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If you are still looking for a smart way to lose weight, and laziness still does not give way and only presses you deeper into your favorite sofa, then you can rejoice - perhaps there is a way to soar above the sagging furniture. The new popular diet “Saucer” has reached ordinary people thanks to show business stars who are obsessed with their appearance.
The principle of this diet is to psychologically deceive your own body. When you heartily fill your plate with fatty lamb, you are forced to fill it to the brim - otherwise your subconscious will unite with your stomach against imaginary malnutrition. By taking food from a small but full saucer, you can “deceive” your own brain, and at the same time your stomach, thus significantly reducing the number of calories consumed.
The diet is based on small and frequent portions that should fit into one saucer. To avoid misunderstandings, it is worth mentioning right away that a saucer is a small plate, the diameter of which does not exceed 10 cm (and the depth - no more than 1 cm, so do not try to eat from a can), so it is better to put the usual plates away in the closet so as not to torment yourself with temptations.
However, the diet still has certain rules and they should not be neglected, otherwise you may be stuck on your favorite couch forever:
- Declare a boycott of fast food and processed foods;
- Forget what mayonnaise and any fatty sauces are;
- Do not take long breaks between meals and do not try to eliminate one of the meals in the hope of “helping” the body lose weight faster;
- Drink at least two liters of water per day;
- Avoid alcohol and carbonated drinks, but give green tea a green light.
Sample menu
The “Saucer” diet menu will not be hard work even for those who like to eat a lot and eat heavily. It is important to remember that in addition to the usual favorite products, you should try to include in the menu previously unfamiliar, but healthy ones.
- Breakfast- omelette, porridge, green apple.
- Lunch- cottage cheese with low-fat yogurt or vegetable salad.
- Dinner- meat or fish with vegetables (it is important to ensure their “equality” on the plate)
- Afternoon snack- low-fat kefir with any fruit
- Dinner- salad with olive oil or vegetable stew.
Before going to bed, you are allowed to drink a glass of low-fat yogurt or kefir.
The results of the “Saucer” diet will please all those who are desperate: in two weeks, which is how long you can stay on this diet, it is quite possible to lose up to three kilograms. After a short break, you can return to the diet, and those who are seriously interested in it claim that you can lose up to 20 kg in a month. Reviews about the “Saucer” diet are mostly positive, because you can eat your favorite food - the main thing is to accustom yourself to smaller dishes. You will have no reason to go all out, unless you suddenly decide to take out a deep bowl and heartily pour fatty chicken out of it. Also keep in mind that breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks may occur during your work hours, so frequent snacking may not be ideal. This diet is also contraindicated for obese people, since the small size of the plates can adversely affect their psyche.
Scientists have proven that when a person eats from a large plate that is half full, the brain signals the body that there is not enough food and the stomach is empty. Thus, many people consume twice as much food as they need. The essence of the “saucer” diet is to eat from a small saucer, but fill it completely, thereby deceiving the brain and getting rid of the habit of overeating.
Basic rules and stages of the diet
The diet has basic points that must be followed:
- They adhere to fractional meals - eat little, but often. The number of meals is 5–6 times a day. Have dinner 3-4 hours before bedtime.
- Eat from a small saucer with a diameter of no more than 10 cm and a depth of 1 cm.
- The saucer should be completely filled with food, but without a slide.
- A serving of soup is measured in a glass - 1 serving is equal to 1 glass.
- Drink more than 2 liters of water per day.
- It is forbidden to have snacks between meals. This does not promote rapid weight loss.
- You can eat almost anything, including chocolate and cake, as long as it fits into the saucer.
For the best effect, exclude the following unhealthy foods from your diet:
- fatty sauces and mayonnaise;
- semi-finished products;
- fast food;
- alcohol and sweet carbonated drinks.
- raw or steamed vegetables (raw lettuce or carrots can satisfy your hunger between meals);
- fermented milk products - cottage cheese, kefir, fermented baked milk, cheese;
- puree soup - it satisfies hunger well and is a low-calorie dish;
- foods high in fiber (focus on fresh fruits and vegetables).
