Favorite diet is a mono-diet option that helps you lose extra pounds.Moreover, it is so diverse that it definitely lives up to its name.
The essence of a favorite diet
Based on the duration of the diet and its weight (more on that below), each day you will be allowed a certain set of foods for that day.This list will have to be followed.And include at least a minimal set of physical exercises in your daily life to start the process of losing weight.
How much extra weight can you lose?
You must start from the starting number on the scale.
On average, reviews suggest 4-5 kg lost per week favorite diet if you follow a gentle regimen and about 7-10 kg with a strict regimen.
With a diet of three and four weeks, one can lose more than 10 kg.
How and why weight is reduced
The favorite diet contains several conditions that help you lose extra pounds quickly:
It forces the body to adapt to a new diet every day.This speeds up your metabolism and burns more calories.
The sample menu is designed to create a caloric deficit.
Drinking days are fasting days;remove fluid from tissues.
Diet rules
During the selected period, you will have to adhere to the described diet for each day.At the same time, you can choose your own diet from your favorite foods.If it's a drinking day, then you can only drink during the day.These are the strictest days, but very productive.
There are many options for the duration of the diet.We recommend that you realistically assess your strengths and motivation and choose the most suitable path for you now.
It can be 7, 12, 14, 21 or 30 days.
The seven-day system is the most affordable.This is what her diet looks like:
- Day 1 – drink;
- 2nd day – vegetables;
- 3rd day – drink;
- 4th day – fruit;
- 5th day – proteins;
- 6th day – drink;
- Day 7 – balanced diet.
List of permitted and prohibited products
Regardless of the day, if you are really committed to results, you need to eliminate junk food, mayonnaise, sugar and salt from your diet.You should also refrain from alcohol (dry wine may be an exception).In the case of the longest version of the Favorite Diet lasting 30 days, sugar should be replaced with honey, and salt intake in reasonable amounts is acceptable.
Water will definitely be on the list of recommended products.Every day - at least 2 liters.Drink green (unsweetened) tea.
| Day | Allowed | Prohibited/not recommended |
| Drinking | Water, weak tea, low-fat kefir, coffee without milk and sugar, low-fat yogurt, soups, stews, milk | Sugar-sweetened beverages (including carbonated beverages), flavored yogurt, packaged juices |
| Vegetables | Cooked, raw, roasted vegetables in any form, vegetable salads with lemon dressing (without salt) | Mayonnaise and butter as dressing.Potatoes and canned vegetables are not recommended. |
| Fruity | Raw fruit, baked in the oven, fruit salads | It is recommended to avoid bananas and grapes. |
| Protein | Poultry, fish, chicken or quail eggs, low-fat cheese, cottage cheese, other dairy products | Oil for frying (use cooked brisket, fry fish).
Do not eat fatty meat: pork, lamb. |
Menu in 7 days
Classic (hard) version
The strict version of the diet assumes that you are prepared for significant dietary restrictions.With this option, you will be in a caloric deficit.Apart from products from the table, only water and green tea without sugar are allowed during the day.
Sample menu:
| Day | Sample menu |
| 1 (for drinking) | Distribute 1-2 liters of low-fat kefir during the day, drink when you feel hungry |
| Day 2 (Drinks) | Distribute 1-2 liters of low-fat kefir during the day, drink when you feel hungry |
| Day 3 (fruit: apple) | Share fresh apples, fresh apples, baked apples 5-6 times a day |
| Day 4 (Proteins) | Divide 300 grams of boiled lean chicken meat 5-6 times during the day |
| Day 5 (Proteins) | Divide 300 grams of boiled lean chicken meat 5-6 times during the day |
| Day 6 (Proteins) | Divide 300 grams of boiled lean chicken meat 5-6 times during the day |
| Day 7 (cheese and wine) | 5-6 meals, each: 50 ml of dry wine and about 30-40 g of hard cheese |
A simple option
If you are not ready or a strict diet is not recommended for health reasons, you can stick to a gentle diet.The diet here is more varied and you will feel less hungry.
