Buckwheat diet - easy to carry out, gives a good result, but at the same time very difficult for the body. Therefore, it is important to strictly follow the recommendations of its implementation, as well as correctly exit it and switch to normal diet. With strict observance of all the rules of the diet, you can lose from 2 to 12 kg of excess weight, depending on the initial volume and duration of the course of weight loss.

The basic principles of buckwheat diet

Buckwheat diet is based on only one product - buckwheat porridge. When cooking it, you can not use spices and oil, it must be fresh.

There is a plus in this diet - the product can be eaten in the amount that is required to fully saturate the body.

An important nuance regarding proper preparation: cereals can be simply boiled, but with this heat treatment, most of the nutrients are destroyed. Therefore, buckwheat is best steamed with boiling water overnight in a tightly closed container - 2 cups of boiling water are taken for 1 cup of cereal.

Important! It is better to cook the dish in the evening in the amount that will be required for several receptions over the next day.

Nutrition rules

The main rule, of course, is the use of only one product. Buckwheat is rich in vitamins, so the body will be fully provided with the substances necessary for normal work.

But to hold out for several days, eating only buckwheat porridge, is very difficult.

Therefore, in order not to break the process of losing weight, it is recommended to take note of a few rules:

  • if you really want a sweet - eat some fruits of dried apricots or prunes;
  • eat the amount of buckwheat that you need for full saturation - in this diet there are no restrictions on the portion size;
  • drink at least 2 liters of clean drinking water per day, in addition to tea and coffee;
  • drinks should be unsweetened;
  • the menu for the weekly diet should be based on buckwheat porridge cooked in water, without salt / sugar and butter;
  • buckwheat diet should not last more than 14 days - this option of losing weight is still a hard one, so prolonged abstinence from the usual foods can harm the body.

Important! The last meal should be at least 4 hours before bedtime.

Recommended and Prohibited Products

So that the diet does not go too hard, you can add some products:

  • kefir - 1 liter per day. The product should be consumed separately from the main dish, namely half an hour before taking porridge;
  • as a snack, you can add some fresh fruits (for example, apples), excluding bananas and grapes. You can also eat 5-6 units of any type of dried fruit - a lack of sugar in the body causes fatigue, dizziness;
  • salads from fresh vegetables are acceptable during the diet, but they should not be eaten at the same time as porridge. You can fill salads with olive or sunflower oil;
  • low-calorie natural yogurt;
  • 1 tablespoon of honey per day - it can be added to herbal tea;
  • 1 egg per day;
  • teas without sugar are permissible in any quantity, but not less than half an hour before a meal and an hour after a meal.

On a note. If other products are added to the diet menu, its effectiveness decreases, but the body tolerates the process of losing weight more easily.

Detailed menu for 7 and 14 days

The recommended diet period by nutritionists is 1 week. The toughest is considered a mono-diet for 3 days, during which a person uses only buckwheat. But buckwheat diet for 7 days is considered the best course. If at the end of the week the state of the body is normal, but the desired result is not achieved, you can extend it for another week.

For a 7-day diet, it is enough to adhere to the diet below, starting from the 1st day and ending with the 7th. The first days are introductory, and the last are necessary for a smooth withdrawal of an organism from a course of weight loss.

Buckwheat diet for 14 days involves an approximate detailed menu by day:

Day 1.
Breakfast: buckwheat porridge without additives, a cup of green tea with honey.
Lunch: tomato puree soup.
Snack: pear or unsweetened apple.
Dinner: stewed mushrooms with onions, mixed with buckwheat.

Day 2
Breakfast: buckwheat porridge, vegetable salad seasoned with oil and a few drops of lemon juice, a cup of green tea.
Lunch: chicken broth with fresh chopped herbs.
Snack: a glass of kefir of low fat content.
Dinner: boiled egg, buckwheat porridge with fresh herbs to taste.

Days 3, 4, 5.
It is allowed to eat exclusively steamed buckwheat porridge, without dressing. If hunger is too strong, you can eat several fruits of any kind of dried fruit. Be sure to drink herbal teas, to maintain immunity - a rosehip decoction, which will also help remove toxins and toxins from the body.

Day 6
Breakfast: buckwheat with milk, a cup of coffee without sugar.
Lunch: mashed vegetable soup without potatoes.
Snack: dried fruits.
Dinner: stewed cauliflower with buckwheat.

Day 7
Breakfast: buckwheat, one average tomato fruit, a cup of unsweetened tea.
Lunch: mushroom broth with fresh herbs.
Snack: kefir or natural yogurt.
Dinner: boiled buckwheat, seaweed with vegetable oil (you can add a little onion).

Day 8
Breakfast: cottage cheese with a low fat content, unsweetened tea.
Lunch: boiled turkey, salad with fresh cabbage and olive oil.
Snack: dried fruits.
Dinner: stewed vegetables to choose with porridge.

Days 9, 10, 11.
Only buckwheat steamed with boiling water is allowed to eat again. For a snack, you can use dried apricots or prunes once a day.

Day 12
The diet is coming to an end, so you need to start a gradual exit from the rigid dietary restrictions.
Breakfast: buckwheat, steamed, seasoned with butter, as well as green tea with a spoonful of honey.
Lunch: chicken broth with several pieces of chicken, seasoned with fresh herbs and a pinch of salt.
Snack: kefir.
Dinner: stewed vegetables with mushrooms and buckwheat.

