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The chicken diet is considered one of the easiest and most affordable ways to lose weight. It is great for those people who cannot imagine their daily diet without meat products. The protein found in chicken is complete. It contains all the amino acids necessary for the human body. For the diet, only chicken fillet is used, from which the skin is removed. It is important that it does not contain fat, which is a source of cholesterol.
Principles of the chicken diet:
The diet should last no more than 7 days. If it is supposed to use the version of the chicken mono-diet, then its duration should not exceed 3 days.
The calorie content of the menu per day is 1200 kcal. Although some nutritionists allow it to be increased to 1500 kcal.
Chicken fillet should make up 50% of the daily diet, the remaining 50% should come from other foods.
You need to eat at least 5 times a day.
The last time they come to the table is no later than 6 pm.
The chicken is either steamed or boiled. However, during cooking, many of the beneficial substances found in meat pass into the broth. This fact should be taken into account.
During the diet, you should stop eating unhealthy foods. Salt and sugar, smoked meats and fast food are excluded from the menu.
Drink at least 2 liters of water daily.
Chicken meat calories
Calorie content of different parts of the chicken, calorie by-products:
Part of a chicken | Amount of kilocalories in 100 g of product |
Chicken breast | 115 |
Leggy | 190 |
Hip | 210 |
Wing | 190 |
ventricle | 130 |
Liver | 140 |
Heart | 160 |
Calorie content of chicken meat, depending on the method of preparation:
Chicken meat processing method | Caloric value on 100 g |
boiled meat | 200 |
Canned stewed meat | 210 |
Grilled meat | 240 |
Smoked meat | 250 |
Grilled chicken | 260 |
Chicken Diet Menu
There are many diet options for chicken meat. The basic chicken diet is considered to be for 3 days and the chicken diet for a week. The first option refers to strict weight loss systems, since only chicken meat is eaten at this time. The seven-day chicken diet allows you to eat not only chicken, but also vegetables.
For three days on a mono-diet, you can lose about 3 kg of excess weight. During this period, it is permissible to eat only boiled chicken meat, as well as drink enough water. At one time, eat 100 g of chicken meat. The number of approaches to the table is equal to 5-6.
Menu on 7 days
Day of the week | What can you eat during the day | What can you drink during the day |
1 | 0,5 kg boiled chicken fillet, salad with vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, herbs with yogurt dressing), boiled buckwheat – 0,35 kg | Unsweetened fruit compote |
2 | 0,7 kg chicken fillet, 0,5 kg fresh pineapple | Green and black tea |
3 | 0,5 kg of steamed chicken fillet, fresh vegetable salad (apple, cabbage, carrots with lemon juice and olive oil dressing), boiled rice without salt | Natural juice |
4 | 0,5 kg vegetable salad of baked vegetables, 0,25 chicken fillet | A glass of kefir and still mineral water |
5 | 0,7 kg of boiled chicken fillet, lettuce leaves, any vegetables in a salad with olive oil dressing | Morse without sugar and mineral water |
6 | 0,25 boiled chicken fillet, steamed vegetables | A glass of kefir, tea with herbs |
7 | 0,5 kg boiled chicken fillet, salad with vegetables and olive oil | Mineral water and homemade juice |