Grapefruit Diet

Grapefruit is a very useful fruit. Like all citrus fruits, it contains a lot of vitamin C, necessary for strengthening immunity. Therefore, the grapefruit diet will help you not only get rid of excess weight, but also actively resist colds.

The grapefruit diet lasts a week, for thistime you can manage to lose 4-5 kilograms. Sitting on this diet for more than seven days is not recommended. There are various variations of the grapefruit diet, but they are all based on grapefruit's ability to burn fat. To activate the fat-burning enzyme, you need to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice at every meal.

Grapefruit Diet prohibits eating salt, spices (except red pepper) andsauces. You can eat fish and meat, but the meat should be lean, and the fish - lean. It is allowed to include canned food in the diet, but only in its own juice. You can not eat after seven in the evening. Consumption of calories is recommended to be reduced to 800 kcal per day.

Grapefruit Diet contraindicated to those who have stomach problems - Grapefruit has a high level of acidity,so excessive consumption of this fruit can cause an exacerbation of gastric diseases. Before you sit down on a grapefruit diet, you should always consult a doctor.

Grapefruit Diet: Menu for the week

The first day

Breakfast: one grapefruit or grapefruit juice without sugar, 50 grams lean ham (bacon), tea or coffee without sugar.

Dinner: one grapefruit, 250 grams of vegetable salad (without potatoes and corn), seasoned with lemon juice and sprinkled with herbs, tea or coffee.

Dinner: 150 grams of lean meat (boiled or grilled on a grill), tea with honey.

Second day

Breakfast: one grapefruit or grapefruit juice without sugar, boiled eggs (2 pcs.), tea or coffee without sugar.

Dinner: one grapefruit, 50 g of low-fat cottage cheese or cheese (fat content - 20-30%).

Dinner: 200 grams of fish (cooked on a grill orboiled), a large portion of vegetable salad of green vegetables (pepper, broccoli, leaf lettuce, cabbage, cucumber, etc.), dressed with a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice, 20 grams of black bread.

Day Three

Breakfast: one grapefruit or grapefruit juice without sugar, 2 tbsp. muesli or oatmeal with raisins (1 tablespoon), chopped nuts (2-3 pcs, not peanuts!) and skim milk or yoghurt (4 tablespoons).

Dinner: one grapefruit, a cup of clear broth or vegetable soup, two crackers.

Dinner: 200 g of chicken breast (cooked on a grill or boiled), baked tomatoes (2 pcs.), Half a grapefruit at bedtime.

Day four

Breakfast: 1 tbsp. tomato juice, boiled egg (1 pc.), tea with lemon.

Dinner: one grapefruit, a large portion of a salad of green vegetables or carrots, dressed with a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice, a toast or a slice of bread.

Dinner: 400 grams of stewed or boiled vegetables (celery, carrots, beets, cabbage, zucchini), tea, grapefruit juice or one grapefruit at bedtime.

Day five

Breakfast: fruit salad (grapefruit, orange, apple), tea with lemon or coffee.

Dinner: one big baked potato, 200 g of green vegetable salad or cabbage salad.

Dinner: 250 g fish fillet or chicken breasts or 200 g lean beef, baked tomato or tomato juice, grapefruit juice or one grapefruit at bedtime.

Days of the sixth or seventh

These days you can choose a menu of any of the previous days.

During the grapefruit diet, you need to drink plenty of water (at least eight glasses a day). Coffee is allowed to drink, but not more than one cup per day - otherwise you can break the insulin balance. It is necessary to eat at the same time, do not snack between meals and eat plenty.

You can not remove from the diet specified in the menu ingredients - without them, grapefruit will not work. The grapefruit diet does not fit well with exercise - it simply does not provide enough calories to be burned while exercising. It is better to consolidate the effect of the diet with sports exercises a little later.