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The 7 Petals Diet is a modified version of the 6 Petals Diet, which was created by the Swiss nutritionist Anna Johansson. The diet of this weight loss program is based on the alternation of protein and carbohydrate foods. That is, during each of the 7 days a person will be able to eat certain types of food.
The essence of the 7 petal diet is that protein days alternate with carbohydrate days – and it is due to this principle that the process of losing weight occurs. The body is in a state of constant tension, and draws energy for its own life activity from fat reserves.
The diet lasts for a week. During this time, it will be possible to lose from 3 to 5 kg of excess weight.
Rules and principles of diet
The diet is built on three basic principles:
Sequential change of protein and carbohydrate days. In order for the process of losing weight to be launched, a strict sequence of protein and carbohydrate days is necessary. So, day #1, day #3, and day #5 are days when you need to eat protein foods. Day #2, Day #4, and Day #6 are the days when only carbohydrate foods are eaten. Thanks to this sequence, the body is, as it were, introduced into a “delusion”. That is, he receives few calories, but at the same time he does not experience an acute need for glucose. This contributes to the fact that energy reserves are drawn from body fat. It should not be assumed that a person does not receive fat during a diet. They are present in fish, in meat products, in cottage cheese. This allows you to eat balanced and complete.
One mono-diet replaces another. Since a person receives only one type of food throughout the day, this provokes the process of burning fat.
Meals must be separate. This means that products of different chemical composition should not be on the menu. The rate of digestion of food will be slowed down if the body receives several different components at once, which will lead to the deposition of fat reserves. Therefore, the principle of separate nutrition is one of the fundamental ones in the “7 petals” diet.
In order for the “7 petals” diet to achieve the desired results, you must adhere to the following rules:
You cannot swap days that follow in a certain order. The sequence of days: fish > vegetable > chicken > cereal > cottage cheese > fruit. They are all links in the same chain.
You need to eat often, namely, 5 times a day. It should be chewed carefully.
You must drink at least 2 liters of water per day. In addition to it, you can drink green tea, black tea, no more than 2 cups of coffee. Sugar is not added to drinks. Any alcohol-containing liquids are prohibited during the diet.
Any foods that contain sugar should be excluded from the menu.
If during the first seven-day cycle it was not possible to achieve the desired results, then after a week, the diet can be repeated.
During the diet, sports are allowed.
Sequence of diet days
1 day
The fish menu should be followed during the first day of the diet. It is necessary to eat up to 0,5 kg of fish fillet without bones per day. The same amount may include seafood. Fish can be boiled, baked, steamed. It is allowed to drink fish broth, eat fish soup, but without adding vegetables. For the first day of the diet, you can lose up to 0,5 kg of excess weight.
The benefits of the first day: saturation of the body with Omega-3 fatty acids and proteins of animal origin, acceleration of metabolic processes.
2 day
The vegetable menu should be followed during the second day of the diet. Complex carbohydrates, which are found in vegetables, can satisfy the feeling of hunger, but do not gain excess weight. During this day, you can lose up to 0,8 kg of fat.
Vegetables are eaten raw. The total volume of products is 1,5 kg. In this case, the body will spend more energy on their digestion than it receives with food. When its reserves run out, fat burning will begin. It is allowed to eat all vegetables, except for corn and potatoes.
Benefit of the day: bowel cleansing, acceleration of metabolic processes.
3 day
A menu based on chicken meat will need to be followed throughout the third day of the diet. For the whole day it is allowed to eat about 0,5 kg of chicken breast. Methods of its heat treatment: boiling, baking, steaming.
During the preparation of meat, a small amount of salt is allowed. In addition to meat, you can drink chicken broth. It is better to use it before 14-00.
Benefit of the day: saturation of the body with missing proteins and vitamin B12, normalization of hematopoietic function.
4 day
A menu based on various cereals will need to be followed for 4 days of the diet. All grains have a hard shell, so it is difficult for the body to digest them. He spends a lot of energy on this, and when it starts to be missed, fat reserves are used.
