Diet "1200 calories"

1200 calories - the minimum amount necessary for the normal functioning of the body. If you move away from this number in the big party, you will lose weight much more difficultly, and if in smaller, your metabolism will slow down. A diet of "1200 calories" will help you not to feel hungry and lose those extra pounds.

Fundamental rules

1. The daily diet should include 55% of complex carbohydrates, 15% protein and 30% fat.
2. The main percentage of fats is of vegetable origin and only 3% of the animal.
3. Prepare dishes for a couple or in the oven, so you keep the maximum amount of nutrients and vitamins.
4. It is best to eat 5 times a day, so you will not feel hungry.
5. Give up completely of sweet, fatty, fast food, nuts and carbonated drinks.
6. The disadvantages are that you need to constantly count calories and weigh your products. You can find a huge number of calorie tables on the Internet.

A 1200-calorie diet has such an approximate menu:

1. Breakfast should bring 300 calories to your body. Eat 150 g of cabbage salad with carrots, which you can fill with lemon juice and a small amount of olive oil. Also, eat a small piece of bread with butter or with cheese and 50 g of sausage.
2. The second breakfast includes 120 calories. Have a cup of coffee with honey.
3. Lunch consists of 420 calories. Prepare 80 g of chicken breast, 150 g of potatoes, which fill 20 g of vegetable oil and drink green tea, but without sugar.
4. The snack will bring the body 120 calories. Drink 200 ml of yogurt, an ideal fat content of 1.5%.
5. Dinner includes 240 calories. It consists of a piece of fish weighing 200 grams and 150 grams of cabbage salad with carrots, seasoned with lemon juice.

Examples of balanced diet for 1200 calories

Include 100 calories:

• low-fat borsch;
• vegetable stew;
• potatoes in quantity of 1 pc .;
• 1 apple and 1 teaspoon of honey;
• 50 g of chicken fillet.

Include 200 calories:

• 100 g of eggplant caviar;
• 1 piece of bread;
• 100 g of boiled sausage;
• fried eggs, which consists of 2 eggs;
• vegetable soup with pasta.

Include 300 calories:

• cutlets from low-fat meat - 2pcs;
• a plate of porridge;
• 2 pancakes;
• the floor of a plate of macaroni from durum wheat;
• mashed potatoes.

A diet of "1200 calories a day" will help you lose weight by several kilograms without any harm to your health. The only contraindications are serious health problems and allergic reactions.