The Maggi diet is a protein diet.It is believed that its “owner” is Margaret Thatcher, for whom it was developed by the best nutritionists in the United States.According to the “Iron Lady” herself, it was this diet that helped her keep her figure in perfect shape for many years, hence the name of the diet - the abbreviated name Margaret.
Of course, over time, the diet changed due to the fact that many products appeared that were not available to ordinary people in the Baroness' youth.The most important condition for successful weight loss with Maggi is strict adherence to the menu: you can exclude one or another product from it, but you cannot change it.
This diet is also called the "egg" diet, because people who follow it eat a lot of eggs, but it also contains enough other protein foods.Thatcher herself said that she eats about thirty chicken eggs a week.In my opinion, this is a lot, so we will not go to extremes and will balance the menu so that none of the recommended products cause disgust.
Its effectiveness lies in the “stressful” reduction of carbohydrates, in which, however, we will not go hungry, because it is pleasant to eat fruits, meats and dairy products.
Another secret of the described diet is that the meals are prepared.at exactly the same time every day, it doesn't matter if it's a weekend or a weekday.If you sit down to breakfast five days a week, say at nine in the morning, continue like this the rest of the days.The amount consumed is exactly the same as indicated on the menu.There is nothing complicated here: no calorie counting, no hunger strike.But here determination and perseverance are not superfluous.
Contraindications of the Maggi diet
- Gastrointestinal diseases.
- Pressure too low or too high.
- During pregnancy, nursing mothers.
- For allergy sufferers, as long as the allergen is present in one of the recommended products: whether eggs, citrus fruits or cow protein.
If a "failure" occurs, it is necessary to start the diet again.
As with any other diet, I recommend exercising in the gym and long walks, drinking plenty of water: this is necessary to keep your muscles in good shape, speed up your metabolism, and thus you will not only get rid of the fat that bothers you, but also become the owner of an athletic figure and strong immunity.
Your starting weight plays a very important role: the more extra kilos you have, the more you will lose each week.And vice versa: if you want to lose about 5 kilograms, it will take two to three weeks, but the weight loss will not be drastic or dangerous for your health, and thanks to its gradual reduction and regular exercise, you will not have "extra" skin left, which sometimes seems even more unpleasant than excess fat.
According to the reviews of people who lasted until the end of Maggi, in a month (with a high initial weight) you can get rid of fifteen and even twenty kilograms.Since this is considered a very marked weight loss, I advise you to follow the diet once a year, for example to lose weight in the summer.A competent "exit" from any diet is also very important: if after a while you return to your previous sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition, your kilograms will return and "bring friends with them."If you follow a few simple "exit" rules, the weight will not only not return, but will also decrease a little.
So, the way out of the Maggi diet:
- One of the options, the best, most effective and correct way is to immediately switch to proper nutrition.Complying with all rules and regulations.Then you can forget about excess weight forever.
- Second option- This is to continue consuming the foods you ate during the diet.One or more, it doesn't matter.For example, you can continue eating grapefruits, tangerines and cottage cheese.Include them in your menu for at least a couple more weeks and your weight will remain at the same level.
- And the third option:start following a diet to lose weight "minus 60"But for the next fourteen days after our weight loss marathon, you will have to limit your consumption of sweets and junk food.
Let me remind you that alcohol, of course, is necessary.completely exclude.
This diet is classified as "chemical": a certain combination of foods causes the formation of chemical processes in the body that actively burn existing fat.
We completely exclude all baked goods, pastas, cereals and potatoes from the menu;These are carbohydrates and will not allow the body to start burning fat.Of course we exclude fatty meats.
Below I present a menu of the month, which was prepared based on personal experience;In twenty-eight days I lost 9 kilograms, even though I don't have much excess weight.Buy a kitchen scale and respect the weight of the finished dish that I indicated.If the weight is not listed on the menu, food can be consumed in any quantity.
Maggi diet menu for 4 weeks.
The first fourteen days we had breakfast with a couple of hard-boiled eggs and half a large citrus fruit.
Week one.
Day 1.
Lunch: fruits listed below.
Dinner: fried, boiled and baked white meat, 250 grams.
Day 2.
Lunch: white meat in any form, 200 grams.
Dinner: simple salad: cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, lettuce leaves, 150 grams in total.Grapefruit or orange, cookie, a couple of eggs.
Day 3.
Lunch: a cracker, low-fat cheese, a couple of tomatoes, green salad leaves.
Dinner: meat, which you cook as you want, 250 grams.
Day 4.
Lunch: consists of fruit.
Dinner: salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, only 150 grams;
poultry fillet in any shape, 250 grams.
Day 5.
Lunch: maximum 2 boiled eggs, vegetables cooked in water, for example peas (you can puree), green beans, pumpkin, carrot.Only 250 grams.
Dinner: boiled fish, 250 grams.The salad is the same as the previous days, today it is 150 grams.Grapefruit.
Day 6.
Lunch: fruit.Anybody you want.
Dinner: steamed meat, 200 grams.A pink tomato.
Day 7.
Lunch: diet meat, 250 grams, with boiled vegetables, of which only 150 grams can be eaten.Medium grapefruit.
Dinner: boiled or steamed carrots, zucchini, peas.150 grams.
Week two.
Day 1.
Lunch: meat cooked to taste, 250 grams.It's still the same salad, 200 grams.
Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs, one grapefruit.
Day 2.
Lunch: 200 grams of boiled chicken breast, 200 grams of cucumber, tomato and pepper salad.
Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs, one grapefruit.
Day 3.
Lunch: 200 grams of baked meat, one tomato.
Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs, one grapefruit.
Day 4.
Lunch: 200 grams of skimmed cheese, 150 grams of boiled vegetables.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, orange.
Day 5.
Lunch: boiled or fried seafood (fish, squid, shrimp) 200 grams.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, tomato.
Day 6.
Lunch: 200 grams of boiled or baked meat (it is better to take beef), lettuce leaves.
Dinner: fruits (you can eat as many as you want and whatever you want, except those that are strictly prohibited on this diet; below I will give you a list of prohibited fruits and vegetables, along with recipes)
Day 7.
Lunch: any part of chicken in any cooking method, 250 grams.Two tomatoes, one orange.
Dinner: one large citrus, boiled meat 150 grams, boiled peas 50 grams.
Week three.
This week we introduce more vegetables and fruits.We will eat them all day, at regular intervals.
Day 1.
Fruits in any quantity.
Day 2.
Vegetables.As much as you want, you don't need to overcome hunger.If you wanted to eat a kilo of apples, you ate them.Boiled vegetables or in salads.
Day 3.
Vegetables and fruits.Salads, stews, whatever you want.
Day 4.
“Vitamin” salad (cabbage, cucumber, carrot), 250 grams of boiled white chicken meat.Boil the vegetables.
Day 5.
250 grams of boiled fish, 150 grams of boiled vegetables.
Day 6.
We eat grapefruits and apples all day.
Day 7.
Just a fruit.But in unlimited quantities.
Week four.
In the last week, we eat whenever you want and in the amount that you personally need, but we strictly adhere to the types of foods you should eat on a given day;You should not substitute foods at your discretion, not even with similar ones.
Day 1.
200 grams of boiled chicken breast, 600 grams of cucumber and tomato salad, grapefruit or grapefruit, small cracker.
Day 2.
200 grams of meat boiled in salted water, crackers, a fruit if desired, cucumber and tomato salad 600 grams.
Day 3.
Salad: cucumbers and tomatoes, today 300 grams.A citrus fruit, crackers, 150 grams of steamed vegetables, 150 grams of low-fat cottage cheese.
Day 4.
A large salad of chicken breast, cucumber and tomato: 150 grams, one citrus.
Day 5.
Two tomatoes, iceberg leaves, a citrus and, of course, eggs.
Day 6.
300 grams of boiled chicken fillet, about one hundred grams of low-fat cottage cheese, one cracker, cucumber, 200 ml of 0.1% kefir, one citrus fruit.
Day 7.
200 grams of any fish, but not fatty.Cooked however you want.It's already a familiar salad: cucumbers and tomatoes, only 300 grams, a cookie, a citrus.
It was said above about abandoning the diet, now in more detail about the nuances of cooking: salt and other natural seasonings, onions and garlic can be added to dishes.All salads are not dressed with anything;We cook all hot dishes without oils or other fats.The products can be cooked in a double boiler, this way they perfectly preserve their beneficial properties.
Allowed vegetables include:zucchini, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, peas, eggplants.No potatoes or corn!
fruit: everything except bananas, grapes, mangoes, nuts.We rely on citrus.
It is also necessary to completely eliminate porridge and pasta.
We must not forget that you cannot drink water or tea while eating;This should be done between meals, without adding sugar, honey or other sweets.You can use a sugar substitute.
Diet recipes
baked fishin the oven is an excellent cooking option for those who are on a diet, especially protein.To do this, simply peel, wash, salt and wrap in aluminum foil.Bake for forty minutes to an hour, depending on the size of your fish.If you wish, you can add lemon juice.
chicken breastCooking is even faster and easier: beat well with a hammer and fry in a dry frying pan for 3-4 minutes on each side.
VegetablesIt can be cooked exclusively in water.Also, for each meal, choose only one type.Cut the zucchini into cubes, add salt, a little pepper mixture and put on the heat.You can slightly diversify the taste with fresh herbs.
fruit saladpamper ourselves on those days when it is not indicated that only citrus fruits can be eaten: cut a pear, an apple into cubes, divide a tangerine into slices, in season it is good to add melon, season everything with lemon juice.
meatIt is best to cook it if it is beef.And bake if it's pork.Since beef is a tough and dry meat, and pork, even its lean parts, is softer.Rub the pork chop with the salt and pepper mixture and fry it in a pan without oil.Or fry in foil in the oven.
The diet is very effective, you just have to want to lose weight and strictly follow the rules.
The Maggi diet: once again about abandoning the diet
How to save the results?You just need to get off the Maggi diet correctly.You can adhere to the points below and your result will please you for a long time:
- Once the diet is completed, you should be more careful with high-calorie foods; it is advisable to consume less.
- Introduce the foods you like into your diet gradually.
- For the first 1-2 weeks after the diet, try to eat the same foods you ate on the Maggi diet.
- Also, 1-2 weeks after the diet, give up sweet, fatty, floury and spicy foods.
- Drink water in the same quantity as during the Maggi diet.
- Try not to eat food three or four hours before bedtime.
- Well, if possible, do physical activity and walk in the fresh air.