The diet consists of 2 stages:
Stage 1- developing the habit of eating in small portions. It lasts from 1 to 2 weeks. You are allowed to eat everything except junk food.
Stage 2- transition to a healthy and proper diet. The diet contains vegetables, fruits, fermented milk products, cereals cooked in water, fish and meat. The duration of the period depends on the desired result - it continues until the needle on the scale stops at the desired number.
The duration of the diet is on average 2 weeks, but if you feel good, you do not have problems with intestinal motility and negative manifestations from the digestive system, then you can safely continue it.
Do not forget about playing sports, but the intensity of the load should be moderate. The best option for exercise is morning exercises and walks in the fresh air. If you do physical labor or lead an active lifestyle, then you may not have enough kilocalories for normal functioning, so it makes sense to select the portion of food you eat at a time individually.
Diet menu
There is no strict “saucer” diet menu. It is allowed to replace products with similar ones, for example, cucumber - tomato, cottage cheese - cheese, baked meat - boiled. It is not forbidden to treat yourself to any goodies several times a week.
Before going to bed, in order to dampen your appetite, you are allowed to drink a glass of fermented baked milk, kefir or natural low-fat yogurt.
Sample menu for the week.
Monday:
- For breakfast, put an omelet on a saucer and eat a green apple or make toast from whole grain bread with cheese, eat a tomato and drink a cup of coffee, tea or juice.
- For lunch - a portion of cottage cheese, to which low-fat yogurt is added or eaten with a vegetable salad.
- For lunch, boil vegetables, season them with sour cream and boil a piece of meat. The side dish and meat on the plate should be in a 1:1 ratio.
- They have an afternoon snack with assorted fruits.
- In the evening, fish and green beans are baked in the oven and sprinkled with lemon.
How to cook fish and green beans is described in the video below:
Tuesday:
- They start the morning with a hard-boiled egg and a small amount of yogurt or eat a portion of cottage cheese mixed with kefir.
- For lunch - carrots and green salad leaves, boiled cauliflower.
- In the afternoon - a portion of steamed fish with vegetables.
- The afternoon snack consists of kefir and a cinnamon roll or a serving of fruit salad.
- For dinner, serve boiled beef with fresh tomatoes or stewed vegetables.
Wednesday:
- For breakfast you will need muesli (50 g), topped with yogurt and a cup of coffee, or prepare an omelette with vegetables.
- For second breakfast, they eat fruits or make a salad from them.
- They dine with vegetable stew with mushrooms or vegetable puree soup with rye croutons.
- For an afternoon snack, those with a sweet tooth can afford to eat half a bar of dark chocolate and drink a glass of strawberry and banana fruit smoothie. Don't like sweets? Then they snack on rye bread toast and lean ham.
- They have dinner with baked chicken breast and vegetable salad or make a sandwich with a piece of tuna, cucumber, lettuce and herbs.
You will learn how to cook cream of mushroom soup with homemade croutons to serve for lunch in the video:
Thursday:
- The morning meal begins with a portion of an omelet, to which spinach and tomatoes are added, or oatmeal is prepared in water, sweetened with honey and fruit.
- For second breakfast they eat cottage cheese.
- For lunch - puree soup or assorted vegetables with ham.
- For an afternoon snack - low-fat or 1% cottage cheese or yogurt (kefir) with fruit.
- For dinner, stew beans with mushrooms or make chicken fricassee, with green peas and carrots as a side dish.
Friday:
- They have breakfast with oatmeal porridge with the addition of dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, apricots) and whole grain toast, or make rye toast with hard cheese and cucumber.
- For lunch, chop vegetables and prepare a salad.
- In the afternoon, they prepare buckwheat with mushrooms or creamy soup from chicken and champignons.
- Have an afternoon snack with a portion of ice cream and crackers or drink a fruit and milkshake, and you can also snack on a fruit salad.
- For dinner, prepare a stew of red fish and vegetables or eat a portion of cottage cheese with cucumber and tomatoes.
Saturday:
- Saturday morning starts with toast and tomatoes or a sandwich of whole grain bread, ham, lettuce and cheese.
- They eat an apple for lunch.
