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Cucumber diet helps to quickly get rid of extra pounds. It provides for the use of cucumbers with the addition of certain products to the diet: fish, meat, eggs, tomatoes, kefir. The popularity of this weight loss method is due to its simplicity and low cost. However, it may have contraindications and disadvantages.

How diets work

The effectiveness of the diet is associated with the main product in the diet - cucumber. A vegetable is 97% water, and the remaining percentage is mineral salts, fiber, nitrogen compounds, sugar, B vitamins. Useful trace elements support the function of the kidneys, blood vessels and heart. Even a daily diet triggers processes in the body that lead to strong weight loss:

  • fiber accelerates and improves digestion;
  • the product absorbs and removes harmful substances from the body;
  • Tartronic acid prevents the processing of carbohydrates into fat reserves;
  • The diuretic effect of the vegetable removes excess salt and removes swelling.

Such a diet is considered low in calories. The energy value of the product is 16 kcal per 100 g. When a person uses this herbal medicine every day, only 250 kcal enters the body, which allows you to lose weight continuously. Enzymes contained in cucumbers help proteins to be better absorbed in the body. Therefore, such products are combined with fish and meat.

It can be used to make salads or added to dishes with baked or boiled fish or chicken. Such a nutritional system leads to gradual weight loss and does not harm the body. When eating cucumber, weight loss occurs quickly. For 1 day you can lose 1 kg.

Compliance rules

In order for the cucumber diet for weight loss to be effective, you must follow the established rules:

  • to quickly get rid of extra pounds, you need to choose a nutritional system that lasts for 3 days or a kefir option for a week;
  • the main product in the diet is fresh cucumber without bread and salt;
  • vegetables go well with protein foods: chicken, yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, kefir, eggs;
  • other vegetables can be added to the menu, but in smaller quantities;
  • unsweetened fruits are allowed once a day;
  • reasonable dishes to cook during the diet: beets, okroshka, vegetable salad;
  • salt is added in minimal quantities;
  • food intake - 5 times a day in small portions;
  • It is recommended to drink 2 liters of water a day.

To be more effective, you need to exercise.

Advantages and disadvantages

The cucumber diet has both positive and negative sides.
Advantages of this technique include:

  • rapid weight loss;
  • saturation of the body with various vitamins;
  • does not lead to fatigue;
  • hunger is almost absent;
  • quenches thirst well in summer.

Weakness:

  • has many contraindications;
  • remove useful substances from the body;
  • has a strong diuretic effect;
  • the results may not last long.

If there are contraindications, then this technique should be abandoned. So that minerals and vitamins are not washed out of the body, you need to take a multivitamin complex. You can save weight after a diet if you come out of it correctly and stick to proper nutrition in the future.

Contraindications

Such a nutritional system is prohibited for the following diseases:

  • stomach ulcer;
  • gastric;
  • enterocolitis.

Salted and pickled cucumbers are prohibited for hypertension, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and kidneys.

Types of diet and cucumber menu

There are several effective ways to lose weight, which can last either 1 day or 2 weeks. Even a therapeutic diet has been developed when you need to eat 1. 5 kg of cucumbers every day, including low-calorie food. In 14 days, you can lose up to 8 kg. Fruits, berries and nuts (optional) help fill vitamin deficiencies.

mono diet

This way of dealing with excess weight involves the inclusion in the diet of the main vegetable - cucumber. It must be followed within 1 day. During this time, the skin is cleansed, the metabolism is restored, the water-salt balance of the body is normalized. During the day, you should drink green tea or coffee without sugar in moderation, because the vegetables already contain a lot of water. It is necessary to apply such a mono-diet once a month.

Prepare a salad with cucumbers and onions, add vegetables and season with low-fat sour cream. This meal is divided into 4 meals and eaten as follows:

  • first part at 9-10 o'clock;
  • the second - at 13-14 hours;
  • the third - at 16-17 hours;
  • fourth - at 19-20 hours.

For each meal, you can add 1 tomato, 1 orange, a piece of wholemeal bread, 1 egg. At night it is allowed to eat 1 green apple.

For 7 days

With such a diet, which lasts for 7 days, you can lose 3-4 kg. Breakfast must include 2 cucumbers.

