The Maggi diet is a low-calorie diet for weight loss, which is designed for 4 weeks.The daily diet includes foods high in protein, and the consumption of fats and carbohydrates is limited.
The name of the diet comes from the name Margaret, since the nutrition plan was created by specialists at the Mayo Clinic specifically for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the eighties of the twentieth century.
There are two diet options: the egg diet (based on eating eggs, fruits, vegetables and meat) and the cottage cheese (“dacha”) diet.The Maggi cottage cheese diet is used for allergies to chicken eggs and involves replacing each egg with 100 g of cottage cheese.
Diet rules
If you follow all the rules of the diet, you can lose 3 to 5 kilograms weekly.As a rule, during the first week, weight is lost due to the reduction of swelling and the release of excess water from the body, and then the weight loss process may slow down.
To make the Maggi egg diet for 4 weeks more effective, you must adhere to the following recommendations for organizing dietary nutrition:
- The daily diet should consist of 3 main meals.In cases of severe hunger, it is allowed to eat one non-starchy vegetable (carrot, cucumber), but not earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.
- Do not consume sugar in any form.
- Include only foods allowed on the diet in the menu and do not disrupt the sequence of meals.
- Throughout the day you need to drink at least 1.5 liters of water, including tea and coffee without sugar.
- You cannot use vegetable, butter or other types of oils when preparing dishes.
- Do not overuse spices, as spices contain essential oils that increase appetite.
What you can and cannot eat (table)
Products that can be consumed during the diet are low-calorie, as they contain a minimum of fat and carbohydrates.In addition to protein products such as eggs and meat, it is allowed to include vegetables in the menu, mainly in raw form.
The Magi diet should include a minimum amount of fruits and berries with a low fructose content.On average, you can eat up to 300 g of one variety of fruit and berries per day.
| Products | What can you eat | What not to eat | |
| Flour products | Yesterday's whole grain bread | Bread and pastries made from white flour, pasta from soft and durum wheat | |
| Meat, poultry | Turkey, chicken, rabbit, veal | Mutton | |
| Fish | Low-fat fish (flounder, hake, cod, pollock, pollock, etc.), seafood | Mackerel, herring, beluga, halibut, saury, sprat, burbot, sturgeon | |
| Dairy products | Low-fat cottage cheese (not low-fat), low-fat cheeses | Full-fat cottage cheese, cheese, yoghurts with sugar, heavy cream | |
| Eggs | Hard boiled eggs | ||
| Cereals | All types of cereals | ||
| Vegetables | Bell peppers, broccoli, all types of cabbage, fermented sauerkraut, carrots, onions, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peas, mushrooms, spinach, green salad, sorrel | Potato | |
| Fruits | Apricot, cherry, plums, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, lemon, lime, raspberries, strawberries, apples, pears | Bananas, grapes, melon, watermelon | |
| Dried fruits | Dates, figs and other types of dried fruits | ||
| Drinks | Tea, coffee | Alcoholic drinks, drinks with sugar |
Menu of the original Maggi diet for 4 weeks
A feature of the first and second weeks of the Maggi diet is the same breakfast of eggs and fruits, which helps the body adapt to changes in diet.
Chicken eggs contain protein, healthy fats and vitamins, which ensures long-term satiety, so your daily breakfast for the first 14 days should include 2 hard-boiled eggs, grapefruit, tea or coffee without sugar.
From the beginning of the third week until the end of the diet, breakfast may consist of other dishes, depending on the recommendations and individual preferences.
Week 1
Monday
- Lunch: one type of fruit.
- Dinner: baked boiled lean meat with vegetable salad.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled chicken breast with vegetables.
- Dinner: whole grain cracker, two eggs, cucumber salad, tomato salad without oil, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: 30-50 g of cheese, whole grain toast, tomatoes.
- Dinner: steamed fish (300 g) with vegetables.
Thursday
- Lunch: 350 g of fruit of one type.
- Dinner: boiled meat, vegetable salad with herbs.
Friday
- Lunch: 2 eggs, 300 g of dish of your choice (boiled carrots with green peas or stewed zucchini with beans).
- Dinner: 200 g of fish (grilled, baked or boiled), green salad with cucumbers and Chinese cabbage, grapefruit.
