The cottage cheese diet is not suitable for everyone. This is the best option for fans of this product. Those who do not like cottage cheese will find it very difficult to eat just such a dish for a few days.
Characteristics and principles of cottage cheese diet
The cottage cheese diet has its own characteristics. Not only does it allow you to lose extra pounds, but it also helps strengthen the skeletal system, teeth, hair, nerves and speed up metabolism. A short-term diet with cottage cheese does not bring stress to the body, as it is equipped with all the necessary substances. Cottage cheese contains many vitamins and easily digestible proteins, moreover, gives a quick feeling of satiety.
Rules:
- fermented milk product must have a low percentage of fat (not more than 5%), otherwise you will not be able to lose weight. But eating completely fat-free cottage cheese is also not worth it, it will not work;
- during the diet, you should drink a sufficient amount of water - at least a liter and a half.
It is very convenient to arrange fasting days in cottage cheese. They will not only help you lose some weight, but will cleanse the body and speed up metabolism.
If you do not trust a store product, you can make your own cottage cheese from village milk:
- Place the fresh product in the refrigerator to separate the milk from the cream.
- Collect the cream.
- Place the milk in a warm, dark place so that it dries.
- Pour the resulting milk into a saucepan and heat it, but do not bring to a boil. The product will start to bend.
- When cool, drain the mixture with cheesecloth. The cottage cheese is ready.
The serum can be used for other purposes.
Weight loss options
The cottage cheese weight loss diet can be multi-product or single-component.
Therefore, everyone can choose the most optimal option for themselves:
- cottage cheese;
- cottage cheese and fruit;
- cottage cheese and milk;
- cottage cheese and eggs;
- cottage cheese and vegetables.
Only people with great willpower can sit on a diet. For the rest, it is better to choose more forgiving options with a not so poor menu.
Recommended and forbidden foods
If ascetic food does not suit you, you can use other dishes along with cottage cheese.
From the allowed foods you can eat:
- nuts (in small quantities);
- leafy vegetables;
- vegetables;
- fruits (such as bananas or apples);
- kefir or other milk.
Including extra foods in the diet does not allow you to break the diet in half. If there is already unbearable cottage cheese in its pure form, it can be used to make salads, omelets, rolls, casserole.
You should not eat pastries, cakes, meat, fish, fast food, canned foods.
Detailed menu for 3 and 7 days
Option of a fast mono three-day diet:
- Every day you should eat a kilo 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.
- In addition, you can drink a glass of rose every day. Sugar-free water and green tea - unlimited.
The menu for 3 days is quite poor. If following such a diet is difficult, you can add 2 more fruits to your diet every day (or an apple, a banana, a strawberry or a grapefruit). Weight loss will be followed by fatigue and constant tiredness. During this period, you can lose from 2 to 5 kg.
A pleasant bonus is a decrease in stomach volume, as a result of which a person begins to be satisfied with less food.
On a seven-day diet, breakfasts are the same - a piece of cottage cheese, grapefruit and a cup of sugar-free green tea.
The rest of the meals during the day:
- Monday: lunch - 100 g of cottage cheese, bananas; dinner - a portion of boiled vegetables.
- Tuesday: at lunch - half a portion of a fermented milk product, a few steamed vegetable cutlets. You can dine on 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 salad with boiled beets. Dinner - soup with vegetable puree.
- Friday: second meal - 100 g of fermented milk products and a glass of vegetable smoothie; the third is roasted broccoli.
- Saturday: lunch - cottage cheese and rice with vegetables; in the evening - vegetable salad.
- Sunday: second meal - some cottage cheese, a portion of vegetable soup; in the evening - a salad of fresh seasonal vegetables.
You can get any vegetables, except potatoes.
Exit rules
It is very important to get out of the diet correctly and not to jump into high calorie foods. During the week, you should gradually return to your normal diet, including in the diet boiled vegetables, soups, roasted meats and fish.
Who is contraindicated in such a diet?
You should not try to lose weight with the help of such a diet for expectant mothers, lactating women, as well as people with kidney disease.
Constipation is sometimes noticed as a side effect. To eliminate this problem, the diet should be supplemented with fruits and vegetables to increase the amount of fiber.