Up to 0,3 kg of various cereals can be eaten per day. The main menu should be brown rice, oatmeal, or buckwheat. They make porridge. In addition to water, you can drink natural kvass on this day.
Benefit of the day: saturation of the body with complex carbohydrates, vitamins, trace elements, proteins of plant origin.
5 day
The menu of the fifth day is represented by fat-free cottage cheese. The maximum fat content of the product can be 5%. It is allowed to eat up to 0,5 kg of cottage cheese per day. In addition to water, you can drink fermented milk drinks and milk with a fat content of 1% (no more than a glass of milk).
Benefits of the day: rejuvenation of the body, saturating it with amino acids, lactic acid bacteria, proteins, saturated fatty acids, minerals, as well as getting rid of constipation.
6 day
The sixth day of the diet involves eating fruits. They can be baked or eaten raw. The daily dose of fruit is 1,5 kg. In the morning, preference should be given to sweet fruits (cherries, plums, etc.), and sour fruits are eaten in the evening. In addition to water, you can drink freshly squeezed juices, add vanillin, cardamom, lemon zest, cinnamon to fruit dishes.
Benefit of the day: saturation of the body with organic acids, vitamins, minerals and acceleration of metabolic processes.
7 day
The menu of the seventh day is drinking. It will be more difficult to endure it than others. On this day, it is allowed to drink only water without gas. If your health suddenly worsens, then you can dilute a spoonful of honey in water.
Benefit of the day: fixing the result.
Allowed and prohibited foods of the 7 petal diet
Foods that can be eaten:
Vegetables that do not contain a lot of starch. Do not eat potatoes, beans and pumpkin.
Fruits that do not contain an abundance of sugars. You should refuse dates, raisins, bananas, grapes.
Chicken fillet that needs to be skinned.
Fish and seafood.
Cereal crops: wild rice, buckwheat, oatmeal.
Bread made from whole grain flour and bran.
Vegetable oil, but in small doses.
Black and green tea, but the latter type should be preferred.
Decoctions of herbs and wild rose.
Coffee and chicory (a glass a day).
Products that are not allowed on the menu:
Sugar.
Products based on white flour.
All cereal crops except those that are on the list of permitted.
Fats of animal origin.
Sausage and smoked products.
Beef, lamb, pork.
All semi-finished products.
Preserved products.
Fast food.
Products containing flavor enhancers and seasonings.
Drinks containing gases.
Alcoholic drinks.
Petals | Breakfast | Snack | Dinner | Snack | Dinner |
Fish | > Steamed fish fillet – 150 g, greens | herbal tea | Pureed hake soup – 200 g | Herb tea | Boiled fish with herbs and spices |
Vegetable | Salad (cucumber, tomato, pepper) – 200 g | Cucumber | Cream soup with broccoli and herbs | Any vegetable | Stewed vegetables (zucchini, carrots, onions) |
Chicken | Steamed minced chicken cutlets – 2 pieces | Herb tea | Chicken soup | Green tea | Baked chicken thighs in soy sauce with garlic |
Cereal | Oatmeal on the water | Green tea | Steamed buckwheat | Mint tea | Brown rice |
Curd | cheesecakes | A glass of milk | Cottage cheese – 200 g | A glass of yogurt | Curd with yoghurt |
Fruit | Salad (apples, pears, orange, strawberries) | Apple | Salad (kiwi, peach, apple, orange juice) | A glass of unsalted tomato juice | Smoothie (kiwi, apple, pear, green tea) |
Drinking | Water, green tea, herbal tea | ||||
Every day weight loss recipes
Pureed soup with hake
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
0,2 kg hake;
0,5 L of water;
Salt, spices and herbs to taste.
Boneless fish is boiled until tender in water with a small amount of salt. The water is drained, but not completely. Pass the fish with the broth through a blender, add salt.
Fish “Piquant”
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
Trout.
Toothed garlic.
3 tablespoons of sauce
2 tablespoons of mustard.
6 tablespoons of olive oil.
Spices to taste.
