The Preferred Diet is a mono-nutrition option that helps you lose weight.Plus, it’s so diverse that it lives up to its name.
The essence of the favorite diet
Depending on the length of the diet and its severity (more details below), each day you will be allowed a specific set of foods for the day.This list must be followed.And include at least minimal exercise in your daily life to start the weight loss process.
How many extra pounds can you lose?
You need to start with the starting number on the scale.
On average, reviews suggest a loss of 4-5 kg per week from the Favorite diet if you follow a gentle diet, and around 7-10 kg on a strict diet.
With a three- and four-week diet, more than 10 kg can be lost.
How and why weight decreases
The Favorite diet contains several conditions that help you quickly lose extra pounds:
This forces the body to adapt to a new nutritional system every day.This speeds up your metabolism and burns more calories.
The sample menu is designed to create a calorie deficit.
Drinking days are fasting days;they remove fluid from tissues.
Diet rules
During the selected period, you will need to adhere to the regime described for each day.At the same time, you can choose your own diet from your favorite foods.If it is a drinking day, you can only drink during the day.These are the most strict days, but very productive.
There are many options for the duration of the diet.We recommend that you realistically assess your strengths and motivation and choose the path that suits you best now.
It may take 7, 12, 14, 21 or 30 days.
The seven-day system is the most accessible.This is what his diet looks like:
- 1st day – drink;
- 2nd day – vegetable;
- 3rd day – drink;
- 4th day – fruits;
- Day 5 – protein;
- 6th day – drink;
- Day 7 – balanced diet.
List of authorized and prohibited products
No matter what day it is, if you are truly determined to achieve results, you need to eliminate unhealthy foods, mayonnaise, sugar and salt from your diet.You should also refrain from consuming alcohol (dry wine may be an exception).In the case of the longest version of the Favorites diet for 30 days, sugar should be replaced with honey and the consumption of salt in reasonable quantities is acceptable.
Water will definitely be on the list of recommended products.Every day - at least 2 liters.Drink green tea (unsweetened).
| Day | Allowed | Prohibited/not recommended |
| Drink | Water, weak tea, low-fat kefir, coffee without milk and sugar, low-fat yogurt, soups, broths, milk | Sweetened drinks (including sodas), flavored yogurts, packaged fruit juices |
| Vegetable | Boiled, raw, baked vegetables in any form, vegetable salads with lemon dressing (without salt) | Mayonnaise and butter as a dressing.Potatoes and canned vegetables are not recommended. |
| Fruity | Raw, baked fruit, fruit salads | It is recommended to avoid bananas and grapes. |
| Protein | Poultry, fish, chicken or quail eggs, low-fat cheese, cottage cheese, other dairy products | Oil for frying (use boiled brisket, cook fish).
Do not eat fatty meats: pork, lamb. |
Menu for 7 days
Classic version (hard)
A strict version of the diet assumes that you are ready for significant dietary restrictions.With this option, you will be in a calorie deficit.In addition to table products, only water and green tea without sugar are allowed during the day.
Example menu:
| Day | Example menu |
| 1 (drinkable) | Distribute 1 to 2 liters of low-fat kefir throughout the day, drink when you are hungry |
| Day 2 (drink) | Distribute 1 to 2 liters of low-fat kefir throughout the day, drink when you are hungry |
| Day 3 (Fruity: Apple) | Distribute fresh apples, fresh apples, baked apples 5-6 times a day |
| Day 4 (Protein) | Distribute 300 grams of boiled lean chicken meat 5-6 times a day |
| Day 5 (Protein) | Distribute 300 grams of boiled lean chicken meat 5-6 times a day |
| Day 6 (Protein) | Distribute 300 grams of boiled lean chicken meat 5-6 times a day |
| Day 7 (Cheese and wine) | 5 to 6 meals each: 50 ml of dry wine and about 30 to 40 g of hard cheese |
Easy option
If you are not ready or a strict diet is not recommended for health reasons, you can stick to a gentle diet.Here, the diet is more varied and you will feel less hungry.