- For lunch, cook chicken liver with vegetables or calf liver with an apple.
- For an afternoon snack, drink kefir with a piece of fruit pie or eat fresh vegetables.
- For dinner, boil fish, sprinkle with chopped herbs, or eat a serving of boiled beet salad and homemade cheese.
Sunday:
- For breakfast they prepare fried eggs, sprinkled with cheese and toast, or eat cottage cheese with berries and fruits.
- For second breakfast, it is enough to eat slices of hard cheese.
- For lunch, boil durum wheat noodles and chicken, or prepare meat broth with lentils and add sour cream to it.
- For an afternoon snack - pancakes with fresh berries or a salad of cheese and lettuce or carrots.
- Dinner is boiled meat with vegetables or a vegetable salad made from any raw vegetables.
Quitting the diet
There are no special recommendations for exiting this diet, since at the end of it the body gets used to minimal portions and regular meals, as well as to a diet in which a large share comes from eating healthy foods . After a diet, it is necessary to increase the amount of food consumed, but it is better to increase not the volume of portions, but the number of meals. They eat in small portions, for example, not 5 times a day, but 6-7.
Pros and cons of the diet
Among the advantages of the diet are:
- Smooth weight loss, which has a good effect on the body as a whole. Therefore, after a diet, the kilograms will not return.
- There is no need to count kilocalories.
- It is allowed to change the amount of food consumed.
The best option is to eat 4 times a day; if it is difficult for you to maintain breaks between meals, then you are allowed to eat 5-6 times.
- It does not require financial costs, since you do not change your usual food, but simply reduce the size of portions.
- This is a balanced diet, there are no imbalances in the ratio of essential nutrients.
- Developing the habit of eating small portions and not overeating. The stomach gets used to the new diet pretty quickly, so you simply won’t want to increase the portion size in the future.
There are practically no disadvantages to the saucer diet, but pregnant women, nursing mothers and people suffering from diseases of the digestive system should avoid any diet. It is also not suitable for obese people, since with such minimal portions the body will experience stress, which can provoke an exacerbation of various diseases. Before use, it is better to consult a specialist.
results
In 2 weeks of using the “saucer” diet, you can lose from 3 to 7 kg, depending on the individual characteristics of the body, without having to give up your favorite culinary masterpieces. Those losing weight who decided to continue to stick to this diet lost up to 20 kg in 4 months and got rid of the habit.
So, the “saucer” diet has proven itself to be an effective way to lose weight, with which you can lose extra pounds without harm to your own health and switch to a proper and healthy diet. Try it, maybe this method of losing weight is right for you!
“Roll an apple on a silver saucer....” Of course, if there are only apples on a plate, then the chances of losing weight increase. However, the platter diet suggests that anything can be on a platter.
The principle of all diets comes down to eating healthy foods and eliminating junk foods from the diet. Losing weight is not the only reason why people start watching their diet. Some people adhere to a strict diet due to health problems, while others take care of the condition of their body. Using diet to lose weight has become popular in recent decades.
More about the program
The diet has gained popularity in the last couple of years. The focus of the diet is the dishes from which food is consumed. You need to find in the kitchen cabinet a small saucer with a diameter of no more than 10 centimeters and a depth of no more than one. We put all other dishes away. Below is a detailed description of the “Saucer” diet.
The main condition is that you can only eat what fits in the saucer. You can eat anything. But this is only at the first stage, the preparatory stage. It lasts a week and a half. This stage is necessary in order to get used to eating food in small portions on a psychological level.
Attention! There is an opinion that blue dishes help a person eat less food.
After the habit of eating food from a small saucer has formed, the second stage of the diet begins. It should last at least a week. Some people get so used to eating from a small plate that it becomes a prerequisite for eating even after the end of the diet. The main stage implies some restrictions:
- exclude alcohol, carbonated drinks and coffee;
- give up flour and fried foods;
- Do not put heaps of food in the saucer.
You need to adhere to a healthy diet, saturating your diet with vegetables and fruits.
Conditions methods
For the diet to be effective, you need to follow the rules:
- eat exclusively from a saucer;
- number of meals – 5-6 per day;
- drink plenty of clean water or green tea.
