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Egg variant of Maggi diet: reviews and results

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Last reviewed: 07.06.2024
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Food is necessary for all living beings, including humans, to maintain physiological processes of vital activity. It should be balanced and contain fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and plenty of fluids. Maggi diet emphasizes the predominance of proteins and has 2 variants: cottage cheese and egg. Which one is better? Preference should be given to the product that you like more and does not cause rejection, as it will be in the menu of the diet for a long time. Let's focus on the egg diet Maggi.

Indications

Maggi diet is suitable for both healthy and sick (not all) people with a high body mass index. In addition to the tightness and beauty of the figure, it will be useful for diseases of the cardiovascular system, including hypertension, diabetes, will relieve the load on the joints, improve the liver, kidneys, pancreas, general health.

General information of the Maggi egg diet

The Maggi diet is not based on calorie counting, but is designed to trigger metabolic processes in the body, leading to the burning of fat and the removal of toxins through the predominance of protein and carbohydrates. The Maggi diet is not based on calorie counting, but is designed to start metabolic processes in the body, leading to the burning of fat and removal of toxins with the help of the predominance of proteins and a minimum of carbohydrates in the food.

There are strict rules on the organization of nutrition, which can not be violated, as the desired result will not be achieved. Here are the basic principles of the diet:

  • drink plenty of fluids;
  • don't swap lunch and dinner menus;
  • not to substitute some foods for others;
  • not to interrupt, but to stay on schedule.

Maggi egg diet for a week

A week is a period that will not remove too many extra kilograms, but it will give an idea of the attitude and capabilities of your body to protein food, will tell you whether to go further. The table shows a detailed menu for each day, eggs are boiled hard-boiled (unless otherwise specified), lean meat and fish are cooked in a dietary way.

Days of the 1st week

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

The first one

2 eggs, half a grapefruit or orange

Any amount of fruit

Meat

Second

- "-

Chicken

2 eggs, fresh vegetables, toast, grapefruit

Third

- "-

Toast, low-fat cheese, fresh tomato

Meat

The fourth

- "-

Fresh fruit

Meat, vegetables

Fifth

- "-

2 soft-boiled eggs, cooked vegetables

Fish, fresh vegetable salad

Sixth

- "-

Fruit

Vegetables, meat

Seven

- "-

Chicken, tomatoes, grapefruit.

Cooked vegetables

Maggi egg diet for 2 weeks

Who tried on such a diet and is ready to continue the second week of the Maggi diet, he will have such a diet:

Days of the 2nd week

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

The first one

2 eggs, half a grapefruit or orange

Meat, cucumber, tomato, sweet pepper salad

Grapefruit, 2 soft-boiled eggs, fresh vegetable salad

Second

- "-

- "-

2 soft-boiled eggs, grapefruit

Third

- "-

Meat, pickles

- "-

The fourth

- "-

Steamed vegetables, 2 soft-boiled eggs, low-fat cheese

2 eggs

Fifth

- "-

Fish

2 soft-boiled eggs

Sixth

- "-

Meat, tomato, orange.

Fruit salad

Seven

- "-

Chicken, tomatoes, grapefruit.

Steamed vegetables, meat, grapefruit

Maggi egg diet for 4 weeks

If you feel fine, the diet is continued.

Days of Week 3

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

The first one

Any fruit

Fruit

Fruit

Second

Raw or boiled vegetables

Raw or boiled vegetables

Raw or boiled vegetables

Third

Any fruit

Any fruit

Any fruit

The fourth

Fish unlimited, raw fruits and vegetables

Fish unlimited, raw fruits and vegetables

Fish unlimited, raw fruits and vegetables

Fifth

Boiled or baked meat, cooked vegetables

Boiled or baked meat, cooked vegetables

Boiled or baked meat, cooked vegetables

Sixth

Any fruit

Any fruit

Any fruit

Seven

- "-

- "-

- "-

In the 4th week, the diet is not so strict and limited, it prepares the person to return to normal food. All the listed products of each day of the diet are evenly divided into 3 meals.

