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How to Lose Weight Before an Important Event
I heard at work talk about a new diet with a very, as in my opinion, strange name – “Atomic”, but did not take it seriously until I saw a colleague who lost weight in a short time.
The diet menu pleasantly surprised me with its variety, the products are simple and familiar, and you do not need to starve. In just a week you can lose 5 pounds, and in 2 weeks - from 8 to 12, and no irritability and depression!
"Atomic diet" This program was developed by Swiss nutritionists, and the “Atomic” diet was called apparently because it explodes excess fat every day. We lose weight on it due to the daily alternation of protein and carbohydrate menu.
On protein days, you can only eat protein foods. It is digested for a very long time, because of which the body has to extract energy first from the glycogen reserves of the liver, then from fat cells.
A carbohydrate day replenishes glycogen stores, but since there is still not enough energy, then it is necessary to further break down fat. Together, these days allow you to lose weight and speed up your metabolism.
After a day on vegetables, you begin to want protein food, which tomorrow you can eat and vice versa. For example, this option is very suitable for me: you do not look at food with hungry eyes, and there is some variety.
The most beautiful thing is that the more you weigh, the more you will lose. The only disadvantage of the diet is that it is not suitable for a vegetarian. On a protein day, you need to eat animal proteins, and no beans and soy will not help here.
Rules and principles The Swiss Atomic Diet provides fractional nutrition, which means that it is better to eat often, but a little. Feel a slight hunger - eat a little food, do not suffer.
Foods from the list of allowed you can eat without restrictions, but you should not overeat. It is recommended to consume about 1200 calories, and if you lead an active lifestyle, then 1600.
Allowed on a protein day
Allowed on a carbohydrate day
On any day you can drink black, green and herbal tea, coffee without sugar and be sure to drink plenty of water. Cereals (buckwheat and oatmeal) and pasta from hard wheat varieties can be introduced only when you see the first results.
The first day of the diet is better to make protein. Few people miss vegetables as much as meat. The next day you will feel different.
Approximate menu for protein day
Exemplary menu for carbohydrate day
If you really miss cereals and combining meat with vegetables, then on carbohydrate days add a little protein, and in protein – carbohydrates. Share a link with friends, help them take the first step on the way to their health and great physical shape.
In conclusion, I would like to list the main Benefits of the Swiss Diet: balanced diet, performance, lack of fast days and restrictions in the amount of food, compatibility with work and exercise, stability of results.
French nutritionist Pierre Dukan became the author of the eponymous diet, which received thousands of enthusiastic reviews. His diet is based on the use of foods containing protein, and a significant decrease in the intake of carbohydrates and fats.
Alternation of protein and vegetable days is also present in the English diet, about which "Site" I wrote earlier. The English diet, like the Dukan diet, does not cause the so-called psychological hunger, since its menu is quite diverse.
“Eat is necessary to live, not to live, to eat,” – this principle is adhered to by the nutritiologist Catherine Jensen in the preparation of nutrition programs. To each person, it suits individually and makes a menu based on his preferences and capabilities.
The diet menu pleasantly surprised me with its variety, the products are simple and familiar, and you do not need to starve. In just a week you can lose 5 pounds, and in 2 weeks - from 8 to 12, and no irritability and depression!
"Atomic diet" This program was developed by Swiss nutritionists, and the “Atomic” diet was called apparently because it explodes excess fat every day. We lose weight on it due to the daily alternation of protein and carbohydrate menu.
On protein days, you can only eat protein foods. It is digested for a very long time, because of which the body has to extract energy first from the glycogen reserves of the liver, then from fat cells.
A carbohydrate day replenishes glycogen stores, but since there is still not enough energy, then it is necessary to further break down fat. Together, these days allow you to lose weight and speed up your metabolism.
After a day on vegetables, you begin to want protein food, which tomorrow you can eat and vice versa. For example, this option is very suitable for me: you do not look at food with hungry eyes, and there is some variety.
The most beautiful thing is that the more you weigh, the more you will lose. The only disadvantage of the diet is that it is not suitable for a vegetarian. On a protein day, you need to eat animal proteins, and no beans and soy will not help here.
Rules and principles The Swiss Atomic Diet provides fractional nutrition, which means that it is better to eat often, but a little. Feel a slight hunger - eat a little food, do not suffer.
Foods from the list of allowed you can eat without restrictions, but you should not overeat. It is recommended to consume about 1200 calories, and if you lead an active lifestyle, then 1600.
Allowed on a protein day
- Low-fat meat and fish.
- Eggs.
- Seafood.
- Milk.
- Low-fat milk.
Allowed on a carbohydrate day
- Almost all fruits and vegetables except bananas, grapes and potatoes.
- Vegetable salads and stew.
- Vegetable soups.
- Freshi.
On any day you can drink black, green and herbal tea, coffee without sugar and be sure to drink plenty of water. Cereals (buckwheat and oatmeal) and pasta from hard wheat varieties can be introduced only when you see the first results.
The first day of the diet is better to make protein. Few people miss vegetables as much as meat. The next day you will feel different.
Approximate menu for protein day
- Breakfast
Two boiled eggs or steamed omelet, a bowl of cottage cheese or unsweetened yogurt, a glass of low-fat kefir. - Lunch
A plate of boiled, baked or steamed chicken / beef / low-fat fish, a couple of pieces of hard cheese, a cup of tea with milk. - Dinner.
A small bowl of cottage cheese, two slices of hard cheese, a mug of kefir or natural yogurt. Several products can be combined. The main thing is that after dinner you feel full.
Exemplary menu for carbohydrate day
- Breakfast
Fruit salad. You can eat a few spoons of oatmeal without butter and milk. - Lunch
Lent soup or green borscht without potatoes, a glass of freshly squeezed vegetable or fruit juice without sugar. - Dinner.
Casserole or salad of fresh cabbage and cucumbers, seasoned with vegetable oil.
If you really miss cereals and combining meat with vegetables, then on carbohydrate days add a little protein, and in protein – carbohydrates. Share a link with friends, help them take the first step on the way to their health and great physical shape.
In conclusion, I would like to list the main Benefits of the Swiss Diet: balanced diet, performance, lack of fast days and restrictions in the amount of food, compatibility with work and exercise, stability of results.
French nutritionist Pierre Dukan became the author of the eponymous diet, which received thousands of enthusiastic reviews. His diet is based on the use of foods containing protein, and a significant decrease in the intake of carbohydrates and fats.
Alternation of protein and vegetable days is also present in the English diet, about which "Site" I wrote earlier. The English diet, like the Dukan diet, does not cause the so-called psychological hunger, since its menu is quite diverse.
“Eat is necessary to live, not to live, to eat,” – this principle is adhered to by the nutritiologist Catherine Jensen in the preparation of nutrition programs. To each person, it suits individually and makes a menu based on his preferences and capabilities.
