Autumn is a bountiful time and the best time to eat watermelons. Why do you ask watermelon? Does it suit everyone? What is special about it? Today I will reveal to you the secrets of a child with watermelons.
The watermelon diet is one of the most delicious mono diets, and is very suitable for watermelon lovers. It enables not only weight loss, but also the improvement of the health of the entire human body. Watermelon diet is especially useful in obesity, insomnia, atherosclerosis, anemia, constipation, arthritis, gout, liver and biliary tract disease, and loss of strength.
The essence of a diet with watermelons
You only need to eat watermelons throughout your diet. Nutritionists believe that one should eat 1 kilogram of watermelon per 10 kilograms of body weight, and watermelon should be taken 5-6 times a day. However, I want to warn you that if the watermelon is very sweet, and if you weigh 80 kilograms and eat in the proposed mode (you need to eat 8 kilograms), you cannot lose weight, but, on the contrary, just gain it.
It is well known that 100 grams of watermelon contains 38 kilocalories, so with a daily requirement of 1500 kilocalories, it is allowed to eat a maximum of 4 kilograms of watermelon. I suggest choosing the middle way: with a weight of about 60 kilograms (or less), it is allowed to eat up to 3 kilograms of sweet berries, with a weight of more than 70 kilograms - no more than 4 kilograms of fruit, if the watermelon is very sweet.
On such a diet you can lose up to two pounds a day.
If you have read my article: useful properties of watermelon, keep in mind that watermelon contains soluble sugars (fructose, glucose, maltose, sucrose), as well as fiber and pectin fiber. They speed up metabolic processes in the body, help reduce appetite, remove excess fluid and reduce body fat. All this contributes to weight loss. In addition, pectin lowers cholesterol and lowers blood sugar, removes toxins from the body and normalizes the intestinal microflora.
You know, before you start a diet with watermelon, it is better to check the reaction of your body to the active use of watermelon. To do this, with the usual diet for 3-4 days consume 400-500 grams of watermelon a day. If you do not feel uncomfortable (bloating, increased stool, heaviness in the abdomen), then you can start.
Watermelon eating options
There are several options for a watermelon diet.
- Fasting day - a one-day diet with watermelons. During the day, you should eat only watermelon (about 5-6 times), as much as you can, but don't get too carried away. Remember the number of calories per day. Keep in mind also that to avoid swelling in the morning, the last time watermelon should be taken 5 hours before bedtime.
- Easier option - 5 days, three times a day, 1 hour before meals, eat 1-2 kilograms of watermelon. Then you can eat the usual food, but you must exclude sweet (chocolate, candy, pies) and salty (middle, chips, pistachios, peanuts).
- Two-day diet with watermelon - at that time we eat watermelon, as on a fasting day, but if you are very hungry, you can spoil yourself with 2-3 slices of rye or wholemeal bread. Bread will give you the energy you need. Keep in mind that the last piece of bread must be eaten before 4 pm, otherwise the body will not be able to digest it before bed. If you have gastritis, rye bread should be replaced with whole grain.
- Soft diet - allows you to replace watermelon in one of the meals with stewed or cooked vegetables or cereals (breakfast or dinner). It is up to you to decide which option suits you best.
- Combined option - 4 days recommended
First breakfast: 150-200 grams of low-fat cottage cheese and 3 slices of watermelon.
Second breakfast: 1-2 slices of watermelon.
Lunch: 1 bowl of rice porridge (in water, but you can add salt) and 3 slices of watermelon.
Afternoon snack: 50 grams of low-fat cottage cheese and 1-2 slices of watermelon.
Dinner: 1 bowl of rice porridge (in water, but you can add salt) and 1 slice of watermelon.
This diet option is due to the fact that rice supports the intestines in a normal mode (after all, 70% of watermelon is liquid), and cottage cheese in the doses used in the diet fully compensates for the loss of calcium by the active ingredient. use of watermelon.
After a few days of sitting on a watermelon, you can lose 3-6 pounds, but to avoid unwanted complications, you need to get out of your diet properly. After finishing the diet, it is recommended to eat in a certain regime for 2 weeks: for breakfast - porridge on water (rice, buckwheat, oatmeal) and a small amount of protein food (cheese, cottage cheese, eggs); for lunch - lean meat, fish, chicken with vegetables, for dinner - watermelon. Then in 15 days you can lose up to 8 pounds.
Feature a child with watermelons
This diet not only helps to lose weight, but is a diet of youth and beauty. As a result, the body is cleansed of toxins and radionuclides, the skin becomes younger and more elastic, small wrinkles are smoothed, the complexion improves, cellulite becomes less pronounced, hair gets a nice shine, nails become stronger.
But not everything is so perfect, there are contraindications to a diet with watermelons.
Contraindications to watermelon diet
Watermelon cellulose is a powerful diuretic, resulting in severe stress on the kidneys. A diet with watermelons is forbidden for kidney stones because it can cause them to move and lead to kidney colic.
It is contraindicated in pyelonephritis, problems with the gastrointestinal tract, prostate.
For people with cardiovascular diseases, this diet can be used only after consulting a doctor, because the diet excretes potassium and sodium salts from the body, which are so necessary for the work of the heart muscle.