The buckwheat diet is one of the most popular. This cereal contains useful substances, gives a feeling of fullness. But you can use such a diet only if there are no contraindications, you will find out about them right there. A diet for a week on buckwheat will allow you to lose 2-6 kg, and if you choose a sparing option, you can hold out for 2 weeks, dropping it more than excess. There are three types of this diet in total. Everyone will be able to choose the one that they like more and will not harm.
Three types of buckwheat diet
The first diet includes only buckwheat and water. This strict mono-diet is suitable for people without health contraindications who have good willpower. Indeed, within 2-3 days you need to eat only this cereal and water without gas. It is impossible to adhere to this diet for a longer time, since due to the use of the same type of food, the additional substances and trace elements necessary for it will not enter the body. The advantages of this type of buckwheat diet include:
- for a specified time, a person can lose an average of 2 kg;
- buckwheat and water can be consumed in unlimited quantities, so you won't have to starve.
The second type is a buckwheat diet with kefir. In a week, using it, you can lose up to 5 kg. Fighters for harmony most often use just such a diet. For 14 days, you can eat buckwheat in sufficient quantities, drink a liter of low-fat kefir per day. Then, after 2 weeks, a person can lose up to 12 kg. If it's hard to "sit" on this diet for so long, then you can limit yourself to one week.
The third type of buckwheat diet is called sparing. It will appeal to people who prefer to eat a variety of foods, include healthy foods in their diet, and do not starve. Here's what you are allowed to consume with this diet:
- buckwheat;
- low-fat kefir;
- fresh vegetables and fruits;
- lean meat;
- dried fruits;
- honey;
- juices without sugar;
- low-fat cottage cheese;
- herbal decoctions.
A sparing buckwheat diet will allow you to lose up to 5 kg in a week. In this case, the body will receive the necessary nutrients. And as doctors say, drastic weight loss can be harmful, so it is better to lose weight gradually. This is facilitated by this diet.
If you decide to "go" on a buckwheat diet, remember that at this time you should not eat sugar and foods that contain it. You also need to refrain from alcohol, sauces and spices. Then the chosen diet will be more effective and bring good results.
In order not to harm your body, any of the three types of buckwheat diet can be reused only after 3-4 months.
How to cook buckwheat for weight loss of the abdomen and hips?
This question is also very important. After all, this cereal does not need to be boiled, otherwise it will lose many useful substances. But you won't have to eat raw buckwheat, simple ways will help you cook it. There are several of them:
- Quick. This method will allow you to get the finished product in half an hour. Go through the cereal, rinse it and pour it into a thermos. Take twice as much boiling water as buckwheat, fill it with this liquid. Close the thermos tightly, after 30 minutes you can take out the finished product.
- Cold. Prepared buckwheat should be poured with warm water (3 parts of liquid are taken for one part of cereal) and left overnight. It is better to cover the container with buckwheat. By morning, it will swell well and be edible.
- On kefir. Buckwheat is sorted out, washed, poured with kefir in a ratio of one to three. This dish will appeal to those who love variety and healthy food. These people will love the 2 week diet below. The diet includes delicious meals that are low in calories.
Buckwheat diet: menu for 14 days
Monday - 1 day
The morning starts with buckwheat porridge and black tea with a little honey. Eat vegetable soup for lunch. An afternoon snack consists of any fruit, but not too sweet (dates, bananas are excluded). For dinner, stew buckwheat, cook it with mushrooms and onions without oil.
Tuesday - day 2 of the buckwheat diet
Breakfast includes buckwheat porridge, non-starchy raw vegetable salad. For lunch, eat buckwheat soup cooked in skim milk. Afternoon snack consists of low-fat kefir, and dinner - of boiled buckwheat, salad made from boiled eggs and herbs.
Wednesday-Friday - 3, 4, 5 days
Dedicate the days from Wednesday to Friday completely to buckwheat. During this time, you only need to eat buckwheat porridge, drink plenty of water. If such a mono-diet is difficult for you, then add a little honey when using buckwheat, and when steaming or soaking cereals, add dried fruits. To avoid problems with stool, eat prunes and dried apricots.
Saturday - 6 day
On Saturday, it is supposed to eat buckwheat porridge for breakfast, to which you can add a small piece of butter. Finish your meal with a cup of milk-free and sugar-free coffee.
For lunch, make chicken breast soup by adding non-starchy vegetables to the broth. Sprinkle herbs on the first course when serving. For an afternoon snack, enjoy a mix of dried fruits. Eat buckwheat and cauliflower for dinner. You can steam this vegetable, boil it or fry it in batter without adding oil.
