Spanish diet: how to lose weight without losing your head

If you want to lose weight and maintain the result, it is important to accustom yourself to eating healthy food constantly. Try to start with a Spanish diet that will help cleanse the body and adjust to proper nutrition. It does not provide rapid weight loss. Following it for two weeks, you can lose 6-7 pounds. Since bodyweight decreases gradually, the body does not feel stress. It is important to maintain physical and mental comfort. 

Principles and rules of diet

Spanish Institute of Nutrition experts warns that miracles in weight loss do not exist. Only understanding, patience and willpower will give a positive result.

It is better to choose lean meat, without fat, for example, dorsal-scapular part, pork thigh, or beef loin. Before cooking, you should remove the fat, and cook better with spices, herbs and a little oil.

The main requirement for fish is its freshness, elasticity, moisture and mild odour. Both white and redfish have useful properties and low-fat content.

Seasonings and sauces are better to cook at home. In this case, you can choose the composition using the right ingredients. 

As for side dishes, you should first exclude fried potatoes, preferring boiled or baked in the oven. Well suited, for example, puree with skim milk and a little butter. Mushrooms and vegetable garnishes can be eaten raw as a variety of salads, and, for example, stewed.

Particular attention should be paid to alcohol. Alcohol is low in nutrients and high in calories, which can be stored in the form of fats. 

Example of a menu for three days

Day one

Breakfast: green tea, sugar is given up (or coffee without milk, sugar is also unacceptable), a glass of fresh orange or grapefruit juice, a piece of bread, a piece of lean poultry or sausage, choice: four plums / half a cup of berries, natural yoghurt.

Lunch: lasagna with vegetables, tomato, and natural yoghurt.

Dinner: a portion of fish (up to 250 g), baked in foil with spices, yoghurt, and a small portion of rice cooked without salt.

Day two

Breakfast: coffee or tea (refuse sugar), 2 slices of poultry sausage, 2 slices of low-calorie bread, fresh orange juice, fat-free yoghurt, and a glass of raspberries (or other fruits).

Lunch: boiled vegetables (about 300 g), natural yoghurt, medium apple or 2 kiwis.

Dinner: tomato salad/vinaigrette, baked apple, 2 slices of ham.

Day three

Breakfast: 125 g of Camembert cheese, orange juice or grapefruit, fruit (optional), yoghurt, coffee or tea.

Lunch: tomato salad, bread toast, two hard-boiled eggs, and a small portion of fruit jelly.

Dinner: boiled chicken (150 g), 100 g of rice, lettuce, orange.

The diet can be followed for a week or two. The recipes and ingredients of the dishes are free to choose from every next day.