Slimming cucumbers - recipes

The process of losing weight in the summer can bring only pleasant emotions, since at this time of the year there are a lot of diverse vegetables and fruits. Their cost is low, therefore it becomes cheaper and easier to eat correctly. Cucumbers are among the most used vegetables, since the diet based on them remains the most effective and productive.

The beneficial properties of cucumbers

Like most vegetable crops, cucumbers are very useful and nutritious for the human body, because most of them are similar to the distilled water, and in minimal - proteins, fats and carbohydrates. In addition, cucumbers are a rich source of a whole complex of vitamins of group A, C, B, useful organic substances that actively affect metabolism. They also contain potassium, iodine and fiber, which “helps” remove accumulated cholesterol from the body. Cucumbers are considered a low -calorie food product, so they remain a necessary component of all kinds of diets and unloading days, during which you can drink a drink for weight loss from cucumber, lemon and ginger. Its method of cooking will be described below.

The cucumber diet is the most popular among women, since during the week you can lose up to 5 kg. There is nothing to be surprised here, because the cucumber is another source of healthy plant fiber, which acts as a cleaner for the intestines. The composition of the cucumber diet is prepared by experimental dietetologists, taking into account the fact that it should be without age restrictions. This method of reset weight is absolutely safe, and most importantly, you can use not only cucumbers, but also other useful products.

The use of cucumbers for weight loss

There are many recipes for a variety of diets, in which the main part is made up of cucumbers for weight loss. One of them is a kefir-ogure diet, which is suitable for those who want to very quickly lose slight excess before summer vacation or to any other important event. Its results can hit everyone - in a short time you can get rid of the accumulated fat on the waist or hips, but this type of power is quite rigid. The name of the diet speaks for itself, so too much costs will not be required, especially in the season of cucumbers. It also does not take much time for cooking and is easy to use. As an addition, you can drink water with a cucumber for weight loss.

Kefir is very often used in dietary nutrition, and just during unloading days. It does not irritate the walls of the stomach, and is also easily absorbed, since it contains lactic acid, which contributes to the instant intestinal cleansing, so new fat cells do not have time to form.

Method of application:

1. Peel the cucumber from the hard peel and grate on a fine grater or grind in a blender.
2. In a separate container, mix cucumber and kefir (1.5 l) with a minimum percentage of fat content.
3. For a more saturated taste, add finely chopped greens. She will also complement the cocktail with vitamins and minerals for the benefits of your body during dietary nutrition.
4. Drink a glass of cocktail every 2 hours for 3-5 days.
5. The use of other foods is prohibited. A mixture of cucumbers and kefir for weight loss is nutritious, so the feeling of hunger will not bother you.

With the help of such a cocktail, the weight will melt before our eyes - up to 2 kg per day. However, preparing it in reserve is not recommended. Fresh kefir should be bought daily, otherwise the whole process can spoil the usual poisoning. It is also not recommended to exceed the duration of the use of kefir-ogure diet-you can apply considerable stress to the body. During the express profit can go to 10 kg of excess weight, as well as excess fluid.

In addition to the kefir-ogram cocktail, you can sometimes use unloading days based on cucumbers to quickly cleanse the intestines of toxins and to get rid of small weight. Throughout the day, it is recommended to eat fresh cucumbers and still water. As a result, excess fluid is excreted from the body, which adds several kilograms on the scales. In addition, urinary tract and kidneys are cleaned, and the work of the pancreas is also stimulated. A complement to the cucumber menu per day can be 1 grapefruit and several boiled eggs, which contains valuable protein and polyunsaturated acids. For an unloading day, it will be enough to eat 7-8 cucumbers, several eggs. But we should not forget about the daily fluid rate - 1.5 liters of water, in addition to tea, coffee or juice. In addition to this, you can prepare light salads based on cucumber and eggs, seasoned with lemon juice and fresh herbs.

Cucumbers for weight loss: cucumber diet for 7 days

The option of the proposed diet is considered less tough, unlike kefir-ogure, since the menu here is much more diverse, but each component is responsible for a particular function of the whole mechanism of losing weight.

Those who are interested in the correct weight loss know that the exact menu of this diet does not exist, so the estimated menu was compiled for a week.

Day first:

• 9.00-10.00-2 fresh cucumber and several rye crackers;
• 12.00-13.00-cucumber okroshka without potatoes and meat products, a large ugly apple;
• 17.00-18.00-vegetable salad with olive oil and herbs.

Day second:

• 9.00-10.00-2 fresh cucumber, a small piece of bread with bran, a thin slice of cheese with a low calorie content;
• 12.00-13.00-a small portion of salad made of greenery, cucumbers and radishes, 100 g of boiled chicken breast without salt;
• 17.00-18.00-salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs in vegetable oil.
  

Day Three:

• 9.00-10.00-2 cucumbers and several grain breads;
• 12.00-13.00-cucumber, a small portion of porridge from brown rice, 100 g of fish, steamed;
• 17.00-18.00-vegetable salad (cucumbers, cabbage, greens) with lemon juice and vegetable oil.

Day fourth:

• 9.00-10.00-2 cucumbers and rye crackers;
• 12.00-13.00-vegetables prepared for a couple, cucumber and a piece of cheese;
• 17.00-18.00-cucumbers, tsukkini and greens, seasoned with lemon juice and olive oil cut into salad.

Fifth day:

• 9.00-10.00-cucumbers, a piece of bread from bran;
• 12.00-13.00-a salad of medium cucumber, cabbage, carrots, herbs, and orange;
• 17.00-18.00-chopped cucumber, several rye crackers and cheese.

