The watermelon diet as a detox program to lose weight is an excellent alternative to the classic diet for a comprehensive cleansing of the body. Ideal for lovers of watermelons during the ripening season of this berry. Its cleaning properties and excellent formulation will help you get the most out of this product.
The benefits and harms of losing weight with watermelons.
The benefits of the watermelon diet for weight loss:
- High-quality cleaning due to a powerful diuretic effect, which helps eliminate excess fluid from the body, toxins and toxic substances.
- The body receives a large number of beneficial nutrients, in particular folic acid.
- Watermelons are delicious because of their high fructose content, which makes them more attractive than other plant foods. Therefore, losing weight will allow you to stay in a good mood and not experience discomfort from restricting products.
- This berry will help remove puffiness.
- Due to the sweet taste and the volume of the pulp, watermelons quickly become saturated and the diet is relatively easy to tolerate.
Watermelon diet damage can affect the body in several cases:
- Losing weight is observed for more than 3 days; then there is a high probability of vitamin deficiency and metabolic failures associated with an insufficient amount of essential substances used by a person.
- Losing weight has contraindications for this and other cleansing diets.
- To lose weight, fruits are chosen out of season, then there is a high risk of nitrates in them, which will lead to food poisoning.
- Since the main principle of action is a laxative effect, which cleanses the intestines and removes excess fluid, it is likely that all the lost kilograms will return as soon as the diet is finished and the diet is expanded. If, at the same time, it is broken down into harmful high-calorie food, it will turn out not only to return the lost kilograms, but also to gain new ones.
Contraindications
It is contraindicated to follow a watermelon diet if:
- There are kidney diseases, in particular, stones with a diameter of more than 4 mm; there is a high probability of complications.
- There is any disease in acute form - immunity in such conditions is weakened, and the body needs a lot of nutrients, not just those contained in the berry. If we talk about diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, then the laxative effect of watermelon can worsen the condition of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, which will have a negative effect on the microflora.
- The woman is pregnant or breastfeeding. During pregnancy, the diuretic effect can cause discomfort to the expectant mother, because it will increase the pressure on the bladder. And frequent urination can disrupt the microflora of the reproductive system. Also, both during maternity and lactation, experts do not recommend diets with restriction of useful products, so no mono-diet will be useful.
Composition and caloric content
Despite its pronounced sweet taste, watermelon is a plant food with a negative caloric content: each 100 g of berries contains only 38-40 calories.
Watermelon composition:
- Ascorbic acid, essential for the immune system;
- Vitamins A, E, which keep the skin young and have a beneficial effect on vision;
- Vitamins of group B (B1, B2, B6, B9) are considered the most necessary for weight loss, since their deficiency leads to the disruption of all metabolic processes;
- Water - up to 85% - it is the water that provides a pronounced cleaning effect;
- Water, similar to fiber, removes toxins and harmful substances from the body, and also saturates and contains no calories;
- Potassium - important for the full functioning of the heart muscle, the composition of the blood and the functioning of the urinary system;
- Magnesium: has a beneficial effect on the nervous system;
- Phosphorus - important for building and strengthening bone tissue and complete brain function;
- Lycopene is an antioxidant that slows down aging and accelerates cell regeneration.
Menu
There are many types of watermelon diets in terms of duration, but for a single diet, a weight loss duration of up to 3 days is allowed. If the period of weight loss is longer, then the diet should be extended with other useful products.
1 day
During the watermelon fast day, it is recommended to eat only the watermelon pulp during the day. The amount of berries is not limited, it is allowed to eat until full saturation. You can make watermelon juices and smoothies, use 1-3 pieces of rye bread.
The amount of ordinary drinking water is not limited.
For 2 days
A two-day weight loss in watermelons will allow you to get rid of 2-4 kg, significantly reduce the size of the waist and abdomen.The menu consists of the following products:
- 2-3 rye croutons;
- Unlimited - watermelon pulp;
- Unlimited: water, green tea;
- 2 glasses of kefir per day;
- Up to 200 g of cottage cheese per day.
