Reviews say: The Japanese diet is not only a way to change the dress to a smaller outfit within two weeks, but also a way to “freeze” the new weight for at least two years.The diet was developed in a clinic for obese patients.But even if such a nutritional system was created by doctors, it is not suitable for everyone...
What is the secret of such a diet?
Don't expect to lose weight by eating sushi or miso soup.You'll be treated to a salt-free diet named after the country where it was developed.
One cannot say that this is a 100% original diet: the diet prohibits the same things as others (fatty, sweet, but mainly salty).Doctors call this diet salt-free or protein-free.
In 2 weeks the diet burns 5 to 8 kg.
The maximum duration of such a diet is 14 days..Repeating the diet is permissible no earlier than 2 years later (but preferably after 3 years).
Products “yes”
- Animal proteins: low-fat fish (a calorie table is published on the Internet, choose fish based on this data - although it is known that Japanese salmon is also not prohibited), chicken, beef.Also treat yourself to eggs (chicken, quail).
- Milk: low-fat kefir.
- Grain: Diet bread.
- Fruits, vegetables (but ideally no potatoes or melons, but “light” foods).
- Fats: olive oil (in moderation).
- Drinks: black coffee (without sugar and milk), green tea, herbal teas.By the way: if you prefer not to get carried away with coffee, you can drink as much tea and clean water as you want. Water You need to drink 1.5 liters per day.
Products “no”
The menu for every day must contain: Wine, liquor and even beer, sugar (and products on whose labels it appears – packaged juices, sweets and confectionery, sweet milk), flour and salt.Not only herring and other salted offerings from rivers and seas are forbidden, homemade salads, soups and muesli are also not allowed to be salted.
The advantages of “Japanese”
- The diet normalizes metabolism and removes toxins from the body.As a result, such a menu not only “loses weight”, but also heals the body.
- The diet accustoms the body to small portions and low-calorie foods.For this reason, the weight burned does not return even after leaving.
- A lot of excess weight is lost through dieting.In the first few days it is liquid (and it comes back, so after the diet you gain 1-2 kg, which is normal).But the remaining 3-6 kg will melt without a trace.
- The diet is also available in winter.People of all incomes can afford this type of weight loss.
Contraindications, harm
Such strict diets are contraindicated pregnant and breastfeeding women.However, if you have just given birth, but are not breastfeeding, refrain from losing weight for at least 6 months - let the body "recover" after pregnancy (the period when the body gave the baby the most nutrients and seriously depleted its own internal reserves).The Japanese diet is also not suitable during the period of seasonal vitamin deficiency (spring) or during rehabilitation after a serious illness.
Doctors also ban the “Japanese Girl” from people with such symptoms diseases:
- gastritis or ulcer;
- severe heart disease;
- chronic kidney or liver disease.
But even if you don't feel any discomfort and don't suffer from a serious illness, you should remember: the Japanese diet has a "bad" menu.And in order not to later be faced with the treatment of the “disorders” of such weight loss, take a vitamin-mineral complex from the first day of the diet.
Lose weight the Japanese way
Do not buy food for later use, i.e. for 14 days in a row: The “real weight loss” menu is based on 100% fresh fruit and meat.It is better to make small purchases and prepare fresh meals every day.
Rules for such a diet:
- You can't rearrange breakfast and dinner or days in the diet;
- eat only approved foods (without persistence, a diet will not help);
- Do not replace cabbage and fish in your diet with anything;
- Beef can be replaced with chicken 1-2 times (but not advisable);
- Zucchini can be replaced with zucchini, pumpkin, beets (instead of frying, this product is also baked in foil with herbs and olive oil).
Exercise, especially strength training, must be postponed during a diet (the daily calorie intake is less than normal and the body cannot cope with heavy physical activity).The same applies to people whose profession is associated with constant physical activity - due to the resulting loss of strength, they are sometimes forced to interrupt their diet.However, this is not always the case, since you need to lose weight not on “grass”, but on proteins.
Before starting any diet, you should consult a doctor.
Preparing for the Japanese diet
You have to at least prepare for such a diet 7 days.
Nowadays, greatly reduce the portions of fast food and flour.The goal is to say goodbye to such products 100% by the end of the seventh day.
Even for low-calorie foods, portions should be gradually reduced by 20% (this is done so that the stomach gets used to satisfaction with a minimal amount of food and does not suffer from hunger).
Finally, think about how many calories come to your table each day.Goal: Make your own menu “lighter” by 500 kcal.This can be achieved by reducing portions as described above or eliminating fatty and sugary foods from your diet.
And of course drink at least 1.5 liters per day.Drink the first glass as soon as you wake up - this will speed up your own metabolism.
Diet to the maximum: menu for 14 days
1 day
- Breakfast: a cup of humble black coffee.That's all!By the way, this breakfast brings the Japanese diet closer to a similar one - the French one.
- Dinner: Salad of boiled (preferably) or fresh cabbage and 2 hard-boiled eggs, seasoned with olive oil + fresh tomato juice (store-bought, contains a lot of salt).The latter can be replaced with fresh, juicy tomatoes.
- Dinner: 200 g of steamed or boiled fish + “live” cabbage salad with olive oil (preferably live pressed oil).
Day 2
- Breakfast: Coffee.Today it can be supplemented with a piece of rye bread (fresh or toasted on the grill or in the toaster).
- Dinner: the same as yesterday.
- Dinner: 200 g boiled (or stewed) beef + 200 ml low-fat kefir.
Day 3
- Breakfast: just coffee.
- Dinner: a portion of eggplant or zucchini, fried in oil but without flour (portion size can be any).
- Dinner: 200 g boiled beef + coleslaw with 2 boiled eggs, dressed with oil.
