Quick weight loss on an anorexic diet in 7 days, sample menu and contraindications

No! Never try this diet! Especially if you like coffee, oranges and chocolate, because after this diet, having lost up to 25 kg of excess weight in a month and a half, you definitely won’t be able to look at them.

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Author: Kristina Lobanovskaya, doctor, practicing nutritionist Article updated: 11/10/2020

In pursuit of slimness, many girls know no limits, striving to achieve not optimal, but ultra-low weight, which will make their figure close to anorexic. Therefore, recently the DAN diet, the name of which stands for “beginner anorexic diet,” has become quite widespread, especially among young people. It is very tough, but despite this, it is very long-lasting - you need to sit on DAN for 50 days, during which you can lose 25 kg of weight, gain a model figure and slender legs “with four gaps”. However, in reality, during such a period, you can bring the body to exhaustion and actually develop anorexia - a neuropsychiatric disorder consisting of a complete absence of hunger and the inability to eat on one’s own.

The essence of the diet

The DAN diet is one of the most strict weight loss methods, which is equivalent to fasting, but differs from it in some rules and diet. Its essence lies in significantly limiting the amount of calories consumed, in which the body begins to use internal reserves for its life support. In the classic version of the anorexic diet, the entire weight loss course consists of different types of strict mono-diets, which alternate with each other and are interspersed with fasting days on one drink.

Important! At its core, the DAN menu is a long hunger strike, during which the body does not receive the substances and energy necessary for its functioning. But unlike therapeutic fasting, which is carried out with strict adherence to certain rules and benefits the body, the diet of anorexics works completely differently.

There are a lot of disadvantages to this method of losing weight:

1. The proposed diet is very difficult to tolerate, since for 50 days the daily calorie content is usually 500–700 kcal.
2. The technique can only be used by an absolutely healthy person, and it is not guaranteed that he will remain so upon completion of the course.
3. Too strict dietary restrictions can lead to gastrointestinal and other serious problems.

The only advantage of the DAN diet is really fast weight loss. However, even this fact is rather doubtful. The most unpleasant results of the DAN diet are manifested in the fact that with the proposed diet, muscle mass is lost first, and fat begins to disappear last. This is due to the fact that it is easier for the body to break down protein tissue than fat deposits. In addition, the predominance of carbohydrates in food contributes to the fact that the body, “frightened” by hunger, strives to turn them into fat and send them to reserves. A person begins to weaken, muscle tone decreases, weight gradually decreases, and volumes practically do not change for a long time. Therefore, to look like a typical anorexic, it will really take at least 50 days.

But the most dangerous thing is that the muscles of not only the body suffer, but also the internal organs, primarily the heart, which consists mainly of muscle tissue. In 50 days, changes can become irreversible, and they will affect not only the heart. A weakened heart muscle finds it difficult to pump blood, which leads to a deterioration in the supply of oxygen and nutrients to tissues. At the same time, due to lack of nutrition, all vital processes are disrupted. As a result, many serious diseases develop, primarily anorexia, which will have to be treated in a hospital. Fortunately, it is rare that anyone who wants to lose weight in such a radical way lasts the entire period for which the DAN diet is designed - reviews indicate that the majority spent no more than 3 weeks on an anorexic diet.

Benefits and harms

Such nutrition systems help you quickly lose a few kilograms, but they can return with the slightest deviation from the diet. Such nutrition is stressful for the body, so it will store all the nutrients that are at its disposal especially actively.

The harm lies in the fact that the body does not receive nutrients in the required quantities, weakness and apathy appear, the woman experiences fatigue all the time, and quickly gets tired even with not too high loads. Blood pressure also decreases, mucous membranes dry out, which first causes discomfort, and then secondary infectious diseases can develop.

“Anorexic” diets lead to disorders of sexual life and reproductive function.

Rules and recommendations

For those who are not afraid of the anorexic diet and who want to risk trying this method of losing weight on themselves, you need to know and strictly adhere to several rules:

1. Drink at least 1.5 liters of still drinking water daily.
2. Count the number of calories you eat during the day so as not to go beyond the specified limits and distribute them evenly.
3. Divide the product for a specific mono-diet into 5–7 servings in order to eat as often as possible.
4. Chew food slowly and for a long time - make at least 30 chewing movements for each piece.
5. Minimize physical activity, but spend more time outdoors.
6. Take vitamin and mineral complexes.