For 3 days
A three-day mono-diet is no different in terms of a two-day set of products.
For 5 days
Low calorie mono diets that last longer than 3 days require dietary expansion to minimize the risks of potential harm from following them.
Allowed for use:
- Watermelons and other berries in unlimited quantities;
- Green apples, citrus, kiwi;
- Green vegetables: cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage, greens;
- Up to 50 g of rye or whole wheat bread a day, preferably in the form of croutons;
- Up to 200 g of 0% cottage cheese per day.
Sample menu for every day:
- Breakfast:watermelon and berry smoothie.
- Refreshment- Apple, watermelon and orange salad.
- Dinner- baked zucchini, fresh vegetable salad.
- Refreshment- a glass of kefir, watermelon pulp.
- Dinner- cottage cheese with herbs, a glass of kefir.
For a week
A weekly weight loss in watermelons also provides for the presence of many other products in the diet, in addition to this berry.These include:
- Oatmeal, brown rice - you must have breakfast;
- Watermelons and other berries: in cereals, smoothies, natural juices, fruit salads;
- Negative calorie vegetables, mostly raw;
- Eggs, dairy and fermented dairy products with 0% fat.
- Seeds, nuts, vegetable oils.
The everyday menu looks like this:
- Breakfast: oatmeal smoothies in water, watermelon, orange and chia seeds.
- Snack: kiwi salad and watermelon pulp with low-fat yogurt.
- Brown rice, boiled beet salad, herbs and nuts, dressed with olive oil.
- Kefir, watermelon pulp.
- Omelette with bell pepper, watermelon pulp.
If you believe the reviews, there are cases when people managed to lose less than 10 kg per week, adhering to such a diet with small portions.
For 10 days
In ten days with the daily consumption of watermelon, you can lose up to 6 kg. For such a long period of the diet, only a menu that resembles a proper balanced diet with a low calorie content is suitable.An example of a 10 day watermelon diet:
| Day | Breakfast | Refreshment | Dinner | Refreshment | Dinner |
| a | Rice flour pancakes, fresh watermelon | Watermelon and kiwi salad | Vegetable soup, boiled or baked chicken breast | Cottage cheese, watermelon pulp | Cabbage stewed with veal |
| two | Oatmeal with raisins | Watermelon and grapefruit smoothie | Chicken, cucumber, cheese salad, dessert - watermelon pulp | Watermelon pulp | Fish soup with carrots and herbs |
| 3 | Low-fat cottage cheese no-bake cheesecake topped with watermelon juice | Any fruit salad | Stewed cabbage with chicken fillet, watermelon pulp | Kefir with chia seeds | Watermelon, pomegranate, basil salad, seasoned with lemon juice |
| four | Cottage cheese with red berries and watermelon | Kiwi | Vegetable stew with mushrooms | Kefir with watermelon | Steamed broccoli, fresh watermelon |
| five | Omelette with herbs | Watermelon Juice Jelly | Baked chicken, cucumber and vegetable salad, watermelon pulp | Cottage cheese with watermelon | Baked aubergine, pomegranate and watermelon salad |
| 6 | Cheesecakes without flour and sugar, fresh watermelon | Watermelon and other berries smoothie | Lentils, watermelon pulp | Kefir and fresh watermelon cocktail | Boiled fish, lettuce |
| 7 | Oatmeal in water with walnuts | Applesauce and watermelon | Bean stew | Cottage cheese with watermelon | Boiled seafood cocktail |
| 8 | Scrambled eggs with cheese and herbs, fresh watermelon | Yogurt with watermelon | Pea vinaigrette | Watermelon pulp | Broccoli and minced chicken casserole |
| nine | Brown rice, watermelon smoothie | Smoothie | Beet and plum salad, garnished with olive oil, watermelon pulp | Fresh watermelon | Omelette with cheese and prawns |
| ten | Lentils with vegetable salad | Watermelon pulp | Chicken, cucumber, cheese salad, dessert - watermelon pulp | Watermelon jelly | Baked red fish, any vegetable |
For 14 days
For a two-week watermelon diet, the proposed 10-day menu is ideal. With such a duration, it is advisable to consume complex vitamins to maintain health.