| Day | Example menu |
| 1 (drinkable) | Breakfast: unsweetened tea
Snack: 200 ml low-fat kefir Lunch: chicken broth without salt 200 ml Afternoon snack: yogurt 150 ml Dinner: a glass of skimmed milk |
| Day 2 (vegetables) | Breakfast: 2 fresh tomatoes
Second breakfast: fresh cabbage salad with cucumbers and herbs, seasoned with lemon juice and a drop of olive oil Lunch: vegetable compote Snack: cucumber Dinner: Salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers and herbs |
| Day 3 (drink) | Breakfast: 150 ml of unsweetened yogurt
Snack: 200 ml of skimmed milk Lunch: 200 ml unsalted chicken broth Snack: 200 ml of milk Dinner: a glass of kefir |
| Day 4 (Fruity) | Breakfast: 2 oranges
Snack: grapefruit Lunch: vegetable salad seasoned with lemon juice Snack: apple Dinner: pear and grapefruit |
| Day 5 (Protein) | Breakfast: 2 hard-boiled eggs
Snack: 100 g of cheese Lunch: 150 g of boiled chicken fillet and 100 g of boiled peas Snack: low-fat yogurt Dinner: boiled or baked fish |
| Day 6 (drink) | Breakfast: green tea
Snack: 200 ml low-fat kefir Lunch: 200 ml of salt-free chicken broth Snack: 200 ml fresh grapefruit Dinner: 150 ml of yogurt |
| Day 7 (balanced) | Breakfast: 2 hard-boiled eggs
Snack: apple and pear Lunch: 150 ml of boiled chicken fillet and broth Snack: 150 grams of low-fat cottage cheese Dinner: fresh vegetable salad, seasoned with lemon juice and olive oil |
Menu for 14 days
Represents 2 consecutive circles of a seven-day diet.But since such a prolonged nutritional restriction can lead to loss of strength, this option is allowed to include:
- coffee and chicory – 1 cup per day (without sugar);
- on drinking days - milkshakes, freshly squeezed juices with pulp, jelly;
- on vegetable and fruit days - a green smoothie or cocktail.
Menu for 12 days
There are several options for this diet.
This comes down to the fact that you are using the 2 week diet described above.But you remove the 7th and 14th days.Since we are eliminating the most “nutritious” days, where one is barely hungry, this diet option is not easy.
Option 2 is even more difficult.For six days, you must follow the nutritional plan according to a gentle seven-day diet.Then, the regime will be as follows:
- Day 7 – fasting (drink only water);
- 8th day – vegetable;
- Day 9 – fasting (drink only low-fat kefir);
- Day 10 – protein (300 grams of boiled chicken breast);
- Day 11 – fasting (drink only green tea);
- The 12th day is balanced (like the last day in the gentle 7 day version).
The order of alternation of foods in the diet for 21 days
The principle of constructing a menu for 3 weeks will remain the same: we will alternate mono-diets.Only in this case each block will last 3 days.There will be some relaxations in the weekly regime to allow the body to better tolerate the restrictions.
- Days 1-3 – Drink.Since the diet is quite long, 200 grams of low-fat cottage cheese and a glass of jelly are allowed;
- Days 4-6 – Vegetables.As with the seven-day diet, vegetables can be eaten raw, stewed, steamed or boiled.Unlike the classic version, you can add vegetable cutlets, and olive oil is acceptable in the salad;
- Days 7-9 – Fruits.Fruits in all their forms.In the three-week version, you can add yogurt to the salad;
- 10-12 – Meat.Lean poultry meat, boiled or baked, is allowed here.You cannot use salt, but you can diversify the taste with different spices;
- Days 13-15 – Protein.Here, the diet will consist of fish, as well as plant proteins: nuts, legumes;
- Days 16-18 – Wine and cheese.The quantity of wine is at your discretion.It can be replaced with pomegranate juice (300 ml).You can eat around 300 grams of cheese per day;
- Days 19-21 – balanced diet.Mix and cook the products from all the previous blocks.Such nutrition will perfectly prepare you for exiting the diet and help the body adapt to a “normal” diet.
The order of alternation of foods in the diet for a month
In this case, you will also alternate mono-diets of 3 days each.
- Days 1-3 – Drink.In addition to the products described in the seven-day diet, fruit and milk smoothies, vegetable puree soups,
- Days 4-6 – Vegetables.You can diversify the menu with stew or zucchini compote
- Days 7 to 9 – Protein.You can prepare steamed cutlets from poultry meat,
- Days 10-12 – Fruits
- 13-15 days – Drink
- Days 16-18 – Vegetables
- Days 19-21 – Protein
- Days 22-24 – Fruit
- Days 25-27 – Wine and cheese.Unlike the strict version of the weekly diet, the consumption of black bread (200 g) is allowed here.