Day 13
Breakfast: casserole of sweet buckwheat and cottage cheese, a cup of unsweetened coffee.
Lunch: tomato soup.
Snack: fruit.
Dinner: steamed buckwheat with stewed mushrooms, a pinch of salt and black pepper.

Day 14
Breakfast: meatballs made from steamed buckwheat, a cup of green tea with honey.
Lunch: chicken broth with chopped boiled egg and fresh herbs.
Snack: kefir.
Dinner: turkey fillet baked in herbs and some stewed zucchini.

The calorie content of cereals is 343 kcal per 100 g of raw product and 110 kcal of boiled cereal without salt and oil.

Important! You can not lose weight on buckwheat for more than two weeks. The next course can be taken at least a month later, and better - after 2 months.

Cooking recipes

Here are some recipes for buckwheat diets. They can be used later for fasting days.

Porridge without additives

Making simple buckwheat cereal is very simple. The main thing is to cook for 1 time the amount that will be needed for no more than 2-3 meals.

Take the following proportions of products:

  • a glass of buckwheat;
  • 2 cups boiling water.

Groats should be thoroughly washed from debris, poured into a tightly closed vessel or jar, pour boiling water, tightly close the lid and wrap overnight. In the morning, breakfast will be ready.

Buckwheat meatballs

Buckwheat chops are prepared as follows:

  • 2 cups pre-boiled buckwheat;
  • 50 g of dill and parsley;
  • 2 large eggs;
  • 1 fresh carrot;
  • a pinch of salt and ground pepper.

Rinse the greens in advance and chop finely. Add it to boiled buckwheat. Finely rub the washed and peeled carrots there, add salt and pepper and beat in the eggs. If the meat seems liquid, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of bran - the product is sold in grocery stores in the diet department.
From the minced meat, form cutlets and steam - in a double boiler or using a special basket, over boiling water in a saucepan.

Buckwheat and mushroom vegetables

For 1 serving you will need:

  • 1 ½ cup steamed porridge;
  • 3 large champignons;
  • ½ small onion;
  • 1 small carrot;
  • 2 tablespoons of boiled beans.

Rinse the mushrooms and cut into small plates, process in a frying pan without oil until liquid appears. Then add finely chopped peeled onions and peeled grated carrots. Cook for 10-15 minutes until all foods are softened. After adding pre-boiled beans and buckwheat, cook another 3-5 minutes.

Kefir and buckwheat diet - diet for weight loss

As in the usual buckwheat diet, porridge is allowed to be consumed in the desired amount - until completely saturated. If eating buckwheat is difficult, you can turn on kefir.

In this case, the menu of kefir-buckwheat diet will look something like this:

1-4 day.
Breakfast - a small portion of buckwheat and a glass of kefir.
Snack - kefir.
Lunch - a small portion of buckwheat and a glass of kefir / natural yogurt.
Dinner is the same as breakfast.

5-7 day.
Breakfast - a small portion of buckwheat porridge and a cup of green unsweetened tea.
Snack - a portion of natural yogurt.
Lunch - buckwheat porridge and a glass of kefir.
Dinner - buckwheat and kefir.

At your own discretion, sometimes yogurt can be seasoned with buckwheat or drunk separately after eating.

Way Out Of Buckwheat Diet

Exiting a mono-diet always comes down to the following rules:

  • the menu should consist only of healthy dishes, without snacking with sandwiches, junk food and bars;
  • drink water at least 1.5 liters per day for women and 2 liters for men;
  • during the diet, the volume of the stomach will decrease, respectively, and the portion taken by the body too. Try not to overeat and avoid large portions of food;
  • if overeating does happen (for example, at the holiday table) the next day should be unloading - with buckwheat, apples, freshly squeezed juice or any other product - it depends on preferences and health status;
  • products that were previously familiar - meat, milk, other cereals - should be introduced into the menu gradually - 1 product per day;
  • the amount of sweet, flour, fatty and canned should be reduced to a minimum, and something can be completely excluded from the diet.

It is important to remember - if you exit the weight loss course incorrectly and too abruptly, the weight will return back as soon as possible.

How many kilograms of excess weight can I lose?

The number of kilograms lost primarily depends on the person’s initial weight - the more weight, the more kilograms will go in the first few days.

It is noted that with a two-week diet, people with sufficiently noticeable excess weight lose up to 7-10 kg in the first week, up to 4-5 kg ​​in the second. If the initial weight is close to normal, kilograms will go away more slowly and in less quantity. On average, in 2 weeks of the diet you can lose up to 12 kg.

Who is contraindicated in such a diet?

Diet is a restriction in the intake of foods.

The process of losing weight with an unreasonable approach can bring serious health problems, especially if there are contraindications:

  • diabetes;
  • bowel or stomach disease (e.g., ulcer);
  • hypertension;
  • pregnancy and lactation;
  • individual intolerance to the product.

In order not to harm the body, before a diet, a consultation with a nutritionist is necessary. To check the reaction of the body to changes in the daily diet, it is recommended to spend 1 day of the diet and if the body responded normally, continue to lose weight further.

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