The Maggi diet is a protein diet.It is believed that its “owner” is Margaret Thatcher, for whom it was developed by the best nutritionists in the USA.According to the “Iron Lady” herself, it was this diet that helped her maintain her figure in perfect shape for many years, hence the name of the diet: the abbreviated name Margaret.
Of course, over time, the diet was changed due to the fact that many products became available that were not available to ordinary people in the Baroness’s youth.The most important condition for successful weight loss on Maggi is strict adherence to the menu: you can exclude one or another product from it, but you cannot change them.
This diet is also called the “egg” diet, because people who adhere to it eat a lot of eggs, but there are also enough other protein foods in it.Thatcher herself said that she eats about thirty chicken eggs a week.In my opinion, this is a lot, so we will not go to extremes and will balance the menu so that none of the recommended products causes disgust.
Its effectiveness lies in the “stressful” reduction of carbohydrates, in which, however, we will not starve ourselves, because it is pleasant to eat fruits, meat, and dairy products.
Another secret of the described diet is that meals are madeexactly at the same time every day, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a weekend or a weekday.If five days a week you sit down to breakfast, say, at nine in the morning, then stick to this the rest of the days.The amount eaten is exactly the same as indicated on the menu.There is nothing complicated here: no calorie counting, no hunger strike.But determination and perseverance are not superfluous here.
Contraindications to the Maggi diet
- Gastrointestinal diseases.
- Pressure too low or too high.
- During pregnancy, nursing mothers.
- For allergy sufferers, provided that the allergen is present in one of the recommended products: be it eggs, citrus, or cow protein.
If a “failure” occurs, then you need to start the diet all over again.
As with any other diet, I recommend working out in the gym and long walks, drinking a lot of water: this is necessary to keep your muscles in good shape, speed up your metabolism, and then you will not only get rid of the fat that bothers you, but also become the owner of an athletic figure and strong immunity.
Your initial weight plays a huge role: the more extra pounds you have, the more you will lose each week.And vice versa: if you want to lose about 5 kilograms, then it will take about two to three weeks, but the weight loss will not become drastic and dangerous for your health, and thanks to its gradual reduction and regular exercise, you will not be left with “extra” skin, which sometimes looks even more unsightly than excess fat.
According to reviews of people who lasted until the end of Maggi, in a month (with a high initial weight) you can get rid of fifteen and even twenty kilograms.Since this is considered a very sharp weight loss, I advise you to stick to the diet once a year, for example, in order to lose weight by summer.A competent “exit” from any diet is also very important: if after a while you return to your previous sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition, then your kilograms will return and “bring friends with them.”If you adhere to some simple rules of “exit”, then the weight will not only not return, but will also decrease a little.
So, the way out of the Maggi diet:
- One of the options, the best, most effective and correct way is to immediately switch to proper nutrition.Adhering to all rules and regulations.Then you can forget about excess weight forever.
- Second option- This is to continue consuming the foods that you consumed during the diet.One or more - it doesn't matter.For example, you can continue to eat grapefruits, tangerines, and cottage cheese.Include them in your menu for at least a couple more weeks and your weight will remain at the same level.
- And the third option:start following a weight loss diet "Minus 60"But for the next fourteen days after our weight loss marathon, you will have to limit your consumption of sweets and junk foods.
Let me remind you that alcohol, of course, is necessaryexclude completely.
This diet is classified as “chemical”: a certain combination of foods provokes the formation of chemical processes in the body that actively burn existing fat.
We completely exclude from the menu all baked goods, pasta, cereals, potatoes - these are carbohydrates, they will not allow the body to start burning fat.Of course we exclude fatty meats.
Below I present a menu for the month, which was compiled based on personal experience; in twenty-eight days I lost 9 kilograms, despite the fact that I do not have much excess weight.Buy a kitchen scale and stick to the weight of the finished dish I indicated.If weight is not listed on the menu, then food can be consumed in any quantity.
Maggi diet menu for 4 weeks
We have breakfast for the first fourteen days with a couple of boiled eggs and half a large citrus fruit.
Week one.
Day 1.
Lunch: fruits listed below.
Dinner: fried, boiled, baked white meat, 250 grams.
Day 2.
Lunch: white meat in any form, 200 grams.
Dinner: simple salad: cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, lettuce leaves, 150 grams in total.Grapefruit or orange, cracker, a couple of eggs.
Day 3.
Lunch: one cracker, not very fatty cheese, a couple of tomatoes, green salad leaves.
Dinner: meat, which you cook as you wish, 250 grams.
Day 4.
Lunch: consists of fruit.
Dinner: salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, only 150 grams;
poultry fillet in any form, 250 grams.
Day 5.
Lunch: maximum 2 boiled eggs, vegetables boiled in water, for example green peas (you can puree them), green beans, squash, carrots.Only 250 grams.
Dinner: boiled fish, 250 grams.The salad is the same as in previous days, today it is 150 grams.Pomelo.
Day 6.
Lunch: fruit.Any you want.
Dinner: steamed meat, 200 grams.One pink tomato.
Day 7.
Lunch: dietary meat, 250 grams, with boiled vegetables, of which you can eat only 150 grams.Medium grapefruit.
Dinner: boiled or steamed carrots, zucchini, green peas.150 grams.
Week two.
Day 1.
Lunch: meat, cooked as desired, 250 grams.Still the same salad, 200 grams.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, one grapefruit.
