The diets of famous models are what attract the attention of millions of women. Everyone wants to know what these flexible, disembodied maidens eat and whether they eat at all. One of these is the world celebrity, top model and actress Natalia Vodianova, a truly magnetic and alluring woman.
It is difficult to imagine those who are indifferent to her extraordinary appearance: many admire her, many are interested in her, and some even consider her ugly. Note that Natalia Vodianova is a mother of five children and will turn forty in a few years. Magic, isn't it?!
What is the diet based on?
To stay slim, Natalia Vodianova follows a pulse diet, combining a hearty breakfast with a light lunch and a meager dinner. The model resorts to it before fashion shows and other important events.
Until 10 o'clock in the morning, Vodianova allows herself to feast on any dishes. Calories that enter the body along with food at this time of day are completely burned throughout the day and are not stored in fat reserves. High-calorie foods eaten for breakfast take a long time to digest, leaving you feeling full until the evening.
By treating herself to indulgences in the morning, the model sharply limits her diet for the rest of the day. Her lunch consists of a portion of vegetable salad, and for dinner she is content with only tea.
The trick to the pulse diet is that before 10 o'clock in the morning a person cannot eat much, since his appetite is reduced at this time. Even if you allow yourself to indulge in high-calorie foods after waking up, the energy value of breakfast will not exceed 1000 kcal. A vegetable salad eaten for lunch contains no more than 200 kcal, and herbal tea drunk in the evening has no calories at all. As a result, the energy value of the diet for people following the Vodianova diet will be only 1200 kcal per day.
Nutritionists' opinions on Natalia Vodianova's diet
According to some experts in the field of proper nutrition, Natalia Vodianova’s diet could be classified as a rational method of losing weight, if not for one “but” - complete refusal of food for such a long period of time (the entire second half of the day) is fraught with episodic breakdowns, which can lead to weight gain. In addition, such a diet, if you do not adhere to it all your life, but resort to it only for the purpose of quickly losing weight, can provoke the development of gastritis.
Perhaps it would be better to prescribe yourself a milder version of this diet, namely, add a light dinner. Let there be low-fat but healthy food - for example, a fruit salad or a slice of lean meat (boiled) with a vegetable side dish.
Natalia Vodianova's nutritional rules
Before breakfast, the model drinks a cup of warm rosehip infusion. The fruits of this plant are a rich source of vitamin C, which helps speed up metabolism. In addition, the decoction increases immunity, which decreases during weight loss, improves the functioning of the digestive system and has a tonic effect. Thanks to its diuretic effect, the drink removes excess water from the body.
For breakfast, Natalya likes to treat herself to dumplings, chops, pilaf, pies and other dishes that cannot be called dietary. It does not limit portion sizes. In the morning, the model also eats a salad made from cabbage, which provides the body with the fiber necessary for normal intestinal function. Breakfast ends with a cup of hot tea.
The model prepares a vegetable salad intended for lunch without vegetable oil. She uses lemon juice or low-fat yogurt as a dressing.
Vodianova brews tea for dinner from herbs that promote weight loss (mint, sage, coltsfoot, etc.). It must be drunk without sugar.
Natalya is not happy with snacks between meals. Still water helps her get rid of hunger in the afternoon. Her model drinks at least 2 liters a day. In addition to water, you can drink tea (herbal, black or green) or coffee. At the initial stage of the diet, you can add a little skim milk and honey to drinks.
To ensure that the lost weight does not return after finishing the diet, you need to exit it gradually. During the first week, plant-based products should predominate in the diet. They can be consumed raw, boiled, baked or stewed. Also during this period, it is useful to drink low-fat fermented milk drinks, which will provide the body with B vitamins, which have the ability to speed up metabolism. After leaving the pulsating diet, it is advisable to completely stop consuming sugar and animal fats for at least a month.
