Rules for drinking diet

With a water diet, you do not need to cook separately yourself, buy expensive products and go hungry. Find out what kind of water and how to drink to lose up to 3 kg in a week without dieting, sports and loss of strength!

Everyone knows from childhood that the main component of the human body is water. However, few people think about how a constant lack of quality water negatively affects health. The functioning of all systems and organs directly depends on this factor, not to mention the appearance.

The aging process is closely linked to the level of fluid intake in the body. Brittle nails, hair, sagging skin are clear signs that the water balance is disturbed.

A proper water diet not only helps maintain youth, but also returns your weight and figure to normal effectively and safely. Nutritionists have proven that due to insufficient water intake in the body, deposits of extra pounds are often formed. These studies were based on the principles of a water diet for weight loss. Nutritionists promise that with this nutritional approach you can easily lose up to 2-3 kg in a week. The maximum duration of the regime can be 30 days.

Benefits

1. Drinking the optimal amount of water will not only have a positive effect on your figure, but also improve the color and structure of the skin on your face, as well as your well-being.
2. Unlike most diets, water diets do not lead to loss of strength and, accordingly, mood. On the contrary, a feeling of vigor will appear and an increase in activity will begin to appear.
3. The absence of the need to radically change and reduce your diet is another undeniable advantage. This same factor is the reason why when following this diet, an acute feeling of hunger does not occur.
4. There is no need to create a complex menu using expensive products and time-consuming dishes to prepare. For this reason, the water diet is considered a diet for lazy people: it requires a minimum of time and effort, since it is quite acceptable to continue eating at a common table without changing your basic eating habits.

Defaults

1. If, before applying the water diet, the rate of water consumption was significantly lower, a period of adaptation of the urinary system will pass, during which the kidneys will begin to work more intensively. During these few days, visits to the toilet will increase considerably.
2. The processes of removing fluid from the body are accompanied by the washing out of not only harmful, but also useful substances. Moderation is important in everything, so you should not overestimate the norms of water consumption. Multivitamin complexes will help restore the balance of essential minerals and other important substances.
3. It is not necessary to sharply increase the volume of incoming water, as this will become a stressful load for the body. It is best to proceed gradually, over several days.

Basic rules

To know how to follow a water diet, you need to familiarize yourself with its rules in detail.

1. After waking up, you need to drink a glass of clean water at room temperature. This will activate metabolic processes and force the body to tune in to activity.
2. Make sure to drink water 30 minutes before each meal. Thus, digestion processes will occur more intensively, while the total volume of food will decrease, which will be the first step towards weight loss.
3. But you do not need to drink food during meals and for an hour and a half afterward, as this will reduce the concentration of gastric juice, significantly complicate digestion and slow down the absorption of nutrients.
4. To avoid causing bloating, you should reduce your salt intake. It is also not recommended to completely exclude it from the diet, so as not to disrupt the water-salt balance, but it is certainly worth reconsidering the portions of salty foods.
5. A person does not always correctly determine the signals sent by the central nervous system. Often, the feeling of thirst is perceived in the same way as hunger signals. So, if you have an appetite, you can first drink water: if hunger does not disappear within 30 minutes, then you should have a snack, without fear of misinterpreting the needs of your body.
6. Water that is too cold significantly slows down the metabolism, so it is best to warm it to 30-38°C before drinking or at least to room temperature.
7. The main volume of liquid consumed by a modern person comes from drinks: tea, coffee, juices, cocktails, etc. The correct solution is to replace most of it with plain water. With any influx of a mixture of water with other nutrients, digestion processes are activated and the levers of water-salt metabolism, which are activated in response to the influx of water, should be activated. To calculate individual water norms, there is a universal formula: approximately 40 ml of purified water should be provided per 1 kg of weight per day. When dieting with reduction of kilos, one should not forget to periodically recalculate to correct this norm.
8. In hot seasons, the need for fluid increases due to intense sweating, so the total volume of drinks should also increase proportionally.
9. In order for the results of the diet to begin to appear as soon as possible, before starting it, you need to arrange a fasting day with any suitable product that is preferable in the diet and not considered junk food.
10. It is important to drink quality water: purified drinking water, with average levels of mineralization. Unboiled tap water may contain pathogenic bacteria, chlorides and contaminants from the internal surface of the pipes, so it is best to avoid its use.
11. You need to drink slowly, taking small sips. You should not drink more than one drink at a time, as this stretches the stomach and inevitably increases food portions.

