The “drying for girls” diet is a popular nutrition system aimed at getting rid of body fat as quickly as possible and normalizing weight. A feature of such a diet is that the goal is not just weight loss, but a decrease in the amount of adipose tissue in the body while maintaining muscle mass. Previously, “drying” was often used by male bodybuilders, trying not to leave a single gram of fat on the body, while pumping up relief muscles. Recently, this dietary nutrition system has been the choice of many girls seeking to lose weight and create ideal body shapes.

The meaning of the diet and its basic principles
Drying the body is a carbohydrate starvation, that is, a decrease in the calorie content of food due to a significant exclusion of the volume of incoming carbohydrates. Since an excess of sugars (glucose) with insufficient consumption leads to the formation of body fat, the rejection of such food helps to break down already existing fats to provide the body with the required energy. Drying for girls differs little from that used for men. The only exception is a slightly larger amount of vegetable oils allowed in the diet of women.

Diet principles:
1. Be sure to engage in aerobic sports during this nutrition program.
2. Eat fractionally, in small portions, at certain times of the day up to 4-5 times.
3. Drink more water (up to 2.5 liters).
4. Count daily calories.
5. Do not eat before and after training (2 hours).
6. Do not give up carbohydrates completely at the first stage of the diet, if the body is under severe stress.
7. Make dinner very light.
8. Don’t skip breakfast.
9. The duration of the diet is up to 6 weeks; by the end of it, the intake of carbohydrates should be minimized.
10. Up to two-thirds of the food from the daily diet is taken in the morning.
11. A sharp and strong decrease in glucose should not be allowed in order to avoid complications.
12. All food is cooked boiled, stewed, steamed.
13. The total calorie content of foods per day is reduced by 300-400 kcal compared to the usual.

Contraindications to the diet of drying the body
It is strictly forbidden to engage in experiments in nutrition for people with diseases of the liver, kidneys, disorders of the heart and gastrointestinal tract, as well as for those who have a lack of muscle mass. It is better to postpone the diet if there is an important thing to do. and a responsible matter, for example, passing a session. What will you have to give up?
When drying the body, you can not eat fruits, which often brings additional stress to the body. Animal fats are also excluded, while all protein foods are consumed only fat-free. Of course, you can’t eat fast food, bread, pastries, smoked meats, canned food, salty foods, drink soda, alcohol. What can you eat?
The basis of the diet is protein food. Basic products – egg protein, boiled squid, chicken breast, cottage cheese, white fish. In the morning you can eat oatmeal, buckwheat, rye pasta, cucumbers, cabbage, herbs, tomatoes, beans, bell peppers. The total allowed amount of carbohydrates is no more than 2 g / day per kilogram of weight in the first 2 weeks of the diet. Later it drops to 1 gram.
Be sure to season your food with small amounts of cold-pressed vegetable oils. At first, you can eat a little whole grain bread until the body gets used to giving it up. In addition to water, it will be useful to drink tea without sugar (green, ginger).

Sample menu for the first week

The first day.
Breakfast: oatmeal porridge, 2 proteins, a glass of tea. Lunch: boiled breast, cucumber salad. Afternoon snack: a small portion of buckwheat on the water. Dinner: stewed fish with cabbage.
Second day.
Breakfast: protein omelette, a glass of skim milk. Lunch: a piece of boiled beef, pepper and parsley salad with butter. Snack: boiled fish with asparagus. Dinner: cottage cheese with kefir.
Day three.
Breakfast: buckwheat on the water, boiled egg. Lunch: a portion of fish soup without potatoes, cucumber and tomato salad, a piece of fish. Snack: cottage cheese with 2 pcs. dried apricots. Dinner: fish stew and coleslaw.
Day four.
Breakfast: oatmeal, tea. Lunch: stewed squids with a spoonful of sour cream, bell pepper salad. Afternoon snack: cauliflower soup. Dinner: cottage cheese with kefir.
Day five.
Breakfast: omelet from 2 proteins, cucumber, tea. Lunch: mushroom soup, boiled chicken, greens. Afternoon snack: cucumber salad, bell pepper. Dinner: steam fish, cabbage salad.
Day six.
Breakfast: eggs with tomatoes, tea. Lunch: beans stewed with chicken breast, greens. Afternoon snack: cottage cheese with kefir. Dinner: buckwheat with boiled breast.
Day seven.
Breakfast: a bowl of oatmeal with a handful of raisins, tea. Lunch: stewed fish with vegetables. Lunch: vegetable salad. Dinner: baked squid, a serving of cottage cheese.

If the body is strong “resists” the absence of carbohydrates, it is allowed to eat 1 apple or half a grapefruit per day for a snack during the first week of drying.

How to eat next?
From the second week, it is advisable to give up fruits completely, or leave half a day, no more. Evening meal should include only cottage cheese, kefir, boiled meat, fish. From the third week, the rejection of fruits should become complete. From the fourth week, the number of cereals per day is up to 6 tablespoons, and from the fifth, cereals are also abandoned in favor of protein foods. The sixth week of the diet excludes dairy foods, and after that you need to smoothly return to the menu of the first week.

For all the time, drying the body can help get rid of 10 or more kg. weight, while the muscles acquire an attractive relief. The disadvantage of such a nutrition system is the imbalance of the diet in recent weeks, so it should not be practiced more than 2 times a year.