The Maggi diet is a low-calorie diet to lose weight, which is 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, since the nutrition 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 will be able to lose 3 to 5 kilograms per week.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.
In order for the Maggi egg diet for 4 weeks to be more effective, the following recommendations should be followed to organize dietary nutrition:
- The daily diet should consist of 3 main meals.In cases of intense 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 in the menu only foods allowed in the diet and do not interrupt the sequence of meals.
- Throughout the day it is necessary to drink at least 1.5 liters of water, including unsweetened tea and coffee.
- Vegetable oils, butter or other types of oils cannot be used when preparing dishes.
- Do not abuse spices, as they 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, since 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, mainly raw.
The Magi 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 whole wheat bread | Bread and pastries made with white flour, soft and hard wheat pasta. | |
| meat, poultry | Turkey, chicken, rabbit, beef. | Lamb | |
| fish | Lean fish (flounder, hake, cod, haddock, haddock, etc.), shellfish | Mackerel, herring, beluga, halibut, saury, sprat, burbot, sturgeon | |
| milk products | Low-fat cottage cheese (not low-fat), low-fat cheeses | Whole cottage cheese, cheese, sugary yogurts, 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, peas, mushrooms, spinach, green salad, sorrel | potatoes | |
| fruit | Apricot, cherry, plums, blueberries, blackberries, blueberries, lemon, lime, raspberries, strawberries, apples, pears | Bananas, grapes, melon, watermelon. | |
| dried fruits | Dates, figs and other types of nuts. | ||
| Drinks | tea, coffee | Alcoholic drinks, sugary drinks. |
Original Maggi diet menu for 4 weeks
A feature of the first and second week of the Maggi diet is the same breakfast based on eggs and fruits, which helps the body adapt to changes in the diet.
Chicken eggs contain proteins, healthy fats and vitamins, which ensure long-term satiety, so your daily breakfast for the first 14 days should include 2 hard-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 in the oven with vegetable salad.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled chicken breast with vegetables.
- Dinner: whole wheat cracker, two eggs, cucumber salad, tomato salad without oil, grapefruit or orange.
Wednesday
- Lunch: 30-50 g of cheese, whole wheat 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 the dish of your choice (boiled carrots with 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 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: vegetable salad (cucumbers, green salad, onion) and chicken breast.
- Dinner: two eggs, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and herbs, 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 day before.
Thursday
- Lunch: stew (cabbage, zucchini, carrot), 30 g of cheese, 2 eggs.
- Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs.
Friday
- Lunch: any amount of boiled fish.
- Dinner: two soft-boiled eggs.
Saturday
- Lunch: meat, tomato, a grapefruit.
- Dinner: fruit salad.
Sunday
- Lunch: stewed or boiled vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage), poultry, grapefruit.
- Dinner: as 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 formed independently.
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 another 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 of meat, fish or poultry,
- 1 piece of bread in the form of toast or crouton,
- Tomatoes (3 pieces),
- Cucumbers (4 pieces),
- Grapefruit or orange.
Tuesday
- Everything except fruit, like the day before,
- two fruits to choose from (grapefruit, orange, apple or medium pear).
Wednesday
- 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese,
- 200 g of skimmed 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 whole wheat toast,
- Grapefruit and another fruit of your choice.
Friday
- Fresh vegetable salad 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.
quit 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 should be properly organized.
After completing the Maggi diet, like other carbohydrate-restricted eating plans, the likelihood of overeating starchy and sugary foods 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 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 berry in an amount of 100 g;
- do not include sweets in your diet, since during the diet the body has been 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 amount 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 (EDs), i.e. people prone to anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating, as low-calorie nutrition can aggravate the eating disorder problem.