| Day | Sample menu |
| 1 (for drinking) | Breakfast: unsweetened tea
Snack: 200 ml low-fat kefir Lunch: chicken broth without salt 200 ml Afternoon snack: yogurt 150 ml Dinner: a glass of skimmed milk |
| Day 2 (vegetables) | Breakfast: 2 fresh tomatoes
Second breakfast: fresh cabbage salad with cucumbers and herbs, seasoned with lemon juice and a drop of olive oil Lunch: stewed vegetables Snack: cucumber Dinner: Salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers and herbs |
| Day 3 (Drinks) | Breakfast: 150 ml of unsweetened yogurt
Snack: 200 ml of low-fat milk Lunch: 200 ml of unsalted chicken broth Snack: 200 ml of milk Dinner: a glass of kefir |
| 4th day (fruit) | Breakfast: 2 oranges
Snack: grapefruit Lunch: vegetable salad seasoned with lemon juice Snack: an apple Dinner: pear and grapefruit |
| Day 5 (Proteins) | Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs
Snack: 100 g of cheese Lunch: 150 g of boiled chicken fillet and 100 g of boiled peas Snack: low-fat yogurt Dinner: boiled or baked fish |
| Day 6 (Drinks) | Breakfast: green tea
Snack: 200 ml low-fat kefir Lunch: 200 ml of chicken broth without salt Snack: 200 ml of fresh grapefruit Dinner: 150 ml of yogurt |
| Day 7 (Balanced) | Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs
Snack: apple and pear Lunch: 150 ml of boiled chicken fillet and broth Snack: 150 grams of low-fat cottage cheese Dinner: fresh vegetable salad, seasoned with lemon juice and olive oil |
Menu for 14 days
It represents 2 rounds in a row of a seven-day diet.But since such a long-term dietary restriction can lead to a loss of strength, it is permissible to include in this option:
- coffee and chicory - 1 cup per day (without sugar);
- on drinking days - milkshakes, freshly squeezed juices with pulp, jelly;
- on vegetable and fruit days - green smoothie or cocktail.
Menu for 12 days
There are several options for this diet.
It comes down to the fact that you use the 2-week diet plan described above.But you remove the 7th and 14th day.Since we eliminate the most nutritious days, when you hardly feel hungry, this diet option is not easy.
Option 2 is even more difficult.For six days, it is necessary to adhere to the diet plan according to the mild seven-day diet.Next, the diet will be as follows:
- 7th day – fasting (drink only water);
- 8th day – vegetables;
- Day 9 – fasting (drink only low-fat kefir);
- 10th day – proteins (300 grams of boiled chicken breast);
- 11th day – fasting (drink only green tea);
- Day 12 is balanced (as the last day in the 7-day gentle version).
The sequence of alternating foods in the diet for 21 days
The principle of constructing a menu for 3 weeks will remain the same: we will change the mono-diet.Only in this case each block will last 3 days.The weekly diet will be relaxed so that the body can more easily tolerate the restrictions.
- Days 1-3 – Drinks.Since the diet is quite long, 200 grams of low-fat cottage cheese and a glass of jelly are allowed;
- Days 4-6 – Vegetables.Like the seven-day diet, vegetables can be eaten raw, stewed, steamed or boiled.Unlike the classic version, you can add vegetable chops, and olive oil is acceptable in the salad;
- Days 7-9 – Fruits.Fruit in any form.In the three-week version, you can add yogurt to the salad;
- 10-12 – Meat.Lean poultry meat, boiled or baked, is allowed here.You can not use salt, but you can diversify the taste with different spices;
- Days 13-15 – Proteins.Here, the diet will be fish, as well as vegetable proteins: nuts, legumes;
- Days 16-18 – Wine and cheese.The amount of wine is at your discretion.It can be replaced with pomegranate juice (300ml).You can eat about 300 grams of cheese per day;
- 19-21 days – balanced diet.Mix and cook the products from all the previous blocks.Such a diet will perfectly prepare you for leaving the diet and will help the body to adapt to a "normal" diet.
The sequence of alternating foods in the diet for a month
In this case, you will also change the mono-diet every 3 days.
- Days 1-3 – Drinks.In addition to the products described in the seven-day diet, fruit and milk smoothies, pureed vegetable soup,
- Days 4-6 – Vegetables.You can diversify the menu with stew or stewed zucchini
- 7-9 days – Proteins.You can make steam cutlets from poultry meat,
- Days 10-12 – Fruits
- 13-15 days – Drinking
- Days 16-18 – Vegetables
- Days 19-21 – Proteins
- Days 22-24 – Fruits
- Days 25-27 – Wine and cheese.Unlike the strict version of the weekly diet, the consumption of black bread (200 g) is allowed here.