Which water is suitable for losing weight

Soda is not recommended for diet food, as it irritates the gastric mucosa and causes increased appetite. Beverages such as coffee, tea, soda, wine or beer are diuretics and therefore worsen dehydration.

The ideal option for losing weight is melt water, melted at room temperature no more than 7 hours ago. It does not contain any impurities of hard salts, which has a great effect on its properties.

Table water is universal, it suits everyone without exception, but even it should not be drunk 4-5 liters per day. The volume should not exceed the amount prescribed by the instructions, as this can cause convulsions, leaching of minerals and increased intracranial pressure.

Menu

During a water diet, a split distribution of main meals is recommended. To achieve impressive weight loss results, daily calorie intake should not exceed 860 kcal.

In all dietary options, a glass of warm water is obligatory immediately after waking up, half an hour before each meal and before going to bed, unless there are special requirements. It is contraindicated to drink food during a meal, you can drink only after 1. 5 hours. The total volume of water should be approximately 2. 5 liters for a person with average physical characteristics.

For 1 day

• Breakfast: oatmeal without milk or butter or a portion of low-fat cottage cheese.
• Lunch: 1 large fruit or several medium-sized fruits.
• Lunch: a moderate portion of soup or borscht.
• Afternoon snack: 1 piece of fruit or toast.
• Dinner: 200 g of baked meat or vegetable stew with fish fillet.

For 3 days

By following a diet, during this period you can actually get rid of 3 kg of fat. Every morning when you wake up, on an empty stomach, you should drink a glass of water with a few drops of natural lemon juice. Drink water 20-30 minutes before each meal, and an hour before bedtime, prepare a solution of warm water with a teaspoon of natural honey.

Day 1

• Breakfast: 2 toasts of rye bread, 1 chicken egg, a piece of cheese.
• Lunch: 1 grapefruit.
• Lunch: 150 g of boiled chicken breast, vegetable salad of tomato and cucumber, a piece of low-fat hard cheese, 1 piece of toast.
• Afternoon snack: 1 peach.
• Dinner: green bean compote, a portion of boiled sea bass, a piece of gray bread.

Day 2

• Breakfast: 2 toasts of rye bread, 150 g of low-fat cottage cheese.
• Lunch: 1 large nectarine.
• Lunch: 150 g of boiled fish fillet, leafy vegetable salad, 1 piece of toast.
• Afternoon snack: 1 green apple.
• Dinner: 2 hard-boiled chicken eggs, fresh white cabbage salad, rye toast, a slice of cheese up to 45% fat.

Day 3

• Breakfast: 2 toasts of rye bread, salad of green leaves, 150 g of boiled chicken breast.
• Lunch: 2 yellow plums.
• Lunch: a portion of vegetable soup, 100 g of lean meat cooked in foil, a piece of rye bread.
• Afternoon snack: 1 large pear.
• Dinner: 2 fish cutlets, cooked in a bain-marie, vegetable stew.

The second version of the 3 day diet

The diet is a very strict type of weight loss, since fasting is used. During this period, a deep cleansing of the gastrointestinal tract occurs and the volume of the abdominal region rapidly decreases.

This diet is only allowed for healthy people.

During all 3 days, you can drink only clean water, completely refusing other drinks and food. On the first day, severe attacks of hunger usually occur, but on the second day they subside, because during this period the metabolism slows down and the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach decreases.

After such a fast, you cannot immediately return to a normal diet. The recovery period lasts 12 days, during which proteins, fats and carbohydrates are gradually introduced into the diet.

During 5 days

An intensive course that combines acceleration of the lipolysis process and cleansing the gastrointestinal tract of waste and toxins. Thanks to these positive changes, you can lose 4-5 kg.

Monday

• Breakfast: scrambled eggs with tomato.
• Lunch: jelly.
• Lunch: vegetable soup with asparagus and coriander, 100 g of white meat.
• Afternoon snack: 1 apple.
• Dinner: green bean compote, a cup of natural yogurt.

Tuesday

• Breakfast: 2 toasts, 1 chicken egg.
• Lunch: 30 g of cashew nuts.
• Lunch: vegetable stew, 100 g of boiled beef.
• Afternoon snack: 2 pineapple slices.
• Dinner: 200 g grilled mushrooms.

Wednesday

• Breakfast: 3 tablespoons. spoons of brown rice, tomato.
• Lunch: dried fruits.
• Lunch: 3 steamed escalopes, celery and apple salad.
• Afternoon snack: 1 sour apple.
• Dinner: vegetable salad without oil, 100 g of low-fat cottage cheese.