The interval between meals should be 2-3 hours. If there is still a lot of time before the next snack, and there is already an uprising in the stomach, a glass of water or an apple will help calm down the raging appetite.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main “trump cards” of a diet based on meals from a saucer include:
- developing the habit of eating small portions many times a day. This principle of nutrition promotes weight loss and better absorption of food. You need to get up from the table with a slight feeling of hunger.
- Opportunity to lose extra pounds.
There are almost no negative aspects to the diet, except for the time spent getting used to eating from a saucer. The diet is so simple that even children can practice it. If a child is taught to eat small portions from an early age, then he will not be afraid of problems with excess weight.
The “Saucer” diet is safe for health. Weight loss may take several weeks longer than with other diets, but it is harmless. The body will smoothly say goodbye to excess weight.
Important! Many of those who have practiced the “Saucer” diet become so accustomed to eating a little bit many times a day that the diet develops into one of the principles of nutrition.
Sample menu for the week
Every day you need to eat 5-6 times a day in small portions.
Day 1:
- omelette;
- oatmeal;
- chicken breast and vegetable salad;
- fruits;
- yogurt;
- baked fish.
Day 2:
- muesli with fruit;
- nuts;
- buckwheat porridge and vegetable salad;
- smoothie (banana-strawberry);
- bread and cream cheese.
Day 3:
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, cucumber;
- yogurt;
- steamed vegetables;
- fruit salad (orange, kiwi, banana);
- oven-baked fish;
- nuts.
Day 4:
- rolled oats porridge with dried apricots and raisins;
- chicken puree soup;
- milkshake;
- vegetable stew;
- fruit salad;
- stewed vegetables.
Day 5:
- scrambled eggs and a slice of bread;
- vegetable soup;
- fruit mix;
- kefir and half a bar of dark chocolate;
- ham and cheese sandwiches;
- fruits.
Day 6:
- oatmeal with honey;
- chicken breast and vegetables;
- buckwheat soup;
- tuna-cucumber sandwich;
- nuts;
- fruit salad.
Day 7:
- ham and cheese sandwich;
- bananas;
- steamed fish;
- kefir;
- vegetable stew;
- kefir.
This is an example version of the “Saucer” diet menu. Every few days you can eat a small amount of sweets, such as apple pie. It will be better if the sweet is prepared at home and, if it is baked goods, then without the use of yeast.
Important! During the diet, you don’t have to change your usual diet. You just need to reduce the portions.
Program effectiveness
The minimum duration of the diet is one week. In general, it may not be limited to days. In a week of such a diet you can lose about one kilogram of excess weight. For those who want to achieve impressive results, they should still stick to a strict diet for several weeks.
For breakfast you should eat cereal porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, rice), omelet and cottage cheese. For lunch - soups and vegetable stews, and for dinner baked meat or fish. During snacks, yogurts, nuts and fruits.
It is important to drink plenty of water throughout the day. You should avoid store-bought juices, preferring freshly squeezed ones.
Among the huge number of weight loss methods, there is a very small list of those that are absolutely safe. Most often, express diets for quick figure correction are in demand. What you have “overgrown” with over the winter, you want to instantly and magically banish it for the summer season. Such methods often have a lot of side effects and border on a manic feeling of hunger. One of the smart and safe approaches to losing weight is the “Saucer” diet. No stress on the body and no starvation. Just the right diet and a beautiful figure.
Diet rules
The essence of the diet is to gradually reduce portions to the size of a tea saucer. To an unprepared person, this technique may seem difficult. But if you go through all its stages correctly, you can easily adapt. And even observe it for many years. Preparation will take 5-7 days, and the diet itself can last from 2 weeks or more. Restrictions in the diet include only useless and harmful components: highly fatty, canned, fried, alcoholic. The emphasis in nutrition should be on clean water and healthy, natural foods.
Of all the available means for weight loss, you only need a plate with a diameter of about 100 mm. The results of the “Saucer” diet will be much more effective if you add dumbbells and a jump rope to the saucer. But this is everyone’s individual initiative. If someone who is losing weight has a sedentary, inactive job, with this adjustment of portions, 300-500 g of weight will be lost every day. If you combine small portions with physical activity, weight loss will go faster. It should be noted that the main weight loss occurs in the first 2 weeks. After this, the weight stabilizes.
