2023 update: I thought it was about time to update this train wreak lol.
So, back in 2013, a famous tabloid news website in Lithuania released an article called: "Japanese Diet: 7 kg in 14 days!". 2015 me, being obsessed with dieting, because I've lived in UK for almost 2 years and had insanely unhealthy diet, decided to take some extreme measures and try this bonkers diet instead of actually changing my diet into something healthy and sustainable. 🙄
According to this website (which has zero references by the way, which makes this whole thing extremely questionable, which 2015 me did not bother to consider), this particular diet is way more popular than the traditional Japanese diet (doubtful), which mostly consists of fish, rice and seaweed. I could not find any diet like that online, but also it's now 2023 and with diet and fitness culture being at all times high, I think that any traces of it might have disappeared into the internet abyss...
The diet requires you to follow strict rules:
- NO: alcohol, sugar, salt, potatoes, wheat products or rice.
- Eat with chopsticks - you'll eat less.
- Do not change anything and follow the menu to the dot.
- Drink lots of water - at least 1.5 litres per day. Vitamins are also recommended, because the diet isn't nutritious enough.
- If there's too much coffee for you, you can swap it for green tea for the good antioxidant dose.
- The diet isn't recommended to people who have high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease, stomach issues, digestives issues, are pregnant or breastfeeding.
If that doesn't sound dodgy to you then I don't know what does lol. Here's the menu, which kind of does a U-turn in the middle in terms of food selection:
1st day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. Boiled cabbage salad with olive oil; 2 hard boiled eggs; 1 glass of tomato juice without added salt.
Dinner. 200-250g of fish (ideally steamed but if fried, then without oil, in a non-stick pan).
2nd day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee with rye or bran crisp-bread.
Lunch. 200-250g of fish; fresh vegetable and cabbage salad with olive oil.
Dinner. 100g boiled beef, cup of kefir.
3rd day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee with rye or bran crisp-bread.
Lunch. 1 large courgette (zucchini), gently fried in small amount of oil.
Dinner. 2 hard boiled eggs; 200g boiled beef; fresh cabbage salad with a dash of vegetable oil.
4th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. 1 raw egg; 3 large boiled carrots with vegetable oil, 15g hard cheese.
Dinner. Fruits (except bananas, grapes and mangoes).
5th day
Breakfast. Fresh carrot salad with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Lunch. 200-250g of fish; 1 glass of tomato juice.
Dinner. Fruits (except bananas, grapes and mangoes).
6th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. 1/2 small boiled chicken (no fat or skin); fresh cabbage or carrot salad.
Dinner. 2 hard boiled eggs; fresh carrot salad with vegetable oil.
7th day
Breakfast. Green or herbal tea without sugar.
Lunch. 200g of boiled beef; fruits (except bananas, grapes or mangoes).
Dinner. Any dinner from any previous day, except day 3.
8th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. 1/2 small boiled chicken (no fat or skin); fresh cabbage or carrot salad.
Dinner. 2 hard boiled eggs; fresh carrot salad with vegetable oil.
9th day
Breakfast. Fresh carrot salad with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Lunch. 200-250g of fish; 1 glass of tomato juice.
Dinner. Fruits (except bananas, grapes and mangoes).
10th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. 1 raw egg; 3 large boiled carrots with vegetable oil, 15g hard cheese.
Dinner. Fruits (except bananas, grapes and mangoes).
11th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee with rye or bran crisp-bread.
Lunch. 1 large courgette (zucchini), gently fried in small amount of oil.
Dinner. 2 hard boiled eggs; 200g boiled beef; fresh cabbage salad with a dash of vegetable oil.
12th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee with rye or bran crisp-bread.
Lunch. 200-250g of fish; fresh vegetable and cabbage salad with olive oil.
Dinner. 100g boiled beef, cup of kefir.
13th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. Boiled cabbage salad with olive oil; 2 hard boiled eggs; 1 glass of tomato juice without added salt.
Dinner. 200-250g of fish (ideally steamed but if fried, then without oil, in a non-stick pan).
14th day
Breakfast. Cup of black coffee.
Lunch. Boiled fish; fresh cabbage salad with vegetable oil.
Dinner: 200g boiled beef; 1 cup of kefir.
Honestly, this diet is completely bonkers. 2023 me is shocked at how unhealthy this diet is and it really gives me the crazy Kpop idol diet vibes. It's no wonder that this diet promises a 7 kilo loss in 2 weeks. Mostly because you're cutting loads of calories out, so being in a huge caloric deficit, it will definitely accelerate your weight loss. Is it healthy? Definitely not. Did 2015 me do this diet? Definitely yes. 🙄 I managed to find the website to this diet again and noticed some discrepancies in the menu I've posted back in 2015. I'll have to blame my past rubbish translation skills for that lol. You can read my diet journey here. Disclaimer/spoiler: I didn't follow the diet correctly lol.
Since my 2015 self thought adding a photo of guinea pig to this blog post was appropriate, I'll just leave it here in shame. 🤣
Good luck~
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