Saturday
- Lunch: up to 300 g of fruit.
- Dinner: 250 g of meat with a vegetable salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and dill.
Sunday
- Lunch: chicken breast, 150 g of stewed vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, tomato, pepper), fresh tomato, 1 grapefruit.
- Dinner: vegetables of one type (cabbage or zucchini), prepared by boiling or stewing.
Week 2
Monday
- Lunch: salad of vegetables (cucumbers, green salad, onions) and chicken breast.
- Dinner: two eggs, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and greens, grapefruit.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled or baked meat, fresh vegetables (including green salad).
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: grilled meat with cucumbers and tomatoes.
- Dinner: same as the previous day.
Thursday
- Lunch: stew (cabbage, zucchini, carrots), 30 g cheese, 2 eggs.
- Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs.
Friday
- Lunch: any amount of boiled fish.
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs.
Saturday
- Lunch: meat, tomato, one grapefruit.
- Dinner: fruit salad.
Sunday
- Lunch: stewed or boiled vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage), poultry, grapefruit.
- Dinner: like lunch.
Week 3
At this stage, the Maggi diet is limited to a list of specified products for each day, from which they independently form 4 meals.
Monday: unlimited fruit.
Tuesday: vegetables allowed in any quantity (raw and stewed).
Wednesday: fruit salads, raw and stewed vegetables.
Thursday: fish, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Friday: meat or poultry, cooked vegetables.
Saturday: one type of fruit throughout the day.
Sunday: same as the previous day (you can choose a different type of fruit).
Week 4
As in the third week of the Maggi diet, the menu shows the daily ration, which is divided into meals throughout the day in any order.
Monday
- 200 g meat, fish or poultry,
- 1 piece of bread in the form of toast or crouton,
- Tomatoes (3 pcs.),
- Cucumbers (4 pcs.),
- Grapefruit or orange.
Tuesday
- Everything except fruit, like the previous day,
- two fruits to choose from (grapefruit, orange, apple or medium-sized pear).
Wednesday
- 1 tablespoon cottage cheese,
- 200 g low-fat cheese,
- Vegetable stew,
- 2 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Toast or bread
- Grapefruit.
Thursday
- Eat half a boiled chicken throughout the day,
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers,
- 1 wholemeal toast,
- Grapefruit and one other fruit of your choice.
Friday
- Salad with fresh vegetables of your choice,
- 2 hard-boiled eggs,
- 3 tomatoes
- Grapefruit.
Saturday
- 2 boiled breasts,
- Cottage cheese or feta cheese (150 g),
- A glass of curdled milk,
- 3 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Grapefruit or orange.
Sunday
- canned tuna in its own juice (1 can);
- vegetable stew (200 g);
- a tablespoon of cottage cheese;
- toast or bread;
- two tomatoes and cucumber;
- grapefruit.
Quitting the diet
A long-term low-calorie diet is a serious burden for the body, so at the end of the fourth week, subsequent nutrition should be properly organized.
After completing the Maggi diet, like other carbohydrate-restricted eating plans, the likelihood of overeating on starchy and sugary foods increases.
To avoid overeating after a diet, you must include foods in your diet according to the following principle:
- every 3 days, increase the amount of slow carbohydrate foods (buckwheat, bulgur, quinoa, bean bran, whole grain rye bread) by 20-25 g, until the total weight of carbohydrate foods reaches 250-200 g per day;
- the amount of non-starchy vegetables should be half of the total daily diet;
- Every day you can eat one large fruit or berries in the amount of 100 g;
- do not include sweets in your diet, since during the diet the body has become weaned from sweets, so you should not form an addiction again;
- eat 3-4 times a day and minimize the number of snacks at other times;
- do not eat 3 hours before bedtime.
Contraindications
Since the Maggi diet consists of a large number of protein products, which create additional stress on the functioning of the kidneys and liver, this diet should not be used by people with pathologies such as:
- renal failure;
- increased levels of uric acid in the blood; gout.
Also, the Maggi diet should not be used for eating disorders (ED), namely, people prone to anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating, since low-calorie nutrition can aggravate the eating disorder problem.