Water diet. Menu for 3 days, a week, photos, reviews and results

The water diet is based on special principles, and its rules allow you to consume foods that are strictly prohibited in other slimming diets. According to reviews of people following this diet, it is much easier to stick to it. Furthermore, it also allows you to improve the general condition of the body and the results are no different from other diets.

Essence and fundamental principles

The water diet is based on the effect of water on the human body. His bossthe principle is that drinking water fills the stomach and a large amount of food will not enter it. Therefore, to lose weight with this method, before each meal, half an hour before, you should drink 1 glass of liquid. In this case, after eating you need to abstain from water for at least 120 minutes.

This is necessary for digestion to occur faster due to the release of gastric juice, while the entry of liquid into the stomach will slow down this process. This will also relieve the feeling of heaviness in the digestive tract.

It is of fundamental importance that meals are not mixed with water,that is, after drinking water, at least 20 minutes must pass before eating. It should also be remembered that drinking any other liquid, juice, tea or coffee, is considered a complete meal.

Water in such a diet cannot be replaced with anything else. Following the basic principles of the diet will allow you to lose weight in a few weeks, and the result will be more noticeable if you have a lot of excess weight.

The water diet was developed by several nutritionists and was tested on a group of subjects. According to the results of the study, it turned out that following the rules of such a diet guarantees the elimination of excess weight. However, to achieve maximum effect, some dietary restrictions must be adhered to.

In addition, there are contraindications for using an aqueous diet, with which you need to familiarize yourself so as not to cause harm to the body. The use of such restrictions is especially dangerous for people suffering from pathologies of the excretory system, as well as during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

The water diet is based on the following principles:

1. Metabolic processes in the body can be accelerated by drinking 1 glass of water before meals. This helps increase the rate of burning of accumulated fat.
2. Ordinary water without gas has a calorie content of 0, while it dampens the feeling of hunger well.
3. The water diet technique helps to normalize the functioning of the digestive system and other functional systems of the body. In turn, proper functioning of the body improves the condition of the skin.
4. Natural water helps improve human performance thanks to its tonic properties.

Therefore, thanks to the general principles of the water diet, a person not only gets rid of extra pounds, but also heals his body and improves his appearance.

Directions for use

The water diet, reviews of which say that it helps to lose up to 10 kg per month, is not intended only for weight loss. Furthermore, its observance therefore helps to slow down the aging of the bodyThis diet is recommended for those who suffer from "dryness" of the body,which refers to age-related fluid deficiency.

As we age, the part of the brain responsible for feeling thirsty begins to send and process signals more slowly, so the amount of water we drink decreases. For this reason, a lack of water begins to develop in the body, which in turn causes weakness and dryness of the organs and skin.

The need to follow a water diet can be determined in the following way: you need to go to the mirror and, in any place where there are no wrinkles, try to collect the skin in a fold. If the fold folds easily and forms wrinkles, we can conclude that the skin is dehydrated.

Also, once the crease is released, the skin will slowly return to its previous shape and a slowly passing mark will remain. If the described results were obtained during the experiment, it is necessary to use a water diet to restore the level of moisture in the body.

Also, by following a water diet, you can lose excess weight. However, it is worth considering that losing a small amount of kilograms is much more difficult. Therefore, if you have 2-3 extra kilos, it is better to choose a different diet, while this diet and eating regime will help you get rid of 10 kg.

Contraindications for use

The water diet, reviews of which, although mostly positive, can cause harm to health due to failure to comply with contraindications and its use by people for whom it is contraindicated.

It is strictly forbidden to adhere to the principles of the water mono-diet or fasting to people who:

• have diseases associated with disorders and pathologies of the excretory organs and urinary system;
• suffer from a periodic increase in blood pressure (including those who have not been diagnosed with hypertension);
• have high blood glucose levels;
• are pregnant or planning to have a child;
• feed the baby with breast milk.

Furthermore, this type of diet is not recommended for people suffering from obesity. Water fasting is suitable only for those whose health is ideal and has no abnormalities. However, they must also be careful not to harm themselves.