THURSDAY

Entirely dedicated to unloading apples: you need to eat around 1. 5 kg of apples per day. The drinking regime is the same: one glass 20-30 minutes before meals and one glass after.

Friday

• Breakfast: oatmeal without butter, 20 g of hard cheese.
• Afternoon snack: 1 green apple.
• Lunch: onion soup, mixed seafood – 200 g.
• Afternoon snack: 1 pear and 1 plum.
• Dinner: 200 g of steamed veal, 150 g of low-fat cottage cheese with herbs, grapefruit.

For 7 days

The diet of this dietary option is based on the consumption of 2-3 liters of water and low-calorie foods. The banned list includes grains, sugar, coffee and salt. The last meal should be taken no later than 3 hours before bedtime.

Daily meals should be structured according to the following principle:

• In the morning, eat protein foods: low-calorie hard cheese, quail and chicken eggs, low-fat cottage cheese;
• in the afternoon: a cup of vegetable broth, a piece of chicken fillet, raw, stewed or boiled vegetables;
• in the evening: meat, fish and vegetables cooked in a bain-marie;
• Two snacks of dried fruit or unsweetened fruit are allowed.

In a week, weight loss reaches 10 kg, depending on the initial parameters.

Monday

• Breakfast: boiled egg, a piece of black bread, 70 g of hard cheese.
• Lunch: pear and 3 plums.
• Lunch: 150 g of boiled chicken fillet, 250 g of vegetable salad seasoned with lemon juice, a piece of gray bread.
• Afternoon snack: 1 peach.
• Dinner: a piece of boiled veal, 250 g of vegetable stew, a glass of natural yogurt.

Tuesday

• Breakfast: a glass of biokefir, a piece of gray bread.
• Lunch: 2 nectarines.
• Lunch: 150 g of baked sea fish, 260 g of green salad garnished with lemon juice, a piece of gray bread.
• Afternoon snack: 2 green apples.
• Dinner: 90 g of boiled chicken meat, 2 raw eggs, 250 g of tomato and cucumber salad, a piece of gray bread, 2 pieces of low-fat hard cheese.

Wednesday

• Breakfast: 100 g of boiled white chicken meat.
• Lunch: 4 yellow plums.
• Lunch: a plate of mushroom and vegetable soup, a piece of gray bread.
• Afternoon snack: 2 pears.
• Dinner: 130 g of grilled fish, 3 cucumbers, a piece of gray bread, a glass of natural yogurt.

Repeat the menu from Thursday to Sunday.

Second version of the seven-day course

This is the most difficult option for losing water weight. This is a week-long fast, during which you cannot eat any food, you can only quench your thirst. For every day, weight loss will be 1. 5-2. 5 kg.

It is this diet that tops the rankings of the most effective diets, but at the same time the hardest and most dangerous. If you incorrectly assess your condition, then such fasting leads to digestive dysfunctions, fainting and even hormonal disruptions.

It can only be used once every six months.

You need to make sure the water is of the highest quality: melt water or Evian.

For 10 days

Day 1

• Morning: 2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 slices of gray bread.
• Day: 200 g of tuna, 2 slices of gray bread.
• Snack: low-fat cottage cheese with dill.
• Evening: vegetable and seafood salad (seaweed, mussels and carrots).

Day 2

• Morning: scrambled eggs with broccoli.
• Day: porcini and cauliflower soup, baked eggplant.
• Snack: dried fruits.
• Evening: zucchini stuffed with minced meat and fromage blanc.

Day 3

• Morning: oatmeal, 2 tomatoes.
• Afternoon: Chicken and asparagus stew.
• Snack: Chinese cabbage and orange salad.
• Evening: grilled fish, 2 slices of gray bread.

Day 4

• Morning: 150 g of cottage cheese with a minimum of fat.
• Day: cocktail of 4 quail eggs, chicken stock, dill and basil.
• Snack: apricot puree.
• Evening: 200 g of baked turkey, 2 pieces of black bread.

Day 5

• Morning: omelette with 2 eggs.
• Day: chicken soup without potatoes, vegetable salad.
• Snack: peach.
• Evening: zucchini baked in foil with Italian herbs and lemon juice.

