Green diet: losing weight tasty
Green diet – a diet for those who love fruits and vegetables, but at the same time want to lose weight and tighten the body. As the name implies, a green diet is a diet that consists of green fruits and vegetables. You compose a menu for yourself depending on how much you want to lose extra pounds – for 3 days, a week or a month. At first glance, the diet may seem monotonous, but it is not. After all, in addition to green foods, it is allowed to eat lean meat, chicken, and fish, as well as low-calorie dairy products and eggs.
During the day, you should observe three main meals and two snacks. Snacks consist of vegetables and green fruits. The last meal is allowed at 22 hours and it should be vegetables, fruits are allowed until 17.00. Kefir can be drunk at night, but slow carbohydrates are best left in the morning. During the day you need to drink up to 2 liters of fluid. The diet is very effective and allows you to lose weight well and does not create stress for the body. Instead of a snack, you can make various smoothies and cocktails from vegetables, fruits, and dairy products.
Permitted products in unlimited quantities
- green apples
- avocado
- lime
- green pears
- Green grapes
- kiwi
- pomelo
- asparagus
- green cabbage
- spinach
- cucumbers
- sweet green pepper
- zucchini and zucchini
- leaf salads
- all greens
- peas
Sample menu of a green diet for a week
Monday
Breakfast: Borodino bread toast with cottage cheese, avocado with herbs, tea.
Snack: kiwi.
Lunch: cabbage soup, turkey and spinach roll.
Snack: apple.
Dinner: kefir, green vegetable salad seasoned with oil and lime juice.
Tuesday
Breakfast: toast with cheese and leek, kiwi, green tea.
Snack: cucumber.
Lunch: vegetable soup.
Snack: avocado.
Dinner: grilled vegetables with rosemary, sprinkled with olive oil.
Wednesday
Breakfast: yogurt, pear, a slice of rye bread, mint tea.
Snack: grapes.
Lunch: chicken drumstick baked with Provencal herbs, low-fat cottage cheese with spinach, capers, garlic, and yogurt.
Snack: kiwi.
Dinner: steamed broccoli, boiled green beans.
Thursday
Breakfast: 100 g fat-free cottage cheese, 1 cup fat-free kefir, 2 green apples, green tea.
Snack: a handful of pine nuts, 1 tbsp. bran.
Lunch: any light soup (for example, fish, turkey or vegetable), a salad of fresh cabbage and cucumbers.
Snack: pomelo.
Dinner: lean meat or fish steamed or grilled, a salad of leafy vegetables.
Friday
Breakfast: unsweetened cheesecakes, which are watered with yogurt and sprinkled with herbs, a glass of green juice or smoothie.
Snack: apple.
Lunch: mashed soup of broccoli, zucchini, peas with fresh herbs, a small piece of steamed fish, grape juice.
Snack: baked apples in the oven, stuffed with cottage cheese, honey and raisins.
Dinner: brown rice with mushrooms, cucumber salad with sweet pepper and herbs, a glass of kefir.
Saturday
Breakfast: cottage cheese with herbs, a glass of juice.
Snack: fresh vegetable salad.
Lunch: vegetable soup, cucumber salad with herbs, herbal tea.
Snack: toast with finely chopped arugula and feta cheese.
Dinner: a piece of boiled fish with stewed cabbage, natural yogurt.
Sunday
Breakfast: whole-grain toast with feta cheese and herbs, herbal tea.
Snack: cheesecake with grapes.
Lunch: potato soup, boiled broccoli, apple, celery, and onion salad.
Snack: green fruit.
Dinner: stewed cabbage, a glass of kefir.