Even a light water-based diet, which involves the consumption of permitted foods, presents a series of contraindications.

It is not recommended for those who have:

• pathologies of the digestive system;
• liver disease;
• any psychological and mental disorders;
• disturbances in the functioning of the cardiovascular system;
• presence of hypertension;
• diseases of the urinary excretory organs;
• nephropathy;
• disruption of the endocrine system;
• diabetes mellitus (type I and II);
• disturbances in the functioning of the immune system;
• bronchial asthma;
• the course of any infectious diseases;
• exacerbation of chronic diseases.

It is also recommended to refrain from following a water diet for women who are pregnant, planning a child or breastfeeding a baby. Furthermore, even children and the elderly should not lose weight this way.

Useful tips

Maintaining a water-based diet requires not only the right outcome, but also the right input.

To prepare for this type of elimination of extra pounds, it is necessary to exclude from the diet 10 days before the start of the diet:

• fat food;
• canned foods;
• foods containing preservatives and additives marked "E";
• salty food;
• products containing fragrances;
• spicy food;
• baked goods and any sweets;
• coffee;
• carbonated drinks;
• smoked food.

You should also stop drinking alcohol, smoking and taking medications. Also, within 1-2 weeks you should start walking and relaxing more.

1 day before starting the diet, it is necessary to cleanse the body of toxins and other harmful substances that can cause negative consequences, such as skin rashes, feeling of nausea or feeling of weakness during fasting.

There are 2 cleaning options available:

• enema;
• fasting day.

The first option is preferable, however, if it is not acceptable, the second can be used. During the fasting day you need to stop eating any food; it is allowed to drink only 1500 ml of kefir during the day. Kefir should be low-fat and contain no flavoring additives.

Kefir can be replaced with buckwheat. To prepare it, you need to pour boiling water over the cereals in a ratio of 1 to 2 and leave it overnight. Salt and spices cannot be added. During the day you can drink water or green tea without sweeteners. Drinking large amounts of water out of habit is very difficult, so there are some tips to make the diet easier.

Advise:

• every morning you need to drink 1 glass of water, if this is difficult to do, you can add a few drops of lemon or orange juice, squeezed directly from the fruit;

• for water it is better to use a nice red glass; psychologists believe that this, on an unconscious level, convinces of the usefulness and taste of the product being consumed;
• You can drink the water with a cocktail straw, this will speed up the process and make it fun;
• You can find an incentive for consuming the daily norm of fluid; this incentive will contribute to more accurate compliance with the rules.

Also, while following a diet, it is recommended to do exercises every morning to fill the body with energy and drink vitamins. They are necessary because with a large amount of fluid, many useful substances are washed out of the body and need to be replenished.

Main complex

The water diet, reviews of which describe significant weight loss after just a week of compliance, also implies compliance with some nutritional rules. In addition to drinking plenty of water, you need to follow a diet and eat only permitted foods. The list of such products is broader than that of conventional diets.

The duration of the water diet can vary from 7 to 28 days, depending on the desired result.

The table shows a detailed daily menu for a month:

Day of the week	Eat	Products
1 week
Monday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 1 cucumber, 1 tomato
	2 meals	3 nectarines
	3 meals	Cabbage soup, chicken breast, zucchini, cabbage and tomato salad
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meal	Grilled vegetables and 1 slice of bread cooked without yeast
Tuesday	1 meal	Millet porridge, 1-2 peppers
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Boiled tongue (beef), cabbage and celery salad
	4 meals	200 g of strawberries
	5 meal	180 g of steamed pork, kiwi, banana and apple salad
Wednesday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge, 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and apple, pear and pomegranate salad
	4 meals	Salad of peppers, courgettes and tomatoes
	5 meal	2 steamed meatballs, seafood salad
Thursday	1 meal	200 g of vinaigrette
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Rice porridge, carrot and apple salad with raisins
	4 meals	4-6 unsalted crackers
	5 meal	Seafood and celery salad with 2 slices of brown bread
Friday	1 meal	100 g of fried bread in egg and ricotta mixture
	2 meals	Pomegranate
	3 meals	Celery soup and salad
	4 meals	2 fruits
	5 meal	Rice porridge and half a grapefruit
Saturday	1 meal	Grapefruit, grape and apple salad
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Broth with breadcrumbs and 200 g of steamed asparagus
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meal	150 g of cooked potatoes in their skin and 100 g of fried chanterelles
Sunday	1 meal	2-3 croutons and 1 orange
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Rice porridge with water and 1 grapefruit
	4 meals	Vegetable salad
	5 meal	2 steamed pork cutlets and seaweed salad
2 weeks
Monday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge with water and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Banana
	3 meals	A plate of okroshka with 2 pieces of unleavened bread
	4 meals	0. 5 tbsp. raspberries or strawberries
	5 meal	Cabbage and carrot salad with sesame oil, apple and 200 g of any meat
Tuesday	1 meal	Rice and pear porridge
	2 meals	3 mandarins
	3 meals	150 g boiled tongue (beef) and fruit salad
	4 meals	Mango
	5 meal	200g steamed pork and vegetable salad
Wednesday	1 meal	Salad of grapes, raisins and apples with the addition of dried apricots and 200 g of cottage cheese
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Soup and 2 soft-boiled eggs
	4 meals	4 walnuts
	5 meal	200 g of prawn pulp and courgette, cabbage and cucumber salad
Thursday	1 meal	Scrambled eggs and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	150 g of stewed beef with vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meal	Baked vegetables with 2 pieces of black bread
Friday	1 meal	Semolina and mandarin porridge
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and grape, pomegranate and pear salad
	4 meals	200 g of berries
	5 meal	Stewed fish and seaweed salad
Saturday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 1 cucumber, 1 tomato
	2 meals	150 g of grapes
	3 meals	Soup, chicken breast, vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of berries
	5 meal	Grilled vegetables and 1 piece of bread, cooked without yeast
Sunday	1 meal	Pea porridge, 1-2 peppers
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	Boiled beef tongue, cabbage, peas and corn salad
	4 meals	200 g of walnuts
	5 meal	150 g of steamed pork, fruit salad
3 weeks
Monday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Banana
	3 meals	Fruit salad and soup
	4 meals	Vegetable salad
	5 meal	2 steamed cutlets, cabbage salad, raisins and carrots
Tuesday	1 meal	200 g of cabbage salad with lemon juice
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Rice porridge and carrot salad with apples
	4 meals	4-6 unsalted crackers
	5 meal	Shrimp and lettuce salad with 2 slices of brown bread
Wednesday	1 meal	100 g of croutons and ricotta
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and celery salad
	4 meals	2 apples
	5 meal	Rice porridge and half a grapefruit
Thursday	1 meal	Fruit salad
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Broth with breadcrumbs and 200 g of steamed asparagus
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meal	150 g of potatoes in their skin and 100 g of baked vegetables
Friday	1 meal	2-3 croutons and 1 orange
	2 meals	Pear
	3 meals	Buckwheat porridge with water and 1 apple
	4 meals	Vegetable salad
	5 meal	2 steamed cutlets and seaweed salad
Saturday	1 meal	Omelette and 1 cucumber
	2 meals	250 g of watermelon
	3 meals	Cabbage soup, 2 pieces of yeast-free bread and vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of berries
	5 meal	Stewed fish
Sunday	1 meal	Millet porridge and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	5 plums
	3 meals	Stewed potatoes and salad of apples, raisins and carrots
	4 meals	2 hard boiled eggs
	5 meal
4 weeks
Monday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge with water and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	A plate of okroshka with 2 pieces of unleavened bread
	4 meals	0. 5 tbsp. raspberries or strawberries
	5 meal	Cabbage and carrot salad with sesame oil, apple and 200 g of any meat
Tuesday	1 meal	Pear, mandarin and grape salad with added dried apricots and 200 g of ricotta
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Soup and 2 soft-boiled eggs
	4 meals	4 walnuts
	5 meal	200 g of shrimp meat and vegetable salad
Wednesday	1 meal	Semolina and pear porridge
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Soup and vinaigrette
	4 meals	250 g of berries
	5 meal	Grilled fish and seaweed salad
Thursday	1 meal	Pea porridge, 1-2 peppers
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	Boiled beef tongue, vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of walnuts
	5 meal	150 g of steamed pork, fruit salad
Friday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 1 cucumber, 1 tomato
	2 meals	Pear
	3 meals	Cabbage soup, chicken breast, vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of berries
	5 meal	Grilled vegetables and 1 piece of bread, cooked without yeast
Saturday	1 meal	Scrambled eggs and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	150 g of stewed beef with vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meal	Baked vegetables with 2 pieces of black bread
Sunday	1 meal	Rice and pear porridge
	2 meals	3 mandarins
	3 meals	150 g boiled tongue (beef) and fruit salad
	4 meals	Mango
	5 meal	200g steamed pork and vegetable salad

