- Slimming mechanism
- Possible harm
- Recommendations
- Options
After all the holidays, you don’t feel like looking in the mirror or standing on the scales. To get your body back into shape after the holidays and get rid of those extra pounds, various detox programs are used to cleanse the body of toxins and excess fluid. One of the most gentle and tastiest of them all is a fasting day on cottage cheese, which any woman can afford. The main ingredient is widely available, inexpensive, and easily digested, so losing weight with it will be a delight!
Slimming mechanism
A properly organized and fully sustained curd fasting day works wonders for the body. In just 24 hours, a mass of weight loss processes are activated in it:
- organs are enriched with protein and calcium, which are active participants in metabolism;
- metabolism is noticeably accelerated due to this, which is very important for losing weight;
- hunger is satisfied;
- additional energy is released, so there is no fatigue or drowsiness syndrome;
- muscle mass is preserved;
- the nervous system is brought to a state of rest, so you won’t be in a bad mood.
A carbohydrate-free fasting day on cottage cheese (if you don’t use additional products) allows you to get a good result – losses can be up to 1 kg of weight.
Helpful tip. If you use homemade cottage cheese within the framework of a one-day unloading program, the results will be even more impressive. After all, it is much healthier than a store-bought one.
Possible harm
By contributing to intensive weight loss, curd fasting days cause the body to experience serious stress. In certain situations, this can lead to negative health consequences. Therefore, before losing weight in this way, familiarize yourself with the list of contraindications and possible side effects.
Contraindications
- Protein allergy, dairy products;
- pregnancy;
- hypertension;
- lactation;
- liver or kidney pathologies;
- increased stomach acidity;
- problems with digestion;
- cardiovascular diseases.
Side effects
- Allergic reactions: skin rashes, shortness of breath, swelling, itching;
- abdominal pain;
- bloating;
- diarrhea;
- constipation;
- flatulence.
If your sugar has risen, then you made one of the mistakes: either you ate too much of the main product, or you chose too high a percentage of fat content in it. In case of diabetes, it is better to use exclusively fat-free mass. In such a situation, you should not test your body any more. Eat something dietary, and next time choose cottage cheese more carefully.
For the world – by thread. Cottage cheese is a universal product that goes well with nuts, herbs, fruits, honey and other delicacies. Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, ate it with nothing less than ketchup.
Recommendations
To get the most out of your fasting day, try to stick to certain rules. They are compiled by specialists and take into account the experience of those who have already experienced such a hunger strike on themselves.
- Try to make this day a day off or fall on vacation. This way, you can adhere more clearly to the chosen diet.
- Daily water intake should be 2 liters.
- If possible, prepare cottage cheese at home so that it does not contain industrial impurities that reduce its benefits.
- Cottage cheese must necessarily be fat-free.
- Do not use salt, sugar and other spices to enhance the taste.
- Walking in the fresh air will improve your mood and have a beneficial effect on your brain activity.
- Give up intensive training. For greater mobility, walk more, and light morning exercises are also allowed.
- Classic scheme: daily volume of cottage cheese – 300 grams, which are evenly (100 or 50 grams each) distributed over 3 or 6 meals.
- Allowed drinks: kefir (enhances protein orientation), green tea (has a diuretic effect).
The day before, try to exclude all harmful products (fried, fatty, salty, smoked, etc.) from the diet, minimize the volume of portions, and drink more water. This will allow you to prepare your body a little for the upcoming stress – so it will adapt faster and start all the necessary processes for losing weight. The same principles of healthy eating should also be followed the day after the unloading program. Correct exit is a guarantee of maintaining the achieved result.
It is interesting. Cottage cheese is an ideal protein product for a complete diet for bodybuilders.
Options
If the classic scheme of a fasting day on cottage cheese alone does not suit you for some reason, you can always find another option for yourself. Additional products should not cause allergies and should be low in calories.
- With kefir
You can arrange a complete protein fasting day on cottage cheese and kefir, which perfectly complement each other. You can combine them in one dish, you can make protein cocktails from them, you can use them separately. It doesn’t really matter. If both products are fat-free, the body will have to use up all its energy to digest protein, which is difficult and takes a long time to digest.
Recommended daily intake: 300 grams of cottage cheese and 1 liter of kefir.
If you are preparing a curd and kefir cocktail, you can drink it only three times, and the rest of the time, drown out your hunger with small portions of kefir.
Result – minus 0.8 kg.
- With eggs
Another option is cottage cheese and eggs, or rather egg whites. The principle of losing weight is the same as with kefir. However, the scheme of using the products will be somewhat different:
— breakfast, lunch, dinner: 100 grams of fat-free curd mass;
— before breakfast, at lunch, afternoon snack, before bedtime: 1 boiled protein.
It is better not to include yolk in this program, as it is high in calories.
Losses can be up to 1 kg.
- With milk
You cannot ignore another option for a protein unloading program – losing weight on cottage cheese with milk (it should also be fat-free or 1%). It is best to prepare a hearty and healthy protein cocktail from these products. It can be drunk three times a day. And if an intolerable hunger arises in the intervals between
