The Maggi diet is a low-calorie diet for weight loss, which is designed for 4 weeks.The daily diet includes foods rich in proteins, and the consumption of fats and carbohydrates is limited.
The name of the diet comes from the name Margaret, since the diet plan was created by specialists at the Mayo Clinic especially for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
There are two dietary options: the egg diet (based on eating eggs, fruits, vegetables and meat) and the cottage cheese diet ('dacha').The Maggi cottage cheese diet is used for egg allergies and involves replacing each egg with 100g of cottage cheese.
Diet rules
If you follow all the rules of the diet, you can lose 3 to 5 kilograms per week.As a rule, during the first week, weight is lost due to the reduction of swelling and the release of excess water from the body, and then the weight loss process can slow down.
In order for the Maggi diet with eggs for 4 weeks to be more effective, you must adhere to the following recommendations for the organization of dietary nutrition:
- The daily diet should consist of 3 main meals.In cases of severe hunger, it is allowed to eat one non-starchy vegetable (carrot, cucumber), but not earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.
- Do not consume sugar in any form.
- Include in the menu only foods that are allowed on the diet and do not disturb the order of the meals.
- During the day, you should drink at least 1.5 liters of water, including tea and coffee without sugar.
- When preparing food, you cannot use vegetable, butter or other types of oil.
- Do not overuse spices, as spices contain essential oils that increase appetite.
What you can and cannot eat (table)
Products that can be consumed during a diet are low-calorie, as they contain a minimum of fat and carbohydrates.In addition to protein products such as eggs and meat, it is allowed to include vegetables in the menu, mostly in raw form.
The Magi diet should include a minimum amount of low-fructose fruits and berries.On average, you can eat up to 300 g of one type of fruit and berries per day.
| Products | What you can eat | What not to eat | |
| Flour products | Yesterday's whole grain bread | Bread and pastries from white flour, pasta from soft and durum wheat | |
| Meat, poultry | Turkey, chicken, rabbit, veal | Lamb | |
| A fish | Lean fish (flounder, hake, cod, pollock, pollock, etc.), seafood | Mackerel, herring, beluga, halibut, saury, sprat, burbot, sturgeon | |
| Dairy products | Low-fat cottage cheese (not low-fat), low-fat cheeses | Full-fat cottage cheese, cheese, yogurts with sugar, sour cream | |
| Eggs | Hard boiled eggs | ||
| Cereals | All types of cereals | ||
| Vegetables | Peppers, broccoli, all types of cabbage, fermented sauerkraut, carrots, onions, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peas, mushrooms, spinach, lettuce, sorrel | Potatoes | |
| Fruit | Apricot, cherry, plum, blueberry, blackberry, cranberry, lemon, lime, raspberry, strawberry, apple, pear | Bananas, grapes, cantaloupe, watermelon | |
| Dried fruit | Dates, figs and other types of dried fruit | ||
| A drink | Tea, coffee | Alcoholic drinks, drinks with sugar |
Original Maggi diet menu for 4 weeks
A feature of the first and second week of the Maggi diet is the same breakfast of eggs and fruit, which helps the body adapt to the changes in diet.
Chicken eggs contain protein, healthy fats and vitamins, which ensures long-lasting satiety, so your daily breakfast for the first 14 days should include 2 hard-boiled eggs, grapefruit, tea or coffee without sugar.
From the beginning of the third week until the end of the diet, breakfast can consist of other dishes, depending on recommendations and individual preferences.
1st week
Monday
- Lunch: one type of fruit.
- Dinner: roasted boiled lean meat with vegetable salad.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled chicken breast with vegetables.
- Dinner: whole grain crackers, two eggs, cucumber salad, tomato salad without oil, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: 30-50 g of cheese, whole grain toast, tomatoes.
- Dinner: steamed fish (300 g) with vegetables.
Thursday
- Lunch: 350 g of fruit of one type.
- Dinner: boiled meat, vegetable salad with herbs.
Friday
- Lunch: 2 eggs, 300 g of choice (boiled carrots with green peas or stewed zucchini with beans).
- Dinner: 200 g of fish (grilled, baked or boiled), green salad with cucumbers and Chinese cabbage, grapefruit.