Sixth day:

• 9.00-10.00-cucumber, egg, grain bread;
• 12.00-13.00-vegetable soup, cucumber salad, a small piece of lean beef and pear;
• 17.00-18.00-several cucumbers, a tomato cut into a salad with herbs and vegetable oil.
  

The seventh day:

• 9.00-10.00-cucumber and several rye crackers;
• 12.00-13.00-vegetable okroshka on kefir, 1 apple;
• 17.00-18.00-vegetable salad.

Throughout the week, cucumbers or single -percent kefir can be used as snacks.

During this diet, the fluid from the body comes out in large quantities, so you need to constantly drink purified non -carbonated water, freshly squeezed juice, green tea with lemon and mint, herbal decoctions. After 7 days, the result will be amazing - up to minus 6 kg on the scales.

It is impossible to use such a cucumber diet for more than a week, so after 7 days you need to gradually go to normal nutrition, but flour and sweet should be excluded so as not to gain lost weight again.

Slimming cucumbers: recipes for additional dishes

There are other options for the menu of a cucumber diet that can be diversified with additional dishes. Cooked vegetable salads must be seasoned with lemon juice and olive oil without salt, as it delays fluid in the body.

Recipe for weight loss No. 1:

• 3-4 pcs of cucumbers;
• 2-3 pcs of medium-sized tomato;
• a bunch of green onions;
• a bunch of parsley;
• 1 tbsp. high -grade olive oil;
• juice of half lemon.

Mix cut vegetables and greens in a salad bowl, add oil and lemon juice, without salt. Eat such a simple salad several times throughout the day. In the evening it can be supplemented with non -fat cottage cheese.

Recipe for weight loss No. 2:

• 2-3 cucumbers;
• Celery;
• 50 g of sour cream.

The salad is perfect for breakfast with a boiled egg and a cup of green tea. If you feel hunger after such breakfast, then use an apple, cucumber or orange at a snack. Salad is recommended to be consumed at any time of the day when you feel hunger.

Breakfast cucumber paste recipe:

• big cucumber - 1 pc;
• cottage cheese - 100 g;
• green;
• sour cream - 1 tbsp.

Gently clean the cucumber pulp and mix it with the rest of the ingredients. Put the resulting paste on a cucumber crust and decorate with parsley on top. Such dishes will be a nutritious addition to green tea for breakfast.

Lanch cucumber salad:

• cucumber - 1 pc;
• average orange -1 pcs;
• mint;
• wine vinegar - 1 tbsp;
• olive oil - 0.5 tbsp.;
• ground pepper.

Clean the orange from the peel, divide into slices and cut into small squares. Add to it also chopped cucumber, vinegar, butter and mix thoroughly. Sprinkle a little with pepper and put the mint on top to top it.

For cucumber soup for lunch, you need:

• 1 cucumber;
• 1 stable of low -fat kefir;
• 1 tsp vegetable oil;
• 20 g of walnut;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• green;
• pepper.

Grate cucumbers on a fine grater, and garlic, walnuts and greens chop finely. In a small container, mix the prepared components, pour them with kefir, then add 0.5 st. Cold water, vegetable oil and pepper. The mixture should “rest” for half an hour. After that, she is completely ready for use. This dish of cucumbers for weight loss collects only positive reviews among those who tried it.

Salad for the afternoon snack:

• 1 cucumber;
• 100 g of chicken fillet;
• 2 eggs;
• low -fat yogurt;
• green.

In a small container, prepare a sauce sauce - mix yogurt, chopped greens, spices. Boil the fillets and eggs after they cool, cut them into small parts and add them to the salad bowl. Add the chopped cucumber there and season with cooked sauce.

Dinner salad:

• 2 cucumbers;
• 1 egg;
• crab meat (if there is no fresh, then can be used by canned);
• 1 tbsp. sour cream;
• a bunch of green onions;
• bunch of dill;
• pepper.

Finely chop all the components of the salad and mix using a gas station made of sour cream, pepper, dill, green onion.

The diet of one cucumber day:

1. Breakfast is a cucumber paste, a small piece of bran bread, a cup of green tea without sugar.
2. The second breakfast is 1 grapefruit, a little walnuts.
3. Lunch - soup from cucumbers, 100 g of boiled turkey turret, a cup of green tea.
4. Snack - a salad with a cucumber, Feta cheese, salad leaves.
5. Dinner - steamed fish, cucumber salad with radish and egg, green tea.
   

Recipe for a fat -burning drink with ginger and cucumber for weight loss:

• mint;
• cucumber - 1 pc;
• ginger root powder;
• lemon;
• water - 2 l;

Mix the lemon and cucumber chopped in circles with 1 tsp. ginger powder and pour boiled water, add mint. Prepare the drink in the evening so that it is infused overnight and in the morning is ready for use. During the day, drink this water in small portions.

The versatility of this recipe is such that you can use the drink regardless of whether you adhere to a diet or not. The combination of ginger and cucumber for weight loss has an irrefutable effect - the number of fat cells decreases and the weight decreases. The drink normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract, improves metabolism.

Contraindications of the cucumber diet

Each diet has its own disadvantages and restrictions in connection with which people cannot adhere to such a diet. Diet on cucumbers for weight loss is no exception to the rules. In the first days after the start, you can feel a short -term headache and a feeling of hunger you need to get used to.

Contraindications to use:

• renal failure;
• anemia;
• chronic gastritis;
• cystitis;
• ulcer;
• avitaminosis;
• diabetes mellitus;
• pregnancy;
• breastfeeding period;
• exhaustion of the body;
• infectious diseases.
  

Losing weight with cucumbers is a quick way to get rid of extra pounds in a short period. In addition to this, you can get a whole complex of vitamins and useful elements. However, do not forget about sports and an active lifestyle.