Liquid Diet – Lose 6 pounds in One Week

What is a Liquid Diet?

Liquid diet is ideal for those who want to lose weight quickly. If you are trying to lose weight to fit into a tight pair of jeans or your black little dress, then liquid diet might be your magic solution. You can drop up to 6 lb in one week if you follow a diet that is composed of juices, soup, shakes and vitamins with a maximum of 1100 calories per day. Yet, a liquid diet is not a long term solution. Even though juices and soups made out of fresh fruit and vegetables and healthy shakes are filled with nutrients, it is not advisable to go on a liquid diet for longer than 5 days. Actually the continuation of the diet for a long time can provide a counter effect. With time, the brain will trigger a slowdown in metabolism and the system will go into starvation mode. That will cause the body to store fat instead of burning it. Liquid diet is meant to give you a kick start in your weight loss journey and should be followed by a more balanced diet and exercise regime.

Liquid Diet For Medical Purposes:

Doctors may recommend a liquid diet for people who will have a medical procedure or going through some health issues with their digestive system, such as diarrhea, throwing-up, etc. The person is supposed to get between 1300-1400 calories daily and 45 grams of protein. If the patient goes on such a diet for longer than 1 week, supplement should be taken regularly per doctor recommendations.

Foods for Liquid Diet:

On this diet you can have:

• plain water
• Filtered juice without pulp such as cranberry juice, grape juice, apple juice, or carrot juice
• Jell-O/ Gelatin
• Chicken broth soup with vegetables and chicken; Vegetables and chicken get soft and easy to blend after simmering for while
• on the stove
• soy milk
• coconut water
• Healthy oils such as flaxseed oil, olive oil, sesame oil, etc
• coffee and tea
• soda
• light yogurt
• healthy cooked grains such as quinoa, oatmeal, couscous

Here are some suggested Meals and Snacks for 5 Day Liquid Diet

Breakfasts:

Blend 200 ml of unsweetened soy Milk with 1 slice of papaya and 1tbs of flaxseed
2/12 cups of skim milk with 1 tbsp liquid chocolate, 1tbs cooked oatmeal and 1tbsp of wheat germ oil
Mix the juice of one medium orange, small carrot, 1 cup of water with 1 big tbsp. of cooked quinoa
Blend 200 ml of coconut water with 1 pear and 8 strawberries and 1tbs cooked oatmeal
160 grams of non-fat plain yogurt mixed with half a mango, 1tbs flaxseed, 1tbsp of cooked and mashed sweet corn

Morning Snacks:

1 cup of no-fat fruit yogurt
1 cup of gelatin (your choice of flavor)
1 fruit popsicle
1 cup of coffee or milk with skim milk
1 cup of pineapple juice with mint

Lunches:

small bowl of cream of potatoes with meat and broccoli soup
small bowl of chicken soup
small bowl of cream of pumpkin and chicken soup
small bowl of chicken and vegetables soup
small ball of chicken and cabbage soup

Afternoon Snacks:

small bowl of fermented milk blended with 3 prunes
100 ml of tofu desert
small yogurt mixed with fresh apricot
skim milk with strawberry
small bowl of gel-O

Dinner:

small bowl of pumpkin and leek soup
small bowl of zucchini, beets and sweet potato soup
small bowl of vegetable soup with some couscous
small bowl of chicken soup with 1 tbsp of cooked oatmeal
small ball of lentil soup