The curd diet is not suitable for everyone. This is the best option for lovers of this product. Those who do not like cottage cheese will find it very difficult to eat just one such 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, but it also helps to strengthen the skeletal system, teeth, hair, nerves and accelerate metabolism. A short-term diet with cottage cheese does not stress the body, since it has all the necessary substances. The curd contains many vitamins and easily digestible proteins, in addition, it gives a quick sensation of satiety.
Rules:
- The fermented dairy product must have a low percentage of fat (no more than 5%), otherwise you will not be able to lose weight. But it is also not worth eating completely fat-free cottage cheese, this will not give a result;
- during the diet, you need to drink a sufficient amount of water, at least one and a half liters.
It is very convenient to organize fasting days with cottage cheese. Not only will they help you lose a little weight, but they will also cleanse the body and speed up the metabolism.
If there is no confidence in a product from the store, you can make cottage cheese yourself from milk from the village:
- Place the fresh product in the refrigerator to separate the milk from the cream.
- Pick up the cream.
- Put the milk in a warm, dark place to make it sour.
- Pour the resulting curdled milk into a saucepan and heat, but do not bring it to a boil. The product will begin to curl.
- When cool, strain the dough through cheesecloth. The curd is ready.
The serum can be used for other purposes.
Weight loss options
The curd weight loss diet can be of several products or of a single component.
Therefore, everyone can choose the most optimal option for themselves:
- Curd;
- curd and fruit;
- curd and milk;
- cottage cheese and egg;
- curd and vegetable.
Only people with strong willpower can follow a mono-diet. Otherwise, it is better to choose more indulgent options with a menu that is not so sparse.
Recommended and prohibited foods
If ascetic food does not suit you, you can use other dishes together with cottage cheese.
Of the allowed foods, you can eat:
- walnuts (in small quantities);
- leafy vegetables;
- vegetables;
- fruits (like bananas or apples);
- kefir or other milk.
Introducing additional foods into the diet does not allow you to interrupt the diet in half. If there is already an unbearable cottage cheese in its pure form, it can be used to make salads, omelets, rolls, stews.
You should not eat cakes, sweets, meat, fish, fast food, canned food.
Detailed menu for 3 and 7 days
Three-day fast diet mono option:
- Every day you need to eat a pound of cottage cheese and drink about half a liter of kefir, dividing this amount by 5 times. There is another variety: 400 g of cottage cheese and 1 liter of milk.
- Also, you can drink a glass of rose hip a day. Unsweetened water and green tea: unlimited.
The 3-day menu is pretty minimal. If it is difficult to follow such a diet, you can add 2 more fruits to your diet daily (either an apple, a banana, a strawberry, or a grapefruit). Weight loss occurs gradually. During this period, you can lose 2 to 5 kg.
A pleasant plus is a decrease in the volume of the stomach, as a result of which a person begins to be satisfied with less food.
On a seven-day diet, the breakfasts are the same: a serving of cottage cheese, grapefruit, and a cup of unsweetened green tea.
The rest of the meals of the day:
- Monday: lunch: 100 g of cottage cheese, banana; dinner: a portion of stewed vegetables.
- Tuesday: at lunchtime: half a serving of a fermented dairy product, a couple of steamed veggie cutlets. You can dine with carrot salad.
- Wednesday: second meal: 100 g of cottage cheese and radish salad with cabbage. In the evening - quinoa with vegetables.
- Thursday: for lunch: half a portion of cottage cheese and boiled beet salad. Dinner: vegetable puree soup.
- Friday: second meal: 100 g of fermented dairy products and a glass of vegetable smoothie; the third is baked broccoli.
- Saturday: noon - cottage cheese and rice with vegetables; in the evening - vegetable salad.
- Sunday: second meal: a little cottage cheese, a portion of vegetable soup; in the evening, a salad of fresh seasonal vegetables.
You can have any vegetable, except for potatoes.
Exit Rules
It is very important to get out of the diet correctly and not to jump on high-calorie foods. During the week, you should gradually return to your normal diet, incorporating stewed vegetables, soups, baked meats, and fish into your diet.
Who is contraindicated in such a diet?
You should not try to lose weight with the help of such a diet for pregnant women, lactating women, and people with kidney disease.
Constipation is sometimes seen as a side effect. To eliminate this problem, the diet must be supplemented with fruits and vegetables to increase the amount of fiber.