Best diet plans for weight loss – rapid version

Fighting with extra weight is perhaps one of the most demanding tasks, both psychologically and physically.

And because each lady wants to get rid of at least a few extra pounds, I choose some of the most popular and effective best diet plans for weight loss.

They have gained popularity through the results that most people have achieved by following them.

Each of these diets will help you achieve far-reaching results without endangering your health and without the danger of yo-yo effect.

However, for those of you who suffer from various diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, etc., it is advised to consult a specialist before adopting any weight loss diet.

The Diet With Lettuce

The Danish Diet

Rina Diet

Ketogenic Diet

Cabbage Soup Diet

Paleo Diet

Atkins Diet

The diet with lettuce

Pros:

– it’s healthy

– short

Cons:

– lose weight quick

– not recommended for persons with gastric problems

Detox: yes

Diabetes: yes

Healthy: yes

Lose weight on the long run: no

Lose weight quick: yes

Easy to follow: depends on each person

Benefits:

The lettuce is a base ingredient when it’s about to create a summer meal.

The lettuce is poor in calories, but contains a high level of fibers, vitamins and minerals and as such it’s really recommended on weight loss diets.

The lettuce prevents constipation and helps in detox processes of the colon.

It rich in vitamin A, C, K and minerals important for the body as Fe (iron).

As you know, all the green vegetables are rich in Fe (iron) and should be consumed fresh.

The lettuce improved the sleep quality and eliminates fatigue having an energizing effect.

It can also prevent osteoporosis and has benefits like preventing anemia, improves eyesight, detox the body, improved digestion.

This diet has 5 phases.

Phase 1 – the accommodation phase

This phase takes 2 days.

One of my morning routine is to drink a glass with warm water and 1/2 juice from a lemon before having breakfast.

At the breakfast you should consume half of lettuce prepared in this simple way:: wash the lettuce, chop it, add salt, fresh dill, fresh parsley and lemon juice.

Mix all and serve it.

Phase 2

This phase takes 2 days.

The idea is to replace the dinner with the same salad as you had in the phase 1.

Phase 3 – the detox phase

This phase takes 3 days.

In these 3 days you would eat only the salad from the phase 1 all the day so many time you need.

Phase 4

Identical with phase 2

Phase 5

Identical with phase 1

After day 5, you just take your normal eating.

Conclusion: drink only water and do not eat bread. The nutritionists said that you can lose up to 7 kg with this diet.

My personal review: I like the long time results, meaning eating healthy and keep your weight. With this diet you will lose weight rapid, but when you switch back to your normal diet.

Ask your doctor before starting this diet.

The Danish Diet

Pros: –

Cons:

– lose weight very quick

– dangerous for your body

Detox: no

Diabetes: no

Healthy: no

Lose weight on the long run: no

Lose weight quick: yes

Easy to follow: depends on each person

Benefits:

This diet takes only 13 days. As I mentioned, it’s very restrictive and someone can lose between 7 to 20 kg depends on your metabolism, your physical exercises and your extra kilos.

How to follow this diet

Being so strict, not everybody is able to finish it.

If you managed to take for less than a week, you can repeat it after 6 months.

If you take it for more than a week, not finalized, you can repeat the diet after 1 year.

And if you were not able to finish it, you can repeat the diet after 2 years.

The reason the Danish diet allows you to lose weight so much in a very short time is due to the reduction in fat and carbohydrates in the diet and the very small amounts of calories that will be consumed (no more than 600 calories a day)

Also, fruits, potatoes, sugar, pasta and cereals are removed, and moderate consumption of eggs, meat, coffee, fish, and fresh (fresh) salad is recommended

General rules

The diet will last for 13 days.

You will only eat 3 times a day, each time at the same time.

Breakfast is recommended before 09:00, lunch between 12:00 and 14:00 and dinner between 17:00 and 18:00.

Under no circumstances will you replace or add products to the default food plan.

You will not drink alcohol, sweets or other snacks.

You will not use salt or spices in foods.

You will drink 2 liters of water a day at least.

You will not eat fries.

If you complete the diet, you can only take it back after 2 years.

After dieting, the caloric intake should be gradually increased.

It is recommended to take vitamins to prevent possible deficiencies.