- Days 28-30 – Balanced.If you use your imagination, you can get a variety of food.
What to do in case of failure
If a "breakdown" occurs, the most important thing is to stop in time.If you eat a piece of chocolate, it's important not to panic and eat a few thousand more calories, "because it's not there anyway".
If, for example, you eat too much on a drinking day, the rest of the day try to limit the number of calories you take in and eat only the right foods that are allowed in a balanced day.And from the next day, continue from where you left off.That is, in our case, arrange a drinking day again for yourself the next day.
Another little tip: if you mess up your diet and eat too much, try to work off the calories you're eating by exercising.Jogging or any cardio activity is perfect.
Recipes for your favorite diet
For a day of drinking
In addition to freshly squeezed juices and kefir, here you can enjoy a glass of healthy cocktail, for example:
- 2 bananas
- 1 ripe mango
- 200 ml of water
Mix all the ingredients in a blender and pour into a glass.
Tomato puree soup
- Peel 200 grams of tomatoes, first scald them with boiling water
- Fry 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic in a little oil
- Add the tomatoes to the onion, sauté until soft.Add water, pour everything into a blender and mix on high speed.
- Garnish with a sprig of basil
For vegetable day
Fresh vegetable salad
White cabbage, sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumber - finely chop everything, season with lemon juice and a little olive oil.
Squash caviar
- Peel the courgettes.grate and stew in its own juice for about half an hour.
- Sauté the onion and carrot with a drop of oil, mix with the zucchini mass, sauté for about 5 minutes.
For a fruit day
Baked apples with cinnamon and honey
Wash the apples, cut off the top and core.Pour a teaspoon of honey mixed with ground cinnamon inside.Bake in the oven for about half an hour.
Fruit salad
Oranges, pineapple, kiwi, apple cut into cubes.Pour over low-fat yogurt and garnish with a sprig of mint.
For a protein day
Juicy boiled salmon
Place the salmon fillet (or other fish of your choice) in a plastic bag and place in boiling water.Cook until done.Sprinkle with lemon juice.
Chicken fillet in soy sauce
- Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces, add soy sauce and garlic.Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Stew without oil for about 10 minutes.
Why weight is valuable
It happens that at some point the weight stops falling.This can happen on any diet.On the Favorite Diet, the main thing is not to stop and continue to follow the nutrition system.
Make sure you follow all the rules exactly.If you're on a bland diet, you may be consuming too many calories.Remember that with any weight loss system you should always feel a slight feeling of hunger.The number of calories consumed should not exceed 1600.
How to make your diet more efficient
If you're feeling empowered, you can try creating an even bigger calorie deficit to make your diet more efficient.If you used the easy version of the diet, check out the strict version.It is possible to change the days: hard and gentle options.
Add sports.This will not only help you burn more calories, but also make you look fitter and stronger.
How to safely quit a diet and maintain results
After the diet, you will definitely lose 5-10 extra pounds.This will be due to dietary restrictions.The most important thing after all the work is not to put the hated fat back on.To do this, you must competently leave the diet and then eat properly after the diet.
The beginning of the diet will be the last day: a balanced diet.Stick to this diet for about another week.
If you overload your body with burgers or fried food on the first day, it will immediately begin to accumulate the missing calories, turning them into fat.All the lost kg will come back in an even greater amount.
Contraindications and health risks
The favorite diet cannot be called balanced, so it is not suitable for everyone.
For whom the diet is not suitable:
- Pregnant women and nursing mothers
- People with gastritis, ulcers, gastrointestinal problems
- People with diabetes
Opinions of doctors and nutritionists
Doctors and nutritionists agree on the following regarding the favorite diet:
- It is not recommended to repeat more than once every 3 months, and the 30-day course more than once a year.
- If you have stool problems (diarrhea), use oatmeal to break the diet.
- Use broccoli instead of white cabbage.
Comparison with other rotation-based diets
Many diets are based on mononutrition, including the well-known "6 Petals".
The benefits of a favorite diet
- More effective, it allows you to lose more kg;
- In addition to losing weight, it cleanses the body;
- It has a smooth output;
- Due to the large number of options, it is possible to choose the most suitable option.
Cons
- Hard to bear
- It is not balanced, which can cause health problems