The Maggi diet is a low-calorie weight loss diet designed for 4 weeks.The daily diet includes foods rich in protein, and the consumption of fats and carbohydrates is limited.
The name of the diet comes from the name Margaret, as the nutritional plan was created by specialists from the Mayo Clinic specifically for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the eighties of the 20th 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 a non-starchy vegetable (carrot, cucumber), but not earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.
- Do not consume sugar in any form.
- Include only those foods permitted in the diet on the menu and do not disturb the sequence of meals.
- Throughout the day it is necessary to drink at least 1.5 liters of water, including unsweetened tea and coffee.
- You cannot use vegetable oils, butter or other types of oils when preparing dishes.
- Do not overuse seasonings, as seasonings 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 fats and carbohydrates.In addition to protein products such as eggs and meat, it is allowed to include vegetables in the menu, especially in raw form.
The Magi's diet should include a minimum amount of low-fructose fruits and berries.On average, you can eat up to 300 g of a variety of fruits and berries per day.
| Products | What can you eat | What not to eat | |
| Flour products | Yesterday's wholemeal bread | White flour bread and pastries, soft and hard wheat pasta | |
| Meat, poultry | Turkey, chicken, rabbit, veal | Lamb | |
| Fish | Low-fat fish (plaice, hake, cod, pollock, pollock, etc.), seafood | Mackerel, herring, beluga, flounder, saury, sprat, burbot, sturgeon | |
| Dairy products | Low-fat cottage cheese (not low-fat), low-fat cheeses | Fatty cottage cheese, cheese, yogurts with sugar, sour cream | |
| Eggs | Boiled eggs | ||
| Cereals | All types of cereals | ||
| Vegetables | Peppers, broccoli, all types of cabbage, fermented sauerkraut, carrots, onions, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, mushrooms, spinach, green salad, sorrel | Potatoes | |
| Fruits | Apricot, cherry, plum, blueberry, 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, sugary drinks |
Original Maggi diet menu for 4 weeks
A feature of the first and second weeks of the Maggi diet is the same breakfast with eggs and fruit, which helps the body adapt to changes in the diet.
Chicken eggs contain proteins, healthy fats and vitamins, which guarantee long-term satiety, so your daily breakfast for the first 14 days should include 2 boiled eggs, grapefruit, unsweetened tea or coffee.
From the beginning of the third week until the end of the diet, breakfast can consist of other dishes, depending on individual recommendations and preferences.
Week 1
Monday
- Lunch: a type of fruit.
- Dinner: lean boiled meat baked with vegetable salad.
Tuesday
- Lunch: chicken breast cooked with vegetables.
- Dinner: wholemeal biscuit, two eggs, cucumber salad, tomato salad without olive oil, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: 30-50 g of cheese, wholemeal toast, tomato.
- Dinner: steamed fish (300 g) with vegetables.
Thursday
- Lunch: 350 g of fruit of the same type.
- Dinner: boiled meat, vegetable salad with herbs.
Friday
- Lunch: 2 eggs, 300 g of your choice of dish (boiled carrots with peas or sautéed zucchini with beans).
- Dinner: 200 g of fish (grilled, baked or boiled), green salad with cucumber and Chinese cabbage, grapefruit.
Saturday
- Lunch: up to 300 g of fruit.
- Dinner: 250 g of meat with vegetable salad of cucumber, tomato, onion and dill.
Sunday
- Lunch: chicken breast, 150 g of boiled vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers), fresh tomatoes, 1 grapefruit.
- Dinner: vegetables of one type (cabbage or zucchini), prepared by boiling or stewing.
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 roasted meat, fresh vegetables (including green salad).
- Dinner: two boiled eggs, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: grilled meat with cucumber and tomato.
- Dinner: same as the previous day.
Thursday
- Lunch: stew (cabbage, zucchini, carrots), 30 g of cheese, 2 eggs.
- Dinner: two boiled eggs.
Friday
- Lunch: any amount of cooked fish.
- Dinner: two boiled eggs.
Saturday
- Lunch: meat, tomato, a grapefruit.
- Dinner: fruit salad.
Sunday
- Lunch: boiled or stewed vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage), poultry, grapefruit.
- Dinner: like lunch.
Week 3
At this stage, the Maggi diet is limited to a list of specific products for each day, from which 4 meals are independently formed.
Monday: unlimited fruit.
Tuesday: vegetables allowed in any quantity (raw and cooked).
Wednesday: fruit salads, raw and cooked vegetables.
Thursday: fish, cucumber and tomato.
Friday: meat or poultry, cooked vegetables.
Saturday: one type of fruit throughout the day.
Sunday: same as the previous day (you can choose another type of fruit).
Week 4
Just like 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 of 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 day before,
- two fruits of your choice (grapefruit, orange, apple or medium pear).
Wednesday
- 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese,
- 200 g of low-fat cheese,
- Vegetable stew,
- 2 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Toast or bread
- Grapefruit.
Thursday
- Eat half a cooked chicken throughout the day,
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers,
- 1 whole grain toast,
- Grapefruit and one other fruit of your choice.
Friday
- Salad with fresh vegetables of your choice,
- 2 boiled eggs,
- 3 tomatoes
- Grapefruit.
Saturday
- 2 cooked 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.
Abandon the diet
A long-term low-calorie diet is a serious burden on the body, therefore, at the end of the fourth week, subsequent nutrition must be properly organized.
After completing the Maggi diet, like other carbohydrate-restricted eating plans, the likelihood of overeating foods high in starch and sugar increases.
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 foods with slow carbohydrates (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, as during the diet the body was weaned from sweets, so you should not become addicted to it again;
- eat 3-4 times a day and minimize the number of snacks at other times;
- do not eat 3 hours before bed.
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:
- kidney failure;
- increased levels of uric acid in the blood;drop.
Furthermore, the Maggi diet should not be used for eating disorders (ED), that is, people prone to anorexia, bulimia and compulsive eating, since low-calorie eating can worsen the eating disorder problem.