Metamorphoses of a supermodel
During her fourth pregnancy, Natasha’s figure changed noticeably – the model gained a lot. Vodianova returned to form almost instantly. Fans began to wonder what exactly she did for this and how she was able to regain her girlish slimness in just a couple of months.
Now Natasha weighs 52 kg with a height of 176 cm, that is, her model parameters are ideal. By the way, at the start of her career at the age of 16, the model’s body weight was only a couple of kilograms less. Vodianova says that she never took Thai pills or resorted to super-aggressive methods to lose weight - the author’s nutritional system and regular exercise in the gym were enough for her.
Natasha believes that nothing is impossible for those who want to achieve something - in the case of an ideal body, the main tool in the fight for victory was the pulsating diet.
Pros and cons of the diet
The Russian supermodel’s weight loss technique has a number of advantages:
- Easily tolerated due to the absence of strict dietary restrictions.
- Helps reduce the size of the stomach, so that after completing the diet a person stops overeating.
- Helps achieve rapid weight loss in a short time.
- Does not require the purchase of special products. The menu can include everything that is in the refrigerator.
- With a properly designed menu, it allows you to provide the body with the necessary nutrients.
Vodianova’s express diet also has many disadvantages. The most significant of them include the following points:
- Long periods between meals can provoke the development of stomach ulcers and other diseases of the digestive tract.
- The nutrition system is not designed for a long time, so it is not suitable for people who are overweight more than 10 kg.
- Diet can provoke metabolic disorders in the body.
- With a sharp decrease in weight, stretch marks appear on the body.
- Due to the low caloric content of the diet, a person losing weight in the evening may experience complaints of weakness, fatigue, dizziness and other unpleasant symptoms.
It's better to be skinny!
With her height of 175 centimeters, the model does not even reach 55 kilograms. Here, of course, WHO warns that Natasha’s body mass index, which is 16, can only indicate excessive thinness, because the norm is still 18-25. Although modeling agencies probably don’t think so.
At one London festival, Vodianova said that it was better for her to be skinny than fat . And in general, it is necessary to carefully monitor the nutrition of children, because in some countries they have already begun to take away children who are too fat from their parents, after which they are sent to special institutions.
The model admits that there were moments in her life when she urgently and sharply needed to lose weight, after which she became nervous, tired and even began to lose hair. And only after one doctor friend explained that this state of affairs was killing Natalya, she stopped. And now she's doing well.
Sample daily menu
You can create a pulse diet menu yourself, guided by its general principles and your own taste preferences. At the same time, it is important to ensure that during weight loss the body does not experience a deficiency of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The approximate diet menu for 1 day is as follows:
- 10-15 minutes before breakfast you need to drink 200 ml of rosehip decoction.
- Breakfast: 100 g spaghetti with sauce, 1 fried cutlet, 2 egg omelette, 50 g white cabbage salad, toast with butter, 1 orange, 200 ml green tea.
- Lunch: a cup of tea with 1 tsp. honey
- Lunch: 200 g of salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers with the addition of fresh herbs and lemon juice.
- Afternoon snack: a cup of tea with a slice of lemon.
- Dinner: 200 ml herbal tea.
At the initial stage of losing weight, many people feel hungry in the evenings. To get rid of it, in the first days of the diet, dinner can be supplemented with grapefruit.
Diet menu
Breakfast - until 10 am you can eat whatever you want. Natalya loves to treat herself to pies, pilaf, dumplings and other dishes that cannot be called dietary. Breakfast ends with a cup of green or black tea.
Snack - herbal tea with a teaspoon of honey.
Lunch - vegetable salad with fresh herbs, seasoned with lemon juice or low-fat yogurt.
Snack: tea with lemon.
Dinner - tea without any additives.
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The transition to a pulse diet should be smooth. Abruptly refusing dinner can cause dizziness, so replace tea with grapefruit in the first few days.
Before using this diet, be sure to consult your doctor, as there are contraindications.
