Chocolate diet - how to quickly lose weight with chocolate?

“I want a body like this,” we think, torturing ourselves with strict diets that usually last no longer than a couple of weeks. “I’ll be patient and I can look in the mirror” - we calm ourselves down, coping with the signs of poor health due to being on the chosen terror diet.

Remember that a diet from a medical point of view is a diet for certain diseases for a period of time designated by a doctor. Her goal is not to lose weight.

Medical nutritionist Nina Eng notes that often exotic, dangerous diets do not include exercise or teach a healthy lifestyle. Therefore, they do not lead to regular weight loss. What do they lead to?

As a doctor, I will say: dangerous diets only lead to loss of health, but in no way to the figure of your dreams. I’ll tell you about the 5 most popular, but extremely unhealthy diets for our body. Personally, I wouldn't sit on them.

General rules

Choco diet - what is it?

The chocolate diet for weight loss is a new find for those with a sweet tooth who want to lose a couple of extra pounds in a tasty way and in a short time. Also, it is ideal for our current rhythm of life, when some meals are consumed “on the go.” It’s very simple: just stock up on a bar of chocolate for the whole day, and in a week you’ll hardly recognize yourself in the mirror!

What kind of chocolate can you eat?

Today there is a huge variety of chocolate on store shelves: milk, bitter, white, with raisins, hazelnuts, peanuts, berries, cookies. But this does not mean that each of them will help you lose weight.

Each chocolate contains ground cocoa beans, sugar and cocoa butter. In dark bitter chocolate, cocoa content dominates; its content is written on the packaging. In addition to cocoa and sugar, milk chocolate contains cream or milk powder. And white chocolate doesn’t use cocoa at all, that’s why it’s white.

Is it possible to eat dark chocolate?

To profitably lose weight, you must eat only dark dark chocolate, which contains at least 70% cocoa beans. Why is this so important?

• The increased content of cocoa beans helps in the production of serotonin and endorphin - the well-known hormones of happiness and joy.
• Plant substances such as flavonoids contained in dark chocolate significantly reduce the negative effects of ultraviolet radiation and the likelihood of cancer. In addition, chocolate helps maintain youthful and beautiful skin.
• Cocoa beans have been proven to improve brain performance. Therefore, it is not for nothing that students are advised to take a bar of good chocolate with them to the exam.
• Don't worry that dark chocolate can cause tooth decay. On the contrary, it has antiseptic properties and helps resist plaque.
• Chocolate is a powerful aphrodisiac. There is an opinion that Casanova himself always carried chocolate with him. Indeed, the wonderful aroma of chocolate creates a feeling of intoxication.

However, with all its wonderful properties, you should be wary of regularly overeating it. Even dark chocolate will be converted into fat deposits if you eat more than 30 grams with a classic diet.

How does the chocolate diet work?

So, you are determined to lose a couple of extra pounds. The daily intake of chocolate will be no more than 100 g. In addition, chocolate should always be washed down with black coffee without sugar, and drink plenty of water during the day. You will notice the result within a few days: by abstaining from salt, a lot of water will leave the body - this will be the bulk of the lost kilograms.

Since this diet is an extremely strict mono diet, it is best to prepare and have a fasting day beforehand. It is also recommended to exit the shock diet extremely gently, gradually increasing the caloric content of food every few days. In turn, a breakdown after a seven-day fast will result in the lost kilograms returning instantly.

If you are thinking about how you can replace chocolate on this diet, then we will answer right away: it is impossible! Since chocolate is the main product and its properties are important here, it is impossible to replace it, and, in fact, there is nothing to replace it with. The only thing you can experiment with is the varieties of chocolate: aerated, white, milk, filled, or even homemade.

What is chocolate slim?

Chocolate Slim, a product specially created for weight loss, has gained wide popularity.

Chocolate Slim consists of goji berries, acai, chia seeds, tinder fungus, green coffee beans and natural cocoa - harmless and healthy products at first glance. There are a lot of rumors and legends circulating on the Internet about the good qualities of the described ingredients for weight loss, the reliability of which is more far-fetched than true.

The truth about the usefulness of the product is:

• A useful scientifically proven part of the composition is natural cocoa, the remaining components help thin the blood and lower blood pressure;
• Consumption of any of the ingredients is accompanied by headaches, vomiting and abdominal discomfort;
• The product promises to lose up to 25 kg in 14 days or a month. This is quite possible, just like with any other weight loss menu, because 1 or 2 kg is also in the “up to 25 kg” range.

Chocolate Slim is a dubious product that promises mountains of gold. In essence, you are getting a pack of low-grade coffee or cocoa for 10 times the price of a normal product. No matter how much you take this product, you will not be able to lose more than 3 kg, and that is due to fluid loss from the body.

The truth is that eating cheese for breakfast and drinking hot black coffee helps you lose weight much more than using Chocolate Slim.

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Varieties

Which chocolate diet should you choose?

Chocolate drinking diet

Here you will need to give up any solid foods and consume exclusively liquids: tea, water, coffee, hot chocolate, cocoa.

Cocoa in its pure form is very beneficial for the human body, and its effect is much milder than that of caffeine . The main rule that the chocolate-drinking diet promotes is do not add sugar to drinks. The drink can be brewed with water or skim milk, and you can also add spices, such as ginger, pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, which is very tasty and aromatic.

Reviews about the shock-drinking diet:

• “... I arranged a 3-day shock-drinking diet for myself in winter. It’s very comfortable and cozy: it’s cold outside, you can’t go out anywhere, you wrap yourself in a blanket and drink natural cocoa all day long. In general, in 3 days I lost 2.5 kg without much effort. I was very pleased with the result!”

The actual chocolate diet

There are 2 options for duration: chocolate diet for 7 days and for 3 days.

With the help of a shock diet, which will last 3 days, you will lose up to 3 kg of excess weight and, judging by the reviews, easily and painlessly. And also the three-day one has much fewer side and unpleasant effects.

A 7-day chocolate diet will help you say goodbye to 5-9 extra pounds, but it is somewhat more difficult to tolerate, and, in addition, has a lot of negative consequences.

To avoid the harm of such a diet, we advise you not to drink coffee on an empty stomach in the morning, but first of all drink a glass of plain water. And in general, it is best to always replace coffee with green tea, because the effect is the same, but the benefits are much greater.

Chocolate diet in Italian

This diet option is designed for two weeks and differs significantly from the previous one in the variety of the menu: it includes complex carbohydrates, vegetables and fruits (except for grapes and bananas). You can prepare various pastas with durum wheat pasta, seasoned with vegetable sauce, all kinds of vegetable salads with lean meat or seafood. Also, here it is invariably necessary to drink a lot of water daily, more than 1.5 liters. As for chocolate, you are allowed to eat no more than 30 g per day, using it not as the main product of the diet, but rather as a daily reward for your efforts.

Thus, in 14 days of such a pleasant diet, you can successfully say goodbye to 5-8 extra kilos.

Classic chocolate weight loss program

This program lasts for a week. She has strict rules and a limited menu. The diet remains unchanged for all 7 days.

• Morning: 40 g treat + cup of coffee
• For lunch: 30 g chocolate + coffee
• In the evening: the remaining 30 g of deliciousness and more coffee

Yes, with such a diet you won’t be particularly full. In general, I will tell you that following this program for 7 days is extremely difficult. Therefore, it is better to use it as fasting days (the best fasting days). Well, for example, for starters, arrange such an unloading for 1 day. If you can hold out easily, try it for 3 days after a while. Then decide whether it’s worth trying to be on such a diet for 7 days.

Chocolate diet, permitted foods

The classic version of the diet for seven days involves only drinking dark chocolate, coffee without sugar or green tea, and an unlimited amount of water.

The Italian version of the chocolate diet has plenty of room to roam! It lasts two weeks, and the basis of the diet is pasta (necessarily from durum wheat), vegetables and vegetable sauces, fruits, herbs, and sometimes in minimal quantities poultry, fish, and seafood. And only 30 g of dark chocolate per day, mainly in the first half of the day, when metabolic processes in the body are most active.

Vegetables must be consumed fresh. If you make a salad from them, season with oil and spices sparingly. You can eat all vegetables except potatoes in any form and corn.

You can also eat any fruit, except bananas and grapes. The Italian version of the diet includes snacks, so wonderful dishes can be made from sweet fruits: salad dressed with natural yogurt, baked apples, and so on. Of course, there is a lot of variety here.

Table of permitted products

Three delicious flavors

Now that we have understood all the components of O12 chocolate, it’s time to talk about its taste. Delicately creamy with bright notes of cocoa and milk protein. Of course, it is not as sickly sweet as the usual chocolate bars,

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Milk chocolate is a favorite classic! Light sweetness, without bitterness (if stevia suddenly scared you :)) just melts in your mouth. A small bar easily satiates and satisfies the desire to immediately please yourself with something tasty.

522 kcal. Proteins - 18.9 g. Fats - 34.5 g. Carbohydrates - 47.8 g.

Chocolate with stevia and hazelnuts has a delicate nutty aroma and taste, the nuts are completely ground. A couple of slices of this chocolate will help boost your energy before a workout or walk.

528 kcal. Proteins - 19.1 g. Fats - 34.9 g. Carbohydrates - 48.1 g.

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Chocolate with almonds has already become a favorite on our website.

We quote the review: “I bought this chocolate by accident, I really liked the packaging. I tried it. I'll be honest, it's ecstasy! I used to buy carob chocolate, but now I’ll switch to O12. Excellent composition and taste! I liked it best with almonds"

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528 kcal. Proteins - 19.1 g. Fats - 34.9 g. Carbohydrates - 48.1 g.

Try chocolate

Chocolate diet, completely or partially restricted foods

The classic version of the diet is convenient because you can’t eat anything else except the permitted dark chocolate and coffee. For the Italian version, the basic prohibitions apply for those who decide to eat healthy and balanced.

It is necessary to avoid fast food, white bread, large amounts of salt, alcohol and carbonated drinks. We also advise you to say goodbye to various purchased sausages, smoked meats and semi-finished products. For the sake of your healthy and beautiful body, do not be lazy to prepare these products yourself.

Table of prohibited products

Benefits of treats for health and figure

Unlike caramel, cookies, lollipops, cakes and pastries, chocolate has pronounced healing properties. The reason is that it contains cocoa butter and cocoa powder, obtained from the seeds of the chocolate tree - the cocoa bean we all know. Cocoa liquor contains vitamins B1, B2, PP, E, mineral compounds (calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron), but most importantly - caffeine, amino acids tryptophan and tyrosine, bioflavonoids catechin and epicatechin. Thanks to them, eating chocolate:

• improves mood and stress resistance;
• stimulates brain activity;
• strengthens the heart and blood vessels;
• activates the immune system;
• speeds up metabolism;
• triggers the process of fat burning in tissues;
• reduces the level of “bad” cholesterol in the blood;
• gives a charge of vivacity and energy;
• has an antioxidant effect;
• reduces appetite.

All this is true for a moderate treat with a sweet product. Abuse of chocolate, on the contrary, contributes to weight gain, since it is rich in saturated fats and fast carbohydrates, and therefore has a high energy value (500-550 kcal per 100 g of product). Of course, the type of sweetness also matters: bitter and dark chocolate is considered the healthiest for your figure, that is, the one in which the proportion of grated cocoa is 50-72%. The higher this number on the package with the fragrant bar, the better.

Chocolate diet menu for weight loss

The menu of the chocolate diet itself is very simple and does not require absolutely any culinary delights, and you can diversify it only with different types of chocolate. If you really want to dilute the menu, you can prepare dietary desserts based on dark chocolate, which we will talk about in the next section of the article.

Be sure to consume dark chocolate with a percentage of cocoa beans of more than 70%, but a couple of times during the 7 days of the diet you can treat yourself to milk chocolate with cream or fruit additives.

The diet involves consuming 100 g of chocolate and coffee or green tea per day. You are more free than ever in shaping your meals: you can eat the entire bar at one time, or you can spread it out over 6 approaches.

The Italian version of the chocolate diet is no longer inclined towards a short-term diet, even if it is designed for 2 weeks, but towards a complete nutrition system. If desired, and we are sure that you will have it, the Italian chocolate diet can be converted into a Mediterranean diet: according to the menu plan, they are very similar, but fish, meat, poultry, bread and wine are added.

Here is an example menu for this diet option:

By the way, the Italian chocolate diet is the safest and most balanced, in contrast to the chocolate diet itself, which has a fairly large list of contraindications.

Menu and diet for 3 and 7 days

The daily menu of the dark or milk chocolate diet, designed for 3-7 days, consists of high-quality chocolate in the amount of one bar and several cups of coffee.

The slab is divided into 3 parts of approximately the same size, but you can eat it as convenient as possible:

• at once;
• dividing into 5-6 parts;
• in a couple of times.

Along with chocolate, drink a cup of black freshly brewed coffee , and after 3 hours after eating you are allowed to drink as much green or black tea, still water as you want.

Chocolate diet: recipes

Diet chocolate recipe

Few people, when going on a chocolate diet, think about the fact that the main product - chocolate - is very easy to make yourself, with any harmless and natural additives, with the right amount of sugar and your favorite form.

To do this, you will need 30 minutes of time and ingredients that are easy to find in any store near your home:

• 1 tablespoon unsweetened low-fat cocoa powder;
• 1 egg yolk;
• 2 tablespoons skim milk;
• 7 tablespoons skim milk powder;
• 3 tablespoons stevia or fructose;
• 7 drops vanilla extract;
• 20 grams of cocoa butter;
• nuts, dried apricots, prunes, fresh berries, pieces of fruit.

First melt the cocoa butter in a water bath, since it does not melt at room temperature. Then mix all the ingredients thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Add crushed nuts, finely chopped dried fruits, and fruits to the mixture. Whatever your heart desires! Pour the chocolate into molds and refrigerate for several hours. After that, you can start actively losing weight with the help of chocolate!

Diet chocolate cake

The recipe for this cake is very valuable: we advise you to save it for the future, because it can be prepared not only as part of a diet. It is prepared without flour, which reduces its calorie content significantly - only 170 kcal per 100 g.

For the biscuit you will need:

• 6 pieces of chicken eggs;
• 4 tablespoons chocolate pudding powder;
• 4 teaspoons baking powder;
• 4 tablespoons sweetener;
• a pinch of salt.

For the cream you will need:

• 0.5 kg low-fat cottage cheese;
• 2 tablespoons sweetener;
• vanillin.

For the glaze you will need:

• 3 tablespoons low-fat cocoa powder;
• 3 tablespoons low-fat milk;
• 2 tablespoons low-fat cottage cheese;
• 2 tablespoons sweetener.

The cake requires 2 layers, the dough must be prepared separately for each. Prepare the first one from half the ingredients for the sponge cake: mix all the dry ingredients with the egg yolks. Next, beat the whites into a strong foam and fold them into the finished mixture very carefully so that they do not fall off. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Do the same for the second cake layer.

For the cream, whisk all ingredients. Cut both cake layers lengthwise and spread curd cream on each layer except the top one.

For the final element of the cake - glaze, mix all the ingredients and simmer over low heat. The consistency should resemble liquid hot chocolate.

Cover the top layer of the cake with chocolate frosting. It is advisable to put the cake in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours so that it is soaked in cream. It will turn out even tastier if you add berries to the layer: blueberries, cherries, lingonberries, strawberries - whatever your heart desires.

Chocolate mousse

For this dessert you will need:

• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder;
• 0.3 kg low-fat cottage cheese;
• 100 ml natural yogurt without additives;
• 10 g gelatin;
• sweetener.

Prepare the gelatin in advance: pour warm water over it for 30 minutes, then heat it in a water bath until it dissolves. Place all ingredients except gelatin in a blender and start blending, gradually pouring in melted gelatin. Pour the resulting mass into the required molds and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. The calorie content of this chocolate mousse is only 89 kcal per 100 g.

Diet cupcakes

• 1 chicken egg;
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder;
• 1 cup oatmeal;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder;
• 3 g vanillin;
• 50 g low-fat cottage cheese;
• 1 green apple;
• 50 ml freshly squeezed apple juice;
• any natural sweetener (stevia, fructose);
• 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Mix cocoa powder, oat flour, vanilla and baking powder with egg yolk. Next, add apple juice (if you don’t have a juicer, you can use a grater), peeled and finely chopped apple, low-fat cottage cheese and olive oil. Lastly, add the egg white with sweetener, whipped into a thick foam, and mix gently.

Fill the molds halfway with dough and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes. One such cupcake contains only 110 kcal. Bon appetit!

In case of failure

Of course, on such a strict diet, breakdowns are possible. You need to be as positive as possible about your diet and be prepared for the fact that you will eat exclusively dark chocolate for 7 days in a row.

So, if you fail, there will be nothing surprising in the case of this diet. If hunger, stress or idleness have caused you to break down, we advise you to simply go for a walk and extend the diet itself by one day. If this doesn’t help, and you break down again and again, seriously think about changing your diet and switching to a more thoughtful and complex diet, where there will be a lot of useful substances and there will be no feeling of hunger.

Quitting the chocolate diet

The coffee and chocolate diet for weight loss is one of the most strict methods, bordering on starvation, so exiting it should be as careful as possible.

These rules will help you get out of this diet correctly and maintain the results achieved:

• The ideal dish for the next breakfast after finishing the chocolate diet would be a salad of fresh cabbage and carrots, you can season it with olive oil and add a little salt. This salad needs to be chewed very carefully and slowly.
• Since with this diet your body will not receive useful substances, it is necessary to restore what was missing all week: drink freshly squeezed juices, eat more vegetables, eat 5-10 nuts a day, eat any fish, herbal teas, compotes more often , light soups, protein fermented milk products, chicken, eggs. But be sure to keep your coffee consumption to a minimum.
• To prevent the weight from returning, carefully control the portions you eat. Eat little, but often, according to the principle of fractional meals. Moreover, by adhering to this rule, you will not only not gain weight again, but you are also guaranteed to lose weight and become healthier.
• Be sure to play sports! If your body does not expend more energy than you eat, you will begin to gain weight again. Swap the elevator for taking the stairs, a few bus stops for a walk - it's elementary. And the next step will be running in the morning or exercises, dancing, fitness, swimming pool or gym.
• Say goodbye to unhealthy foods. Why do you need fatty and salty potato chips when you can crunch on apple chips? Why go out for fast food when you can buy a banana?
• Remember that there is always an alternative to junk food that is in no way inferior in taste, but is much healthier.

Reviews from those who have tried the diet themselves

Olga, 38 years old : “I was on a strict version of the chocolate diet, lost weight, but realized that it was not for me. Despite all the stories that eating chocolate promotes the production of the happiness hormone, I became angrier and angrier every day. I barely lasted 7 days. After a while I decided to try the gentle Italian method. Now I use only this diet - the weight goes away and I’m in a good mood.”

Irina, 23 years old: “I’m just delighted with the chocolate diet! The weight really comes off in a very short time! This is just a godsend for those who urgently need to lose a couple of kilograms! “I have repeatedly gone on a variety of diets, but losing weight with chocolate, in my case, turned out to be the most enjoyable and effective.”

Natalia, 29 years old: “I use chocolate weight loss before every significant event in my life. Of course, eating this way affects your health, but after a while everything returns to normal, and I look just perfect at all events! I recommend".

Svetlana, 31 years old: “I still don’t risk using a full-fledged chocolate diet, but I arrange fasting days on chocolate for myself regularly. I’m more than happy with the result: my weight is always normal, I don’t feel any health problems. I like".

Marina, 32 years old: “I became acquainted with the chocolate diet when I gave birth to my second child. During pregnancy and breastfeeding, I gained quite a lot of weight and in order to get in shape, I chose this particular diet. As a result, I was able to lose a couple of kilograms, but at the same time I developed rashes on my body and serious digestive problems, so after the chocolate diet, I had to undergo a course of a therapeutic diet, which lasted not three days, but several months! I don't recommend it."

Elena, 25 years old: “The diet really works! Lost 3.5 kg in 3 days! Of course, the diet is very strict, but surviving on chocolate for three days is much easier than torturing yourself with diets designed for several weeks or more.”

Anna, 28 years old: “I really love sweets, so when I first heard about the chocolate diet, I decided that this was exactly what I needed. But, as it turned out, my love for chocolate could not overcome the feeling of hunger that I experienced. I could only last a day and a half on the diet.”

Any diet has supporters and opponents. In order for a diet to bring not only results, but also pleasure, you need to choose a diet for yourself . And to be completely confident in your choice, it is better to seek advice from a specialist. Lose weight deliciously and correctly!

Pros and cons of the chocolate diet

Basic rules for losing weight on chocolate

Just don’t think that you’ll be able to devour kilos of chocolates on this diet. I dare to disappoint you.

The daily “ration” is 100 g of chocolate. This amount of product must be divided into several doses.

Nutritionists advise combining eating chocolate with a cup of unsweetened black coffee. The fact is that coffee helps speed up metabolism. Therefore, the extra kilos will go away faster.

If you really can’t bear it, you can replace coffee with green tea. Or add a sweetener to the coffee and flavor it with skim milk. Only then will the results be completely different. In this case, don’t expect to turn into an inch in a week.