A popular method of losing weight is to carry out fasting days. On the one hand, in this way you can quickly tidy up your figure. On the other hand, this is an excellent way of therapeutic fasting to heal the body and cleanse it of waste and toxins. From the huge variety of such short-term diets, it is important to choose one that will help you get rid of extra pounds and will consist of your favorite foods. The right approach to choosing a daily diet is the key to successful and quick weight loss.
Kinds
Fasting days can be compared to mono-diets, the essence of which is to eat one or more foods. This is a hard way of fasting, which is suitable for those who dream of getting in shape in a minimum period of time. The menu scheme is divided into several types. Nutritionists offer low-calorie diets for weight loss, with a set of products that contain a minimum amount of calories.
You can opt for eating fruits. These are carbohydrate diets that are aimed at losing weight by saturating the body with fructose and glucose. Low-fat diets have been developed, consisting of meat, cheeses, and eggs. There are protein diets in which it is allowed to consume cottage cheese, fermented milk products, lean meats, and vegetables.
Important: Before choosing a diet, be sure to consult your doctor.
Features of the technique
During weight loss, fish will supply the body with protein, which is easily digestible. Therefore, a fasting day on fish is suitable even for older people. The product contains a small amount of fat and carbohydrates, which will prevent weight gain during a fasting day. Vitamin F contained in fish speeds up metabolism and reduces cholesterol in the blood. A huge amount of vitamins and microelements during fasting will have a positive effect on the functioning of organs and systems.
A fasting day on fish with kefir and vegetables is an ideal option for losing weight. A person will feel full and will quickly lose excess weight due to the breakdown of his own fat in the body. The combination of products will speed up your metabolism, so your weight will begin to drop rapidly.
Important: Preference should be given to sea fish.
Features of the event
If you really want to give your body a rest by eating exclusively fish, you will have to make a difficult choice. There are many varieties, and not all of them will fit into this weight loss system.
The first criterion you should pay attention to is calorie content. Everything up to the 100 kcal mark per 100 grams of product is possible for consumption. Anything greater than this figure, unfortunately, will not work. The table contains the lowest calorie varieties of fish that can be purchased for a fasting day.
The second criterion is your own taste preferences. Dishes should be enjoyed and not make you feel nauseous. Otherwise there will be no result.
Also take note of a few recommendations from nutritionists:
- Many people are interested in whether it is possible to arrange fasting days on red fish, because it is much tastier than white fish. Nutritionists do not advise doing this: it is very high in calories (about 200 kcal), fatty and does not contain the amount of protein that triggers the necessary metabolic processes in the body.
- Heat treatment (preparation method) plays an important role. It is best to lose weight with boiled fish, as it retains the maximum amount of nutrients. Steamed, baked, grilled are also suitable. But fried, smoked, salty foods, and canned food are strictly prohibited.
- Not everyone can eat fish without salt. At least try to at least minimize its amount.
- 5 times a day you need to eat a portion of 200 grams of fish dish.
- To avoid overwork (decreased performance and lethargy are typical for low-carbohydrate fasting), postpone physical and intellectual stress. The training can be done tomorrow.
- You need to drink at least 1.5-2 liters of water per day.
Don't forget to create a menu in advance to calculate the daily calorie content of the planned dishes (it should not exceed 1,200 kcal).
Sample mono-diet menu
Mixed option
Based on sample menus, you can always create your own - with those dishes that you will be happy to eat.
The essence of losing weight
Fish and vegetables can be boiled, stewed or baked. It is strictly forbidden to fry foods. One serving should consist of 100 g of fish and 100 g of vegetables. If you are losing weight on fish and kefir, drink a glass of fermented milk product at a time.
Nutritionists recommend using perch, pike, pollock, pike perch, and hake when losing weight.
Salt and spices should not be used during cooking. You can add a small amount of vegetable or olive oil to the products. It is good to combine dishes with milk thistle oil. Not only will your weight rapidly decrease, but also during fasting your liver will undergo an intensive cleansing.
If you feel hungry, you can drink mineral water, green tea or drinking water. It is allowed to add a spoonful of honey to tea instead of sugar. Kefir can be replaced with yogurt. It is best to combine fish with cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs.
