Water diet. Menu for 3 days, one 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 weight loss diets. According to reviews from people who follow this diet, it is much easier to stick to it. In addition, it also allows you to improve the general condition of the body, and the results do not differ from other diets.

Core and basic principles

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

This is necessary so that digestion occurs faster due to the release of gastric juice, while the entry of juice into the stomach will slow down this process. This will also ease the feeling of heaviness in the digestive system.

It is fundamentally important that meals are not mixed with water,so after drinking water it is necessary to wait at least 20 minutes before eating. It should also be remembered that drinking any other liquid, juice, tea or coffee, is considered a full 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 tested on a group of subjects. According to the results of the study, it was found that following the rules of such a diet guarantees the removal of excess weight. However, to get the maximum effect, you must adhere to certain dietary restrictions.

In addition, there are contraindications for using a water diet, which you should be familiar with in order 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 lactation.

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 to increase the burning rate of accumulated fat.
2. Ordinary still water has a calorie content of 0, while it quenches the feeling of hunger well.
3. The water diet technique helps to normalize the functioning of the digestive system and other functioning systems of the body. On the other hand, adequate functioning of the body improves the condition of the skin.
4. Still water helps improve human performance due to its tonic properties.

Thus, 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.

Indications for use

The water diet, whose reviews say that it helps you lose up to 10 kg per month, is not only intended for weight loss. Also, observing it helps to slow down the aging of the body, thereforeThis diet is recommended for those who suffer from "drying" of the body.which refers to age-related fluid deficiency.

As we age, the part of the brain that is responsible for the feeling of thirst begins to send and process signals more slowly, so the amount of water taken in becomes less. 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.

You can determine the need to follow a water diet as follows: 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 comes together easily and creates wrinkles, we can conclude that the skin is dehydrated.

Also, after the fold is released, the skin will slowly return to its previous shape and a mark will remain that slowly passes. If the described results were obtained during the experiment, then you should use a water diet to restore the level of moisture in the body.

In addition, following a water diet, you can get rid of 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 kilograms, it is better to choose a different diet, while this diet and drink regimen will help you get rid of 10 kg.

Contraindications for use

Water diet, the reviews of which, although mostly positive, can cause harm to health due to non-observance of contraindications and its use by people for whom it is contraindicated.

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

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

Also, this type of diet is not recommended for people struggling with obesity. Water fasting is suitable only for those whose health is ideal and there are no abnormalities. However, they must also be careful not to injure themselves.

A light water diet, which includes the consumption of permitted foods, also has a number of contraindications.

Not recommended for those who have:

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

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

Useful tips

Maintaining a water diet requires not only the right result, but also the right input.

To prepare for this type of weight loss, you should exclude the following from your diet 10 days before starting the diet:

• Foods that make you healthy;
• 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 any medication. In addition, in 1-2 weeks you should start walking and relax 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 pimples, nausea or feeling weak during fasting.

There are 2 cleaning options:

• enema;
• fasting day.

The first option is preferable, however, if it is unacceptable, you can use the second. During the fasting day, you must stop eating any food; you are allowed to drink only 1500 ml of kefir during the day. Kefir should be low-fat and not contain flavoring additives.

Kefir can be replaced with buckwheat. To prepare it, you need to pour boiling water over the grains 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 without a habit is very difficult, so there are some tips that help make the diet easier.

Tip:

• every morning you should 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 beautiful red glass; psychologists believe that this, on a subconscious level, convinces of the usefulness and taste of the product being consumed;
• You can drink water through a cocktail straw, this will speed up the process and make it fun;
• You can create an incentive for consuming the daily rate of liquids; such an 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 volume of liquid, many useful substances are washed out of the body and must be replenished.

The main complex

The water diet, reviews of which describe significant weight loss after just one week of following it, also implies compliance with certain nutritional rules. In addition to drinking plenty of water, you should follow a diet and eat only those foods that are allowed. The list of such products is wider than in conventional diets.

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

The table shows a detailed daily menu for a month:

Day of the week	Eating	products
1 week
Monday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 1 cucumber, 1 tomato
	2 meals	3 nectarines
	3 meals	Cabbage soup, chicken breast, salad with zucchini, cabbage and tomatoes
	4 meals	200 g each nut
	5 meals	Grilled vegetables and 1 slice of unleavened toast
Tuesday	1 meal	Millet porridge, 1-2 peppers
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Salad with boiled tongue (beef), cabbage and celery
	4 meals	200 g of strawberries
	5 meals	180 g salad with steamed pork, kiwi, banana and apple
Wednesday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge, 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and apple, pear and pomegranate salad
	4 meals	Pepper, zucchini and tomato salad
	5 meals	2 steamed meatballs, seafood salad
Thursday	1 meal	200 g vinaigrette
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Salad with rice porridge, carrots and apples with raisins
	4 meals	4-6 saltless salt shakers
	5 meals	Seafood and celery salad with 2 slices of black bread
Friday	1 meal	100 g of fried bread in a mixture of eggs and cottage cheese
	2 meals	pomegranate
	3 meals	Celery soup and salad
	4 meals	2 fruits
	5 meals	Rice porridge and half a grapefruit
Saturday	1 meal	Salad with grapefruit, grapes and apples
	2 meals	Fruit
	3 meals	Broth with breadcrumbs and 200g of steamed asparagus
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meals	150 g potatoes, cooked with skin and 100 g 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 meals	2 steamed pork chops and kelp salad
2 weeks
Monday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge with water and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Bananas
	3 meals	A plate of okroshka with 2 pieces of unleavened bread
	4 meals	0. 5 tbsp. raspberries or strawberries
	5 meals	Salad with cabbage and carrots with sesame oil, apples and 200 g of each meat
Tuesday	1 meal	Rice porridge and pears
	2 meals	3 tangerines
	3 meals	150 g boiled tongue (beef) and fruit salad
	4 meals	Mango
	5 meals	200 g of steamed pork and vegetable salad
Wednesday	1 meal	Salad with grapes, raisins and apples with the addition of dried apricots and 200 g of cottage cheese
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Soup and 2 boiled eggs
	4 meals	4 nuts
	5 meals	200 g of lobster meat and salad with zucchini, cabbage and cucumber
Thursday	1 meal	Scrambled eggs and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	ORANGE
	3 meals	150 g of boiled beef with vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meals	Baked vegetables with 2 pieces of black bread
Friday	1 meal	Oatmeal and tangerine milk porridge
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and grape, pomegranate and pear salad
	4 meals	200 g of berries
	5 meals	Salad with boiled fish and kelp
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 each berry
	5 meals	Grilled vegetables and 1 loaf of bread, toasted without yeast
Sunday	1 meal	Pea porridge, 1-2 bell peppers
	2 meals	ORANGE
	3 meals	Salad with boiled beef tongue, cabbage, peas and corn
	4 meals	200 g of walnuts
	5 meals	150 g steamed pork, fruit salad
3 weeks
Monday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Bananas
	3 meals	Fruit salad and soup
	4 meals	Vegetable salad
	5 meals	2 steamed cutlets, coleslaw, raisins and carrots
Tuesday	1 meal	200 g of cabbage salad with lemon juice
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Salad with rice porridge and carrots with apples
	4 meals	4-6 saltless salt shakers
	5 meals	Shrimp and lettuce salad with 2 slices of black bread
Wednesday	1 meal	100 g of croutons and cottage cheese
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and celery salad
	4 meals	2 apples
	5 meals	Rice porridge and half a grapefruit
Thursday	1 meal	Fruit salad
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Broth with breadcrumbs and 200g of steamed asparagus
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meals	150 g jacket potatoes and 100 g roasted 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 meals	2 steamed cutlets and kelp salad
Saturday	1 meal	Omelet and 1 cucumber
	2 meals	250 g of watermelon
	3 meals	Cabbage soup, 2 pieces of unleavened bread and vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of berries
	5 meals	Boiled fish
Sunday	1 meal	Millet porridge and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	5 plums
	3 meals	Salad with boiled potatoes and apples, raisins and carrots
	4 meals	2 boiled eggs
	5 meals
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 meals	Salad with cabbage and carrots with sesame oil, apples and 200 g of each meat
Tuesday	1 meal	Pear, tangerine and grape salad with the addition of dried apricots and 200 g of cottage cheese
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Soup and 2 boiled eggs
	4 meals	4 nuts
	5 meals	200 g salad with lobster meat and vegetables
Wednesday	1 meal	Oatmeal and pear porridge
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Soup and vinaigrette
	4 meals	250 g of berries
	5 meals	Baked fish and kelp salad
Thursday	1 meal	Pea porridge, 1-2 bell peppers
	2 meals	ORANGE
	3 meals	Boiled beef tongue, vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of walnuts
	5 meals	150 g 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 each berry
	5 meals	Grilled vegetables and 1 loaf of bread, toasted without yeast
Saturday	1 meal	Scrambled eggs and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	ORANGE
	3 meals	150 g of boiled beef with vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of dried fruit
	5 meals	Baked vegetables with 2 pieces of black bread
Sunday	1 meal	Rice porridge and pears
	2 meals	3 tangerines
	3 meals	150 g boiled tongue (beef) and fruit salad
	4 meals	Mango
	5 meals	200 g of steamed pork and vegetable salad

Before going to bed, you are allowed to drink 1 glass of low-fat kefir to normalize the function of the stomach. The diet can be interrupted every day, respecting the exit rules.

Consolidate the result

The water diet, whose reviews speak of good weight loss results, like 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 includes only taking large amounts of liquid and permitted foods, you should go outside, gradually expanding your diet. You should return to the regular menu within the same period of time that you followed the diet.

There is also a mono-water diet, which involves only drinking liquids for several days.It can be called fasting. It is more difficult to leave such a diet, because the body adapts to such a diet and rebuilds the metabolic process. The longer such a diet has been followed, the more carefully you should approach its end.

After a 48-hour fast, you must go outside for 4 days. In this case, the body has not yet had time to rebuild itself, and stopping the diet will not be difficult. It is necessary to gradually include in your diet self-squeezed juices, then fruits and vegetables, milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, and after 4 days you can start eating regular food.

When you fast for more than 3 days, the body already has time to start rebuilding and get the necessary nutrients from its internal reserves, so the functioning of the digestive system may be insufficient. It takes at least 10 days to get out of this state to normalize the functioning of the internal organs.

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

1. Fresh juice.
2. Raw carrot and white cabbage salad.
3. Stew with vegetables.
4. Fermented milk products.
5. Cereal porridge cooked in milk or water.
6. Lean meat (you can cook them in steam, oven or grill).

Starting from the 7th day of release, you can combine all the allowed products and after 3 days return to your normal diet. Also, when you leave the diet, it is not recommended to have intense physical activity, you can do light warm-up or exercise. Applying these rules will help you finish the diet correctly, thus ensuring its results.

When to expect an effect

Reviews about the water diet 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 features.

Those who need to lose more lose weight better.If a person has 1 to 3 extra kilograms, 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 can be lost in 25-30 days.

However, it is worth remembering that you cannot follow such a diet for more than a month.therefore, to achieve the desired effect, you will need to start it several times. After a month of juicing, you should stop the diet and take a break for 30-40 days and then start again. This is necessary in order not to harm your health by overloading the excretory system.

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

This technique also has contraindications, so before you follow the drinking regimen, you should read the reviews and consult a nutritionist.