During this course, the stomach is significantly reduced in volume. Therefore, the feeling of malnutrition may only be present at the very beginning. After 4-5 days, a small snack will fill you up like a full serving. That is why, instead of the usual way of losing weight, as reviews of the “Saucer” diet show, it is often followed as a way of life.
An important rule of this system is the place and form of meals. You need to eat exclusively at the table, sitting upright and without being distracted by extraneous factors. You will have to turn off the TV, put the laptop with your work away, and put your phone on silent mode. This is a purely psychological technique. If you fully concentrate on food, you can feel full faster and for longer.
Another trick to “trick the brain” is that the saucer should be blue. This color has been proven to reduce appetite. Of course, if this is not available, you should not postpone your diet until you purchase suitable utensils. To begin with, any existing plate will do.
So, the basic rules: one saucer portion per day, 4-5 saucers of healthy food per day, you need to eat strictly at the table, and drink a lot of water every day.
Diet for "Saucer"
It won’t be difficult to create a menu for the Saucer diet yourself. The ingredients for dietary dishes will be familiar products that are on store shelves at any time of the year. It is better not to buy prohibited products at all. Even if there is a holiday on the eve and you need to set the table, there are a lot of delicious options among low-calorie recipes.
| Healthy | Harmful |
|---|---|
| Unsweetened fruits, sweet and sour berries | Fruits with high content:, |
| Greenery | Purchased sausage, frankfurters, smoked meats |
| Fresh vegetables | Pickles, preserves, marinades |
| Mushrooms | Fast food, semi-finished products |
| Lean meat | Fat meat: , |
| Lean fish: | Fatty fish: oily, |
| Low fat dairy products | Fatty dairy products, soft cheap cheeses, processed cheeses |
| Whole grain flour products, dietary bread | White bread, baked goods, dough confectionery products |
| , unpolished cereals | Processed, starchy grains |
| Dark chocolate, meringue, homemade jelly and marmalade on | Cakes, sweet chocolate, desserts containing sugar |
| , | , spread, refined sunflower oil |
| Homemade sauces, Dijon mustard | Store-bought, unnatural sauces and additives |
| Homemade, fresh, green and black, beans | Freeze-dried coffee, carbonated sweet drinks, packaged juices |
| , thyme, dried herb mixtures | , sugar, hot spices |
It is better to use raw vegetables and fruits for cooking. From heat treatment, you need to avoid frying. The less temperature impact on the product, the more nutrients the dish will retain. If soup is being prepared, then it should be covered. If meat or fish is baked, then it is done in foil or a special sleeve.
Correct entry into the diet
So that restricting your diet does not seem like starvation, you need to gradually prepare your stomach for future weight loss. To do this, you need to gradually reduce your usual portions. It will take 5-6 days to prepare, during which you will need to increasingly reduce each meal. It is better to exclude prohibited products at this stage.
The preparation phase is only necessary for those who are used to eating a lot at once. Most often this is due to a work schedule that only allows for a heavy dinner. In this case, you will have to learn to take home-made food with you. Although, in the nearby supermarket you can find a lot of healthy products for a quick lunch or snack. It can be the same fruits, natural and bread. It is also worth paying attention to baby cereals and purees; they do not contain sugar, are low in calories and are nutritious.
If the reduction in portions occurs without noticeable losses, you can begin the main stage of the diet after 1-2 days.
Menu for the week
At first, it may be difficult to get used to new cooking methods and give up your favorite high-calorie dishes. Once or twice a week you can eat something from the prohibited list. The main thing is not to overdo it and keep the same portions in one saucer.
This will help not only to get gastronomic pleasure, but also to prevent serious breakdowns.
You need to drink plenty of still water every day. Its molecules help break down fat and promote weight loss. To improve the effect, it is recommended to drink 200 ml of liquid with the juice of one on an empty stomach.
The best option would be ionized or melt water, but if they are unavailable, regular water – purified or boiled – is also suitable.