Day 6

• Morning: 2 toasts, 2 sausages.
• Day: a portion of asparagus soup, 100 g of chicken.
• Snack: 1 grapefruit.
• Evening: vegetable stew, 2 pieces of gray bread.

Day 7

• Morning: 3 tablespoons. spoons of rice to accompany broccoli.
• Lunch: broth with crackers.
• Snack: a cup of yogurt.
• Evening: 150 g of simmered beef and kelp salad.

Day 8

• Morning: pepper omelette.
• Lunch: a portion of lean borscht, 150 g of boiled chicken, salad of tomatoes and cucumbers.
• Snack: a cup of berries.
• Evening: vegetable caviar, 2 slices of gray bread.

Day 9

• Morning: 3 tablespoons of buckwheat porridge without oil.
• Lunch: 200 g of baked turkey in a yogurt sauce.
• Snack: 5 pieces. prunes
• Evening: hot sandwich with hard cheese and herbs, vegetable salad.

Day 10

• Morning: 2 chicken eggs, 2 toasts of black bread.
• Lunch: a portion of vegetable soup, 150 g of beef.
• Snack: cottage cheese with herbs.
• Evening: baked fish with vegetables, a few slices of fresh pineapple.

For 14 days

Monday

• Breakfast: 150 g of white cabbage salad with lemon juice.
• Lunch: 4 tbsp. L. unsalted boiled rice, grated carrot salad with apple.
• Afternoon snack: 5 dry crackers.
• Dinner: 200 g of shrimp and lettuce mixture, 2 pieces of gray bread.

Tuesday

• Breakfast: 2 croutons, 100 g of cottage cheese.
• Lunch: a bowl of soup, a salad of celery, carrots and herbs.
• Afternoon snack: 2 apples.
• Dinner: 100 g of rice, 150 g of boiled vegetables and ½ grapefruit.

Wednesday

• Breakfast: fruit salad of pears, banana, orange and apple.
• Lunch: a cup of quail broth with croutons, 150 g of asparagus compote.
• Afternoon snack: 4 pcs. dried apricots, not boiled in syrup.
• Dinner: 2 baked potatoes in their jackets, 200 g of fried mushrooms.

THURSDAY

• Breakfast: 2 toasts, orange.
• Lunch: boiled rice, with peas, a piece of gray bread, an apple.
• Afternoon snack: vegetable salad.
• Dinner: 2 steamed cutlets, kelp salad.

Friday

• Breakfast: 3 tablespoons. L. buckwheat, 2 tomatoes.
• Lunch: a portion of okroshka, 2 pieces of black bread.
• Afternoon snack: ½ tbsp. raspberries, strawberries or currants (can be defrosted).
• Dinner: cabbage and carrot salad with sesame oil, 150 g chicken, apple.

SATURDAY

• Breakfast: 3 tablespoons. spoons of rice and 1 pear.
• Lunch: 200 g of boiled beef tongue, fruit salad of kiwi, orange and apple.
• Afternoon snack: 1 mango.
• Dinner: 150 g of fat-free steamed pork, vegetable salad.

Sunday

• Breakfast: fruit salad of dried apricots, apples and prunes with cottage cheese.
• Lunch: a bowl of soup, a boiled egg.
• Afternoon snack: kernels of 3 walnuts.
• Dinner: 250 g of crayfish meat, vegetable salad, 2 toasts.

During the second week, the menu is repeated from Monday to Sunday.

For a month

For such a long period, the diet cannot be severely reduced. The pounds will not disappear as quickly as with more severe options, but the result will not disappear in the first weeks and the health benefits will be much greater.

The drinking regime remains standard for a water diet: drink a glass of lukewarm water immediately after getting up, a glass before each meal (30 minutes before) and after a meal (one hour later). The required volume of water can be calculated using the formula: weight (in kg) divided by 20.

Approximate daily diet

• Morning: porridge or scrambled eggs and some raw vegetables.
• Lunch: 1 fruit.
• Day: a portion of soup, a piece of meat and a vegetable salad.
• Afternoon snack: berries, nuts or dried fruit.
• Evening: simmered or baked vegetables, fish or mushrooms with a slice of unleavened bread.

The list of prohibited foods includes sweets, confectionery, baked goods, fatty foods, canned foods, pickled vegetables and smoked meat.

In order to diversify the taste of water, you can add a few drops of lemon juice or a mint leaf.

How to get out of a diet correctly

Generally, the transition to a standard diet occurs without digestive problems. After losing weight, for the first 4 days you should gradually reduce the amount of fluid you drink. You can gradually replace it with green tea or freshly squeezed clarified fruit and vegetable juices.