How to do it correctly
To lose weight, you should not eat exclusively skinny fish. Fatty is also very healthy and should definitely be included in the menu at least once a week. This could be trout or pink salmon, salmon, salmon, mackerel, capelin, catfish.
Dietary fish can be consumed every day. It is advised to give preference to cod, hake, pike, navaga, sea and river perch, sea bass, and haddock. It is also worth including seafood in your diet more often: shrimp, mussels, squid, sea cocktail. Everything should be grilled or steamed, boiled or baked. It is not recommended to fry anything.
In addition to fried fish, you should not eat salted fish, canned fish, or sprats. The only thing you can eat is tuna or squid meat in its own juice. Salted and smoked fish products retain fluid in the body, which is extremely undesirable when losing weight.
Also, during the period of losing weight, it is useful to exclude from the diet fatty meat, canned food, sauces and marinades, confectionery and sausages, semi-finished products, fast food, sugar and sugar-containing products, soda, and alcohol.
There are 3 diet options: fasting day, week or month on fish. The first one lasts exactly one day. During this time, you are guaranteed to lose from 0.5 to 1.5 kg of excess weight . In 7 days of a fish diet, you can easily lose up to 3–4 kilograms. In a month - up to 6–9 kg.
Fasting day menu
- For the day: 200 g of tuna in its own juice, 2 boiled eggs, 2 cucumbers, 400 g of hake or cod fillet, unlimited lettuce and greens, 1 liter of low-fat kefir.
Divide the indicated volume by day. It is recommended to prepare a salad of tuna, cucumbers and boiled eggs for breakfast, eat boiled cod for lunch and afternoon snack, and have kefir for dinner. In between meals, drink clean water, kefir, green tea. Have dinner 2-3 hours before bedtime, no later.
Menu with fish for weight loss for 2 days (diet for a week or a month)
This diet option is long - 7 or 30 days, so the diet is more satisfying and balanced. The weight will not go away quickly, but confidently, without stress and hunger strikes.
Day 1:
- Breakfast: 200 g of boiled cod with sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, orange juice or coffee
- Snack: 2 kiwis, 20 cashews, green tea
- Lunch: 120 g cooked Mexican mixture (rice with vegetables), 150 g baked mackerel, cucumber
- Dinner: 200 g of boiled shrimp, tomato juice, boiled egg, greens.
Day 2:
- Breakfast: omelet with low-fat milk and vegetables, 150 g of boiled squid, coffee with 5 walnuts
- Snack: 100 g olives, toast with cheese, coffee
- Lunch: 2 fish cutlets, cooked in a dry frying pan or steamed, baked cauliflower with cheese, 2 tomatoes
- Dinner: 250 g of salad (sea cocktail, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, boiled eggs, olive oil and lemon juice), a slice of rye bread, an apple.
Menu
Let's look at 2 delicious options for those losing weight.
With kefir
Light diet:
- Breakfast is boiled tuna, a glass of kefir and rye bread (377 kcal).
- The second breakfast consists of an apple (48 kcal).
- For lunch, cook baked pollock and drink a glass of kefir (104 kcal).
- Dinner is boiled carp and a glass of kefir (132 kcal).
Strict diet:
- Prepare 500 grams of any fish fillet.
- Boil or bake it without salt and without adding oil.
- It is recommended to do this in the oven in foil.
- Divide the dish into 5 servings.
- One serving consists of 100 grams of fish and a glass of kefir.
- Eat according to this plan throughout the day.
With vegetables
Light diet:
- For breakfast, boil 100 g of pike perch and prepare a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers (115 kcal).
- For lunch, stew capelin with zucchini, carrots and herbs (236 kcal).
- Dinner is boiled pike, cabbage and cucumber salad with herbs (154 kcal).
Strict diet:
- You need to consume 500 g of any fish per day, which can be stewed, baked or boiled.
- You will also need up to 500 grams of vegetables.
- It is recommended to give preference to turnips, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes and fresh cucumbers.
- Salads are prepared from tomatoes and cucumbers.
- The remaining vegetables are stewed or baked.
- One serving should yield 100 g of fish and 100 g of vegetables.
- During the fasting day, you need to eat fish and vegetables up to 5 times a day.
- If desired, you can add rye bread.
Important: You can drink an unlimited amount of liquid.
Additional Products
It is incredibly difficult to sit on fish alone, and even without salt, all day. But it is possible if you supplement your diet with other low-calorie foods that go well with the hero of the occasion.
- Seasonings
You can use a little soy or lemon juice as a sauce. They will enhance the taste of the dish and prevent you from falling off your diet.
- Vegetables
The best option for such a fasting day is on fish and vegetables, since animal protein and plant fiber are an ideal pair for normalizing digestion. Carrots, peppers, beets, cabbage, cucumbers, and greens fit perfectly into this scheme. But radishes, eggplants, potatoes, corn and tomatoes are bad company for fish. Prepare salads and stews from vegetables. At the same time, the volume of fish portions is reduced to 150 g.
- Dairy
You can lose weight on fish and kefir if you drink an additional glass of this healthy fermented milk drink between meals. Low-fat kefir in this case is the best option, as it is good for health and normalizes digestion. Other dairy products (milk, yogurt, fermented baked milk) will no longer provide such effectiveness to a hunger strike.
- Seafood
In order for the body to receive even more animal protein, you can organize a day on fish and seafood, supplementing the diet with shrimp, crab sticks, octopus, mussels, lobsters, etc. In this case, divide the daily volume in half between them: 500 mg of each. And don't forget that canned and fried foods are not suitable.
Recipes for unloading
Hake with carrots in tomato juice
Ingredients:
- 100 g hake;
- 2 carrots;
- bulb;
- greenery;
- vegetable oil;
- tomato juice.
Preparation:
- Pour a small amount of water into the pan and simmer the grated carrots with finely chopped onions and herbs for 20 minutes.
- Then add the fish, pour in 3 tablespoons of tomato juice and a spoonful of oil. The dish is cooked until the fish and vegetables are soft.
- Add greens to taste.
Baked carcass with sour cream and mustard
Ingredients:
- carcass of any fish;
- carrot;
- onion;
- greenery;
- seasonings;
- spoon of sour cream;
- spoon of vegetable oil;
- spoon of mustard.
Preparation:
- Finely chop the greens.
- Mix it with sour cream and mustard.
- Dip the fish in this mixture and place on foil.
- Lightly pepper.
- Grind carrots and chop onions.
- Cover the fish with this coat and wrap it in foil.
- Place everything on a baking sheet and place in an oven preheated to 170 degrees.
- Bake the dish for 25-30 minutes.
Carp in batter
Ingredients:
- carp carcass;
- carrot;
- onion;
- mineral water;
- egg;
- flour.
Preparation:
- Mix flour and egg in a small amount of mineral water.
- Roll the fish cut into pieces in the resulting dough.
- Place them in a frying pan and cover with grated carrots and chopped onions.
- Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes.
Do's and Don'ts
Allowed to use:
- black and green tea without sugar;
- mineral water without gases;
- apples;
- vegetables;
- honey;
- kefir;
- yogurt;
- eggs;
- Rye bread;
- low fat sour cream;
- vegetable oil.
It is prohibited to use:
- fatty foods;
- potato;
- bananas;
- sugar and salt;
- soda;
- coffee;
- alcoholic drinks;
- sweets;
- flour products.
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages:
- Quick weight loss effect.
- The dishes are easy to prepare.
- The body is cleansed of toxins.
- The swelling goes away.
- Beneficial effect on the digestive system.
- No hunger.
- Metabolism accelerates.
- Saturation of the body with a large number of microelements and nutrients.
- No weakness or fatigue.
- You can use physical activity.
Flaws:
There are contraindications.
results
Despite the fact that this is a protein diet, and the dishes saturate the body with high quality, the weight loss effect is very fast. In one day of fasting you can lose 1 kg of excess weight. People who are obese lose weight faster. The result after a fasting day on fish is immediately noticeable. The fat layer in the hips and waist is reduced. If you carry out physical activity during the fasting period, you can lose up to 1.5-2 kg per day.
Important: The main thing is to follow the menu diagram exactly.
How does weight loss happen?
No wonder nutritionists praise the fish fasting day, despite the fact that it is not always possible to lose the promised kilogram during this day (usually the result is 500-800 grams). Experts value this hunger strike for a different quality. Weight is lost not due to the removal of excess fluid, but due to the burning of fat layers.
Of course, it is unrealistic to reduce volumes in 1 day. But if you go on such hunger strikes 2-3 times a month, believe me: the hated folds on the sides and waist will still melt. And the mechanism of such weight loss is simple and explainable:
- low-calorie, low-fat varieties of fish do not allow fats to be stored in reserve, since they simply are not in the diet;
- the diet is very nutritious and rich in omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are necessary for the full functioning of many organs;
- dietary dishes are varied and tasty;
- the list of permitted foods and portion sizes are limited to a minimum, which ensures a low calorie diet;
- protein has a beneficial effect on muscle fibers, preventing their breakdown;
- the fish is quickly digested without burdening the stomach with work - rest is very beneficial for it, since during this time it is cleansed of harmful substances.
So it’s time to buy your favorite fish and give your body a shake-up.
Reviews
People have different opinions about fasting day on fish.
Marina, 37 years old: “Fish and vegetables are healthy and very tasty food. I found many delicious recipes for unloading on fish. When I prepared the dishes, there were such aromas that even my family could not resist trying my preparations. And if for breakfast I prepared only a portion for myself, then I already made lunch and dinner for everyone. Therefore, we can say that I lost weight with the whole family. True, they added salt and spices, and I strictly followed the recommendations of nutritionists. I really enjoyed losing weight using this product regimen. Lost 1 kg of excess weight. I think this is a good result. But the main thing is that such weight loss is good for the body. Lightness, energy, and cheerfulness appeared. Now there will always be a fish day in our family.”
Marat, 34 years old: “I was starving on fish and vegetables. My goal was not only to get in shape, but simply to cleanse my body and saturate it with natural and healthy vitamins and microelements. I didn’t feel any hunger at all throughout the day. I baked fish and made salads from vegetables. I really liked this food. I know for sure that I will never return to this fasting pattern again.”
Features of a fasting day on fish
A short-term fish diet is suitable for most people. The only exception is individual intolerance to the components of the product.
Since fish is a very healthy product, fasting days on it are suitable even for older people.
Benefits for the body
Fish contains a large number of useful substances:
- vitamins of groups A, B, D;
- phosphorus;
- calcium;
- iodine;
- omega-3 acids;
- zinc.
Thanks to its composition, the product not only promotes fat burning, but also has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the body. The main advantages of a fish diet are:
- Saturation of the body with trace elements, minerals and vitamins.
- Stabilization of blood pressure.
- Prevention of malignant and benign neoplasms.
- Prevention of diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous systems.
- Normalization of sleep.
- Boosting immunity.
Advantages
A fish fasting day has a number of advantages compared to other diets. Among them:
- No discomfort from lack of nutrition (some people cannot tolerate fasting or a strict low-calorie diet).
- Opportunity to prepare delicious and gourmet dishes.
- Breakdown of fat layers without a diuretic effect.
- Sustainable results (lost kilograms are not returned).
Recommendations
The following recommendations should be followed.
- While losing weight, you can drink unlimited amounts of water.
- It is recommended to exercise or move actively.
- Fasting days can be done once a week.
- Eat meals at regular intervals.
- If you feel hungry, you can drink a glass of kefir or eat an apple between meals.
- Kefir can be combined with prunes for better cleansing of the body.
Reviews and results of losing weight
A fasting day on fish is more popular among those who want to lose weight than any other diet.
This is due to the fact that fish is a favorite food for most people. In addition, on this day, those losing weight do not feel hungry. Karina, 35 years old, Moscow Two years ago my weight was 96 kg. I tried many diet options. At first I lost weight, but after a week I gained the weight back. In desperation, I even bought diet pills. Did not help. I realized that I won’t be able to achieve quick results. Therefore, I decided to do unloading 2 times a week. To feel less hungry, I chose fish as my main product. In 2 years I lost 44 kg.
Lyudmila, 56 years old, Yekaterinburg I am almost not overweight. But I have been using the one-day diet for 20 years. All my relatives tend to be overweight and after 40 years old they gain extra pounds. This problem did not affect me. I feel good and have no chronic diseases. This is all thanks to systematic fasting days. In addition, I love fish in any form: fried, boiled, and baked. Therefore, I do not experience any discomfort during this period.