- Weight loss mechanism
- Potential harm
- Recommendations
- Options
After a series of holidays, you don’t want to look in the mirror or stand on the scales. Various detox programs are used to clean the body of toxins and excess fluid to bring the body back into shape and get rid of the gained pounds. One of the most gentle and delicious options is a fasting day on cottage cheese, which any woman can afford. The main product is widely available, inexpensive, easily digestible, therefore losing weight with its help will be a pleasure!
Weight loss mechanism
A properly organized and fully supported fasting day on cottage cheese works real miracles with the body. In just 24 hours, many processes are activated in it, which contribute to weight loss:
- 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 a bad mood does not threaten you.
A carbohydrate-free fasting day on cottage cheese (if you do not use additional products) allows you to get a good result – losses can reach up to 1 kg of weight.
Helpful advice. If you use homemade cottage cheese within the framework of a one-day unloading program, the results will be more impressive. After all, it is much healthier than the store.
Potential harm
By contributing to intensive weight loss, fasting days on cottage cheese make the body experience serious stress. In certain situations, this can turn into negative health consequences. Therefore, before losing weight in this way, familiarize yourself with the list of contraindications and possible side effects.
Contraindications
- Allergy to proteins, dairy products;
- pregnancy;
- hypertension;
- lactation;
- pathologies of the liver or kidneys;
- increased acidity of the stomach;
- digestive problems;
- cardiovascular disease.
Side effects
- Allergic reactions: skin rashes, difficulty breathing, swelling, itching;
- abdominal pain;
- bloating;
- diarrhea;
- constipation;
- flatulence.
If your sugar level has risen, then you have made one of the mistakes: either you have eaten too much of the main product, or you have chosen a percentage of fat content in it that is too large. With diabetes, it is better to use exclusively fat-free mass. In such a situation, you should no longer test your body. Eat something dietary, and next time, choose cottage cheese more carefully.
Every little bit helps. Cottage cheese is a versatile product that goes well with nuts, herbs, fruits, honey and other goodies. Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, ate it with ketchup.
Recommendations
To get the most out of your fasting day, try to adhere to certain rules. They are compiled by specialists and taking into account the experience of those who have already experienced such a hunger strike on themselves.
- Try to make this day a weekend or take a vacation. This way, you can more clearly adhere to your chosen diet.
- Your 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.
- The cottage cheese must be fat-free.
- Do not use salt, sugar or other spices to enhance the taste.
- Walking in the fresh air will improve your mood and have a beneficial effect on your brain activity.
- Refrain from intensive training. To maintain physical activity, walk more, light morning exercises are also allowed.
- The classic scheme: the daily volume of cottage cheese is 300 g, which are evenly distributed (100 or 50 g) 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 foods from the diet (fried, fatty, salty, smoked, etc.), minimize the volume of portions, drink more water. This will allow the body to be somewhat prepared for the upcoming stress – so it will adapt faster and launch all the processes necessary for losing weight. The same principles of healthy eating should be followed the next day after the unloading program. Correct exit is a guarantee of maintaining the achieved result.
This is interesting. Cottage cheese is an ideal protein product for complete nutrition of bodybuilders.
Options
If for some reason the classic scheme of a fasting day on cottage cheese alone does not suit you, 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 spend all its energy on digesting protein, which is difficult and long to digest.
Recommended daily dose: 300 g of cottage cheese and 1 liter of kefir.
If you are preparing a cottage cheese and kefir cocktail, you can drink it only three times, and at other times satisfy your hunger with small portions of kefir.
The result is minus 0.8 kg.
- With eggs
Another option is on cottage cheese and eggs, or rather on 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 g of fat-free curd mass;
— before breakfast, at lunch, snack, before bed: 1 boiled egg white.
It is better not to include the yolk in this program, as it is high-calorie.
Losses can be up to 1 kg.
- With milk
We 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 unbearable hunger arises in the intervals between these meals, it is allowed to drink milk.
Recipe: whisk 50 g of the main product and 200 ml of milk in a blender. To enhance the taste, you can sprinkle with cinnamon on top or put a sprig of mint.
Excellent taste of the drink, its nutritional value and the result of minus 1 kg are the main reasons that this express weight loss program is the most popular of all curd programs.
- With fruits
It is easy and quick to lose weight on cottage cheese and fruits in just 1 day. The main thing is that the latter are not sweet and low-calorie. In this program for cleansing the body, they act as sources of vegetable fiber. Instead of being actively absorbed into the blood, it swells in the intestines under the influence of moisture (therefore, after eating fruits, you must definitely drink a glass of any liquid). It undergoes long digestion, and then is simply excreted from the body