At this stage, it is good to eat foods that contain a high percentage of moisture: fermented milk products, various soups, compotes, jellies, watery fruits and vegetables.

Gradually, the fluid flow should drop to 1. 5-2 liters per day, which is recommended by doctors.

After losing weight, an excellent solution would be to maintain the habit of drinking a glass of water at room temperature half an hour before meals: this will allow the digestive system to prepare for the upcoming meal and absorb themaximum minerals and vitamins.

Reuse

If the diet menu involved significantly higher water consumption than the standard menu, you can return to it no earlier than after 3-4 weeks. During this period, the body will be able to rest from the increased load on the kidneys, which will avoid problems with the functioning of the urinary system.

Contraindications

This type of weight loss combines a balanced intake of food and fluids, so the diet has very few contraindications. People with pathologies of the functioning of the kidneys or the urinary system must first obtain the agreement of the treating physician before use.

For those who often suffer from swelling or are at risk of hypertension, it is also better to choose another type of weight loss.

During the lactation period, high water intake can reduce the nutritional value of breast milk.

Diet Options

Water-salt

It is actively recommended not only to those who simply want to become slimmer, but also to those who "gained" excess weight during pregnancy. In the first trimester, drinking plenty of water helps reduce the manifestations of toxicosis, and in the third trimester - eliminates swelling of the legs.

The main requirement of the diet, aside from increasing the volume of fluid you drink, is to minimize salt intake. A set of these measures prevents water retention in the body's cells and helps reduce volume in problem areas, especially in the waist and abdomen.

It is important to consider that table salt is found not only in home-cooked meals, but also in many store-bought products.

It is necessary to exclude from the diet all marinades and pickled vegetables, sauces, mayonnaise, canned foods, fish, cabbage and smoked meats.

This type of weight loss can be used for no more than a week, and in case of pregnancy, only under the control of a local gynecologist. You can lose 2 to 3 kg in a week.

Repeated use is allowed no earlier than after 1. 5 months.

Water-kefir bread

Although bread is not a dietary product, it is present in the diet of this diet.

Weight loss is conditional on compliance with basic rules:

• Certain types of bread are authorized, namely: rye bread with bran or prepared without yeast;
• pastries and white bread are strictly prohibited;
• per day you need to drink 1. 5 cups of low-fat kefir;
• The drinking regime is based on drinking 10 glasses of water per day;
• in moderation, you can eat cottage cheese with a minimum percentage of fat, avocados (no more than half at a time), lean meats, vegetables and fruits low in starch and sugar.

The maximum course duration is 14 days. In 2 weeks you can burn up to 5 kg of body fat. If necessary, you can resume the course after 2 months.

Water without milk

The essence of the diet is to eat a variety of low-calorie foods that will saturate the body with everything it needs to function. In this case, dairy products, even low-fat, are completely excluded.

In a week of this diet you can lose 10 kg. This treatment should not be continued for more than 7 days, as abuse of such a diet may not have the best effect on your health.

Daily nutrition consists of 5 meals, including, in addition to the main meals, snacks - the second breakfast and afternoon snack. In the first half of the day you can enjoy porridge without salt and butter, in the afternoon you can eat vegetable soup or chicken broth, and for dinner you can taste chicken or beefboiled. Every meal should be filled with fruits and vegetables; they will be particularly appropriate during snacks, as well as dried fruits.

The basic principle remains the same: drink 200 ml of water half an hour before meals and an hour and a half after. The total volume should be close to 2. 5 to 3 liters.

This diet can be reapplied after 1. 5 months.

Water-protein

Despite the fact that this type of nutrition significantly limits calorie intake, it is easy to tolerate. With such a diet, increased physical activity is successfully tolerated, therefore it is organically combined with training and various sports.

The basic principle is to drink 2. 5 liters of water: 1 to 2 glasses upon waking up, half an hour before each meal, 1. 5 hours after meals and just before going to bed.

Main meals consist mainly of foods containing protein. These can be: eggs, meat, milk and dairy products, cheese, fish, game, wheat, buckwheat, rice, etc. In the morning and lunch you need to add vegetables in different combinations and prepare snacks from fruits.

Total daily calorie intake should not exceed 1, 100 kcal. The course lasts 5 days. During this period, weight loss ranges from 4 to 5 kg. It is not recommended to use it more than once every 1. 5 months.