There should be at least 4 small portions of food per day. You can use low-fat fermented milk drinks and fruits as snacks. If possible, it is better not to use salt and sugar, but replace them with honey and herbs.
A sample menu for a week of the Saucer diet might look like this:
- breakfasts: oatmeal, low-fat bread, fruit salad with natural yogurt dressing, low-fat muesli, one boiled egg and fresh vegetables, natural coffee or green tea without sugar;
- lunches: low-fat kefir or yogurt, fresh berries, a small handful of nuts, unsweetened fruits;
- lunches: vegetable broths, boiled lean meat with a side dish of cereals or salads, baked vegetables (grilled, oven, grilled), durum pasta;
- afternoon snack: tea with fruit, fermented milk drinks without fillers, milk with crispbread, a handful of dried fruits;
- dinners: steamed vegetables, baked fish with lemon, light salads with herbs, celery cocktails, low-fat cottage cheese with vegetables, natural juices, boiled poultry without skin (except goose and duck).
Starting from the second week, planning your daily diet will be much easier. According to reviews of the “Saucer” diet, over time, everything that is not included in the healthy list will seem tasteless. Even giving up salt and sugar will not cause any inconvenience, due to the fact that taste buds adapt to new “colors”. As already mentioned, the stomach will also shrink quite quickly and mini-portions will be quite enough for it.
Quitting the diet
If the diet was used only for weight loss and there is no desire to continue it, it should end gradually, as it began. Abruptly eating something tasty will cause stress to the body. Moreover, this may result in the return of lost weight.
Dishes should increase with the same gradualness as they decreased. The filling of these dishes may consist of half "healthy" foods and half heavier foods. It is recommended to first increase the amount of calories consumed to the permissible norm (1500-1800 kcal), and only then increase the amount of food.
To prevent the re-gain of unwanted kilograms, it is better to take fractional meals and a normal drinking regime as a rule. It is also useful to reduce the consumption of all harmful additives, preservatives and dyes. Doctors do not recommend fasting to accelerate the effect of weight loss. Although this is everyone's personal choice. Strict diets remain effective and very popular:, and others.
Pros and cons of "Saucer"
The positive aspects of such a diet include:
- Financial inclusion. No additional products, ingredients or additives are needed. The diet may consist of familiar and affordable dishes: soups, stews, salads, side dishes, meat and fish. Both in winter and in summer there are the necessary components for a dietary menu.
- Easy to use. The principles of the diet are the most banal. You just need to reduce the portions, and with the help of a gradual transition, this is very easy to do.
- Proper weight loss. Weight loss will occur slowly and steadily. This is much more effective than sudden weight loss. This leads to another advantage of the “Saucer” diet. After the entire course, the skin will have time to adapt and will not sag, as often happens with express diets.
- The result is for the future. A gradual decrease in the size of the stomach leads to a useful habit: eating little and more often. As reviews show, this is why such a diet is left as a permanent diet.
- Combination with physical activity. Such a balanced diet is not accompanied by a loss of strength and can be combined with sports.
- It is not necessary to take additional vitamins. A balanced menu will contain a sufficient amount of necessary and.
The diet has virtually no downsides. Among the noted disadvantages, the main one is the slow result. Not everyone agrees to wait a long time to lose just 300 grams per day. Situations vary, and often you need to lose several kilograms in just a weekend. In such cases, by the way, the Celery mono-diet will work well.
Who is not suitable for?
This diet should not be extended for more than 2 weeks for men and avid bodybuilders. For them, however, the prescribed portions are not enough for normal life. However, the principle of separate nutrition is also useful for the stronger half of humanity. Only the quantity of one serving should be 1.5 times larger than a tea saucer.
Clinical obesity cannot be addressed using this system either. Firstly, it is not enough to fight a lot of weight. And secondly, this method can give opposite results.
For bulimia and anorexia, the diet should be adjusted only with the participation of a nutritionist. In this case, unexpected consequences and even greater weight fluctuations may also occur.
During pregnancy and lactation, experimenting with your own menu is strictly prohibited. Without the knowledge of the doctor, it is better not to use this system during menopause and hormonal imbalances in the body.