Day 1

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a cube of sugar;

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, 400 g spinach and one tomato;

Dinner: 200 g of cow roast and a green lettuce with lemon and lemon juice;

Day 2

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a cube of sugar;

Lunch: 250 g of ham and a natural yogurt;

Dinner: 200 g of cow roast and a green lettuce with lemon and lemon juice;

Day 3

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a sugar cube and a slice of fried bread;

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, a slice of ham and a green salad;

Dinner: a boiled celery, a tomato and a fruit;

Day 4

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a sugar cube and a slice of fried bread;

Lunch: 200 ml of orange juice and a natural yogurt;

Dinner: a boiled egg, a carrot (shaved) and 250 g of cow’s cheese;

Day 5

Breakfast: a shaved carrot;

Lunch: 200 g of boiled cod with lemon juice and one teaspoon of butter;

Dinner: a celery and 200 g of cow roast;

Day 6

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a sugar cube and a slice of fried bread;

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs and a shaved carrot;

Dinner: Half a chicken (salted) and a salad with lemon and lemon juice

Day 7

Breakfast: an unsweetened tea;

Lunch: nothing but water;

Dinner: 200 g of lamb roast and an apple;

Day 8

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a cube of sugar;

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, 400 g spinach and one tomato;

Dinner: 200 g of cow roast and salad with lemon and lemon juice

Day 9

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a cube of sugar;

Lunch: 250 g of ham and a natural yogurt;

Dinner: 200 g of cow roast and salad with lemon and lemon juice;

Day 10

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a sugar cube and a slice of fried bread;

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, a slice of ham and a green salad;

Dinner: a boiled celery, a tomato and a fresh fruit;

Day 11

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a sugar cube and a slice of fried bread;

Lunch: 200 ml of orange juice and a natural yogurt;

Dinner: a boiled egg, a shaved carrot and 250 g of cow’s cheese;

Day 12

Breakfast: a carrot;

Lunch: 200 g of cod with lemon juice and one tablespoon of butter;

Dinner: 250 g of cow roast and a celery

Day 13

Breakfast: a cup of coffee with a sugar cube and a slice of fried bread;

Lunch: 2 boiled eggs and a shaved carrot;

Dinner: 250 g of chicken and a green salad with oil and lemon juice;

Risks

This diet offers what most are looking for: fast results in a very short time! However, we must keep in mind that such a diet can endanger our health, as it contains balanced nutrition.

So, if you dare to keep the Danish diet, it’s good to know that during the 13 days you can experience weakness and fatigue, lack of focus or nervousness due to the very low calories that will be consumed (600 per day).

Also, the diet plan of the Danish diet will not provide the body with the nutrients it needs to function optimally.

Rina Diet

This diet is a dissociated diet. This means that in one day you can consume aliments only from one category: carbohydrates, proteins.

It’s a diet that promises good results.

Because you will consume foods from a single food group, you will facilitate digestion, and this will speed up the weight loss process

Although it helps you to lose weight considerably in a fairly short of time, the diet is healthy, very little restrictive and has been agreed by many nutritionists and cardiologists.

A great advantage of this diet is that you do not have to worry about gaining weight again. With the Rina Diet, you can definitely forget about the yo-yo effect, because its goal is not just weight loss but also accelerating metabolism.

This diet claims that you can lose 10 kg in 90 days.

Let’s see the eating plan.

The Rina diet consists of 4 days interval until the end of the 3-month period. It is recommended that at each 29 day you stop the diet for a day in which you will drink only water.

Breakfast: start the day with fruits and do not keep the breakfast.

Day 1: proteins day

In this day you will consume only proteins like different meat types boiled or grilled. If you do not eat meat, you can eat boiled eggs (no more than 3) and different type of cheese.

It’s important like for lunch you consume 200 grams of proteins. Of course, you can eat together with a salad.

Day 2: vegetables day

Keep the breakfast with fruits and for lunch and dinner consume only vegetables. You can boil, grill them and add different sauces.

For lunch keep the same vegetables but the quantity is half.

Day 3: carbohydrates day

Keep the breakfast as suggested.

Today you can eat pizza, pasta, along with tomato sauce and vegetables abut in small quantities. But do not eat pizza and pasta on lunch, one or the other.

For dinner, you can eat some pastry products.

Day 4: vitamins day

In this day your meals will consist in fresh and dried fruits, fruits juice, fresh vegetables, vegetables juice, nuts, seeds and you will eat every 2 hours.

After day 4, you start again the same set of 4 days until you reach the day 90.

Meals timetable

Breakfast: You will eat only fresh fruit and vegetables every two hours till noon

The ingestion period lasts from noon until 8 o’clock in the evening. Do not let it pass more than two hours after the last meal.

