The curd diet is not suitable for everyone. This is the best option for lovers of this product. Those who don't like cottage cheese will find it very difficult to eat just that dish for several days.
Characteristics and principles of the curd diet
The cottage cheese diet has its own characteristics. Not only does it allow you to lose extra pounds, it also helps to strengthen your skeletal system, teeth, hair, nerves and speed up metabolism. A short-duration diet based on cottage cheese does not bring stress to the body, as it contains all the necessary substances. The curd contains many easily digestible vitamins and proteins, in addition to giving a quick feeling of satiety.
Rules:
- Fermented milk must have a low percentage of fat (no more than 5%), otherwise it will not be possible to lose weight. But eating completely fat-free cottage cheese isn't worth it either, it won't work;
- during the diet, you need to drink a sufficient amount of water - at least a liter and a half.
It is very convenient to organize fast days with cottage cheese. They will not only help you lose some weight, but also cleanse your body and speed up your metabolism.
If you don't trust a product from the store, you can make cottage cheese yourself with village milk:
- Place 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 it sours.
- Pour the resulting sour milk into a saucepan and heat, but do not bring to a boil. The product will start to curl.
- When cool, strain the dough with a cotton cloth. The curd is ready.
The serum can be used for other purposes.
Weight Loss Options
The curd slimming diet can be a multi-product or a single component.
Therefore, everyone can choose the best option for themselves:
- curd;
- curds and fruit;
- curd and milk;
- cottage cheese and egg;
- cottage cheese and vegetables.
Only people with strong willpower can go on a mono-diet. For the rest, it is better to choose more accommodating options with a not so sparse menu.
Recommended and prohibited foods
If ascetic food doesn't suit you, you can use other dishes along with cottage cheese.
Of the allowed foods, you can eat:
- nuts (in small amounts);
- leafy vegetables;
- greens;
- fruits (such as bananas or apples);
- kefir or other milk.
The introduction of additional foods in the diet does not allow interrupting the diet in half. If there is already an unbearable curd in its pure form, it can be used to make salads, omelets, bread rolls, casseroles.
You must not eat pastries, sweets, meat, fish, fast food, canned food.
Detailed menu for 3 and 7 days
Three-day fast mono diet option:
- Every day you need to eat a pound of cottage cheese and drink about a pint of kefir, dividing that amount 5 times. There is another variety: 400 g of curd and 1 liter of milk.
- Also, you can drink a glass of rose hips daily. Sugar-free water and green tea - unlimited.
The menu for 3 days is pretty sparse. If sticking to this diet is difficult, you can add 2 more fruits to your diet daily (an apple, or a banana, or a strawberry or a grapefruit). Weight loss occurs gradually. During this period, you can lose 2 to 5 kg.
A nice bonus is the decrease in stomach volume, as a result the person begins to be satisfied with less food.
On a seven-day diet, breakfast is the same - a serving of cottage cheese, grapefruit and a cup of unsweetened green tea.
The rest of the day's meals:
- Monday: lunch - 100 g of cream cheese, banana; dinner - a portion of cooked vegetables.
- Tuesday: at lunchtime - half a portion of a fermented milk product, a couple of steamed vegetable chops. You can dine with carrot salad.
- Wednesday: second meal - 100 g cottage cheese and radish salad with cabbage. In the evening - quinoa with vegetables.
- Thursday: for lunch - half a portion of cottage cheese and cooked beet salad. Dinner - vegetable puree soup.
- Friday: second meal - 100g of fermented dairy products and a glass of vegetable smoothie; the third is baked broccoli.
- Saturday: lunchtime - cottage cheese and rice with vegetables; in the evening - vegetable salad.
- Sunday: second meal - a little curd, a portion of vegetable soup; in the evening - a salad of fresh seasonal vegetables.
You can take any vegetable, except potatoes.
exit rules
It's very important to get off the diet correctly and not throw yourself into high-calorie foods. During the week, you need to gradually return to your normal diet, introducing cooked vegetables, soups, roast meat and fish into your diet.
Who is contraindicated on such a diet?
You should not try to lose weight with the help of this diet for pregnant women, breastfeeding women and also for 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.