Contraindications
Not all people can follow the Vodianova diet. Contraindications to it are:
- pregnancy;
- breastfeeding period;
- age under 18 years;
- acute and chronic diseases of the digestive system;
- kidney disease;
- diabetes;
- infectious diseases;
- exhaustion of the body.
People who have no contraindications to the diet should consult a doctor before starting to lose weight.
Get results
The main thing in successful weight loss is motivation, because if you have it, achieving your goal is much easier. The second important point is strict adherence to nutritional rules, any deviation from which reduces the plumb line.
In the case of Natalia Vodianova’s diet, you need:
- Set a goal and decide how long you will eat according to this menu;
- Take heavy food strictly before 10 am, you can’t eat it later;
- Dinner should be done at 6 pm or a little earlier, while you can only eat low-calorie dishes;
- Use rosehip decoction and herbal teas without restrictions - there cannot be too much of them. The norm of fluid consumption must be observed - this will make the process of getting rid of extra pounds more fun;
- Going in for sports is optimally fitness or yoga, but other options are also allowed. Choose the direction that suits you best;
- Lean on lean meat and fish, boiled eggs, low-fat dairy products, vegetables, and fruits. All “empty” sauces and desserts will need to be completely excluded.
Reviews
Evgenia, 32 years old, Nizhnevartovsk : Before going to the sea, there was a need to lose a few extra pounds. There was little time left, so I decided to use Vodianova’s express diet. I lost weight strictly according to the rules. I can’t say that it’s easy to follow the diet: although I didn’t feel hungry before lunch, in the late afternoon I had difficulty restraining myself so as not to break down. However, the result is worth the effort, since in 10 days I began to weigh 5 kg less.
Natalya, 30 years old, Ivanovo : Vodianova’s diet is convenient for me for two reasons: firstly, I always have a hearty breakfast, since I work all day and it’s not always possible to have a full lunch, and secondly, I don’t need to prepare special dishes for it. I periodically use this weight loss method to lose the 2-3 kg that I accumulated during the holidays or vacation. It has never failed me, but I don’t follow it for more than 7 days, because I’m afraid that I could harm my health. Everything is good in moderation.
Inna, 25 years old, Cherepovets : Although with the help of the pulsating diet I got rid of 7 kg in 2 weeks, I do not recommend it to anyone. After it I started having headaches and stomach problems. I had to go on a diet again, but this time it was a therapeutic one. It's better to eat small meals several times a day. The effect will be no worse, but without causing health problems.
Polina, 27 years old, Vsevolzhsk : The pulsating diet is a godsend for those with a sweet tooth like me. When I followed it, every day I treated myself to breakfast with chocolates, favorite cakes and other delicacies that were harmful to my figure. I ate all high-calorie foods in limited quantities, I constantly counted calories, but it was still mentally easier to follow a diet, because you can indulge yourself. The first 4 days were the most difficult, since it was inconvenient to fall asleep on an empty stomach, but gradually I got used to it and no longer felt hungry. In 2 weeks I lost 6 kg.
What nutritionists say...
Everything would be fine if nutritionists didn’t criticize the pauses between meals so much. Today it has become known that you need to eat, although little, but often . Otherwise, you can get fat in the shortest possible time. But the diet that Vodianova follows will definitely result in health problems, such as ulcers or gastritis. And even more so if it is abused.
The world-famous model, in turn, denies the fact of abusing such a diet, and says that she adheres to it only in those moments when a couple of kilograms interfere with plans and life . This is where she gives her body a fasting holiday with the help of a pulse diet. By the way, Natasha admitted that it was precisely this nutritional system that helped her get into shape five days (!) after giving birth. Otherwise, Paris Fashion Week would have passed without her.
In addition, Vodianova believes that everyone who lives in a metropolis, in addition to slimness and external beauty, also needs internal beauty. The model achieves this through yoga. It is this stress reliever that helps Natalya stay in shape and manage to do many things at once.
