The cottage cheese diet is not suitable for everyone. This is the best option for fans of this product. Those who do not like cottage cheese, it will be very difficult for them to eat only such a dish for a few days.
Characteristics and principles of the cottage cheese diet
The cottage cheese diet has its own characteristics. It not only allows you to lose weight, but also helps strengthen the bone system, teeth, hair, nerves and speed up metabolism. The short-term diet with cottage cheese does not bring stress to the body, as it is equipped with all the necessary substances. Cottage cheese contains many vitamins and easily digestible proteins, and also gives a quick feeling of satiety.
rules:
- fermented milk product must have a low percentage of fat (not more than 5%), otherwise you will not be able to lose weight. But eating completely skimmed cottage cheese is also not worth it, it will not work;
- during the diet you should drink enough water - at least one and a half liters.
It is very convenient to organize days on an empty stomach on cottage cheese. They will not only help you lose a little weight, but will also cleanse the body and speed up the metabolism.
If you do not trust a store product, you can make cottage cheese from rural milk yourself:
- Put the fresh product in the refrigerator to separate the milk from the cream.
- Collect the cream.
- Put the milk in a warm, dark place so that it sours.
- Pour the resulting fermented milk into a saucepan and heat, but do not bring to a boil. The product will start to wind.
- When cool, strain the mass through cheesecloth. The curd is ready.
The serum can be used for other purposes.
Weight loss options
The diet for weight loss with cottage cheese can be multi-product or one-component.
Therefore, everyone can choose the most optimal option for themselves:
- cottage cheese;
- cottage cheese and fruits;
- cottage cheese and milk;
- cottage cheese and egg;
- cottage cheese and vegetables.
Only people with great will can sit on a mono-diet. For the rest, it is better to choose more forgiving options with a not so scarce menu.
Recommended and forbidden foods
If ascetic food does not suit you, you can use other dishes along with cottage cheese.
From the permitted foods you can eat:
- nuts (in small quantities);
- leafy vegetables;
- green;
- fruits (such as bananas or apples);
- kefir or other milk.
The introduction of additional foods in the diet does not allow you to break the diet in half. If there is already unbearable cottage cheese in its pure form, it can be used to prepare salads, omelets, rolls, stews.
You should not eat pastries, pastries, meat, fish, fast food, canned food.
Detailed menu for 3 and 7 days
Three-day fast mono diet option:
- Every day you should eat half a kilo of cottage cheese and drink about half a liter of kefir, dividing this amount into 5 times. There is another variety: 400 g of cottage cheese and 1 liter of milk.
- You can also drink a glass of rose hips daily. Water without sugar and green tea - unlimited.
The menu for 3 days is quite scarce. If following such a diet is difficult, you can add 2 more fruits to your diet daily (or apple, or banana, or strawberry, or grapefruit). Weight loss will be gradual. During this period you can lose from 2 to 5 kg.
A nice bonus is the reduction of the volume of the stomach, as a result of which a person begins to be satisfied with less food.
With a seven-day diet, the snacks are the same - a portion of cottage cheese, grapefruit and a cup of unsweetened green tea.
Other meals during the day:
- Monday: lunch - 100 g of cottage cheese, banana; dinner - a portion of stewed vegetables.
- Tuesday: at noon - half a portion of fermented dairy product, a few stewed vegetable chops. You can have carrot salad for dinner.
- Wednesday: second meal - 100 g of cottage cheese and radish salad with cabbage. In the evening - quinoa with vegetables.
- Thursday: for lunch - half a portion of cottage cheese and a salad of boiled beets. Dinner - mashed vegetable soup.
- Friday: second meal - 100 g of fermented dairy products and a glass of vegetable smoothie; the third is roasted broccoli.
- Saturday: lunch - cottage cheese and rice with vegetables; evening - vegetable salad.
- Sunday: second meal - a little cottage cheese, a portion of vegetable soup; evening - a salad of fresh seasonal vegetables.
You can take all kinds of vegetables except potatoes.
Exit rules
It is very important to get out of the diet properly and not to indulge in high-calorie foods. During the week you should gradually return to your normal diet by introducing stewed vegetables, soups, roast meat and fish into the diet.
Who is contraindicated in such a diet?
You should not try to lose weight with the help of such a diet for expectant mothers, lactating women and people with kidney disease.
Constipation is sometimes seen as a side effect. To eliminate this problem, the diet should be supplemented with fruits and vegetables to increase the amount of fiber.