  • Monday: chicken meat (200g), canned tuna (100g), toast, 4 medium tomatoes and cucumbers, grapefruit.
  • Tuesday: lean meat (200g), 3 tomatoes, 4 cucumbers, toast, orange, apple.
  • Wednesday: 50g of cottage cheese and low-fat cheese, 2 pieces of toast, 2 cucumbers and a tomato each, any citrus.
  • Thursday: piece of chicken, grapefruit, 3 tomatoes, cucumber, toast.
  • Friday: cottage cheese (200g), orange, fresh vegetable salad.
  • Saturday: chicken (200g), cheese (50g), toast, 2 tomatoes and cucumber each, grapefruit.
  • Sunday: cottage cheese (50g), tuna (100g), boiled vegetables, fresh cucumber and tomato.

If very hungry, it is allowed to snack on salad leaves or fresh cucumbers, but not earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.

The Maggi Egg and Whey Diet

Opting for the Maggi diet for weight loss, you have to give preference to one of the two products that make up its basis. It happens that for health reasons, such as a jump in cholesterol, allergies or other reasons it is not possible to continue the egg diet, then you can switch to the cottage cheese version of it, replacing 2 eggs with 200g of cottage cheese.

Recipes for the egg variant of the Maggi diet

Everyone knows how to boil hard-boiled or soft-boiled eggs. But what recipes to diversify the menu, so as not to turn your diet into too much of an ordeal? Here are some tips:

  • The chicken fillet is cut from the middle in opposite directions, but not all the way through. The meat plates are unfolded, and a solid layer is obtained. It is battered, salted, sprinkled with seasonings. Rings of onion, tomato, grated cheese (if it is present in the menu on this day) are placed on it and wrapped into a roll, then baked;
  • All possible vegetables (eggplant, zucchini, onion, carrot, tomato, dill, white and cauliflower, green peas) are cut, salted, stewed;
  • fresh fish is laid out on foil, on top of onion, tomato, eggplant rings, wrapped and baked in the oven.

What can and what can not?

The list of fresh fruits useful for this diet includes: apples, pears, kiwi, watermelon, melon, citrus fruits. For vegetable salads, in addition to cucumbers and tomatoes, you can use leaf lettuce, cabbage, greens. Steamed, boiled or baked any vegetables except potatoes.

Toast made of grain bread only. Meat is used of lean varieties except mutton. Chicken is cooked without skin.

Abundant drinking can be organized not only by plain water, but also mineral water, green tea, decoctions of rose hips, useful herbs.

Bananas, grapes, dates, figs, potatoes and vegetables should not be included in the menu. Rice and other cereals, peas, lentils, sweet dried fruits, mushrooms, honey, confectionery, alcohol are prohibited.

Contraindications

Maggi egg diet is contraindicated for people with chronic diseases of any organ, especially of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, colitis, ulcer, pancreatitis, dysbacteriosis). It is also not suitable for the elderly.

Possible risks

Any protein diet gives a great load on the kidneys, so there is a risk of getting a disease of the organ. Lowering blood glucose levels can damage our brain, provoke the development of cardiovascular disease, the formation of blood clots in blood vessels. Possible complications of existing chronic pathologies: exacerbations of pancreatitis, gastritis, peptic ulcer disease.

Unbalanced nutrition leads to a lack of vitamins and minerals in the body, and this causes increased fatigue, sleep disorders.

Testimonials and results of those who have lost weight

People who have endured this diet, confirm that it is really possible to lose 10-12 kg of weight in a month. It is not as easy as it seems, because it is not easy to eat eggs every day, even for their lovers.

Most of all, it is acceptable for those who do not need to stand in the kitchen every day to feed their family members. The dishes of the diet itself are simple and uncomplicated, do not require a lot of effort and money - this is another of its advantages.

Many lament the monotony, duration, feelings of fatigue and frequent irritability due to the lack of carbohydrates.

Doctor's reviews

Doctors believe that any diet is a stress on the body with unpredictable consequences. They urge to be examined and consulted before deciding to go on a diet.

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