Note: if you have an individual lactose intolerance, you will have to abandon the oatmeal diet, since in addition to this cereal, much attention is given to dairy products. But first things first.
What can you eat?
- of course, oatmeal itself, both in the form of porridge, and as a constituent element for various desserts and casseroles
- raw fruits, berries and vegetables
- nuts and dried fruits
- honey
- low-fat kefir and cottage cheese
- try to drink plenty of still water or green tea (up to two liters per day). Do not drink oatmeal, try to drink before meals or thirty minutes after eating.
Prohibited products:
- Salt and sugar are under strict prohibition
- When cooking porridge do not use milk or butter
- Do not eat bananas, persimmons, grapes and potatoes
Let's start creating the menu
According to the reviews of girls who have already tried to lose weight on oatmeal, the result is really impressive, especially if you consider that the diet lasts all from three to five days.
Attention! This method of losing weight can be used no more than once in six months, and the duration should be a maximum of five days. Otherwise, you can disrupt metabolism and damage the digestive system.
Several menu options
Monodieta
It is allowed to eat only oatmeal. It is allowed five meals a day, and the size of the portion should not exceed 250 g. In addition, it is allowed to drink skimmed yogurt, water without gas or green tea without sugar.
With fruits
This way to get rid of extra pounds is more diverse. And it's all because dried fruits, honey or nuts are added to the porridge.
- Portion is made as follows: for 250 g of cereals we take 100 g of any dried fruit.
- You can add nuts (50 g) or two teaspoons of honey.
- Oatmeal with fruit is used as the main meal three times a day. As a light snack, use fresh fruits (300 grams) or dried fruits (100 grams). It is better to use raisins, dried apricots, dried apples or prunes.
- To save the result after the diet, arrange yourself unloading days once a week.
Oat and Vegetable
At its core it is similar to fruit fruit, but instead of apples or other sweet fruits vegetables are used: tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, etc.
- Vegetables can be cooked steamed or baked in the oven, but in no case do not fry even on vegetable oil
- To diversify the diet will help and salads, as a refueling to which you use lemon juice or olive oil
- The order of food intake remains the same: three times a day oatmeal with vegetables, and in breaks - light salads.
The main thing to remember is that any diet is a stress for the body and without first consulting a gastroenterologist and a nutritionist, you should not start the process. Especially attentively to the choice of this method of losing weight is to treat people suffering from constipation. And if such a problem appeared after you started eating oatmeal, it is worth to increase the amount of prunes used. It will help to remove the waste products from the body.