Conclusion: why you should choose “Saucer”
“Saucer” is a very universal way to lose weight. It is suitable for allergy sufferers, who can choose from a wide range of products exactly what they need. For people with diabetes, the list of acceptable diets is very narrow, and this method is included in it. You just need to reduce the portions of sugar-free foods. Such a system is practically devoid of side effects and disadvantages, and it has a lot of advantages.
It is also worth choosing because in addition to losing weight, during the diet the entire body becomes healthier. Metabolism and digestion are stabilized. Its results last a long time and can be improved with minimal physical activity.
A gentle and competent way to lose weight will be both the most effective and the safest. And the struggle for a smooth waistline will not cost your health, as happens in many popular diets.
The saucer diet has one main rule - you can eat everything, but no more than what fits in the tea saucer. In this case, a psychological effect is used - a full plate, regardless of size, always signals to the brain that there is enough food to satiate and no more is required.
With the help of such a simple trick, the amount of serving is reduced by 2-3 times, therefore, fewer calories enter the body, and hence excess weight loss occurs. In addition, over time, the volume of the stomach on this diet returns to normal on its own, and you no longer want to eat without any “illusions of deception.”
To successfully use the technique, you need to remember a few nuances:
- The size of the saucer should not exceed 10 cm.
- Food should be served without a slide.
- It is necessary to eat food at regular intervals 4-5 times a day, without waiting for hunger attacks.
- Eat fatty and sweet foods in the first half of the day.
- Have dinner 2-3 hours before going to bed.
- Drink at least 1.5-2 liters of water daily.
There are no strict time frames here - the longer the duration of this diet, the less weight you will ultimately lose.
Typically, this method allows you to lose from 1.5 to 2 kilograms per week.
Video review
Reviews: 22
- Vladimir 08/31/2017 09:36:00
This is not the first time I have heard about this diet. I'm sure it works since we reduce the portions. But there is one BUT... It is simply very difficult to stay on it, since the portions are very small, and there are days when you really want to eat. And in general, you can then eat a lot of things at once.
- Olga 08/31/2017 09:43:25
In general, the idea is not bad, the fact that you can eat everything does not bother me, especially since there is a reservation - fatty and sweet foods in the first half of the day. In any case, the body needs proteins, carbohydrates, and fats for normal functioning! The only thing is that it can be stressful for the body and it may be worth switching to this kind of diet gradually, starting with a larger saucer size! It is possible that a person will initially be tormented by a feeling of hunger, which will most likely lead to a breakdown even before the stomach decreases.
- Oleg 08/31/2017 15:49:50
This is how I would eat from this saucer :)
- Elena Miroshnichenko 08/31/2017 17:13:56
Advantages: Efficiency
Disadvantages: No
An effective diet, I’ve been sticking to it for two months now. In the first month I lost 5 kg. I really eat whatever I want (even cakes and candies), but in small portions. This diet suits me, since completely eliminating sweets from my diet is unrealistic for me.
- Oksana 08/31/2017 23:50:32
Pros: You can eat everything
Disadvantages: No
I have tried a lot of different diets throughout my life. And this is not even a diet, but rather correct eating behavior. We all overeat. We spend less calories than we consume. I'll definitely try to eat like this.
- Slava 01-09-2017 01:08:33
Pros: You can lose weight
Disadvantages: Few vitamins
- Irina Arkhipova 01-09-2017 07:02:03
Pros: Really works. You can lose weight very well, a lot and gradually
Disadvantages: The need to always carry a lot of food containers with you
I've heard about such a diet, it is also called the “one glass” diet, i.e. volume no more than 200g. This is exactly the volume that our stomach can digest. I personally saw and talked with people who adhere to this diet and lost weight dramatically, a lot and gradually, which is very good. The good thing about the diet is that you can eat everything and therefore minimize the possibility of breakdowns. In my opinion, there is only one drawback to it: those who work will have to at least carry 5-6 portioned bowls with them.
