The Maggi diet is a low-calorie diet for weight loss designed for 4 weeks.The daily diet contains high-protein foods, and the consumption of fats and carbohydrates is limited.
The name of the diet comes from the name Margaret, as the nutritional plan was prepared by Mayo Clinic specialists specifically for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the eighties of the twentieth century.
There are two types of diets: the egg diet (based on the consumption of eggs, fruit, vegetables and meat) and the cottage cheese ("dacha") diet.The Maggi curd diet is used in cases of allergy to chicken eggs, and each egg must be replaced with 100 g of curd.
Diet rules
If you follow all the rules of the diet, you can lose 3-5 kilograms per week.As a general rule, weight decreases during the first week due to the reduction of swelling and the release of excess water, and then the weight loss process may slow down.
In order to make the Maggi egg diet more effective for 4 weeks, you should follow the following recommendations for organizing dietary nutrition:
- The daily diet should consist of 3 main meals.In case of strong hunger, it is allowed to eat a non-starchy vegetable (carrot, cucumber), but no earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.
- Do not consume sugar in any form.
- Include only foods allowed in the diet in the menu and do not disturb the order of the meals.
- During the day, you should drink at least 1.5 liters of water, including tea and coffee without sugar.
- You cannot use vegetable, butter or other types of oils to prepare food.
- 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 in calories, as they contain minimal fat and carbohydrates.In addition to protein products such as eggs and meat, vegetables can also be included in the menu, especially in raw form.
The Magi diet should contain a minimum amount of low-fructose fruits and berries.On average, you can eat up to 300 g of each type of fruit and berries per day.
| Products | What can be eaten | What not to eat | |
| Products made from flour | Yesterday's whole wheat bread | Bread and pastries made from white flour, soft and durum wheat pasta | |
| Meat, poultry | Turkey, chicken, rabbit, veal | Lamb | |
| Fish | Low-fat fish (flounder, hake, cod, pollock, pollock, etc.), seafood | Mackerel, herring, beluga, halibut, saury, sprat, mullet, sturgeon | |
| Dairy products | Low-fat cottage cheese (not low-fat), low-fat cheeses | Fatty cottage cheese, cheese, yogurts with sugar, cream | |
| Egg | Hard-boiled eggs | ||
| Cereals | All kinds of cereals | ||
| Vegetables | California peppers, broccoli, all kinds of cabbage, fermented sauerkraut, carrots, onions, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peas, mushrooms, spinach, lettuce, sorrel | Potato | |
| Fruits | Apricot, cherry, plum, blueberry, blackberry, blueberry, lemon, lime, raspberry, strawberry, apple, pear | Banana, grape, melon, watermelon | |
| Dried fruits | Dates, figs and other dried fruits | ||
| Drinks | Tea, coffee | Alcoholic drinks, sugary drinks |
The original Maggi diet menu for 4 weeks
The characteristic of the first and second week of the Maggi diet is the same breakfast consisting of eggs and fruit, which helps the body to adapt to the changes in the diet.
Chicken eggs contain protein, healthy fats and vitamins that provide long-term satiety, so for the first 14 days, your daily breakfast should include 2 boiled eggs, grapefruit, tea or coffee without sugar.
From the beginning of the third week to the end of the diet, breakfast can also consist of other foods, depending on the recommendations and individual preferences.
Week 1
Monday
- Lunch: some kind of fruit.
- Dinner: fried boiled lean meat with vegetable salad.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled chicken breast with vegetables.
- Dinner: whole grain crackers, two eggs, cucumber salad, tomato salad without oil, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: 30-50 g of cheese, whole grain toast, tomato.
- Dinner: steamed fish (300 g) with vegetables.
Thursday
- Lunch: 350 g of a type of fruit.
- Dinner: boiled meat, vegetable salad with herbs.
Friday
- Lunch: 2 eggs, 300 g of food of your choice (boiled carrots with green peas or steamed zucchini with beans).
- Dinner: 200 g of fish (grilled, fried or boiled), green salad with cucumber and Chinese cabbage, grapefruit.
Saturday
- Lunch: no more than 300 g of fruit.
- Dinner: 250 g of meat with cucumber, tomato, onion and dill vegetable salad.
Sunday
- Lunch: chicken breast, 150 g of steamed vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers), fresh tomatoes, 1 grapefruit.
- Dinner: one type of vegetable (cabbage or zucchini), cooked or steamed.
Week 2
Monday
- Lunch: vegetable salad (cucumber, green salad, onion) and chicken breast.
- Dinner: two eggs, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and greens, grapefruit.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled or fried meat, fresh vegetables (including green salad).
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: grilled meat with cucumber and tomato.
- Dinner: the same as the previous day.
Thursday
- Lunch: stew (cabbage, zucchini, carrot), 30 g of cheese, 2 eggs.
- Dinner: two boiled eggs.
Friday
- Lunch: any amount of boiled fish.
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs.
Saturday
- Lunch: meat, tomatoes, a grapefruit.
- Dinner: fruit salad.
Sunday
- Lunch: steamed or boiled vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage), poultry, grapefruit.
- Dinner: same as lunch.
Week 3
At this stage, the Maggi diet is limited to a list of products specified for each day, which independently form 4 meals.
Monday: unlimited fruit.
Tuesday: any amount of vegetables is allowed (raw and steamed).
Wednesday: fruit salads, raw and steamed vegetables.
Thursday: fish, cucumber and tomato.
Friday: meat or poultry, boiled vegetables.
Saturday: one type of fruit all day.
Sunday: the same as the previous day (you can choose a different kind of fruit).
4th week
As in the third week of the Maggi diet, the menu shows the daily portion, which is divided into the daily meals in any order.
Monday
- 200 g of meat, fish or poultry,
- 1 slice of bread in toast or crouton form,
- tomatoes (3 pcs.),
- cucumber (4 pieces),
- Grapefruit or orange.
Tuesday
- Everything except the fruit as the day before,
- you can choose between two types of fruit (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 cooked chicken all day,
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers,
- 1 whole grain toast,
- Grapefruit and another fruit of your choice.
Friday
- Salad with fresh vegetables of your choice,
- 2 hard-boiled eggs,
- 3 tomatoes
- Grapefruit.
Saturday
- 2 cooked breasts,
- Cottage cheese or feta cheese (150 g),
- A glass of sleeping milk,
- 3 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Grapefruit or orange.
Sunday
- canned tuna in its own juice (1 box);
- vegetable stew (200 g);
- a tablespoon of cottage cheese;
- toast or bread;
- two tomatoes and cucumbers;
- grapefruit.
Leaving the diet
A long-term low-calorie diet is a serious burden on the body, so at the end of the fourth week, subsequent nutrition must be properly organized.
After completing the Maggi diet, as with other carb-restricted meal plans, you are more likely to overeat starchy and sugary foods.
In order to avoid overeating after a diet, you should 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 a large fruit or berry in the amount of 100 g;
- do not include sweets in your diet, as during the diet the body is weaned from sweets, so it should not develop an addiction again;
- eat 3-4 times a day and minimize the number of snacks at other times;
- don't eat 3 hours before bed.
Contraindications
Since the Maggi diet consists of a large number of protein products, which cause additional stress on the functioning of the kidneys and liver, this diet should not be used by patients with pathologies such as:
- kidney failure;
- increased level of uric acid in the blood;gout.
Also, the Maggi diet should not be used to treat eating disorders (ED), namely people prone to anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating, as a low-calorie diet may exacerbate the eating disorder problem.