Before going to bed, you can drink 1 glass of low-fat kefir to normalize the function of the stomach. The diet can be stopped on any day, observing the rules for exiting it.

Consolidate the result

The water diet, reviews of which speak of good weight loss results, just like the others, needs a proper exit from it, because this can consolidate the result. Different types of water diets have different exit methods.

After such a diet, which involves only the intake of large quantities of liquid and permitted foods, it is necessary to go out, gradually expanding your diet. You need to return to your normal menu within the same period of time you followed the diet.

There is also a water-based mono-diet, which involves drinking only liquids for several days.It can be called fasting. It is more difficult to abandon such a diet, because the body adapts to such a diet and rebuilds the metabolic process. The longer you follow such a diet, the more carefully you need to approach its conclusion.

After a 48-hour fast, you need to go out for 4 days. In this case, the body has not yet had time to rebuild, and stopping the diet will not be difficult. It is necessary to gradually include in the diet first squeezed juices, then fruits and vegetables, milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, and after 4 days you can start eating normal food.

When fasting for more than 3 days, the body already has time to begin reconstruction and receive the necessary nutrients from its internal reserves, so the functioning of the digestive system may be inadequate. It takes at least 10 days to get out of this state to normalize the functioning of the internal organs.

Every day you need to add foods to your diet in the following order:

1. Fresh juice.
2. Raw carrot and white cabbage salad.
3. Vegetable stew.
4. Fermented milk products.
5. Cereal porridge cooked in milk or water.
6. Lean meats (you can steam, bake or grill them).

Starting from the 7th day of release it is possible to combine all permitted products and after 3 days return to the normal diet. Also, when leaving the diet, it is not recommended to engage in intense physical activity; you can do a light warm-up or exercise. Following these rules will help you complete the diet correctly, thus guaranteeing results.

When to expect an effect

Water diet reviews promise quick results, but it all depends on the individual characteristics of the body.

The effect of following the rules of such a diet depends on several factors:

• initial weight;
• the number of kilograms you need to get rid of;
• metabolic characteristics.

Those who need to lose more lose weight better.If a person has 1 to 3 extra kilos, it is better to abandon the water diet altogether, as it will not bring results. You can lose 5 to 10 kg in 30-60 days and more than 10 kg in 25-30 days.

However, it is worth remembering that it is not possible to follow such a diet for more than a month.so, to get the desired effect, you will have to run it several times. After a month of fluid intake, you should abandon the diet and take a break for 30-40 days, then start again. This is necessary so as not to harm health by overloading the excretory system.

A water diet can relieve a person from excess weight, without forcing him to comply with strict restrictions. However, it still has rules, observance of which will help improve the effect of weight loss and will not harm the health of the body.

This technique also has contraindications, so before following the drinking regime, you need to read the reviews and consult a nutritionist.