The digestion period lasts from 8 in the evening until 4 in the morning. During this time you will not consume any food, but you can drink plenty of liquids (water and unsweetened teas).

My personal review: as long as nature offer us plenty of foods, we can find the perfect balance eating those foods.

The dissociated diets are cyclical and you should not use such diets. Just change or count the numbers of calories introduced by foods.

Like in all diets, it’s important to practice any physical type of exercises.

Ketogenic Diet

Although it was rediscovered only recently, the ketogenic diet was conceived in 1924 by Russell Wilder for the treatment of epilepsy patients.

Today, ketogenic diet is considered one of the healthiest and most effective diet for weight loss as long as its basic rules are met.

Its principles are atypical compared to other diets you’ve heard or probably tried, but it has been successful among those who wanted to lose weight, even if they focus on predominantly lipid consumption.

With help of this diet you can lose 7 kg in one moth.

The ketogenic diet involves reducing the amount of carbohydrate consumed at about 50 grams per day or less. Instead, you will consume moderate amounts of protein and high fat quantities.

It’s not a diet that only helps you lose weight, it also improve your overall health.

It’s not recommended following it without consulting a doctor before starting it, especially if you suffer from certain disease (diabetes, heart disease, etc.)

The principles of ketogenic diet are simple, at least at first glance.

The ketogenic diet involves maintaining carbohydrate consumption between 20-60 grams per day.

The amount of protein consumed must be moderate and set according to height, sex and lifestyle (very active, active or sedentary).

The rest of the calories consumed will come from the lipids.

The ketogenic diet will consist of a caloric intake of 70-75% fat, 20-25% protein and 5-10% carbohydrates. Under these circumstances, it is no longer necessary to keep track of the number of calories consumed daily, especially as you do not feel hungry.

Most people who followed this diet noticed a decrease in appetite and, implicitly, a reduction in the number of calories consumed.

My personal review:

Adopting a ketogenic diet means a major change in the metabolic processes in your body, as the body will have to replace the main source of energy – carbohydrates with lipids.

The ketogenic diet is still controversial and, as with any other diet, it is advisable to make a more complex set of analyzes before considering this diet and also to consult a specialist.

Cabbage Soup Diet

This diet is not a good choice for long term, but a solution to lose rapid weight in a short time.

The cabbage diet became known in ’80s among actresses and models.

With this diet you can lose 5kg in one week (7 days).

Timetable plan

The diet’s timetable plan is very strict. The main ingredient is cabbage soup every day with no quantity limit.

In each day you can consume different foods. The water and fruits juice is allowed in the last day of the diet.

Day 1

Apart from cabbage soup you can eat different sorts of fruits, without quantity restrictions, except bananas.

Day 2

Apart from cabbage soup you can eat different sorts of vegetables, without quantity restrictions, including one potato.

Day 3

Apart from cabbage soup you can eat different sorts of fruits and vegetables, without quantity restrictions, except bananas and potatoes.

Day 4

Apart from cabbage soup you can eat bananas but no more than 8. In this day you can drink skimmed milk without restrictions.

Day 5

Apart from cabbage soup you can eat red meat, no more than 600 grams and 6 tomatoes.

Day 6

Apart from cabbage soup you can eat red meat, no more than 600 grams and vegetables, except potatoes.

Day 7

In the last day, you will include, apart from cabbage soup, brown rice, vegetables (except potatoes) and fruits or vegetables juice.

Cabbage soup ingredients:

1 green pepper, 1 cup chopped tomatoes, 1 celery, 1 onion, 1 cabbage, 4 cups of water, 1 teaspoon olive oil and tomatoes sauce.

Directions:

Chop vegetables.

Sauté onion in hot olive oil.

Add celery, bell pepper and sauté another 5.

Add water, tomatoes and tomatoes sauce.

Let the ingredients boil until the vegetables are ready, then add the chopped cabbage.

Let it boil another 10 minutes.

During this diet the physical activity is not recommended because your body will not have enough energy.

With this diet you can lose 5 kg but the weight loss is the elimination of the excess water from your body and not the fat.

My personal review: The ingredients used in this diet are healthy but it is poor in proteins, carbohydrates and good fats.

I you want to follow this diet and in case you suffer healthy problems, please consult your doctor first.

Paleo Diet

According the name, this diet is meant to return to the Paleolithic simple days.

This involved adopting a diet made up of foods that you can find or hunt: types of meat, vegetables, fruits, etc. Unfortunately, processed foods do not fall into any of the two categories.

