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Losing weight up to 7 kg in 14 days.
The average daily calorie content is 830 Kcal.
It has long been noticed by experts that the inhabitants of the Mediterranean, including Greece, are distinguished by quite good health and rarely suffer from excess weight. Based on the principles of the Greeks’ nutrition, which is not only moderate in calories, but also useful, this diet was developed, on which you can lose about 14 kg of weight in 7 days.
Greek diet requirements
According to the requirements of the Greek diet, food allowed for consumption is divided into several groups.
The first group includes foods that can be eaten daily, the second – allowed up to 4 times a week, the third – those that can be present in the diet, at most 3 times a month.
The first group of:
– beans;
– cereals;
– pasta made from durum wheat;
– vegetables;
– fruit;
– seeds;
– different types of nuts;
– cheese;
– dairy and fermented milk products;
– olive oil;
– dry red wine.
Of course, if you don’t drink alcohol, then you shouldn’t drink wine. But it is an alternative to the same beer, if drinking a second bottle has become a habit, or to sweet liqueurs.
The second group:
– eggs;
– sweets;
– a fish;
– seafood.
According to the developers of this diet, it is necessary that these products are present on the menu with just such a frequency. So you will maintain the optimal balance, helping the body to calmly cleanse itself and at the same time lose weight.
Of course, you need to watch your portion sizes. You shouldn’t eat more than 200 (maximum, 250) g at a time, so as not to stretch the stomach and absorb a lot of extra calories. The calorie content of the Greek diet is 1200-1500 calories per day. If you are afraid to go too far with this indicator, calculate the approximate calorie content of the foods and dishes that you eat.
It all depends on how much and how quickly you need to lose weight. If you want to urgently modernize your body for some event, then the 14-day diet will come to the rescue, the menu of which will be given below. If you intend to lose weight gradually, and urgent body correction is not necessary, then you can eat in moderation and in a balanced manner. By the way, it is worth sitting on approximately this kind of diet after losing weight (perhaps sometimes allowing relaxation, but not deviating from it categorically).
In the first meal, when food, in the opinion of many nutritionists, is not stored in reserve, but with sufficient physical activity, it is burned, it is recommended to consume carbohydrates. But not cakes and similar sweets, which contain large quantities of fast-type carbohydrates, but durum wheat pasta, cereals, rye bread, etc. It is recommended to have lunch and dinner with meat and fish dishes in the company of a good portion of raw or stewed vegetables … For snacks, choose fruits, nuts, and berries and vegetables that you like.
As for the 14-day diet, its distinctive feature is the alternation of days: one is protein, the next is vegetarian. In many ways, this helps to achieve a good result while following the system.
If you decide to go on a 14-day Greek diet, you should stick to something like this menu.
The first day
Breakfast: toast with a small piece of feta cheese; black coffee.
Second breakfast: natural unsweetened yoghurt, to which you can add a little honey.
Lunch: a small piece of chicken (fried without oil or baked), a salad of bell peppers and red onions.
Afternoon snack: duplicates breakfast.
Dinner: grilled fish; a cup of herbal tea.
Second day
Breakfast: salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce; black coffee.
Second breakfast: several vegetables (at your discretion).
Lunch: a couple of baked potatoes or eggplants; vegetable soup.
Afternoon snack: some Greek salad.
Dinner: zucchini baked in the company of a tomato and a little cheese; green tea.
The third day
Breakfast: up to 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese; coffee with milk.
Second breakfast: a few cucumbers with onions and a little olive oil.
Lunch: fried or baked fish, a few tomatoes.
Afternoon snack: a slice of lavash with feta cheese and tomatoes.
Dinner: eggplant with lean minced meat and onions.
Then we return to the first day, and repeat the above three days until the end of the diet.
Contraindications to the Greek diet
If you do not have serious health problems and are allergic to food components actively used in the diet, then you are allowed to adhere to this system.
Unlike other newfangled methods of losing weight, the diet proposed by the developers of the Greek diet is quite balanced.
Weight goes away calmly, without sudden jumps, and this is very important for maintaining health.
The virtues of the Greek diet
The metabolism is accelerated.
The condition of the skin, hair, nails does not suffer, but on the contrary, if you approach weight loss correctly, it can improve.
This diet suits many people. There are very few restrictions.
You can eat deliciously, not starve, and at the same time gradually and truly lose weight.
Food does not need to be taken after a strictly allotted amount of time. Therefore, you can adjust the system to suit your schedule without disrupting the usual flow of life.
Disadvantages of the Greek diet
Perhaps the only disadvantages are the cost of some products. Not all ingredients offered in this food system may be affordable for you.
Re-dieting
Although this diet is quite balanced, it is best to wait at least a month before repeating it again (this applies to the 14-day system). But the principles of nutrition with dividing products into groups are recommended to be made a way of life.