Chicken and apple diet for weight loss: the secret to your slimness!

General rules

The 3 3 3 3 diet is a 12-day diet option.
The name reflects a unique approach to nutrition: 12 days of the diet are divided into four three-day cycles. Every three days, only one type of product is supposed to be consumed: kefir, apples, boiled chicken, wine and cheese, which complete the diet. In some interpretations, kefir is replaced with rice water, apple day with kefir and cottage cheese, and red wine with orange juice. In any version, the diet is low-calorie and is considered strict, since it represents a series of fasting days. Reducing calorie intake occurs by eliminating simple carbohydrates and fats. According to reviews, with strict adherence to the diet, you can lose 8-10 kg.

This weight loss program has another name - “acting”, due to the popularity it has gained among film, theater and ballet artists.

Basic diet requirements:

• Eating low-calorie foods. The menu contains protein foods, but meat and kefir are chosen not to be fatty. It is better to eat fruits that are unsweetened and not very high in calories - sour apples, oranges, grapefruits, and unsweetened varieties of pears are best.
• Exclusion from the diet of salt, sugar and all sweets and seasonings.
• The diet is repeated only after four months, but after one twelve-day cycle you can switch to proper nutrition for further weight loss and maintaining it at the same level.
• Limit or completely eliminate sports activities.
• It is advisable to take vitamin and mineral complexes.
• If weakness, dizziness or nausea occurs, further continuation of the diet is contraindicated.

Having stayed on a strict fasting diet for twelve days and achieved certain results, it is important to make the right exit from the diet and switch to constant nutrition. Vegetables are added to the diet first - preferably stewed or steamed; you can prepare vegetable soups in low-fat secondary broths. Vegetables are especially necessary if you have a tendency to constipation , to eliminate which you need to eat salads of boiled carrots and beets, and stewed cabbage. Vegetable dishes need to be seasoned with vegetable oil, which will also have a laxative effect for constipation. Then, within two days, you can introduce porridge, cottage cheese, and dried fruits.

If in your regular diet you focus on vegetables, lean meat (fish), low-fat dairy products and at the same time exclude the consumption of sweets and baked goods, you will be able to continue to gradually lose weight or maintain it.

Buckwheat diet with kefir

According to most modern nutritionists, a buckwheat diet with kefir gives good results and allows you to lose 4-7 kg in a week. The kefir diet, to some extent, belongs to the category of therapeutic programs for weight loss. The fact is that buckwheat has a lot of beneficial properties. It contains easily digestible proteins, including essential amino acids, B vitamins, iron, potassium, zinc, and copper. Doctors believe that it is thanks to the healing properties of buckwheat that it is ideal not only for regular nutrition, but also for dietary purposes.

The buckwheat diet with kefir involves eating buckwheat in its pure form; adding salt, sugar, butter and various sauces is not allowed. In addition, buckwheat is prepared in an unusual way - it does not need to be boiled, as we are used to doing, but simply pour boiling water over it several times, drain the water, then close the lid and let it brew for several hours. Nutritionists believe that buckwheat prepared in this way retains all its beneficial properties.

The diet is quite strict, but very effective and efficient. The final result depends on the initial weight, that is, the more weight, the more you can lose. If you have a lot of extra pounds, you can lose up to 10 kg in 10 days. After completing the diet, you need to monitor your diet, for example, do not eat after six in the evening and control portion sizes. It is also advisable to exercise daily; 30-40 minutes a day will be enough. Compliance with such basic rules after a diet will help consolidate the achieved results and help maintain the desired weight for a long time.

Authorized Products

The list of products that the 3 3 3 3 diet provides is very limited:

• 1%-2.5% kefir - usually 1.5 liters per day is enough. Diets with significant restrictions on the amount of food are usually complicated by constipation, so the choice of kefir must be taken responsibly. Mature kefir will aggravate this problem, especially in people prone to constipation. To drink one-day kefir, you need to prepare it yourself.
• Apples, pears (raw or baked), oranges. You can choose the ratio of fruits according to your preferences. For high acidity, it is better to prefer sweet apples and pears.
• Boiled chicken, without skin, salt and seasonings. It is allowed to be consumed without restrictions, but 500-700 g per day is enough. In addition to chicken, you can eat veal or turkey. If you don’t eat meat, you can easily spend these days eating boiled or stewed fish.
• Cheese no more than 20% fat content up to 150 g per day.
• Dry red wine 750 ml, diluted with water 1:1. For a glass of wine, take a piece of cheese containing 30 g of cheese. If you do not want to drink wine or have contraindications to drinking it, you can replace it with orange juice.
• Green and herbal tea (no sugar).