Day 2.
Lunch: 200 grams of boiled chicken breast, 200 grams of cucumber, tomato, pepper salad.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, one grapefruit.
Day 3.
Lunch: 200 grams of baked meat, one tomato.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, one grapefruit.
Day 4.
Lunch: 200 grams of low-fat cheese, 150 grams of boiled vegetables.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, orange.
Day 5.
Lunch: boiled or fried seafood (fish, squid, shrimp) 200 grams.
Dinner: two boiled eggs, tomato.
Day 6.
Lunch: 200 grams of boiled or baked meat (it is better to take beef), lettuce leaves.
Dinner: fruits (you can eat as much as you want and whatever you want, except for those that are strictly prohibited in this diet; I will give a list of prohibited fruits and vegetables below, along with recipes)
Day 7.
Lunch: any part of chicken in any cooking method, 250 grams.Two tomatoes, one orange.
Dinner: one large citrus, boiled meat 150 grams, boiled green peas 50 grams.
Week three.
This week we are introducing more vegetables and fruits.We will eat them all day, at regular intervals.
Day 1.
Fruits in any quantity.
Day 2.
Vegetables.Just as much as you want, you don’t need to overcome hunger.If you wanted to eat a kilogram of apples, you ate them.Vegetables boiled or in salads.
Day 3.
Vegetables and fruits.Salads, stews, whatever you want.
Day 4.
“Vitamin” salad (cabbage, cucumber, carrots), 250 grams of boiled white chicken meat.Boil the vegetables.
Day 5.
250 grams of boiled fish, 150 grams of boiled vegetables.
Day 6.
We eat grapefruits and apples all day.
Day 7.
Just one fruit.But in unlimited quantities.
Week four.
In the final week, we eat food whenever you want and in the quantity you personally need, but we strictly adhere to what types of foods you are supposed to eat on a given day; you should not replace foods at your discretion, even with similar ones.
Day 1.
200 grams of boiled chicken breast, 600 grams of cucumber and tomato salad, pomelo or grapefruit, small cracker.
Day 2.
200 grams of meat boiled in salted water, crackers, one fruit if desired, salad consisting of cucumbers and tomatoes 600 grams.
Day 3.
Salad: cucumbers and tomatoes, today 300 grams.One citrus, crackers, 150 grams of steamed vegetables, 150 grams of low-fat cottage cheese.
Day 4.
One large chicken breast, cucumber and tomato salad: 150 grams, one citrus fruit.
Day 5.
Two tomatoes, iceberg leaves, one citrus, and, of course, eggs.
Day 6.
300 grams of boiled chicken fillet, about one hundred grams of low-fat cottage cheese, one cracker, cucumber, 200 ml of kefir 0.1%, one citrus fruit.
Day 7.
200 grams of any fish, but not fatty.Cooked any way you like.Already a familiar salad: cucumbers and tomatoes, only 300 grams, one cracker, one citrus fruit.
It was said above about leaving the diet, now in more detail about the nuances of cooking: salt and other natural seasonings, onions, and garlic can be added to dishes.All salads are not dressed with anything; we cook all hot dishes without oils or other fat.Products can be cooked in a double boiler, this way they perfectly retain their beneficial properties.
Allowed vegetables include:zucchini, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, peas, eggplants.No potatoes or corn!
Fruits: everything except bananas, grapes, mangoes, dried fruits.We lean on citrus fruits.
You also need to completely eliminate porridge and pasta.
We must not forget that you cannot drink water or tea while eating; this should be done between meals, without adding sugar, honey or other sweets.You can use a sugar substitute.
Diet recipes
Baked fishin the oven is an excellent cooking option for those who are on a diet, especially a protein diet.To do this, you just need to peel, wash, salt and wrap in foil.Bake for forty minutes to an hour, depending on the size of your fish.If desired, you can add lemon juice.
Chicken breastCooking is even faster and easier: beat it thoroughly with a hammer and fry in a dry frying pan for 3-4 minutes on each side.
Vegetablescan be cooked exclusively in water.Moreover, for each meal, choosing only one type.Cut the zucchini into cubes, add salt, a little pepper mixture and put it on the stove.You can slightly diversify the taste with fresh herbs.
Fruit saladlet's pamper ourselves on those days when it is not indicated that you can only eat citrus: cut a pear, an apple into cubes, divide a tangerine into slices, in season it is good to add melon, season it all with lemon juice.
MeatIt's best to cook it if it's beef.And bake if it's pork.Since beef is tough and dry meat, and pork, even its lean parts, is softer.Rub the pork chop with salt and pepper mixture and fry in a frying pan without oil.Or fry in foil in the oven.
The diet is very effective, you just have to want to become slim and strictly follow the rules.
The Maggi diet – once again about leaving the diet
How to save the results?You just need to exit the Maggi diet correctly.You can adhere to the points below and your result will please you for a very long time:
- After completing the diet, you should be more careful with high-calorie foods, it is advisable to consume less of them.
- Introduce foods that you like into your diet gradually.
- For the first 1-2 weeks after the diet, try to eat the same foods that you consumed on the Maggi diet.
- Also, 1-2 weeks after the diet, give up sweet, fatty, flour and spicy foods.
- Drink water in the same volumes as during the Maggi diet.
- Try not to eat food three or four hours before bedtime.
- Well, if possible, do physical activity and walks in the fresh air.