Diet options
In addition to diets that resemble proper balanced nutrition, there are other types of menus to lose weight with watermelons. All of them are no less effective and have their own characteristics.
Melon
The appeal of this type of watermelon diet is that the second main product, melons, ripen around the same time as watermelons. Therefore, such a weight loss will not only be very tasty, but also affordable. Given the characteristics of melon and its poor compatibility with other foods, it is recommended to consume these 2 products separately, with an interval of 2-3 hours.
The menu might look like this:
- Breakfast- melon puree.
- Refreshment- fresh watermelon.
- Dinner- melon, cut into cubes and poured with a teaspoon of honey.
- Refreshment- watermelon pulp.
- Dinner- melon in any form.
Watermelon kefir
Losing weight and cleansing yourself with watermelon pulp and kefir is best during a fasting day and a two-day diet. Watermelon cleanses the intestines and bifidobacteria from a fermented dairy product contribute to the formation of a healthy intestinal and stomach microflora.
You should choose low-fat kefir and drink up to 1. 5 liters per day.
Watermelon and cucumber
Like watermelons, cucumbers contain between 80% and 90% water, so they also help cleanse the intestines and the body in general. This combination of commodities is very successful.During the day, in addition to cucumbers and watermelons, it is allowed to use:
- Vegetables;
- White cabbage;
- Celery root;
- Low-fat cottage cheese and kefir.
With black bread
Many people love the combination of watermelon + bread / cookies / any other baked good. A few slices of whole wheat or black bread will help you fill up faster and the diet will be much better tolerated.
Watermelon protein
A watermelon diet to lose weight due to the burning of adipose tissue will be more effective if, in addition to this berry, you consume protein foods:
- Lean meats and fish prepared with gentle methods;
- Seafood;
- Eggs;
- Dairy products;
- Legumes and soy.
Watermelon will saturate the body with fiber and its high water content will help to better assimilate proteins. With such a diet, watermelon should be consumed in the morning, and protein - when desired.
Watermelon-buckwheat
The watermelon diet will be satisfactory, during which you are allowed to eat buckwheat porridge, cooked in a special way. 200 g of cereals are poured into 400 ml of pure water overnight and left at room temperature. In the morning and throughout the day, the porridge is eaten without spices or additives. In addition, it is allowed to eat up to 1 kg of watermelon pulp.
The maximum duration of weight loss on such a diet is 7-10 days, and during this time you can lose 5-8 kg.
Watermelon-apple
Watermelons go well with other plant foods. The apple is considered one of the recommended fruits to complement the watermelon mono-diet. The season for them coincides with the season of watermelons, so losing weight will not have problems with the availability of this diet.
During each day it is allowed to eat:
- Up to 1. 5 kg of watermelon pulp;
- Up to 1. 5 kg of apples;
- Unlimited - water;
- Up to 1 liter of 0% kefir.
About watermelon and rice
Rice is considered one of the best foods to cleanse the body and many people tend to practice mono-rice diets. To lose weight, the watermelon diet can be supplemented with unpolished brown or white rice; These are the varieties that contain the most useful ingredients and the fiber that helps cleanse.
It is allowed to eat up to 0. 5 kg of brown rice per day without adding spices or additives.
About watermelon and cottage cheese
The curd and watermelon diet belongs to the protein diet. During its observance (allowed up to 7 days), adipose tissue is burned, muscle tissue is partially preserved, and digestion is normalized; this is how cottage cheese affects the body.
Watermelon brightens the flavor of the diet and promotes cleanliness. For each day, you can lose up to 1 kg.
