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

The water diet is based on special principles, and its rules allow you to eat foods that are strictly prohibited in other diets for weight loss. According to reviews from people who follow this diet, it is much easier to stick to it. In addition, it allows you to improve the general condition of the body, and the results are no different from other diets.

Foundation 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 it. Therefore, to lose weight using this method, before each meal, half an hour before, you should drink 1 glass of liquid. In this case, after eating you must abstain from water for at least 120 minutes.

This is necessary so that digestion occurs faster due to the release of gastric juice, and liquid in the stomach will slow down this process. This will also relieve the feeling of heaviness in the digestive tract.

It is essential 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 full meal.

Water on 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 adherence to such dietary rules guarantees getting rid of excess weight. However, to get the maximum effect, you must adhere to some dietary restrictions.

In addition, there are contraindications for the use of a water diet, which you need to get used to so as not to harm 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. Plain water without gas has a calorie content of 0, and it contributes well to the feeling of hunger.
3. The water diet technique helps to normalize the functioning of the digestive system and other functional systems of the body. Subsequently, adequate functioning of the body improves the condition of the skin.
4. Water still helps to improve human performance due 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.

Indications for use

The water diet, reviews of which say that it helps you lose up to 10 kg per month, is not only 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 deficits.

With age, the part of the brain responsible for feeling thirst begins to send and process signals more slowly, so the amount of water intake becomes less. For this reason, a water deficit begins to develop in the body, which leads to weakness and drying of organs and skin.

You can determine whether it is necessary 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 forms 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 slowly fade. If the reported results were obtained during the experiment, then you should use a water diet to restore the level of moisture in the body.

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

Contraindications for use

The water diet, reviews of which, although mostly positive, can harm your health due to non-compliance with contraindications and use by people for whom it is contraindicated.

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

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

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

A light water diet has some contraindications, related to the consumption of approved foods.

It is not recommended for those who:

• pathologies of the digestive tract;
• liver diseases;
• any psychological and mental disorders;
• disturbances in the functioning of the cardiovascular system;
• the presence of hypertension;
• diseases of the urinary excretory organs;
• kidney disease;
• 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 disease;
• exacerbation 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. Furthermore, children and the elderly should not lose weight this way either.

Useful tips

Maintaining a water diet requires not only the correct output, but also the correct input.

To prepare for this type of getting rid of extra pounds, you must exclude the following items from your diet 10 days before you start the diet:

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

You should stop drinking alcohol, smoking and taking any medications. In addition, in 1-2 weeks you should start walking and resting more.

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

There are 2 cleaning options:

• enema;
• fasting day.

The first option is better, however, if it is unacceptable, you can use the second one. During the fasting day, you must stop eating any foods; you are only allowed to drink 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 corn 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. It is very difficult to drink large amounts of water out of habit, so here are some tips to help make the diet easier.

Give advice:

• 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 best to use a beautiful red glass; psychologists believe that this, on a subconscious level, convinces 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 come up with an incentive to consume the daily norm of fluids; such an incentive will lead to greater compliance with the rules.