- Days 28-30 – Balanced.If you use your imagination, you can get a varied diet.
What to do in case of breakdown
If a “breakdown” occurs, the most important thing is to stop in time.If you eat a piece of chocolate, it's important not to panic and eat a few thousand extra calories, "since they're gone anyway."
If, for example, you overeat on a drinking day, try to limit the number of calories you eat the rest of the day and only eat the right foods allowed in a balanced day.And starting the next day, pick up where you left off.That is, in our case, the next day, organize yourself a drinking day again.
Another little tip: if you are disrupting your nutritional system and overeating, try to reduce the calories you eat by working out.Jogging or any other cardio activity is perfect.
Recipes for the favorite diet
For a day of drinking
In addition to freshly squeezed juices and kefir, here you can enjoy a glass of healthy cocktail, for example:
- 2 bananas
- 1 ripe mango
- 200 ml of water
Mix all the ingredients in a blender and pour into a glass.
Tomato puree soup
- Peel 200 grams of tomatoes, first scald them with boiling water
- Brown 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic in a little oil
- Add tomatoes to onions, simmer until tender.Add water, pour everything into a blender and blend at high speed.
- Garnish with a sprig of basil
For vegetable day
Fresh vegetable salad
White cabbage, sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumber - chop everything finely, season with lemon juice and a little olive oil.
Squash caviar
- Peel the zucchini.grate and simmer in its juice for about half an hour.
- Fry the onions and carrots, adding a drop of oil, mix with the zucchini mass, simmer for about 5 minutes.
For a fruity day
Baked Apples with Cinnamon and Honey
Wash the apples, cut the tops and the core.Pour inside a teaspoon of honey mixed with ground cinnamon.Bake for about half an hour.
Fruit salad
Oranges, pineapple, kiwi, apple cut into cubes.Drizzle with low-fat yogurt and garnish with a sprig of mint.
For a protein day
Juicy boiled salmon
Place the salmon fillet (or other fish of your choice) in a plastic bag and place in boiling water.Cook until done.Sprinkle with lemon juice.
Chicken fillet with soy sauce
- Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces, add soy sauce and garlic.Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Simmer without oil for about 10 minutes.
Why is weight worth
It happens that at some point the weight stops coming off.This can happen with any diet.With the Favorite diet, the main thing is not to stop and continue to follow the nutritional system.
Make sure you follow all the rules exactly.If you're following a bland diet, you may be consuming too many calories.Remember that with any weight loss system you should always feel a slight feeling of hunger.The number of calories consumed should not exceed 1,600.
How to make your diet more efficient
If you're feeling empowered, you can try creating an even larger calorie deficit to make your diet more efficient.If you used the easy version of the diet, check out the strict version.It is possible to alternate days: hard and soft options.
Add sport.This will not only help you burn more calories but will also make you look fitter and stronger.
How to Stop Dieting Safely and Maintain Results
After the diet, you will definitely lose 5-10 extra pounds.This will be due to dietary restrictions.The most important thing after all this work is not to gain back the hated fat.To do this, you need to competently exit the diet and then eat correctly after the diet.
The start of exiting the diet will be the last day: a balanced diet.Pretty much follow this diet for another week.
If you overload your body with burgers or fried foods on the first day, it will immediately begin to accumulate the missing calories and convert them into fats.All the kg lost will come back in even greater volume.
Contraindications and health risks
The Favorite diet cannot be called balanced, therefore it is not suitable for everyone.
Who is the diet not suitable for:
- Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers
- People suffering from gastritis, ulcers, gastrointestinal problems
- People with diabetes
Opinions of doctors and nutritionists
Doctors and nutritionists agree on the following regarding the preferred diet:
- It is not recommended to repeat it more than once every 3 months, and a 30-day course more than once a year.
- If you have problems with bowel movements (diarrhea), use oatmeal to break up the diet.
- Use broccoli instead of white cabbage.
Comparison with other rotation-based diets
Many diets have been built on the basis of mononutrition, including the famous “6 petals”.
Benefits of the Favorite Diet
- More effective, allows you to lose more kg;
- In addition to losing weight, it cleanses the body;
- Has a smooth exit;
- Due to the large number of options, it is possible to choose the most suitable option.
Disadvantages
- Difficult to bear
- Unbalanced, which can lead to health problems