The Maggi diet is a low-calorie diet for weight loss, designed for 4 weeks.The daily diet includes foods rich in proteins and the consumption of fats and carbohydrates is limited.
The name of the diet comes from the name Margaret, since the nutritional 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 dietary options: the egg diet (based on the consumption of eggs, fruits, vegetables and meat) and the cottage cheese diet (“dacha”).The Maggi cottage cheese diet is used for allergies to chicken eggs and involves replacing each egg with 100 g of cottage cheese.
Dietary rules
If you follow all the rules of the diet, you can 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, so the weight loss process may slow down.
To make the Maggi egg diet for 4 weeks more effective, you should adhere to the following recommendations for organizing dietary nutrition:
- The daily diet should consist of 3 main meals.In case of severe hunger, it is allowed to eat a non-starchy vegetable (carrot, cucumber), but not earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.
- Do not consume sugar in any form.
- Include in the menu only the foods allowed in the diet and do not interrupt the sequence of meals.
- During the day you need to drink at least 1.5 liters of water, including unsweetened tea and coffee.
- You cannot use vegetable oils, butter or other types of oils 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-calorie, as they contain a minimum of fats and carbohydrates.In addition to protein products such as eggs and meat, it is allowed to include vegetables, mainly raw, in the menu.
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 wholemeal bread | White flour bread and pastries, soft and durum wheat pasta | |
| Meat, poultry | Turkey, chicken, rabbit, veal | Lamb | |
| Fish | Lean fish (flounder, hake, cod, cod, cod, etc.), seafood | Mackerel, herring, beluga, halibut, savoy, sprat, burbot, sturgeon | |
| Dairy products | Low-fat cottage cheese (not low-fat), low-fat cheeses | Whole ricotta, cheese, yogurt with sugar, cream | |
| Egg | Boiled eggs | ||
| Cereals | All kinds of cereals | ||
| Vegetables | Peppers, broccoli, all kinds of cabbage, fermented sauerkraut, carrots, onions, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, mushrooms, spinach, green salad, sorrel | Potatoes | |
| Fruit | Apricot, cherry, plum, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, lemon, lime, raspberries, strawberries, apples, pears | Bananas, grapes, melon, watermelon | |
| Dried fruit | Dates, figs and other types of dried fruit | ||
| Drinks | Tea, coffee | Alcoholic drinks, sugary drinks |
Maggi original diet menu for 4 weeks
A feature of the first and second weeks of the Maggi diet is the same breakfast of eggs and fruit, 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, tea or coffee without sugar.
From the beginning of the third week until the end of the diet, breakfast may consist of other dishes, depending on individual recommendations and preferences.
Week 1
Monday
- Lunch: one type of fruit.
- Dinner: lean meat boiled in the oven with vegetable salad.
Tuesday
- Lunch: boiled chicken breast with vegetables.
- Dinner: whole grain crackers, two eggs, cucumber salad, oil-free tomato, grapefruit or orange salad.
Wednesday
- Lunch: 30-50 g of cheese, wholemeal toast, tomatoes.
- Dinner: steamed fish (300 g) with vegetables.
Thursday
- Lunch: 350 g of fruit of the same type.
- Dinner: boiled meat, vegetable salad with herbs.
Friday
- Lunch: 2 eggs, 300 g of dish of your choice (boiled carrots with peas or stewed courgettes 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, courgettes, tomato, pepper), fresh tomato, 1 grapefruit.
- Dinner: vegetables of the same type (cabbage or courgettes), prepared by boiling or stewing.
Week 2
Monday
- Lunch: vegetable salad (cucumbers, green salad, onions) and chicken breast.
- Dinner: two eggs, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and greens, 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 previous day.
Thursday
- Lunch: stew (cabbage, courgettes, carrots), 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: same as lunch.
Week 3
At this stage, the Maggi diet is limited to a list of specific products for each day, from which they independently form 4 meals.
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 a different type of fruit).
Week 4
As in the third week of the Maggi diet, the menu shows the daily ration, divided into meals during 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-sized pear).
Wednesday
- 1 tablespoon ricotta,
- 200 g of low-fat cheese,
- Vegetable stew,
- 2 cucumbers and tomatoes,
- Toast or bread
- Grapefruit.
Thursday
- Eat half a boiled chicken during the day,
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers,
- 1 wholemeal toast,
- Grapefruit and another fruit of your choice.
Friday
- Salad with fresh vegetables of your choice,
- 2 hard boiled eggs,
- 3 tomatoes
- Grapefruit.
Saturday
- 2 boiled breasts,
- Ricotta or feta (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 spoonful of ricotta;
- toast or bread;
- two tomatoes and cucumbers;
- grapefruit.
Abandon the diet
A long-term low-calorie diet is a serious burden on the body, so at the end of the fourth week the subsequent feeding should be properly organized.
After completing the Maggi diet, like other carbohydrate-restricted eating plans, the likelihood of overeating with starchy and sugary foods increases.
To avoid overeating after a diet, it is necessary to include foods in the diet according to the following principle:
- every 3 days increase the amount of slow carbohydrate foods (buckwheat, bulgur, quinoa, bean bran, wholemeal 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 the amount of 100 g;
- do not include sweets in your diet, since during the diet the body weaned itself 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 going to sleep.
Contraindications
Since the Maggi diet consists of a large number 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:
- renal failure;
- increased levels of uric acid in the blood;gout.
Also, the Maggi diet should not be used for eating disorders (ED), i.e. for people prone to anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating, as low-calorie eating can aggravate the problem of eating disorders.