Popular weight loss diets are short-lived but difficult to tolerate due to many limitations or long-term ones where the weight does not disappear as quickly. The benefit of long-term diets is the ability to lose 20 kg or more without the effect of a return to body weight. In addition, there are diets that help you lose weight locally, for example, to lose weight only in the hips or abdomen.
Why is obesity displayed?
An incorrect diet with daily consumption of fatty and fried foods, mayonnaise and a large number of flour products is the main reason for the appearance of extra pounds. The situation is aggravated by a passive lifestyle, lack of regular exercise.
Due to malnutrition, the metabolism is slowed down, the blood vessels become clogged with cholesterol, the body stops burning subcutaneous fat cells, causing their accumulation. Due to dietary errors, the digestive system becomes clogged with toxins, intestinal peristalsis is disturbed and edema appears.
Regular physical activity helps speed up the process of losing weight.
Slimming mechanism
The basic principle of dieting is to reduce the daily amount of calories. When the body has a calorie deficit, the natural process of burning fat cells is triggered.
Additional effects:
- elimination from toxic substances
- removal of accumulated fluid, which helps eliminate edema;
- normalization of intestinal peristalsis;
- acceleration of metabolism
- cleansing of blood vessels from cholesterol plaques.
Types of diets
There are many different diets for weight loss.
Fast
The advantage of fast diets is that they allow you to lose 2-5 kg in a few days. But they have a significant disadvantage - the lost weight returns quickly if you do not adhere to proper nutrition at the end of the diet.
Slow
Slow diet can last from 1 to 3 months or more. Their diet is very diverse. The main principle is to eat right, to limit the daily amount of calories.
Despite the fact that the weight does not disappear too quickly, they allow you to get rid of 20 kg or more. At the same time, the likelihood of losing weight again, as with fast diets, is virtually absent.
Judging by the most popular diets
The most popular diets include:
- diet of Protasov;
- for the lazy;
- buckwheat;
- kefir.
Kost Protasov
Allows you to not only get rid of obesity, but also to normalize the digestive system, change the attitude to food, improve the general condition of the body and remove toxins. The duration of the diet is 5 weeks, the result is minus 15 kg. You can repeat the diet no more than once every six months.
Principles:
- For the first 14 days, eat 1, 5 kg of raw vegetables, 3 apples, 1 egg, 600 ml of fermented dairy products with a minimum fat content per. Day.
- 3-5 weeks: the diet remains the same, only fermented dairy products are replaced by the same amount of lean meat and lean fish.
- You should drink at least 2 liters of water a day without additives.
Contraindications: diseases of the digestive system, pregnancy and lactation.
Diet for the lazy
- Drink 2 glasses of water 30 minutes before meals and in the morning (immediately after sleep).
- Do not drink water or other liquids within 2 hours after eating.
- Reject junk food - fatty, fried, mayonnaise and sauces based on it, sugar. Limit salt. Instead of coffee, use tea, mostly green without sugar and honey.
The duration of the diet is 1 month where you can lose 10 kg. Contraindications: chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, abnormalities of the kidneys and other organs of the urinary tract.
Buckwheat diet
Buckwheat diet gives a good result in weight loss. But this is a strict diet with a thin menu, so it is difficult to follow it. The principle is to use only a buckwheat, boiled in water without salt and oil. You can eat buckwheat in unlimited quantities.
Fruit and fermented dairy products (minimum fat content) are allowed as snacks, but not more than ½ glasses at a time.
Duration options:
- 3 days (buckwheat only in the diet),
- 7 days (with allowed snacks)
- 2 weeks (fermented dairy products, some lean meat).
The result depends on the duration - from 3 to 10 kg.
Contraindications: vitamin deficiency, diseases of the digestive organs, pregnancy and lactation.
The buckwheat diet assumes several compliance options: in the classic version - you can only eat buckwheat, in the sparse version - lean meats and dairy products are allowed
Kefir diet
On a kefir diet, the weight will disappear quickly while the intestines are cleansed well.
Nutritional principles:
- Eat only a kefir with a minimum percentage of fat. 1-2 liters. Per day.
- Acceptance of kefir-fractionated - every 2, 5 hours do not drink more than 1 glass.
- Drink enough water - at least 2 liters a day.
The duration of the diet is from 2 to 4 days. The result is minus 5 kg or more depending on the starting weight. Contraindications: high gastric acidity, arthritis, pregnancy and lactation, arthritis, acute and chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Which diet is better
The choice of diet type for weight loss depends on what result you want to achieve. The most important thing to remember is that the stricter the diet, the shorter its duration should be to rule out damage to the digestive organs and not cause side effects and a number of complications.
Too fast weight loss
If the goal is to lose 2 to 5 kg in a few days, the kefir diet would be the best option.
There are other strict diets, the principle of which is almost the same - to limit the number of calories a day to a minimum. Fast diets are based on eating 1-2 foods with a minimum calorie content and help cleanse the intestines.
The disadvantage of such diets is that it is difficult to resist, they have many contraindications, with prolonged adherence they harm the body. Express diets are an option for those who urgently need to lose weight on vacation.
For gradual weight loss
Prolonged diets for a period of 1 month or more are a diet with many permitted foods that have a minimum calorie content and the correct ratio of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. The result is up to minus 20 kg. Gradual weight loss is recommended for those who are initially overweight.
Examples of long-term diets: eggs, low calorie monthly, etc.
The advantage of gradual weight loss is in the absence of the effect of recurring body weight, the risk of the lost pounds coming back again.
The disadvantage of a slow diet is that the weight disappears slowly.
Diets for the stomach and sides
Special diets help to lose weight locally by removing the fat layer in the most problematic areas. A diet that helps get rid of the stomach is based on the following principles:
- Rejection of fast carbohydrates, slow consumed only in the morning (up to 12 hours).
- Pineapples and grapefruits that have a fat-burning effect should be included in the menu.
- Avoid salt and oil - only lemon juice is used for dressing salads.
- Use of broth based on parsley and rose hips, which removes excess fluid and toxins from the body.
- Daily availability of low-fat fermented milk products on the menu.
- Rejection of cabbage, which causes gas accumulation.
- Regular consumption of fresh cucumber salad.
Combine proper nutrition and regular exercise. Only an integrated approach will help you get a positive result. In addition, if you need to lose weight in the stomach, it is recommended to perform cosmetic procedures, such as body wraps that help burn fat.