In addition, an integral requirement of the DAN diet is strict adherence to the recommended menu and consumption of only approved foods . The list of such products in each diet option is different, but the following are practically unchanged for all:

• milk tea (green tea with milk or infused with milk);
• dark chocolate (not lower than 70% cocoa);
• buckwheat and rice groats;
• low-fat lactic drinks;
• vegetables, herbs, berries, fruits;
• chicken fillet without fat and skin;
• low-fat varieties of fish.

All high-calorie foods, especially those with a lot of fat, are prohibited for anorexics.

Important! On those days of the DAN diet, when all restrictions are reduced only to reducing the daily calorie intake, it is necessary to use low-calorie healthy foods from the list of permitted ones. The lower their calorie content, the greater the amount you can consume.

Features of diets

Anorexics lose weight all the time. Not all of them adhere to some kind of nutritional system, but their diet must include foods such as:

• buckwheat or wild rice,
• non-starchy vegetables, fruits and berries with low carbohydrate content,
• skinless chicken fillet, low-fat fish, quail eggs - to provide the body with protein,
• low-fat fermented milk products.

Some nutritionists advise including dark dark chocolate with a cocoa content of over 70%. You won’t be able to eat it in large quantities, but it will provide the body with carbohydrates.

Any high-calorie foods are prohibited. You need to choose foods so that you get the maximum benefit with less calories.

Certain types of DAN

In addition to the classic versions of the DAN diet, which differ mainly in duration, there are two varieties with a special diet. One is completely drinkable, the other is chocolate and drink based.

Drinking

In this option for losing weight until you become anorexic, you are allowed to consume only liquid food. These can be any drinks, the choice of which determines the duration of the course:

1. On the water - you can only drink clean water, at least 1.5 liters per day. In fact, this is a regular fast, which can be observed for no longer than 3 days, so as not to harm your health.
2. Vegetable broth - It is recommended to use homemade broths cooked with one or more different vegetables. The duration of this technique can be 1 week.
3. For dairy products - most often 1% fat kefir or milk tea (tea brewed with milk) is used. You need to choose one of the indicated products and drink only it during the day. The weight loss course can also last up to 7 days.
4. For fresh juices, you can only use natural, self-prepared fruit, vegetable or fruit and vegetable juices. On this DAN diet you are allowed to lose weight for 2 weeks.
5. Mixed option - you can drink any of the above drinks, which will make your diet a little more varied and the weight loss process a little more comfortable. Therefore, the duration of weight loss can be 30 days.

The mixed drinking diet DAN is even considered useful. This method of nutrition allows you not only to lose weight to the point of anorexia, but also to cleanse the body:

• during the first 10 days, the hollow organs are cleansed;
• in the next 10 days, the tissues are cleaned;
• at the final stage, the entire body is cleansed at the cellular level.

For the process to be as effective as possible, in addition to nutritious drinks, you need to drink at least 1.5 liters of water daily. In the early stages, hunger can be unbearable due to the constant urge to chew food. But after a week, the body and psyche are rebuilt, so the feeling of hunger dulls.

Choco-drinking

The prefix “shoko” can be confidently used for any type of the DAN diet, since each of them is a shock to the body. However, in this version, the name “choco-drinking” means a weight loss technique based on alternating a chocolate and drinking mono-diet. The difference between this type of menu for anorexics is that chocolate should be consumed together with cocoa - 6 cups a day without sugar, cold or hot. The shock-drinking weight loss course is designed for 1 week and the loss of 6 kg of excess weight.

The advantage of this technique is due to the presence of substances in chocolate that promote the release of the “happiness hormone” serotonin. But this does not make the diet less strict and stressful for the body, since it lacks protein, fiber and other nutrients.

For each day of the DAN chocolate diet, only 100 g of dark dark chocolate is allocated, which must be divided into 5-6 pieces and consumed together or alternately with the indicated six cups of cocoa.

