Balanced diet
They say that Dubai has its own special effect: when you come here, you gain extra weight almost immediately. This can be attributed to several factors:
- sedentary lifestyle;
- seizure of nervous stress and the restructuring of the body to a new climate;
- a large number of hormones and preservatives contained in foods - in meat, milk, fruits.
And besides, in the era of fast food, a culture of good nutrition, for example, such as that of Europeans with their healthy breakfasts and morning jogs, did not form in our country. We have to restore historical injustice. So, exhale and go on a diet.
Kcal Extra nutrition begins with a visit to the clinic and a blood test for sugar and cholesterol. My sugar was normal, but my bad cholesterol was high. The reason for this is fatty foods, including ham, cheeses and butter. This was told to me by a nutritionist, nutritionist. With the results of the analyzes you need to come just to him. We turn to "smart" scales: they consider the amount of muscle and bone mass, water and fat in the body.
A few seconds - and you will find out your ideal weight and ways to achieve it. For example, I found an excess of so-called heavy water, which is not excreted from the body and accordingly accumulates toxins and other substances that are not useful for the body. One of the common causes of this phenomenon is the insufficient daily consumption of drinking water. On a day, a person, depending on his weight, should drink at least two liters of pure water. It is water, not juices, tea or coffee. It is necessary to supply the mucous membranes of the body, which cover all organs that communicate with the external environment - from the digestive system and respiratory system to the auditory canals and the inner surface of the eye eyelids. And they need moisture every second. Especially in our hot climate.
Everything goes according to plan
In my understanding, even diet food should be tasty. Otherwise, life is not a joy. The nutritionist writes down all the preferences and wishes that he brings to the nutrition plan. I chose a diet for 28 days. I must say, when I received my plan for 1000-1300 kilocalories, he did not impress me. More precisely, I did not understand the taste of some products.
For example, asparagus or green beans. I can’t recall that I tried them. But pancakes with honey and strawberries with yogurt made me happy. In fact, I advise you to carefully study the entire menu - there are burritos with chicken, and delicious sandwiches, and chocolate mousse, and milkshakes. It's hard to believe, but from all these products, with the right approach, you can make a rational diet. If these or other products do not suit you, call the company manager accompanying you: he will also regularly call and write to you to inquire about the state of affairs and your well-being. In this sense, at Kcal Healthy Fast Food, everything is under control.
We begin to lose weight. The nutritionist said that in the first five days they will be painful: the brain will require carbohydrates. Those who fast during Ramadan are familiar with this state of affairs. However, in my case, the doctor was mistaken. I have not experienced any carbohydrate starvation. On the contrary. Diet meals are carried out in five stages: breakfast - snack - lunch - snack - dinner. Dishes should be "destroyed" with a break of 2.5-3 hours. Thus, you do not have time to get hungry. This in my diet pleasantly surprised me: no feeling of hunger. For a couple of days I got sick. Lying high with temperature. Refrigerators with food sets remained lying behind the front door. Apparently, at this time, the body was cleaned and switched to healthy food. No severity, no allergies.
Budget saving
If you undertook to lead a European lifestyle, then imitate our northern neighbors to the end. In addition to a good mood and a slim waist, the Kcal Extra plan has several important advantages.
A full package of daily five meals a month will cost you about 3,000 dirhams. Or - 100 dirhams a day. Those who do not provide hot meals to the company know well how much a business lunch in a good restaurant costs. Not to mention dinner in some cozy hotel on the Sheikh Zayed highway. If you undertake to cook yourself, calculate the time costs, add the costs of electricity, water and so on. Every day at least one useful hour out of life. Those same 60 minutes that you can go to the gym or swim in the pool. With the familiar gray Kcal bag, it's easier: you open the door in the morning - and there is a surprise! And you don’t have to rush anywhere, prepare food or grab everything on the run. I liked this lifestyle.
Tangible effect
The month flew by. An incredibly tender fish in white sauce and fragrant chicken fillet remained in my memory. I believe that these dishes do not contain hormones, which means they work for the benefit of the body. By the way, Kcal Extra also has a vegetarian menu, in which everything also looks very appetizing. The result is minus 3.5 kilograms. I bought pants and a dress one size smaller. I decided to continue.