Sunday - 7th day
The already beloved or boring buckwheat porridge, as well as steamed non-starchy vegetables, green tea, begins the Sunday day. Eat vegetable soup for lunch, and low-fat yogurt for an afternoon snack. For dinner, prepare a green salad with a boiled egg, which goes well with buckwheat.
If you made it through the first week, you can be proud of yourself!
You need to listen to the body. If you feel that something is amiss, stop the diet immediately and consult a doctor if necessary. But if you like this diet, then start the eighth day with a smile, because the buckwheat diet for a week has already brought the first tangible results!
Monday - 8 day buckwheat diet
You can be glad that on Monday morning the menu will be more varied, since 150 g of low-fat cottage cheese will be added to buckwheat porridge. If you wish, use an interesting recipe to spice up your morning meal. Take steamed buckwheat and a given amount of cottage cheese, add one egg, mix. Cook this casserole in the oven or microwave. You can pour honey over the pastries when serving.
For lunch, 150 g of lean meat or chicken breast, vegetable salad will give you strength. A glass of low-fat kefir for an afternoon snack will help you hold out until dinner, consisting of a salad of fresh vegetables and buckwheat porridge.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 9, 10, 11 days
As you can see, the weekend and Monday menus are quite filling and varied. This should give you the strength to eat only buckwheat and drink water on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Drink plenty of fluids on these days. You need to drink at least one and a half liters of water per day. Do not limit yourself to buckwheat so as not to experience hunger. Also on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday you can make snacks from dried fruits, add a little honey to the porridge.
Friday - 12 day
It may be easier for you to endure a three-day mono-diet if you know that on Friday you can eat crumbly buckwheat porridge with a lump of butter for breakfast.
For lunch, you will enjoy a low-calorie but healthy vegetable soup. In the afternoon snack you can eat dried fruits. Finish the day with porridge with vegetables and a slice of low-fat hard cheese.
Saturday - 13 day
On Saturday morning, eat porridge with dried fruits, wash it down with tea. For lunch, cook lentil soup. At an afternoon snack, savoring every sip, drink a glass of fermented baked milk or kefir. Stew buckwheat with vegetables and mushrooms for dinner.
Hooray! Last day left! The two-week buckwheat diet ends, the results of which will certainly please!
Sunday - the last 14th day of the buckwheat diet
As expected, it will start with buckwheat porridge. Add cottage cheese to it, wash it all down with herbal tea. For lunch, eat a plate of broth made from lean meat. Add a hard-boiled egg to your meal, sprinkle your feast with chopped herbs.
Enjoy yogurt with nuts for an afternoon snack. Finish the day with a dinner of boiled chicken breast and buckwheat with stewed vegetables.
Libra will delight and show that you have not in vain shown moderation in your diet for two weeks. But in order to consolidate the result, in the future, practice fractional meals in small portions.
In order not to gain weight in the future, after finishing the diet, also try to exclude baked goods, alcohol, fatty, sweet, fried, spicy foods. Eat small meals several times a day.
Pros and cons of buckwheat diet
To find out about the positive and negative aspects of such a diet, you can read on the forums what the buckwheat diet prompts to write reviews of those people who managed to lose weight in this way or failed to do so.
Let's highlight the main advantages of the diet, which are available:
- the fiber contained in buckwheat helps to cleanse the body;
- fast weight loss;
- do not have to experience hunger;
- feeling of lightness in the body;
- you can lose weight without physical exertion, sitting and moving a little;
- with the correct exit from the diet, the lost weight does not return.
The photo shows how the girls look before and after a similar weight loss course.
The disadvantages of the buckwheat diet include the following:
- lack of vitamins, resulting from problems with hair and nails;
- the possibility of exacerbation of chronic diseases;
- as a result of a strict mono-diet, the body is depleted;
- uncooked buckwheat is a rather heavy food and can lead to problems with the digestive system;
- an insufficient amount of sugar and salt can cause a bad mood and lead to metabolic disorders.
Contraindications for buckwheat diet
It is imperative that you familiarize yourself with them. Ask your healthcare provider if you can temporarily stick to this diet. This is who is prohibited from losing weight on a strict buckwheat diet, people with the following diseases:
- hypertension;
- heart failure;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- renal failure;
- dysbiosis;
- anorexia;
- diabetes;
- deep depression.
You should also refrain from such weight loss for those who have undergone abdominal surgery, pregnant and lactating women, as well as children under 16 years of age.
Having familiarized yourself with the contraindications, with the pros and cons of the buckwheat diet, you can decide whether this is your path to harmony or not.
Another version of the buckwheat diet in the video below:
