How can you quickly and without nerves lose extra pounds? This question worries absolutely every girl all over the world. Striving for the ideal, we deny ourselves delicious food and favorite products, spend almost a day in the gym on a treadmill or exercise bike, and go on strict diets. There are results, but how to maintain them, especially if there is a festive feast with relatives or friends ahead?
A fasting day on apples is a mono-diet that is perfectly tolerated at any time of the year. This is a safe alternative to classic diets, allowing you to quickly lose weight without fasting or significant losses in nutrients. Apples are rich in vitamins, fiber, and minerals - these are great benefits for the body. After a short unloading with fruits, you will feel incredible lightness throughout your body and will be able to successfully control your weight in the future.
The benefits of an apple fasting day for weight loss
The benefits of apple detox for the body are obvious. These fruits are not only low in calories, but also contain a huge list of useful substances. Carrying out just such a RD provides several positive aspects:
- Fruits contain a lot of fiber, which helps to quickly and effectively remove waste and toxins from the body - a complete cleansing of the intestines occurs.
- Metabolism is normalized, all metabolic processes are accelerated - the man/woman loses weight.
- Apples contain a unique substance – polyphenol, which slows down the aging process. With frequent consumption of juicy, tasty fruits, the condition of the skin improves and wrinkles are smoothed out.
- Reducing blood pressure, regulating blood cholesterol levels.
- The vitamin C contained in the fruit strengthens the immune system; the body can withstand various colds and infections.
It is also worth unloading the body with apples for the following reasons:
- Great taste. You can always choose your favorite variety for the RD, which will be a pleasure to “sit” on.
- Ease. This method is much easier and calmer for the body. Unloading on water or tea is much more difficult psychologically and physically.
- Budgeting. This is one of the few fruits that is available for purchase all year round. Unloading on it does not create a hole in your wallet.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of such a mini-diet are based primarily on the benefits of apples:
- These fruits are an excellent source of vitamins (C, E, B, PP) and microelements (iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, potassium).
- They are great for boosting immunity.
- The antioxidants they contain protect our lungs from the negative effects of the external environment.
- They act as a good regulator of intestinal microflora, ensuring its normal functioning and the absence of chronic constipation.
- Apples are very low in calories, but thanks to the fiber mentioned above, they fill you up very quickly.
Rules for a fasting day on apples for pregnant women
Anyone can spend fasting days on this product. Even pregnancy does not become an obstacle to this. To ensure you get a truly worthwhile result, it is important to follow a few simple rules:
- We determine in advance the days when we will unload our body. We strictly adhere to the established schedule.
- Before unloading, we make sure to prepare; a day or two before cleaning, we exclude from the diet all unhealthy foods, fried, flour, salted, smoked. We make dinner very light, consisting of a vegetable salad or lean meat.
- In the morning on a fasting day, drink a teaspoon of any vegetable oil on an empty stomach. It will help disperse bile.
- We follow the drinking regime. You should drink at least 2 liters of clean water at room temperature per day. It speeds up metabolic processes, and unloading is much more comfortable and efficient.
- You don't need to eat your daily allowance in one meal. Divide the volume into 5-6 meals. This will allow you not to feel hungry and gradually saturate your body with energy.
- On the day of apple RD we refuse any physical and mental stress. The body should rest on this day. All accumulated energy will be spent on cleansing and the process of losing weight.
- It is strictly forbidden to consume alcoholic beverages during unloading. Otherwise, there is a high probability of developing unpleasant diseases and completely blocking the gastrointestinal tract.
During pregnancy
For pregnant women, fasting days are not only not contraindicated, but sometimes they are necessary. Pregnant women can add kefir or cottage cheese to their diet along with apples. Indications for holding such a day are:
- rapid or uneven weight gain;
- gestosis or, as it was previously called, late toxicosis, which is expressed by dysfunction of vital organs and systems (heart, kidneys, biliary tract, etc.) and threatens fetal hypoxia and premature birth;
- swelling.
Expectant mothers should not worry that an apple diet will harm the baby, since he will receive everything he needs for life. However, as a rule, gynecologists allow fasting days on water and apples for a period of 28 weeks or more, i.e. after the baby is fully formed. In any case, consultation with a doctor is required.
Apple-kefir fasting day
Unloading on apples is one of the most effective ways to lose weight and improve your body health. A small amount of fruit is enough to saturate yourself with useful substances. Replace at least one of your meals with fruit to get excellent results in the shortest possible time.
Kefir has a similar effect. The combination of both products works real miracles, which is what modern women and men use in the fight against extra pounds. After sitting on an apple-kefir fast, the very next morning you will see how the weight begins to drop sharply, and your body will feel incredible lightness.
An approximate menu in this case involves consuming two kilograms of fruits and fermented milk products per day:
- Breakfast – 1 glass of kefir.
- Lunch – 1 glass of drink and 2 apples (fresh and baked).
- Afternoon snack – 1 glass of kefir and one fruit.
- Dinner – 1 glass of kefir and one apple.
- Before bed – 1 glass of kefir.
When unloading in this way, do not forget about plain water or green tea.
How to properly get out of apple unloading
Often, the next day after fasting, your appetite awakens - you want everything and more, so in order to maintain the results obtained, it is very important not to break down. On the second day, limit your carbohydrate intake, but protein foods - milk, kefir, yogurt, beans, nuts, sunflower seeds, lean fish and lean meat will come in handy.
Your menu might look like this
Breakfast:
- omelette;
- cup of tea/coffee.
Dinner:
- baked chicken breast;
- vegetable salad;
- 1 glass of freshly squeezed juice.
Dinner:
- seafood;
- a cup of tea or mineral water.
Snacks during the day and late dinner:
- low-fat kefir or yogurt.
Fasting day on baked apples
Apples contain acid, which, if consumed frequently, can negatively affect the stomach. Therefore, people suffering from gastrointestinal diseases should not eat fresh fruits. What to do in this case? Unload on baked apples. This is not only safe, this method also has several other advantages:
- Even more pectin means a more effective result.
- Less acidity makes it possible to perform RD for people with chronic diseases.
- Quickly reduce “bad” cholesterol and normalize blood pressure.
We bake the fruits as follows:
- Cut the apples into medium pieces and remove the seeds.
- Place on a baking sheet.
- Place in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for about half an hour. Baking time depends on the size of the pieces.
During such RDs, you can eat up to 8 fruits and drink 1.5 liters of mineral water without gas or green tea.
Menu options for weight loss
Apple-based fasting days have various variations. Based on the characteristics of the body and personal preferences, you can choose the appropriate one. Additional products will make it easier to endure a monotonous diet, and those who want to achieve maximum effect can choose more ascetic varieties.
Only on apples
This is the strictest type of fasting day. It must necessarily include preparation the day before. It is recommended to carry it out in the summer to avoid dehydration.
- The daily diet consists of 1.5 kg of apples.
- The entire amount of fruit should be consumed evenly, portions should not be large.
- Drinking water and other liquids is prohibited.
- Apples should not be sweetened or cooked.
Apples and water
A slightly less strict version of the fasting day than the previous one also requires sufficient willpower. But its shortcomings are easily offset by the amazing result - cleansing occurs much faster, which leads to instant loss of extra pounds.
- The total number of apples is 1.5 kg.
- The entire diet is divided into 6 equal meals.
- You also need to drink 2 liters of still water during the day.
- Other liquids are also allowed - green tea, herbal decoction (chamomile, mint, lemon balm, calendula or sage).
- You should not add sugar to apples or drinks.
On baked apples
Baked apples can add variety to your diet. You need to eat them in combination with fresh fruit, alternating between eating baked and regular products.
- The daily diet should consist of 4 fresh and 4 baked apples.
- There are two ways to prepare a baked dish: bake the fruits whole (the seeds are cut out of them) or cut into slices. In both cases, cooking time in the oven takes no more than 20 minutes. Do not sprinkle sugar or other sweeteners on top.
- Maintain drinking regime.
Eggs and apples
The missing protein can be replenished with boiled eggs; this will speed up the metabolic process and dilute the monotonous menu.
- Eggs (1 piece each) in combination with apples are eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks between these meals should be made only of apples.
- It is preferable to eat soft-boiled eggs - they are digested faster.
- Allowed drinks include still water, green or herbal tea.
Cottage cheese and apple day
It is easier to endure a fasting day if you add cottage cheese to apples. This fermented milk product improves digestion and significantly increases calcium levels.
- Total amount of products: 1 kg of apples and 0.6 kg of cottage cheese. Apples can be added to cottage cheese or eaten separately. For variety, you can prepare curd mousse by beating the dairy product and apples in a blender.
- At one meal, fresh apples can be replaced with dried ones.
- There should be 6 identical servings in total. Cottage cheese should be taken with reduced fat content.
- In addition, water drinking regime is observed.
With honey and cinnamon
If during a fasting day it is difficult to give up sweets, then a small amount of honey can solve the problem. Combining it with apples and cinnamon allows you to get a tasty and delicious dish that allows you to easily unload.
- The total number of apples is 1.5 kg.
- All fruits need to be baked. This is done as follows: the seeds are removed from the fruit, the top is cut off a little. The cut area is smeared with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Drink water (2 liters), herbal or green tea all day.
RD on apples and cottage cheese
Despite the excellent taste, it is not so easy to unload on fruits, especially if willpower is not enough. But there is a solution here too - a combination of juicy, crispy fruits with low-fat cottage cheese. Such unloading does not involve any hunger strikes, you are always full, and the negative effects of acid are minimized.
For RD you will need one kilogram of apples and 500-600 grams of cottage cheese, which you can consume in several ways:
- We split the food into 5-6 meals.
- We make apple curd masses and eat them in small portions.
- We alternate apple meals with cottage cheese at regular intervals.
Whomever you want - choose
Modern dietetics provides a lot of methods. It’s good if the product that complements the apples in the unloading does not cause allergies or disgust. What you can choose from:
- Classic unloading (apples and water only).
- Unload on baked apples (in this case they are allowed to be eaten every two hours).
- Fruit and cottage cheese (it is better to choose low-fat).
- Apples and kefir (it’s good if it’s a medium-fat fermented milk product).
- Apple juice (less beneficial than the fruit itself, but can remove up to 2 kg of weight).
Classics of the genre
You should drink mineral water, but without gas. The total volume is up to two liters per day. As for fruits, this is one and a half kilograms (8-10 pieces). It is recommended to consume all this in 5-6 doses, strictly adhering to the prescribed time or focusing on the feeling of hunger: if you want to eat, eat an apple. Be careful, these fruits should not be washed down with water.
If you prefer this method of unloading, it is important to remember: apples provoke appetite.
Baked apples
Fruit that has passed the oven test will hold more pectin. And this undoubtedly speeds up the cleaning action. After heat treatment, the product loses acidity, and this is a reason to prefer this unloading option for those who suffer from gastrointestinal diseases. The norm per day is up to 7 baked fruits.
Remember that different varieties should be baked for different amounts of time.
Buckwheat with apples
What is unique about buckwheat porridge is that it is nutritious and does not weigh down your diet.
It’s easier to “unload” with buckwheat and apples, many share their experience: most often you want to extend the process to several days.
Rice story
In the case of this unloading, it is important to decide what to take as a basis. Which day will it be: rice-apple day or apple-rice day? Hence the menu.
Some experts promise different results depending on the chosen option. The main thing to consider is that diet rice should not be polished or steamed.
Cucumbers as a bite
If this were a cucumber mono-diet, then a bunch of precautions would follow. From liver problems to kidney pathologies. But at the same time, you can lose up to 1 kilogram per day on cucumbers alone. And when paired with apples, weight loss can even be rapid.
But you can't abuse it. Unloading is unloading, and it is better not to adhere to this way of eating for more than one or two days.
The case of cottage cheese
This is the most gentle and gentle detox day; it can be used without fear during pregnancy. The daily table is a kilogram of fruit and 600 grams of low-fat cottage cheese. Everything must be consumed in 6 doses, after an equal amount of time.
How exactly to “unload” on cottage cheese and apples does not matter; the products will be eaten separately, or as constituent elements of dishes. As an option, a dessert made from fruit (can be supplemented with orange or dried fruit) and a mixture of curd and honey.
Supplement with kefir
If you love kefir as much as you love apples, you're in luck. This method of unloading, in addition to good results, will also bring pleasure from the process itself. At least, difficulties rarely arise when it is suggested to eat 1 kilogram of fruit per day and drink a liter of medium-fat kefir (drinking yogurt, you can alternate with fermented baked milk).
But you can’t “sit” on kefir and apples more than once a week.
You should start your meal with fruit, and only then - liquid. In addition to kefir, you are allowed to drink green tea and water.
In English
Oatmeal, so to speak, is a real balm for the soul for blood vessels, liver and digestive organs. This product lowers cholesterol and normalizes blood sugar.
For complete unloading, 1 cup of whole grain cereal and apples will be enough - as much as you want.
With coal
An unusual combination, isn't it? It turns out that apples and activated carbon enhance each other's effect. This burns fat and removes toxins from the body. Although there are many difficulties to be overcome.
The menu is quite meager: it consists of 5 monotonous meals containing fruit, coal tablets and a lot of water. Per day - up to two and a half liters.
Juicy unloading
You can also lose excess juice with juice. Some people, however, believe that it is not as effective as with fresh fruit. But at the same time you will have to deal with bouts of hunger.
So, morning is a glass of juice. After 2 hours, another half liter of drink. Then every couple of hours - 250 milliliters. Well, the same drinking dinner - no later than 8 pm. Sometimes you can eat, but again, only apples.
RD on apples and buckwheat
Buckwheat is a unique product that does an excellent job of cleansing the body, and in combination with apple fruits it provides an incredible complex effect. Products for unloading are prepared and consumed as follows:
- The day before, steam 250 grams of cereal with boiling water. Cover and leave overnight.
- We prepare three apples and 1.5 liters of clean drinking water.
- We divide the finished “porridge” into 5 meals. Before meals we eat an apple, or eat fruit during light snacks.
- You can add half a liter of 1% fat kefir to your diet.
- We eat our last meal no later than 19:00.
Useful tips
Of course, any change in the rhythm of life should be taken extremely seriously, therefore, if you decide to have a fasting day on apples, you need to know a few simple rules.
Variety selection
Not every apple tree growing in your garden is capable of producing fruits suitable for the described one-day diet. The most important selection criterion is the acidity level of apples. So, for those people who suffer from increased stomach acidity, it is preferable to choose sweet varieties, since the likelihood of heartburn is very high. At the same time, with negative acidity, it is better to choose sour fruits.
The sweet varieties include: “Konfetnoye”, “Medovoye”, “Medunitsa”, “Kiparisovoye”, “Bolotovskie”, “Zolotoy Ranet”. The sour ones include “Antonovka”, “Belyi naliv”, “Grushovka”, “Borovinka”.
Eating apples in large quantities is contraindicated for people suffering from stomach ulcers, gastritis, biliary dyskinesia and high acidity. In all these cases, it is better to replace fresh apples with baked ones.
Fruit selection
Their appearance also plays an important role in choosing apples for a fasting day. Thus, bright and beautiful fruits, without visible damage to the peel, are better eaten without it, since with a high degree of probability we can talk about the treatment of such a crop with pesticides (often used to control pests or to increase the shelf life of fruits). Better try to buy more environmentally friendly products, even if they are not so attractive in appearance (the worm’s habitat can always be cut out).
Pick a day
Of course, it is not at all necessary to postpone fasting days until the weekend, but important events at this time should still be excluded. Apples can also be eaten raw at work (with a 4-hour break), of course, if it is not associated with heavy physical activity. It is also important to plan everything so that you have access to the toilet at any time, since apples in combination with water are characterized by a diuretic and sometimes laxative effect.
After unloading
To consolidate the achieved result, the day after the “diet”, try to avoid carbohydrate foods, replacing them with lean proteins: eggs, dairy products, nuts, legumes, lean meat or fish.
RD on apples and eggs
A mini diet consisting only of dietary products is not always easily tolerated by a person losing weight, let alone beautiful women who are pregnant. Then the option of unloading with the addition of eggs is available. The body receives all the necessary nutrients in the right quantity, but do not forget that such a menu cannot be called varied.
You can eat eggs either soft-boiled or hard-boiled. The second option is much gentler, since the body requires more energy to digest the product, which ensures faster fat burning.
RD on apples and watermelon
Watermelon-apple unloading is a seasonal version of the RD. If you adore this amazing berry, and summer is ahead, then be sure to unload in this way. The chemical composition of the product is completely balanced, and its ability to cleanse the body is legendary.
During the fasting day, we consume one and a half kilograms of watermelon pulp, divided into three meals, between which we eat 1-2 apples. Excellent results without hunger strikes are guaranteed.
How to do it correctly?
In order not to harm the body, you should follow simple rules when carrying out an apple fasting day:
- Depending on the variety, the fasting day may consist only of apples, supplemented with other liquids or products from the permitted list.
- For a one-day diet, it is preferable to eat fresh, ripe apples. The variety does not matter, but nutritionists recommend combining both red and green, since the latter are predominantly acidic, and this negatively affects tooth enamel and, without additional products, can cause increased secretion of gastric juice.
- In those variations where the consumption of water or other liquids is allowed, you can drink them no earlier than 30 minutes after a meal, otherwise you can cause a fermentation process in the intestines.
- Among the variety of apples, preference should be given to those that grow in the garden; store-bought fruits (especially in winter) are saturated with pesticides and nitrates.
- You cannot add sugar to apple dishes during a fasting day.
- Before unloading the day before, you need to prepare by reducing the consumption of fatty, sweet and starchy foods; it is recommended to drink a glass of low-fat kefir at night.
- It is better to eat apples with the peel.
- All portions should be equal, and food should be consumed at regular intervals.
- The last meal is no later than 19:00.
- A fasting day based on apples may have contraindications due to the consumption of an increased proportion of the main product; you should familiarize yourself with them before starting the diet.
- It is important for pregnant women to know about the peculiarities of an apple fasting day.
Results of fasting days on apples
Fasting days cannot be called a complete diet, but they give incredible results. The effect depends on the chosen combination and the characteristics of your body. On average, you can easily and without problems lose from one to two kilograms. These are small numbers that truly work wonders - you will feel lightness throughout your body, increase your energy levels and feel much thinner and more beautiful.
Reviews and results
The most popular question from people who decide to have a fasting day on apples is how much they can lose on such a one-day diet. According to reviews of those losing weight, you can lose from 400 to 700 g in just one day. True, we should not forget about the individual characteristics of the body, and if some manage to say goodbye to a whole kilogram without any problems, others have difficulty losing 200 g. Over time, regularly organizing such fasting days (once a week) will lead you to the desired slimness, and you won’t need to sit on exhausting “strict” diets and deny yourself everything.
If you wish and have a healthy body, you can give yourself an apple “unload” a little more often, since some nutritionists believe that the best option is 5-6 such days a month. For those who do not suffer from stomach upsets associated with eating these fruits, they can be introduced into your diet at other times (for example, twice a week as an addition to the main menu).
If possible, during the fasting day it will be useful to visit a sauna or bathhouse , or, as a last resort, take a hot bath in the evening. This will make it easier for the body to cope with the elimination of toxins.
Such unloading is especially useful for hypertension, and the pectins contained in apples can also absorb harmful cholesterol, which is often the cause of atherosclerosis. However, despite the fact that there are very few direct contraindications (individual intolerance to fruits, liver, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases during an exacerbation), and there are many benefits from apples, before ascribing to yourself this method of cleansing the body, it is important to consult your doctor or local therapist .