Fall is a generous time and the best time for a watermelon diet. Why is the watermelon diet good, you ask? Is it suitable for everyone? What's the specialty? Today I will reveal the secret of the watermelon diet.
The watermelon diet is one of the tastiest mono diets, and is perfect for watermelon lovers. This makes it possible not only to lose weight, but also to improve the health of the entire human body. Watermelon diet is very useful for obesity, insomnia, atherosclerosis, anemia, constipation, arthritis, gout, diseases of the liver and bile ducts, and loss of strength.
The essence of the watermelon diet
Throughout the diet, you only need to eat watermelon. Nutritionists believe that 1 kilogram of watermelon should be eaten per 10 kilograms of body weight, and watermelon should be drunk 5-6 times a day. However, I want to warn you that if the watermelon is very sweet, then it weighs 80 kilograms and eats in the proposed mode (you need to eat 8 kilograms), you cannot lose weight, but, on the contrary, only gain it.
It is known that 100 grams of watermelon contains 38 kilocalories, therefore, with a daily requirement of 1500 kilocalories, it is permissible to eat no more than 4 kilograms of watermelon. I propose to choose a middle way: weighing about 60 kilograms (or less), it is allowed to eat up to 3 kilograms of sweet berries, weighing more than 70 kilograms - no more than 4 kilograms of fruit, if the watermelon is very sweet.
You can lose up to two kilograms per day with such a diet.
If you have read my article: the beneficial properties of watermelon, then remember that watermelon contains soluble sugars (fructose, glucose, maltose, sucrose), as well as fiber and pectin fiber. They speed up metabolic processes in the body, help reduce appetite, remove excess fluid, and reduce body fat. All of this contributes to weight loss. In addition, pectin reduces cholesterol levels and lowers blood sugar levels, removes toxic substances from the body, and normalizes the intestinal microflora.
Know, before starting the watermelon diet, it's a good idea to check your body's reaction to the active use of watermelon. To do this, consume 400-500 grams of watermelon per day in addition to the usual diet for 3-4 days. If you don't feel any discomfort (bloated stomach, increased stools, heavy stomach), then you can start.
Watermelon diet options
There are several options for the watermelon diet.
- Fasting day - one day watermelon diet. During the day, you should only eat watermelon (about 5-6 times), as much as you can, but don't get too carried away. Remember the number of calories per day. Also remember that in order to avoid swelling in the morning, the last time watermelon should be drunk 5 hours before bedtime.
- A lighter option - for 5 days, three times a day, 1 hour before meals, eat 1-2 kilograms of watermelon. Then you can eat ordinary food, but you should exclude sweet (chocolate, sweets, pies) and salty (middle, chips, pistachios, peanuts).
- 5 days watermelon diet - all this time we eat watermelon, like on fasting days, but you can treat yourself to 2-3 slices of whole wheat or rye bread if you are very hungry. The bread will give you the energy you need. Remember that the last slice of bread must be eaten before 4pm, otherwise the body will not be able to digest it before bedtime. If you have gastritis, then whole wheat bread should be replaced with whole wheat.
- Soft diet - allows replacing watermelon in one of the meals with boiled or boiled vegetables or cereals (breakfast or dinner). It is up to you to decide which option suits you best.
- Combined option - recommended for 4 days
First breakfast: 150-200 grams of low-fat cottage cheese and 3 slices of watermelon.
Second breakfast: 1-2 pieces of watermelon.
Lunch: 1 bowl of rice porridge (in water, but you can add salt) and 3 pieces of watermelon.
Afternoon snack: 50 grams of low-fat cottage cheese and 1-2 slices of watermelon.
Dinner: 1 bowl of rice porridge (in water, but you can add salt) and 1 slice of watermelon.
This dietary choice is due to the fact that rice supports the intestines in a normal mode (after all, 70% of watermelon is liquid), and cottage cheese, in the doses used in the diet, fully compensates for the loss of calcium with active use of watermelon.
After a few days on the watermelon diet, you can lose 3-6 kilograms, but in order to avoid unwanted complications, you need to get out of the diet properly. After the end of the diet, it is recommended to eat in a certain mode for 2 weeks: for breakfast - porridge on the water (rice, buckwheat, oatmeal) and a small amount of protein foods (cheese, cottage cheese, eggs); for lunch - lean meat, fish, chicken with vegetables, for dinner - watermelon. Then in 15 days you can lose up to 8 kilograms.
Watermelon diet features
This diet not only helps to lose weight, but is a diet of youth and beauty. As a result of the diet, the body is cleansed of toxins and radionuclides, the skin becomes more youthful and elastic, fine wrinkles are smoothed, the skin improves, cellulite is reduced, the hair becomes beautiful shine, nails strengthen.
But not everything is so perfect, there are contraindications to the watermelon diet.
Contraindications to the watermelon diet
Watermelon pulp is a strong diuretic, which puts severe stress on the kidneys. Watermelon diet is prohibited for kidney stones, as it can provoke their movement and cause renal colic.
It is contraindicated in pyelonephritis, problems with the digestive tract, prostate gland.
For people with cardiovascular disease, this diet can only be used after consulting a doctor, because this diet removes potassium and sodium salts from the body, which are indispensable for the work of the heart muscle.