Saturday
- Lunch: up to 300 g of fruit.
- Dinner: 250 g of meat with a vegetable salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and dill.
Sunday
- Lunch: chicken breast, 150 g of stewed vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, tomato, pepper), fresh tomato, 1 grapefruit.
- Dinner: one type of vegetable (cabbage or zucchini), prepared by boiling or stewing.
2nd week
Monday
- Lunch: vegetable salad (cucumbers, lettuce, onion) and chicken breast.
- Dinner: two eggs, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and greens, grapefruit.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled or baked meat, fresh vegetables (including green salad).
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: grilled meat with cucumbers and tomatoes.
- Dinner: the same as the previous day.
Thursday
- Lunch: stew (cabbage, zucchini, carrots), 30 g of cheese, 2 eggs.
- Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs.
Friday
- Lunch: any amount of boiled fish.
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs.
Saturday
- Lunch: meat, tomato, one grapefruit.
- Dinner: fruit salad.
Sunday
- Lunch: stewed or boiled vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage), poultry, grapefruit.
- Dinner: as lunch.
3rd week
At this stage, the Maggi diet is limited to a list of certain products for each day, which independently form 4 meals.
Monday: unlimited fruit.
Tuesday: vegetables allowed in any quantity (raw and stewed).
Wednesday: fruit salads, raw and stewed vegetables.
Thursday: fish, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Friday: meat or poultry, boiled vegetables.
Saturday: one type of fruit during the day.
Sunday: the same as the previous day (you can choose a different type of fruit).
4th week
As in the third week of the Maggi diet, the menu shows the daily meal, which is divided into meals during the day in any order.
Monday
- 200 g of meat, fish or poultry,
- 1 piece of bread in the form of toast or crouton,
- Tomatoes (3 pcs.),
- Cucumbers (4 pcs.),
- Grapefruit or orange.
Tuesday
- Everything but the fruit, just like the previous day,
- two fruits of your choice (grapefruit, orange, apple or medium-sized pear).
Wednesday
- 1 tablespoon of fresh cheese,
- 200 g of low-fat cheese,
- vegetable stew,
- 2 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Toast or bread
- grapefruit.
Thursday
- Eat half a cooked chicken during the day,
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers,
- 1 wholemeal toast,
- Grapefruit and another fruit of your choice.
Friday
- Salad with fresh vegetables of your choice,
- 2 hard-boiled eggs,
- 3 tomatoes
- grapefruit.
Saturday
- 2 cooked breasts,
- Fresh cheese or feta cheese (150 g),
- A glass of skimmed milk,
- 3 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Grapefruit or orange.
Sunday
- canned tuna in its own juice (1 can);
- vegetable stew (200 g);
- a spoonful of cottage cheese;
- toast or bread;
- two tomatoes and a cucumber;
- grapefruit.
Giving up the diet
A long-term low-calorie diet is a serious burden on the body, so at the end of the fourth week, the subsequent diet should be properly organized.
After completing the Maggi diet, as well as other low-carb diet plans, the likelihood of overeating starchy and sugary foods increases.
To avoid overeating after a diet, you must include food in your diet according to the following principle:
- every 3 days, increase the amount of food containing slow carbohydrates (buckwheat, bulgur, quinoa, bean bran, whole grain rye bread) by 20-25 g, until the total weight of food with carbohydrates reaches 250-200 g per day;
- the amount of non-starchy vegetables should be half of the total daily diet;
- Every day you can eat one large fruit or berry in the amount of 100 g;
- do not include sweets in your diet, because during the diet the body has weaned itself from sweets, so you should not create an addiction again;
- eat 3-4 times a day and reduce the number of snacks at other times;
- do not eat 3 hours before going to bed.
Contraindications
Since the Maggi diet consists of a large number of protein products, which create additional stress on the functioning of the kidneys and liver, this diet should not be used by people with pathologies such as:
- kidney failure;
- increased level of uric acid in the blood;gout.
Also, the Maggi diet should not be used for eating disorders (ED), that is, for people prone to anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating, because a low-calorie diet can worsen the problem of eating disorders.