Agriculture has significantly changed food by introducing dairy products, cereals and legumes.

Anatomy and human genetics have undergone very little changes since the Stone Age and until now.

The nutrition we have gained with the development of agriculture and industrialization, the emergence of increasingly processed foods have harmed the body.

According to these hypotheses, these factors would have contributed to the emergence and spread of modern disease.

We are talking here about obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, various types of cancer, etc., all of which represent a real threat to each of us.

According to Loren Cordain, the author of The Paleo Diet, a diet rich in protein and fiber, similar to our prehistoric predecessors, will help you reach the ideal weight and greatly enhance your health.

With this can lose 30kg in 6 months.

Allowed foods in the Paleo Diet:

lean meat;

fish / seafood;

fruit or nut oils;

vegetables (except potatoes or legumes);

fruit;

nuts;

seeds;

eggs;

Food forbidden in the Paleo Diet

cereals;

processed foods;

refined sugar;

salt;

legume;

Dairy products;

Physical activity is recommended every day.

My personal review: This diet can improve your health, but as long as there are not enough proofs that this diet is benefit for your body, I cannot give my opinion.

Atkins Diet

The Atkins diet was created in 1972 by cardiologist Robert C. Atkins and consists of a high protein and fat diet and low in carbohydrates.

Over the past 12 years, more than 20 studies have shown that such dietary regimens are very effective for slimming and ameliorates including health.

Initially, the diet was designed for personal purposes. Following the results, Atkins recommended it to its patients.

In recent years Atkins Food Plan has enjoyed a huge popularity.

According to Dr. Robert C. Atkins, many of us have daily dietary habits that stimulate fat deposition, and the main factor that drives extra pounds is the consumption of refined carbohydrates.

Based on this observation, the Atkins Diet was created. The principle of operation is simple: by limiting carbohydrate consumption, the body will have to use the stored fat as an alternative source of energy.

This diet has 4 phases and based on your goals, you can choose which phase would will start with.

Phase 1: Induction

The first stage of the diet is induction and must last at least 14 days. During this phase you will consume a maximum of 20 g of carbohydrates per day.

You will consume proteins and healthy fats. To cover the amount of carbohydrates, you will eat vegetables.

You will notice a rapid weight loss in the first two weeks because in the absence of carbohydrates, the body will use as the primary source of energy, the stored fats.

Phase 2: Weight loss

The second stage is the actual loss of extra pounds and can be extended as much as necessary to reach the ideal weight.

This stage is more permissive: you can consume up to 25 grams of carbohydrates per day and you can be included in the diet nuts and seeds.

Phase 3: Pre-maintenance

You can start Phase 3 after you have reached the weight you want, to slow the weight loss process. Thus, you can increase the amount of carbohydrate consumed by 10 grams per day.

4. Phase 4: Maintenance

The last phase of the diet is to maintain it, and its purpose is to prevent the loss of lost kilos and is take it as a life-time phase, assuming carbohydrate consumption within 90 grams a day

Permitted Foods

Meat;

Eggs;

Greens;

Healthy Fat;

Water, coffee, tea, lemon juice;

Forbidden foods

starchy foods;

foods rich in carbohydrates;

cereals;

sugar;

caffeine;

dietetic products;

vegetable oils;

trans fats;

dried vegetables (legumes only in the first phase of the diet);

alcohol

Advantages and disadvantages

The only way the Atkins Diet can do wrong, experts say, is when it can not be followed. It also has positive effects on health:

decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease;

lowers blood pressure;

regulates cholesterol levels;

On the other hand, however:

is rich in saturated fat;

low energy levels in the first phase of the diet;

is poor in fiber;

returning to a carbohydrate-rich diet will result in the gain of lost kilos

What risks can the Atkins Diet have?

The drastic limitation of carbohydrate consumption in the first phase of the diet can lead to adverse effects:

headache;

dizziness;

weakness;

fatigue;

constipation;

Like any other diet, the Atkins Diet is not recommended to anyone, so it is advisable to consult your doctor before adopting this diet, especially if you suffer from certain conditions, follow specific treatments, you are pregnant or breastfeed.

My personal review: Returning to your normal diet will generate the gaining of the lost weight.

Conclusion

Personally, I haven’t’t try any of these diets.

I keep my plant based diet and I feel good. As you know from my previous articles, I do not advocate for a rapid weight loss.

You have 7 diet plans for rapid weight loss.

Which one have you tries? Do let me know by leaving a comment in the comments section.