There are also several other options for the DAN chocolate-drinking diet menu. Each of them necessarily contains the same 100 g of chocolate (72–80% cocoa), which can be washed down with other drinks:

• coffee without any additives;
• green tea (unsweetened);
• still mineral water.

The amount of liquid you drink per day is unlimited, since these drinks have zero calorie content and do not at all prevent you from “turning” into an anorexic. In any variant, chocolate can be washed down or consumed separately from drinking. You also need to drink plenty of clean water to prevent dehydration.

All of the DAN diets reviewed provide very rapid weight loss, but at the same time significantly reduce the intake of nutrients. Therefore, taking vitamin and mineral complexes is a mandatory addition to any menu option.

Stages of disease development

Despite the motivation to achieve results as quickly as possible, losing weight will take time, during which you need to go through several main stages. Let's consider how to drive yourself to anorexia for any girl?

The progression of the disease has 3 stages:

1. Discorfomanic form. At this stage, the girl suspects that her weight is somewhat abnormal and she looks overweight. Long-term examination of the reflection in the mirror indicates the presence of a dysmorphomaniac type of illness. This is followed by a quick selection of diets; the girl can only view or use them. Every day a woman talks about being overweight - now a psychological problem has already arisen;
2. Anorectic form. Constant fasting leads to weight loss. Anorexia often gets worse over months. After losing some weight, usually 30%, a euphoric desire appears to continue losing weight. The diet practically turns into a hunger strike, while the brain does not even show the desire to eat. It is likely that in addition a person exhausts himself with physical activity;
3. Cachectic. The ability to sensibly assess your weight disappears. The body begins to malfunction, hypotension appears, the menstrual cycle is delayed or stops completely, and libido decreases. All organs suffer, so the presence of other diseases is revealed during diagnosis.

Before becoming anorexic, a girl must go through all 3 stages.

In 2-3 days

It doesn’t take 2 days for people to become typical anorexics, but it’s quite possible to start with a diet in a few days. In such a short period of time, the body is able to get rid of annoying kilograms.

Let's look at what anorexics eat using the example of a 3-day “liquid” diet:

• Fermented milk drinks – kefir, milk, fermented baked milk;
• Water;
• Cocoa;
• Broths, but only low-fat ones;
• Tea without sugar;
• Kvass.

For more than 3 days, such a diet is contraindicated, since the number of calories is scanty. Between diets, you need to stick to a different diet; doing it more than once a week is not recommended.

During the week

Anorexic girls often adhere to the so-called “colored” Traffic Light diet. It is designed for weekly use. The idea is that each day is assigned a specific color and you can only eat foods of that color. The diet of anorexics is quite strict, but for beginners a soft form is suitable, which is the “colored” diet.

Colors for days of the week:

• Monday – white, (mostly dairy products) with the exception of chocolate;
• Tuesday – red (tomatoes, watermelon, bell peppers, etc.);
• Wednesday – green (cabbage, cucumbers, greens, etc.);
• Thursday – orange (melon, tangerines, oranges);
• Friday – purple (eggplant, grapes, plums);
• Saturday – yellow (bananas, apricots, corn);
• Sunday is a fasting day, drink exclusively mineral water.

A heavier diet for a week involves preparing the diet in such a way that the daily caloric intake is around 500 kcal. Before becoming anorexic, you need to study the characteristics of your body and find out the foods to which you are allergic.

For example, let's look at how women become anorexic in a week using the following diet:

• Breakfast – coffee without sugar and an apple;
• Lunch – 1 orange;
• Lunch – vegetable soup with beans, salad for the second;
• Dinner - 100 grams of carrots, but be sure to grate them so that they are absorbed faster.

In 2 weeks

Often diets are designed for a longer period of time with alternating foods. There is an excellent option for how anorexics lose weight - this is a protein diet. There are also foods with carbohydrates here, but they are in small quantities. The diet is designed for 12 days:

• Day 1 – 1 liter of kefir per day;
• Day 2 – 6 oranges, it is better to eat them 5 times, and 2 pieces for lunch;
• Day 3 – 0.5 kg of cottage cheese, always low-fat;
• Day 4 – 0.5 kg of zucchini game (cook without vegetable oil);
• Day 5 – 1 kg of apples after peeling, usually the trimmings are 200-300 g, so you can take 1.2-1.4 kg of regular apples;
• Day 6 – 1 bar (100 g) of dark chocolate;
• Day 7 – 300 g half-skimmed cheese;
• Day 8 – 1 liter of tomato juice and 150 g of vegetable salad;
• Day 9 – 400 g of lean boiled meat (chicken, veal, rabbit);
• Day 10 – vegetable salad;
• Day 11 – 0.5 kg of cottage cheese;
• Day 12 – 1 kg of plums.