Marinade recipe: mix oil, soy sauce, spices, garlic and mustard. Divide it into 2 parts. The fish is laid out in the marinade and left for a quarter of an hour. The fish is then fried in a dry frying pan. Spread the finished fillet on a plate and pour the remaining portion of the sauce.
Peppers stuffed with vegetables
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
5 peppers;
Carrots – 1 piece;
Tomato – 1 piece;
Zucchini, garlic and onion.
Spices and herbs to taste.
Carrots, garlic, tomatoes and onions are finely cut, everything is fried in a pan. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add zucchini to the mixture, salt and pepper the stew. Peppers are filled with the finished mass, put them in a saucepan, add a little water and simmer until tender.
Tomato soup
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
Tomatoes – 0,5 kg;
Onion – 1 piece;
Garlic, salt and pepper to taste.
Stew onion and garlic in a small amount of water. The skin is removed from the tomatoes, cut into cubes and spread to onions with garlic, kept under a closed lid for 5 minutes. Add more water and cook for 10 minutes. When the soup has cooled, it is passed through a blender, salted, and the necessary spices are added.
Chicken in soy sauce with mustard
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
Chicken breast – 3 pcs;
Soy sauce – 100 ml;
Mustard – a teaspoon;
Garlic – 3 cloves.
Marinade recipe: press garlic through a press, mix with mustard and soy sauce. Beat the breasts or cut into thin plates, place them in the marinade and soak in it for 40 minutes. Bake ready-made breasts for no more than 20 minutes in the oven.
Buckwheat cutlets
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
Buckwheat – half a glass.
Salt, pepper and seasonings to taste.
Greenery.
Buckwheat is boiled in water with the addition of salt, cooled and passed through a blender. Introduce herbs and spices into minced meat. Cutlets are prepared from the resulting mass, baked in the oven at 180 ° C for a quarter of an hour.
cheesecakes
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
0,3 kg of cottage cheese;
Chicken egg;
A tablespoon of semolina.
The egg is mixed with cottage cheese, cheesecakes are formed from the finished mass, roll them in semolina. Cheesecakes are baked in the oven at a temperature of 200 ° C.
Fruit salad with oranges and kiwi
The preparation of the dish will require the following products:
One banana, one orange and one apple each.
Kiwi – 2 pieces.
Grate orange zest on a plate, and cut its slices into 3 parts. Peel kiwi, apple and banana, cut into cubes, pour over fruit with lemon juice and yogurt, sprinkle with orange zest. The salad can be garnished with mint leaves.
Rules of exit from the diet
To consolidate the achieved result, you need to adhere to the following rules for exiting the diet:
Daily caloric content after the completion of the diet should increase gradually. Its maximum value should not exceed 1800 kcal, otherwise the weight will start to increase again. For several days after leaving the diet, you must continue to eat the same foods as during the diet.
Products at the time of release should be dietary.
New foods should be introduced carefully, as the body is accustomed to following the principles of separate nutrition.
After the diet is completed, we must not forget about physical activity. To maintain muscle tone and prevent sagging skin, it is necessary to perform anti-cellulite massage.
Pros and cons of the 7 petal diet
Diet Benefits:
The intestines during the diet will be cleansed of toxins.
Excess weight goes away very quickly.
The diet is not hungry.
The menu is varied.
The cooking process will not take much time.
The diet does not pose a health risk.
Cons of the diet:
If you refuse to exercise, the muscles will become flabby and the skin will sag.
During protein days, there may be a feeling of weakness, due to a lack of carbohydrates.
Weight goes away too quickly, while nutritionists consider it safe to lose weight up to 150 g per day, but no more.
The diet has a number of contraindications associated with various diseases, such as diabetes, stomach ulcers, etc.
Diets cannot be followed while breastfeeding and while carrying a child.
A recent illness that caused a weakened immune system is a contraindication to the use of a diet.
Противопоказания
Contraindications to the diet of 7 petals:
Diseases of the intestines and stomach.
Treatment with hormonal drugs.
Undergoing chemotherapy.
Diabetes.
Low level of hemoglobin in the blood.
Childbearing, lactation.