4 days
- Breakfast: Today you can take a coffee break by treating yourself to green tea (optional).In addition, on this day you will receive a more satisfying breakfast: fresh carrot salad sprinkled with lemon juice.
- Dinner: 200 g fish boiled, steamed or in unsalted water (but can also be fried) + 200 ml tomato juice.
- Dinner: 200g fresh fruit (optional).
5 days
- Breakfast: the same as yesterday.
- Dinner: 500g cooked fish (can be divided into 2 portions) + tomato juice.
- Dinner: 200 g fruit.
Day 6
- Breakfast: a cup of “empty” coffee.
- Dinner: 500 g of boiled chicken (it is better to cook fillet without skin, this is the lowest-calorie part of the carcass) + salad (carrots, cabbage of any kind), sprinkled with vegetable oil.
- Dinner: 1 small fresh carrot + 2 hard-boiled eggs.
Day 7
- Breakfast: a cup of green tea (according to Eastern sages, it is better to drink this drink hot - this way the body receives more beneficial antioxidants).
- Dinner: 200 g boiled beef + fresh fruit dessert.
- Dinner: fish with salad, as on day 1, beef with kefir, as on day 2, fruit or eggs and carrots, as on day 6. Choose one of the options according to your taste.
Day 8
- Breakfast: “empty” green tea (however, the diet allows a slice of lemon).
- Dinner: 200 g beef + fruit dessert.You can prepare a salad and season it with lemon juice or simply serve 200 g of any fruit (large apple, pear, plum).
- Dinner: any of the dinners described above, but not the one recommended for day 3.
Day 9
- Breakfast: Cup of coffee.
- Dinner: 1 egg (soft-boiled, hard-boiled, poached) + salad of 3 small carrots with vegetable oil (they can be grated and sprinkled with “olives” or lightly cooked in oil) + 50 g of low-fat cheese (hard cheese or cottage cheese, cereals).
- Dinner: 200 g fruit (as a salad with lemon juice or just 1-3 fresh fruits).
10 days
- Breakfast: 1 large carrot, grated and drizzled with lemon juice.
- Dinner: 200g fish (can be boiled or fried) + 200ml fresh tomato juice.
- Dinner: the same dinner as yesterday.
Day 11
- Breakfast: Coffee + 1 piece of black (rye) cracker or bread.
- Dinner: a portion of eggplant and (or) zucchini fried in vegetable oil.The portion size can be any.
- Dinner: a portion of boiled beef (weighing no more than 200 g) + a glass of yogurt, low-fat white yogurt or kefir.
12 days
- Breakfast: the same as yesterday - coffee, bread.
- Dinner: a portion of fish (200 g, this product can be fried or baked or boiled - either in water or steamed) + fresh cabbage sprinkled with olive oil.
- Dinner: 2-3 ripe seasonal fruits.
Day 13
- Breakfast: Only black coffee.
- Dinner: a portion of stewed cabbage (with the addition of virgin oil) + 2 boiled eggs + a glass of fresh tomato juice.
- Dinner: a portion of fried, baked or boiled fish (200 g).
Day 14
- Breakfast: a cup of “empty” coffee.
- Dinner: 200 g fish (prepared using the methods described above) + “live” cabbage salad with butter.
- Dinner: 200 g beef + 200 ml “empty”, i.e. low-fat kefir.
By the way: The diet menu looks very similar.But don't forget: cabbage doesn't have to be white!Cook cauliflower one day, broccoli the second, and kohlrabi the third (you can either grate it raw on the salad, or braise it, or bake it).
Stop the diet
The correct completion of the diet affects the results of weight loss no less than the diet itself.
The bad news: If you think you're done, your food abstinence has actually just reached the equator.Behind it is the diet itself, at the front is the exit, which takes at least 26 days.
Don't binge on your favorite food. In the first week You should stick to the “old” diet, just increase the portions (vegetables by 100 g, meat by 50 g).Also add salt gradually – start with 5g per day.
From the second week This is how you can eat:
- for breakfast - porridge with water (no more than 200 g) + omelet;
- Introduce 2-3 snacks (but small ones – you need to eat small and frequent snacks when you go out);
- lunch should still consist of protein;
- Replace fruit eating with something heartier - proteins, vegetables (e.g. steamed low-fat cutlets + vegetable stew).
Reviews of beginners and experienced “loss of weight loss”
Honestly, the before and after photos are impressive: the girls look like different people before and after the diet.But not every review includes such photos...
The diet helped these people
Reviews of satisfied “weight losers” indicate that:
- You really lost weight, and lost weight impressively quickly (even weight that was “dead” for many years can disappear);
- Among other things, this diet tones the stomach nicely;
- subsequently the weight does not increase;
- This is the “miracle diet” recommended by friends and colleagues.
In order not to lose the positive mood when dieting, people manage to make even such a limited diet “delicious”: they add cinnamon to coffee (the spice makes the drink a little sweeter), instead of tomato juice, they prepare a salad of this vegetable with cabbage (this is more fun), cook beef with roots (onions, carrots, celery) and spices, making it aromatic andbecomes appetizing...
...And these people were unhappy
If you do not take vitamins while dieting (add “meager” monthly output here), problems with hair, nails and even sleep may occur.
The diet is only suitable for people with an iron will.In fact, you have to lose weight and restrict yourself for almost two months.During this time you are not allowed to look at a roll, a chocolate bar or a pork chop.And sit with friends in a café with an “empty” coffee!What if they suddenly invite you to a wedding?
After all, if you're on your feet from morning to night, you may experience dizziness and weakness while dieting.
P.S.“Twin sister”: The diet of the “Japanese girl” is reminiscent of the French one.Same proteins, small portions, three meals and coffee for breakfast.