Stories of anorexics often indicate the effectiveness of another diet; girls claim that they lose about 7 kg in 2 weeks.

Typical diet broken down by day:

1. Water. It should be a little carbonated. It is optimal to drink 1.5 liters throughout the day;
2. Milk and a large but unsweetened fruit. The fat content of milk is 0.1%, and any fruit - apple, grapefruit;
3. Repeat the diet of the first day;
4. Unsweetened tea, vegetable salad. Drink 500 ml of tea without adding sugar, to remove appetite, eat carrots, greens and fresh cabbage in the form of a salad, you can add 1 tbsp. vegetable oil;
5. Milk. 1 l 0% fat milk;
6. Egg, tea, broth. During the day you can eat 1 boiled egg, unsweetened and light tea, broth with vegetables (cabbage, peas, potatoes, chicken breast) and 1 large fruit. Consume all these products in 4 doses;
7. Yogurt, tea and cottage cheese. Everything should be low-fat, and the tea should not be strong;
8. First day diet;
9. Milk and fruit. 1 liter of low-fat milk and 1 large fruit;
10. First day diet;
11. Vegetable and herb salad. Leafy greens and vegetables (celery, dill, parsley, etc.) are added to the salad; you can add 25 g of vegetable oil. You should get a 1 liter bowl per day;
12. Milk. 1 l with 0% fat content;
13. Egg, cottage cheese and mineral water. It is advisable that the egg be hard-boiled, low-fat cottage cheese 100 g, you can drink as much water as you like;
14. First day diet.

Anorexics definitely weigh much less after such a diet: the number of kilograms lost depends on the girl’s body and her previous weight. The rule is that the greater the amount of fat, the faster the weight is lost. For a skinny girl weighing 45 kg, losing 3 kg will be more difficult than for a fat 90 kg woman losing 7 kg.

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Per month

Famous and beautiful anorexic models have been on diets all their lives and use 2 or 7 day courses quite aggressively, so monthly programs have been developed. In the intervals between them, shorter and lighter/strict diets are performed.

The main feature of the monthly diet is caloric restriction, that is, you can eat anything you want, but only within the specified calorie limits. To do this, you will have to carefully study the calorie content of all products and approach the choice qualitatively. Mainly eat vegetables and unsweetened fruits.

So, the home formula for becoming anorexic is:

• days 1, 2, 8, 9 – 500 kcal;
• days 3, 30 – 300 kcal;
• days 4, 7, 13 – 400 kcal;
• days 5, 19, 25, 26 – 100 kcal;
• days 6, 12, 18, 23, 27, 28, 29 – 200 kcal;
• 11, 24 days – 150 kcal;
• Day 14 – 350 kcal;
• Days 15, 22 – 250 kcal.

After a short time, the girl becomes anorexic, as the manic desire to lose weight gradually intensifies, the first results lead to euphoria.

Quitting the diet

Just like the DAN diet itself, exiting it must be done with strict adherence to all the rules. With such strict dietary restrictions, an incorrect transition to a normal diet can lead not only to a quick return of lost kilograms, but also to serious disorders of the digestive system. After completing the weight loss course, you need to expand the range of products very gradually. The most suitable power supply would be:

• during the first week - introduce natural juices with pulp, boiled fish and eggs into the menu;
• from the second week - supplement the diet with salads from fresh vegetables and cereals;
• in the third week, you can start eating your usual foods, returning to a nutritious diet.

Important! During the entire period of leaving the DAN diet, it is necessary to control the energy value of the daily diet. Every day you can add no more than 100 kcal. At the same time, for 3-4 weeks, the calorie content of the daily menu should not exceed 1500 kcal.