Table of permitted products

Contraindications for the diet

• Individual intolerance to products included in the menu.
• The presence of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract of any etiology: apple juice and red wine can disrupt the acid balance, which will inevitably lead to serious complications.
• The presence of chronic kidney disease: a protein attack can trigger the development of an attack of kidney failure.
• Diseases of the endocrine or metabolic system, as well as any form of cancer.
• The need for mental activity or driving: a person’s brain, deprived of glucose (carbohydrates are prohibited by the diet), loses the ability to react quickly and make the right decisions.
• Taking certain medications (for example, antibiotics).
• Poor health or infectious diseases acquired during the diet should be an absolute reason to stop the diet. You should exit the diet gently.

Fully or partially limited products

• Fatty meat, meat products (smoked meats, sausages), canned food.
• Sugar and salt.
• Fatty dairy products.
• Spices.
• All fried foods.
• Bananas, grapes, raisins, figs, dates.
• Pastries, cakes, pastries, dough dishes, pasta, milk, ice cream, sweets, chocolate, condensed.

Table of prohibited products

Advantages and disadvantages

Reviews about diet 3 3 3 3 and results

On the one hand, the diet does not involve preparing complex dishes and spending time on it. On the other hand, the diet is monotonous and rigid, so it is difficult for many to follow. The usefulness and necessity of drinking wine during the last three days is being questioned. Reviews indicate that those losing weight replaced wine with juice or kefir, since the work rhythm does not predispose to drinking alcohol. In this regard, you need to focus on your body and choose the appropriate diet option.

• “... The days on kefir, apples and chicken went well. And for the last three days it has been problematic for me to drink sour wine, even diluted with juice it suited me. My teeth were cramping from the acid, and by the way, from sour apples too. Therefore, I ate baked apples, and replaced the days with red wine with kefir and cottage cheese (200-300 g instead of cheese). I don’t see the point in wine, especially since without normal food and against the backdrop of previous fasting days, I quickly got drunk and had a headache. I reached the end and lost 6 kg. Then it was easy for me to switch to a healthy diet (buckwheat in the morning, steamed vegetables and meat for lunch, fish with vegetables for dinner). Over the next 6 months I lost 10 kg.”
• “... It’s impossible to stick to this diet all your life, but to quickly lose weight, I decided to try it. I decided that even if I couldn’t stand it until the end, I would still lose weight. I can’t say that it was easy: the food was monotonous, in the first six days (yogurt and fruit) I was constantly hungry. Meat days were simpler, but I still changed the meat every day. The last three days were not pleasant at all, and I drank apple juice and ate cheese. In all these days I lost 6 kg. In order not to lose the result, I began to carefully monitor my diet: no buns and cookies, sweets are also prohibited. I switched to boiled chicken, turkey, and started eating only vegetables as a side dish. I lasted 5.5 months in this mode and lost 6 kg. The tendency to be overweight did not go away, and I stayed at this weight for almost a year and began to get better.”

Kefir diet: features and principle of operation

A kefir diet allows you to get rid of excess weight quite quickly and easily.
As you know, kefir is very beneficial for the human body. Kefir contains enzymes, essential vitamins and antibacterial substances that have a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract and digestive system. Kefir heals the body, rejuvenates the skin, strengthens the immune system, and fights loss of strength. The benefits and effectiveness of strict diets based on kefir have been confirmed by numerous scientific studies. The kefir diet, as a rule, is not designed for a long period of time and usually lasts from 3 to 7 days, based on the severity of the diet menu. For example, a mono-diet on kefir without any additional food products cannot last more than three days. With any version of the kefir diet, the daily norm of kefir should not exceed 1.5 liters. This is the permissible maximum norm for a healthy person. The daily intake of kefir should be divided into equal parts and drunk 6 times a day at regular intervals.

Kefir must have a low fat content. When choosing kefir, you should pay attention to its composition. High-quality kefir contains at least three percent protein. Also, real kefir, which is prepared from pasteurized milk and kefir grain starter, contains beneficial bifidobacteria. For example, biokefir is easier to digest and has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, all thanks to the beneficial bacteria it contains. That is why, when choosing kefir, you should carefully study all the information indicated on the packaging.