Watermelon kidney diet
Diet for the kidneys: it can be a 1-3 day mono-diet with watermelons, water and kefir, or the combination of eating watermelons with a warm bath.
In the second case, it is necessary to take a warm bath 1 time in 3 weeks, and 10 minutes before and on time - there is as much watermelon pulp as possible. The whole procedure takes about 1 hour, during which time sand and small stones come out of the kidneys along with urine, and the warm temperature of the water has a beneficial effect on this process.
During pregnancy
It is necessary and possible for pregnant women to consume watermelons, because they contain a large amount of folic acid, which is necessary for the full development of the fetus. But it is impossible to adhere to a mono-diet in any case, because it is fraught with a shortage of other important vitamins and minerals.
Diuretic products during pregnancy can significantly worsen the well-being of the expectant mother. Excessive pressure is already exerted on the bladder as the fetus grows, causing the woman to feel a frequent need to go to the bathroom. The abundance of watermelons on the menu will increase the diuretic effect, it can be uncomfortable for a pregnant woman and be accompanied by painful sensations in the pelvic area.
With psoriasis
In the fight against psoriasis, a traditional medicine such as the watermelon diet is sometimes used. If you believe in supporters of such treatment, then using only watermelons in unlimited quantities for 10-30 days, you can beat the disease. If you are very hungry, you can eat a small amount of black bread.
From a traditional medicine point of view, the method is questionable, both in terms of overcoming psoriasis, and it is hard to believe in its overall health benefits.
How to choose the right berry
The best tips for choosing a watermelon:
- Choose by season. If possible, next to the field where they grow or in the farmer who keeps it. In extreme cases, in the market and only in the last place, in the supermarket.
- The rind should be firm, shiny, and the berry's stripes should contrast with each other.
- It is better to choose a medium size - most likely, a giant watermelon grew in this way due to the addition of nitrates to the soil, and too small, not yet ripe. The ideal weight for any type of berries (except small ones) is 4-6 kg.
- A spot on one side of a watermelon should be yellow or orange in color and should not be more than 6 cm in diameter for large fruits and 5 cm in diameter for smaller ones.
- When hitting the bark, a ringing sound should be produced.
Get off the diet
The watermelon diet requires the correct exit, which is gradual. In the first 2-3 days, the diet should be expanded with vegetables and other fruits, in the next 2-3 days - with cereals, then protein products should be introduced. To preserve the result for a long time, products made from white flour, candies and other sweets, fried and products with chemicals in the composition should be abandoned forever.
Reviews of doctors and specialists.
- "Watermelon juices and smoothies based on them are very useful to include in the diet of those who are losing weight. But for a long time (more than 1 day), eating exclusively the pulp of this berry is harmful and dangerous to healthI am not welcome to mono-diets, because they almost never give lasting results, but during the watermelon season I consider it advisable to unload them in watermelons every 10-14 days, maintaining a balanced diet ".
- "Before eating large amounts of watermelons and other diuretic products, I advise you to make sure that your kidneys and gastrointestinal tract are in order. The laxative effect can aggravate the course of urolithiasis and adversely affect the microflora of the digestive organs. part of the diet in the context of a balanced diet, quality watermelon will always be beneficial. But a watermelon diet of any length is not safe in the presence of many diseases. "
Reviews and results of those who have lost weight.
- "I love watermelons. For me, losing weight is always a very difficult and depressing thing. But losing weight with this berry is a real pleasure. I prefer fresh juice, smoothies with other berries, sherbet and a punch with watermelon and other fruits. I canlive like this easily for 10-14 days. This year I lost 6 kg in 2 weeks. "
- "I read about cleansing all body systems with watermelon from a fitness blogger. She advised living with fresh fruit juices for a week and not eating solid foods at all. Fresh watermelon was on the list of allowed drinks. 7 days of such a detox and it seems to me that I was reborn: I felt lightness throughout my body, a surge of energy and the waist seemed to become 2 times thinner. The result was -4 kg on the scale. "