.
Fruit table
Products of this variety are consumed raw and baked (cinnamon and aromatic herbs help to forget that there is no sugar).It is recommended to give preference to pomegranates, citrus fruits, dragon fruit, peach, papaya, apple, pineapple, mango, kiwi, peach and pear.You can eat up to 1.5-2 kg of fruit per day.And the main thing is not to eat fruits rich in sweetness - grapes with bananas, raisins, dates and dried apricots.
Protein table
In this case, eggs, or more precisely, their whites, are valued.All meat should be lean - poultry, fish, squid and shrimp, veal and rabbit.The presence of low-fat cheeses, preferably goat's milk, is also mandatory.And low-fat fermented milk products - cottage cheese, yogurt, kefir.
You can add soy products (milk, meat and tofu), mushrooms and a small amount of nuts.They prepare everything using the same variety of vegetables, without giving up seasonings, olive oil and lemon juice to marinate before roasting.
Balanced table
This menu for the last day of the diet is a combination of all the best that was in the previous versions of the fasting day.
And it is worth mentioning that permitted foods are also classified as “negative calorie” foods, which means that the body extracts as much or less energy from them than it uses to digest them.
These foods, whose presence on the food table (vegetable and balanced) is highly desirable, include:
- zucchini;
- asparagus;
- pineapple;
- apples;
- cabbage (especially broccoli and cauliflower);
- cucumbers;
- grapefruits;
- pods;
- papaya;
- mushrooms (some);
- pepper;
- radish.
Salt and sugar are prohibited for 1 week of the diet, but for two weeks salt is allowed and the sweetness of sugar is replaced with honey and maple syrup.
On any day (except drinking days) you can add sprouted soybean sprouts.
To lose weight on the Amada Diet, it is not necessary to strictly measure portions, but it is better, firstly, not to exceed the recommended daily caloric intake and, secondly, not to eat more than necessary for relative saturation, in which a hint of hunger remains.
It is recommended to set the table for dinner no more than 3 hours before going to bed and for breakfast no more than 30 minutes after waking up.
There is no need to eat it dry - a few sips won't spoil anything, but excess liquid dilutes gastric juice, disrupting digestion.Therefore, you should drink (outside drinking days - 1.5 liters per day) 30 minutes before or 1 hour after meals.
A useful addition for all 7 days can be the habit of drinking in the morning a glass of a time-tested and science-tested activator of lipid metabolism - ginger tea with lemon,
Menu for losing weight on your favorite diet
First day (drinking)
- Breakfast - tropical juice (mango, orange, pineapple).
- Lunch - Kefir.
- Afternoon snack - berry jelly.
- Dinner - tea made from dried apples and rose hips.
Second day (vegetable)
- Breakfast - cucumber, radish and tomato salad with olive oil.
- Lunch - boiled peppers with green beans.
- Lunch - vegetable salad cooked with olive oil and soy sauce, roasted pumpkin.
- Afternoon snack - boiled white cabbage.
- Dinner - assorted roasted tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini and carrots.
Third day (drinking)
- Breakfast - yogurt mixed with berry juice.
- Lunch - assorted red juices - pomegranate, cherry, tomato.
- Lunch - berry jelly.
- Afternoon snack - fish broth.
- Dinner - veal broth.
Fourth day (fruit)
- Breakfast - apple salad, kiwi and fresh fruit.
- Lunch: roasted pear with cinnamon.
- Lunch: grapefruit.
- Afternoon snack - salad of peaches, cherries and soybean sprouts.
- Dinner - baked apple, pear and peach with spices.
Fifth day (protein)
- Breakfast - unsweetened cheesecakes with herbs, yogurt.
- Lunch - warm squid salad with tofu and soybean sprouts.
- Lunch - steamed chicken dumplings, soy milk.
- Afternoon snack - omelet with mushrooms and goat cheese.
- Dinner - baked fish.
Sixth day (drinking)
- Breakfast - carrot and apple juice.
- Lunch: black coffee with skimmed milk.
- Lunch - mushroom soup puree in chicken broth with pea puree.
- Afternoon snack - green tea with jasmine flowers.
- Dinner: pear juice.
Seventh day (balanced)
- Breakfast - omelet with vegetables, unsweetened curd casserole with herbs, fruit salad.
- Lunch - okroshka on kefir with chicken.
- Lunch - green cabbage soup in chicken broth with a boiled egg, radish salad with cucumber and sour cream, baked apples.
- Afternoon snack - oven-baked tomatoes stuffed with minced chicken and cheese, berry jelly.
- Dinner - baked fish with a side dish of boiled asparagus, yogurt with berries.