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

Main complex

The water diet, whose reviews describe significant weight loss after just one week of following it, also implies following certain dietary rules. In addition to drinking plenty of water, you must follow a diet and only eat those foods that are allowed. The list of such products is wider than that of traditional 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, zucchini, cabbage and tomato salad
	4 meals	200 g of any nuts
	5 meals	Grilled vegetables and 1 slice of bread, baked without yeast
Tuesday	1 meal	Millet porridge, 1-2 peppers
	2 meals	Results
	3 meals	Boiled tongue (beef), cabbage and celery salad
	4 meals	200 g of strawberries
	5 meals	180 g steamed pork, kiwi, banana and apple salad
Wednesday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge, 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Results
	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	Rice porridge, carrot and apple salad with raisins
	4 meals	4-6 unsalted crackers
	5 meals	Seafood and celery salad with 2 slices of black bread
Friday	1 meal	100 g fried bread in a mixture of egg and cottage cheese
	2 meals	Pomegranate
	3 meals	Celery soup and salad
	4 meals	2 results
	5 meals	Rice porridge and half a grapefruit
Saturday	1 meal	Grapefruit, grape and apple salad
	2 meals	Results
	3 meals	Broth with breadcrumbs and 200 g steamed asparagus
	4 meals	200 g dried fruit
	5 meals	150 g potatoes, boiled with skins, and 100 g fried chanterelles
Sunday	1 meal	2-3 croutons and 1 orange
	2 meals	Results
	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	Banana
	3 meals	Plate okroshka with 2 pieces of unleavened bread
	4 meals	0. 5 tbsp. raspberries or strawberries
	5 meals	Cabbage and carrot salad with sesame oil, apple and 200 g of any meat
Tuesday	1 meal	Rice and pear porridge
	2 meals	3 tangerines
	3 meals	150 g boiled tongue (beef) and fruit salad
	4 meals	Mango
	5 meals	200 g pork salad and steamed vegetables
Wednesday	1 meal	Salad of grapes, raisins and apples with dried apricots and 200 g cottage cheese
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Soup and 2 soft-boiled eggs
	4 meals	4 walnuts
	5 meals	200 g lobster meat and zucchini, cabbage and cucumber salad
Thursday	1 meal	Scrambled eggs and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	150 g stewed beef with vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g dried fruit
	5 meals	Baked vegetables with 2 pieces of black bread
Friday	1 meal	Semolina and tangerine milk porridge
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Cabbage soup and grape, pomegranate and pear salad
	4 meals	200 g berries
	5 meals	Stewed fish and kelp salad
Saturday	1 meal	Rice porridge, 1 cucumber, 1 tomato
	2 meals	150 g grapes
	3 meals	Soup, chicken breast, vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g of any berries
	5 meals	Grilled vegetables and 1 piece of bread, baked without yeast
Sunday	1 meal	Pea porridge, 1-2 bell peppers
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	Boiled beef tongue, cabbage, pea and corn salad
	4 meals	200 g nuts
	5 meals	150 g 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 meals	2 steamed cutlets, cabbage, raisin and carrot salad
Tuesday	1 meal	200 g cabbage salad with lemon juice
	2 meals	Mango
	3 meals	Rice porridge and carrot salad with apples
	4 meals	4-6 unsalted crackers
	5 meals	Shrimp and lettuce salad with 2 slices of black bread
Wednesday	1 meal	100 g 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 200 g steamed asparagus
	4 meals	200 g dried fruit
	5 meals	150 g jacket potatoes and 100 g 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 meals	2 steamed cutlets and kelp salad
Saturday	1 meal	Omelette and 1 cucumber
	2 meals	250 g watermelon
	3 meals	Cabbage soup, 2 pieces of yeast-free bread and vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g berries
	5 meals	Stewed fish
Sunday	1 meal	Millet porridge and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	5 plums
	3 meals	Stewed potatoes and apple, raisin and carrot salad
	4 meals	2 boiled eggs
	5 meals
4 weeks
Monday	1 meal	Buckwheat porridge with water and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Plate okroshka with 2 pieces of unleavened bread
	4 meals	0. 5 tbsp. raspberries or strawberries
	5 meals	Cabbage and carrot salad with sesame oil, apple and 200 g of any meat
Tuesday	1 meal	Pear, tangerine and grape salad with dried apricots and 200 g of cottage cheese
	2 meals	Apple
	3 meals	Soup and 2 soft-boiled eggs
	4 meals	4 walnuts
	5 meals	200 g lobster meat and vegetable salad
Wednesday	1 meal	Semolina porridge and pears
	2 meals	Grapefruit
	3 meals	Soup and vinaigrette
	4 meals	250 g berries
	5 meals	Grilled 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 nuts
	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 of any berries
	5 meals	Grilled vegetables and 1 piece of bread, baked without yeast
Saturday	1 meal	Scrambled eggs and 2 tomatoes
	2 meals	Orange
	3 meals	150 g stewed beef with vegetable salad
	4 meals	200 g dried fruit
	5 meals	Baked vegetables with 2 pieces of black bread
Sunday	1 meal	Rice and pear porridge
	2 meals	3 tangerines
	3 meals	150 g boiled tongue (beef) and fruit salad
	4 meals	Mango
	5 meals	200 g pork salad and steamed vegetables

Before going to bed, you are allowed to drink 1 glass of low-fat kefir to normalize stomach function. The diet can be interrupted any day, and the rules of leaving it must be observed.

Consolidate the result

The water diet, whose reviews talk about good weight loss results, just like others, must be properly avoided, because this can consolidate the result. Different types of water diets have different exit methods.

After such a diet, which involves only taking large amounts of liquid and approved foods, you must go out, gradually expanding your diet. You must return to the regular menu within the same period of time that you followed the diet.

There is also a water mono-diet, which involves drinking only liquid 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 is followed, the more carefully you must terminate it.

After a fast of 48 hours, you must go out for 4 days. In this case, the body has not yet had time to rebuild itself and it will not be difficult to stop the diet. It is necessary to gradually include in your diet first juices pressed yourself, then fruits and vegetables, milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, and after 4 days you can start eating regular food.

When fasting 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 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 porridges cooked in milk or water.
6. Lean meat (you can cook them in a steamer, oven or grill).

Starting from the 7th day of release, you can combine all the approved products, and after 3 days return to your normal diet. Also, when you leave the diet, it is not recommended to experience intense physical activity; you can do a light warm-up or exercise. These rules will help you complete the diet correctly, thereby securing its results.

When to expect an effect

Reviews about the water diet promise quick results, but everything depends on the individual characteristics of the body.

The effect of following such dietary rules depends on several factors:

• initial weight;
• the number of kilograms you want to get rid of;
• metabolic features.

Those who need to lose more lose weight better.If a person has 1 to 3 extra pounds, it is better to abandon the water diet altogether, because it will not bring results. You can lose from 5 to 10 kg in 30-60 days, and you can lose more than 10 kg 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 have to start it several times. After a month of drinking fluids, you should stop the diet and take a break for 30-40 days, and then start again. This is necessary so that your health is not harmed by overloading the excretory system.

A water diet can relieve an overweight person, without forcing him to adhere to strict restrictions. However, there are still rules, the observance of which will help to 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 regime, you must read reviews and consult a nutritionist.