Monday

  1. Breakfast: 1 omelet with 70 ml of skim milk.
  2. Lunch: cucumber salad with parsley or dill, seasoned with lemon juice.
  3. Lunch: 150 g boiled chicken thigh, fresh cabbage.
  4. Afternoon snack: 2 fresh cucumbers.
  5. Dinner: vegetable salad, boiled egg.

Tuesday

  1. Breakfast: soft boiled eggs.
  2. Lunch: 200 ml low-fat kefir.
  3. Lunch: 150 g grilled fish, 2 tomatoes and cucumber.
  4. Afternoon snack: 2 small cucumbers.
  5. Dinner: 100 g low-fat cottage cheese, 2 cucumbers.

Wednesday

  1. Breakfast: 2 omelettes.
  2. Lunch: cucumber smoothie.
  3. Lunch: 150 g beef stew, vegetable salad with 2 tbsp. l. green bean.
  4. Afternoon snack: a glass of kefir.
  5. Dinner: carrot, cabbage and cucumber salad dressed with 1 tbsp. l. olive oil.

Cucumber smoothie recipe: Vegetables are peeled, cut into cubes and put in a blender. 2 feathers of green onions, 3 sprigs of dill, a glass of low-fat kefir are added to it. Blend until smooth and add a little salt.

Thursday

  1. Breakfast: 2 tablespoons. l. buckwheat porridge
  2. Lunch: 200 ml kefir.
  3. Lunch: cold soup.
  4. Afternoon snack: cucumber smoothie.
  5. Dinner: 150 g chicken pieces, cucumber salad.

Friday

  1. Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs.
  2. Lunch: a piece of whole grain bread with cucumber paste.
  3. Lunch: 150 g beef steak, coleslaw and cucumber.
  4. Afternoon snack: cucumber smoothie.
  5. Dinner: 100 g low-fat yogurt.

Saturday

  1. Breakfast: omelette.
  2. Lunch: a glass of kefir.
  3. Lunch: boiled chicken, cucumber salad.
  4. Afternoon snack: 200 ml tomato juice.
  5. Dinner: cucumber salad with avocado.

Cucumber and Avocado Salad Recipe: 2 cucumbers, peeled. Grind vegetables and avocado, finely chop dill, green onion, garlic cloves. Salad is mixed and seasoned with lemon juice.

Sunday

  1. Breakfast: 2 tablespoons. l. oatmeal.
  2. Lunch: cucumber smoothie.
  3. Lunch: 150 g boiled lean fish, cucumber salad.
  4. Afternoon snack: 250 ml of kefir.
  5. Dinner: salad with cucumber, corn and egg.

During the diet, you need to move a lot, drink water or tea without sugar. Decoction of herbs, for example, chamomile, mint, rosehip, sage, etc. , brings benefits.

For 3 days

Cucumber diet for weight loss of 2 kg in 3 days is considered unloading. Every day you need to eat 2 kg of vegetables. The budget menu looks like this: after waking up, they drink a glass of warm water with the addition of lemon. This helps the body wake up and cleanse itself of toxins.

To lose weight by 2-3 kg, for breakfast you need to cook a dish of tomatoes, cucumbers, vegetables. It is seasoned with olive oil and lemon juice. It is allowed to eat a piece of rye bread and drink green tea. For lunch, vegetable soup is prepared in fat-free broth. You can make boiled chicken breast and cucumber salad. Dinner is represented by low-fat cottage cheese, vegetable salad with herbs and cucumber. This menu must be observed for 3 days. The total calorie content of the product is no more than 900 kcal.

For 10 days

For 10 days on the cucumber diet, you can lose 7-8 kg. All day breakfast includes 2 cucumbers and a piece of rye bread. Sample menu:

Day 1

  1. Lunch: vegetable soup with carrots and cucumbers.
  2. Snack: oranges.
  3. Dinner: cucumber salad.

Day 2

  1. Lunch: stewed beef salad, radish and cucumber.
  2. Snack: apple.
  3. Dinner: cucumber smoothie, hard cheese.

Day 3

  1. Lunch: 200 g rice, 100 g boiled fish fillet, pickled cucumber.
  2. Snack: oranges.
  3. Dinner: cucumber salad with vegetable oil.

Day 4

  1. Lunch: 20 g of hard cheese, 150 g of rice, cucumber.
  2. Snack: 1 apple.
  3. Dinner: low-fat cottage cheese, vegetable salad in olive oil.

Day 5

  1. Lunch: vegetable stew of cucumber, radish and cabbage.
  2. Snack: oranges.
  3. Dinner: vegetable salad and cucumber.