- Slava 01-09-2017 08:39:42
Advantages: Effect
Disadvantages: Few vitamins
Yes, without a doubt, you can lose weight on such a diet, but there is little benefit, because in reality, what vitamins and microelements can you get from such a tiny portion? In addition, you need to put the right foods in the saucer.
- Maria 01-09-2017 15:18:47
Pros: Works
I know a girl at work who lost weight on just such a diet. She ate her usual food (only from a saucer) and over time she really lost weight, about ten kilograms. Probably, indeed, if the plate is large, then the person eats more.
- Evgeny 01-09-2017 22:50:19
A good option to lose excess weight, considering that when you eat less, your stomach does not stretch and, accordingly, your stomach becomes smaller. In addition to the saucer, there are a couple of more common rules that are basically indicated there: drink more water, eat not before going to bed, and it’s better to eat less, but many times. All this works quite well.
- Diana 09/02/2017 05:30:17
Advantages: efficiency, lightness
Disadvantages: difficult to drink 2 liters of water per day
At first, I couldn’t even believe that such a diet could bring a positive effect, but after a week I noticed that the “ears” on the sides had noticeably shrunk, and my stomach had also decreased in size. It’s difficult to drink so much water, of course, but over time I think I’ll get used to it. Otherwise, the diet is just perfect! I recommend you try it!
- Alenka 02-09-2017 12:24:11
Pros: You can try it
Disadvantages: Not very well thought out
Of course, you can try it as an experiment, but it is unlikely to help you. Well, think for yourself, everything that fits in a saucer, there are some foods with a lot of calories, how will you lose weight.
- Julia Fortuna 02-09-2017 18:44:56
Pros: Good brain trick
Disadvantages: Didn't find any
An interesting diet, the main thing is to choose a really small saucer and not add a tower of candies. You still need to think about and plan your diet for the day so as not to starve.
- Dasha 03-09-2017 00:03:09
As for me, the diet is pretty good, there are no very strict restrictions. Thanks to this diet, you can lose weight well without harming your body. I would give preference to her.
- Alina 03-09-2017 01:03:34
Pros: Should help you lose weight
Disadvantages: inconvenient to eat during working hours
I think this diet will help you lose weight. It doesn't imply anything extreme. It’s just inconvenient to have a snack at work - you can’t say that you’re on a diet and it’s time for you to have a snack, but you can come up with options. We need to take note.
- Larisa Frolova 09/03/2017 08:54:26
Advantages: efficiency
Disadvantages: no
Yes, a lot depends on the volume of food consumed, I’ve already convinced myself. I replaced my usual dishes with ones of the same color, but half the size, and the portions naturally decreased. So the saucer effect works great!
- Gulich 03-09-2017 16:08:42
I was able to survive on this wonderful diet for a month. Of course, sometimes I wanted to eat even after eating, but I quickly got used to not paying attention to it. Lost 11 kilograms in a month. I think this is generally an excellent result.
- Kirill 04-09-2017 00:58:33
Pros: Easy to carry
My sister uses this diet and the results are simply impressive. In just a month she managed to lose about 7 kg. I would like to note that the diet is easy to tolerate and very effective.
- Gregory 09/04/2017 06:22:52
Disadvantages: Constantly hungry
Before my vacation at the beginning of summer, I was on such a diet that I would lose ten kilograms. “Saucer” works well, as much as I planned, I threw off as much, but I was constantly hungry)
- Lera 04-09-2017 07:44:20
Pros: You can eat everything
Disadvantages: Not for everyone
In principle, the diet is good, reducing portions and, accordingly, reducing the stomach. But it's not for everyone. And for those who have a “clean plate” complex. Children of the Soviet Union who were forced to finish everything. Seeing an empty plate, they receive a signal that they are full. For those who are used to listening to their stomach, this will not help.
- Galina Liunova 04-09-2017 16:03:45
A good option to get your figure in shape, if you strictly adhere to it, you can achieve good results in losing weight. I used the method for about a month and was able to lose 3 kg
- nikolay045 09-09-2017 16:45:17
Pros: It works.
Thanks to this diet, I lost 5 kilograms in a month. But that was six months ago. Then I started putting on plates again and the weight came back. And now I’m ready to lose weight again.