In addition, you cannot refuse fasting days. They will not allow the metabolism to slow down and will help maintain the achieved weight and appearance of an anorexic woman. Also, from the second week of release, you should introduce physical exercises that are necessary to keep the body in good shape.

What is the anorexic diet?

A dubious weight loss plan is being promoted around the world under the guise of an effective weight loss program. The Anorexic Nymph diet allows you to quickly achieve results, but complications often arise after it. However, with morbid obesity, fasting helps the body cleanse itself of toxins. Nutrition experts advise following an anorexic diet only as a last resort and with caution. Some recommend completely abandoning the torment of the body by fasting, choosing a more nutritious diet.

What is this program? The anorexic diet is a low-calorie diet that includes partial fasting. If you stick to a limited menu wisely, you can lose up to 7 kg in one week. However, you should not refuse to eat for a long time, because this will lead to loss of muscle mass, brittle hair, nails, fatigue, irritability and even depression. To avoid complications, it is better not to go on a diet for more than one week.

Pros and cons of the anorexic diet

Following a strict weight loss program results in rapid loss of excess weight. However, this diet belongs to the category of the most harmful, so you should not rely on it entirely. First, you should understand what the pros and cons of the anorexic diet are. Main advantages:

• rapid weight loss;
• cleansing the body (if you follow the advice of a nutritionist);
• strengthening willpower.

An anorexic diet does more harm than good. No wonder it is considered one of the most dangerous. If you torture the body every day for 2 weeks, the following negative consequences may occur:

• apathy;
• irritability;
• dizziness;
• mental disorientation;
• muscle weakness;
• aversion to food;
• upset stomach, intestines;
• disruption of the functioning of vital organs.

Sample diet menu for anorexics

The diet for weight loss is not rich in choice. What do anorexics eat? One of the menu options: kefir, low-fat cottage cheese, eggs and 2 liters of water per day. Some nutritionists advise adding white meat, fish and fruit, adhering to the “5 bites” principle. It is better to eat more vegetable salads, which should be seasoned with olive oil. You also need to drink a lot of mineral water - this will help the body maintain metabolic processes and receive vitamins. The main thing is not to exceed the threshold of 500-650 kcal per day. What foods and dishes are allowed to be consumed:

• boiled carrots;
• lemon, grapefruit;
• low-fat dairy products;
• chicken bouillon;
• green vegetables (cabbage, celery, broccoli, herbs);
• lean fish, meat.

During the weight loss process, you can additionally take bio-supplements and vitamins, this will support the body during fasting. A sample diet menu for anorexics looks like this:

1. Every morning you need to start with 2 glasses of still mineral water with lemon juice. This will speed up the fat burning process.
2. You can eat only 30 minutes after drinking.
3. On Monday you are allowed to drink several cups of tea without sugar. The drink should be warm, but not hot. You can add skim milk. It is recommended to drink a lot of still water (at least 2.5 liters per day).
4. On other days, except weekends, the menu should consist of low-fat cottage cheese, boiled meat, eggs, vegetables and fruits. For lunch you can have a bowl of soup. For dinner - a glass of kefir.
5. According to the diet, Saturday is a fasting day. Breakfast includes one large apple, lunch - grapefruit. For dinner you can only drink water.
6. On Sunday, you are allowed to add a slice of whole grain bread and hard cheese to the established diet. White bread should not be consumed. It's better to eat some fruit for lunch.

How the anorexic diet works

Some overweight girls wonder how to become anorexic. First, it’s worth understanding what lies behind this term. Anorexia nervosa is a disease associated with significant weight loss due to the consumption of a meager amount of calories. A dangerous condition contributes to the occurrence of psychological disorders and depression. It often affects teenage girls, but the disease can occur in adults of any gender and can lead to death.

The basic principle of the anorexic diet is to take 5 bites of an approved product at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Thanks to this, the body receives a small amount of calories and spends its own resources. The process leads to rapid weight loss, but there are pitfalls. Drastic changes in diet sometimes have the opposite effect: the body will begin to accumulate fat, experiencing shock. Metabolic processes may be disrupted and psychological illnesses may occur. To protect your body, it is better to consult a physician before agreeing to fasting.

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