The curd diet is not 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 only such a dish for several days.
Characteristics and principles of the curd diet
The cottage cheese diet has its own characteristics. It not only allows you to lose extra pounds, but also helps to strengthen the skeletal system, teeth, hair, nerves and speed up metabolism. A short-term diet based on cottage cheese does not cause stress for the body, because it contains all the necessary substances. The curd contains a lot of easily digestible vitamins and proteins, moreover, it gives a quick feeling of satiety.
Rules:
- the fermented milk product should have a low fat percentage (no more than 5%), otherwise you will not be able to lose weight. But to eat cottage cheese without fat is also not worth it, it will not give any results;
- 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 on cottage cheese. They will not only help you lose some weight, but 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 the 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 to make it sour.
- Pour the resulting curd into a saucepan and heat, but do not bring to a boil. The product will start to curl up.
- When it cools, strain the mass through cheesecloth. The curd is ready.
The serum can be used for other purposes.
Weight loss options
The curd diet can be multi-product or one-component.
Therefore, everyone can choose the most optimal option for themselves:
- cottage cheese;
- curds and fruits;
- curd and milk;
- cottage cheese and egg;
- curd and vegetables.
Only people with strong willpower can sit on a mono diet. For the rest, it's best to go for more indulgent options with a not-so-lean menu.
Recommended and prohibited foods
If ascetic food does not suit you, you can use other dishes with cottage cheese.
Among the allowed foods, you can eat:
- nuts (in small quantities);
- leafy vegetables;
- green vegetables;
- fruits (such as bananas or apples);
- kefir or other milk.
Introducing additional foods into the diet does not allow you to interrupt the diet halfway. If there is already unbearable cottage cheese in its pure form, it can be used to make salads, omelets, rolls, casseroles.
You should 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 half a liter of kefir, dividing this amount by 5. There is another variety: 400 g of cottage cheese and 1 liter of milk.
- In addition, you can drink a glass of rosehips per day. Water and green tea without sugar - at will.
The menu for 3 days is rather meager. If it is difficult to adhere to such a diet, you can add 2 more fruits to your diet per day (either an apple, or a banana, or a strawberry, or a grapefruit). Weight loss is gradual. During this period, you can lose 2-5 kg.
A pleasant bonus 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, breakfasts are the same - a serving of cottage cheese, grapefruit, and a cup of unsweetened green tea.
The rest of the meals per day:
- Monday: lunch - 100 g of cottage cheese, banana; dinner - a serving of cooked vegetables.
- Tuesday: at lunchtime - half a serving of a fermented dairy product, a few steamed vegetable chops. You can dine with a carrot salad.
- Wednesday: second meal - 100 g of cottage cheese and cabbage radish salad. In the evening - quinoa with vegetables.
- Thursday: for lunch - half a portion of cottage cheese and a salad of boiled beets. Dinner - vegetable puree soup.
- Friday: second meal - 100 g of fermented milk 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 take all vegetables except potatoes.
Exit rules
It is very important to exit the diet properly and not to jump on high calorie foods. During the week, you should gradually return to your normal diet by introducing cooked vegetables, soups, baked meat and fish into your diet.
Who is contraindicated in such a diet?
You should not try to lose weight using such a diet for pregnant women, breastfeeding women as well as 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.