Day 6

  1. Lunch: hard-boiled egg, carrot, cucumber and carrot vegetable soup.
  2. Snack: pear and tangerine.
  3. Dinner: hard cheese, cucumber smoothie.

Day 7

  1. Lunch: a vegetable dish of turnips, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers.
  2. Snack: apple.
  3. Dinner: cucumber salad seasoned with vegetable oil.

Day 8

  1. Lunch: 100 g boiled brown rice, 100 g boiled fish.
  2. Snack: oranges.
  3. Dinner: vegetable salad with herbs.

Day 9

  1. Lunch: boiled vegetables.
  2. Snack: apple.
  3. Dinner: hard cheese, cucumber salad.

Day 10

  1. Lunch: boiled egg, vegetable salad.
  2. Snack: pears.
  3. Dinner: vegetable and cucumber salad, dressed with olive oil.

With kefir

Cucumber-kefir diet diet for weight loss consists of cucumber and kefir. This technique shows good results due to the low calorie content of the product. There are many types of such power systems. Some of them help to lose up to 8 kg in a week. The most effective way to lose weight lasts for 7 days. It does not contain a clear menu. During the day, you need to eat 1. 5 kg of fresh cucumber, 100 g of low-fat sea fish in boiled or baked form and drink 1. 5 liters of 1% kefir. This amount of each product is divided into 5-6 parts.

During the diet, water is allowed to be drunk in unlimited quantities. You can use herbal decoction or green tea. This diet should be followed for 7 days.

With tomatoes

This method of losing weight is based on the use of cucumbers and tomatoes. These vegetables are 97% water, so they create the illusion of fullness. If desired, the diet can be supplemented with other low-calorie foods. You need to eat fractionally - 4-6 times a day. Every day you need to drink 1. 5 liters of water. Sample menu for 3 days:

Day 1

  1. Breakfast: tomato and cucumber salad with herbs, sandwich with thin slices of hard cheese.
  2. Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, an apple, fresh vegetable salad, a glass of tomato juice.
  3. Lunch: salad, vegetable soup, 1 apple casserole and 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese.
  4. Dinner: a small piece of boiled white fish, vegetable salad, fat-free yogurt.

Day 2

  1. Breakfast: toasted black bread with a slice of hard-boiled egg and salad, vegetable salad.
  2. Lunch: grapefruit, vegetable salad, yogurt, tomato juice.
  3. Lunch: a piece of boiled chicken breast, salad, vegetable soup.
  4. Dinner: boiled seafood, fat-free kefir and a glass of tomato juice.

Day 3

  1. Breakfast: nutritional bread with kiwi and a thin layer of cottage cheese, tomato and cucumber salad.
  2. Lunch: a piece of boiled fish, 2 cucumbers, 200 ml tomato juice.
  3. Lunch: vegetable soup in chicken broth, tomato and cucumber salad, 2 slices of black bread.
  4. Dinner: a piece of boiled fish, vegetable salad, a glass of tomato juice.

Prohibited and permitted products

Cucumber diet menu should consist of allowed foods. This includes:

  • vegetables: broccoli, white cabbage, zucchini, eggplant, cucumber, carrot, tomato, beet;
  • greens: dill, asparagus, lettuce, parsley;
  • fruits: apple, orange, tangerine, kiwi, pear, grapefruit;
  • grains: buckwheat, oats, brown rice;
  • buckwheat and bran bread;
  • kefir, cottage cheese and cheese;
  • beef, chicken and turkey;
  • egg;
  • fish: hake, cod, pollock, flounder;
  • olive oil.

Prohibited products:

  • potatoes;
  • grapes;
  • dumplings, dumplings, pancakes, pasta;
  • sweet bread;
  • biscuits, sweets, jams, preserves;
  • ice cream;
  • chocolate cake;
  • salt, sugar, mayonnaise;
  • curd;
  • pork, ham, bacon, beef, lard;
  • sausage, boiled sausage:
  • alcoholic beverages.

How to get off the diet and keep the results

The right exit program from the diet:

  • after completion, fruits, vegetables, dairy products should be gradually added to the diet;
  • after 1-2 days, cereals are included in the menu;
  • after 1 more day, you should switch to the consumption of fish and meat products.

At the same time, you need to follow a healthy lifestyle and exercise regularly.