This fast weight loss diet last for 5 days and it is recommended for those who want to lose about 8 – 10 pounds and are willing to suffer the consequences of a quick weight loss diet. It is a low calorie diet and should not be repeated in an interval of less than a month. During the diet you should drink only water with lemon and when you get hungry between meals, we recommend eating apples and grapefruits. There are no restrictions on the consumption of these two fruits.
Monday
Breakfast: a glass of orange juice and 4 whole wheat crackers.
Lunch: 1.7 ounces of soy pate, 3.5 ounces of Prague ham, two tomatoes, four slices of graham bread, two slices of pineapple.
Dinner: two slices of ham (3.5 ounces), tomato salad with a tablespoon of oil, 1 apple.
Tuesday
Breakfast: 200 ml of yogurt, a bowl of cereal without sugar over which a tablespoon of honey.
Lunch: 3.5 ounces of cheese (preferably cow’s milk), two slices of graham bread, two carrots, two bananas.
Dinner: 7 ounces of broiled fish, 3.5 ounces of cheese, and 3.5 ounces of eggplant salad.
Wednesday
Breakfast: 1.7 ounces of walnuts, a teaspoon of honey, two slices of graham bread.
Lunch: lettuce salad with a tablespoon of olive oil and two tomatoes, three slices of graham bread, 3.5 ounces chicken breast.
Dinner: 3 boiled potatoes with 3.5 ounces of grated cheese on top and a tablespoon of olive oil, two apples.
Thursday
Breakfast: a glass of orange juice and 4 whole wheat crackers.
Lunch: lettuce and spinach salad with olive oil and lemon, two slices of graham bread, 3.5 oz of ham.
Dinner: 7 oz of veal steak, two boiled potatoes, a banana.
Friday
Breakfast: 1 ounce of walnuts, two slices of graham bread, orange juice.
Lunch: 3.5 ounces ham, 1.7 ounces of cheese, two slices of bread and an apple.
Dinner: a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce and 1.7 ounces of cheese.
When the “bananas breakfast diet” was promoted on the Japanese social networking website “mixi” in March 2008, it became so popular that it led to a nationwide banana shortage.
The diet was created by Hitoshi Watanabe, who studied preventive medicine, and his wife Sumiko, who is a pharmacist.
Basics elements
The creators of the banana diets claim that eating only bananas and water at room temperature for breakfast helps you lose weight, regardless of what you consume during the day.
This diet is extremely simple and easy, and many Japanese have reported rapid decreases in weight when they experienced this diet, so this one of the diets that work.
One of the reasons that this diet works, is that bananas improve digestion and metabolism. Another possibility is that bananas are high in resistant starch, which is a type of fiber that can promote a feeling of fullness and may block the absorption of carbohydrates. This actually leads to an easy weight loss without much effort from you.
Those who follow this diet are advised to eat the evening meal before 8 pm and avoid desserts after dinner. If the feeling of hunger is acceptable, you can serve a piece of fruit.
Apart from eating bananas for breakfast and avoid eating late, another “rule” of the diet is that you must go to bed before midnight. The reason behind this advice is sound and scientific studies show a relationship between sleep deprivation and obesity.
Dairy products and alcohol are not allowed in this diet. Moreover, the only liquid that can be consumed with meals is water at room temperature. And the bananas must be fresh and kept at room temperature.
The reason why the water should be at room temperature has some theories, but many speculated on the internet that it improves digestion and reduces hunger.