Celery soup diet: rules and menu for weight loss

Celery has a negative calorie content, so you can lose weight on it quickly and easily. At the same time, you can eat a lot and often. Get recipes for celery soup, salad and tea and lose up to 3 kg in one day!

• Reviews from those who have lost weight

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

Celery is a universal product that is used in dietary nutrition for weight loss, for medicinal purposes and to satisfy gastronomic needs. This is explained by the wide range of possibilities of the nondescript root vegetable: its presence on the table significantly improves the figure, health and appearance. Dishes with it are extremely low in calories, since 100 g of this vegetable contains only 18-30 kcal.

The celery diet is very simple and effective, so it is often chosen even by those who do not really like the unique taste of this vegetable, but appreciate all the advantages of this technique.

The benefits of celery for weight loss

The effect of this vegetable on your figure proves that there are foods that you need to eat in order to lose weight.

1. It has a “minus calorie content”. This characteristic indicates that more calories are spent on digesting this product than are supplied with it during meals. It is for this reason that the more you eat, the faster you get rid of extra pounds.
2. The mild diuretic effect allows you to quickly remove excess fluid from tissues, eliminate swelling and thereby reduce body weight and volume.
3. Celery fiber is an excellent “brush” that cleanses stagnant masses from intestinal loops, thereby preventing putrefactive processes and the risk of developing slow toxicity. In addition, from the mechanical effects of fiber, the epithelium of the small and large intestines intensively evacuates dead cells, which makes it possible to more actively populate the mucosa with intestinal cultures.
4. The substances contained in the vegetable affect biochemical metabolic reactions and thereby accelerate metabolic processes.
5. Thanks to its special essential oil, celery activates the production of gastric juice, which accelerates the process of breaking down food in the stomach.

It is for these reasons that the opinion of nutritionists is clear: this root vegetable is an ideal vegetable for losing weight, correcting weight and body parameters.

How to use celery for weight loss

This plant is presented in three varieties: root, petiole and leaf. All of them are equally good at improving your figure, but, depending on the variety, you need to eat different parts of the plant.

• The root is used for preparing first and second courses. It is used both raw and after heat treatment. It is available for sale all year round, but in order to be completely confident in the quality of the root crop, it can be grown on a windowsill without any problems.
• Petiole does not form such a powerful root as in the previous case, but forms juicy massive stems up to 4 cm in diameter. The cost of the petiole form is higher because the shelf life is much shorter compared to the root form.
• The leaf contains a lot of chlorophyll, which is absent in large quantities in other varieties.

For weight loss, it is best to consume the plant in its raw form - in salads, cocktails or fresh juices. But it is also acceptable to use boiled, baked or stewed.

If after cooking there is an unused part of the plant left, the remainder must be tightly packed in cling film and stored in the refrigerator until next use.

Benefits of the Celery Diet

Celery is perfect for all categories of people: children and the elderly, men and women. There are a number of reasons for choosing a diet based on it:

1. The amino acids it contains accelerate recovery processes, which gives the body a rejuvenating effect and slows down cell aging.
2. It contains an almost complete list of all microelements and vital vitamins necessary for humans, which will prevent you from suffering from vitamin deficiency during a diet on celery.
3. It has a calming effect, improves night sleep and regulates sleep cycles, making a person more resistant to stress.
4. It improves the water-salt balance, which reduces the frequency of exacerbations of hypertension, eases the course of diabetes and improves the functioning of the thyroid gland.
5. Streamlines the digestive system, relieves constipation and flatulence.
6. Helps digest complex multi-component dishes, especially proteins.
7. It is used in the treatment of stomach ulcers, gastritis and chronic colitis.
8. It is a product that does not cause allergies.
9. Since this vegetable is used as an aphrodisiac, when actively used in food, not only a surge of energy is felt, but also sexual desire (this effect is especially pronounced in men).
10. Due to the fact that this plant improves overall tone, loss of strength and rapid fatigue are excluded during weight loss.

Authorized Products

The main dish for a celery diet is a light vegetable soup. In addition, the diet menu is allowed to include a number of products with low calorie content and minimal carbohydrate content. You can prepare permitted foods in several ways: boil in water or steam, bake in the oven without using oil. To improve the taste of dishes, you can add herbs (fresh, dried, frozen), herbs, and natural seasonings. The amount of salt should be kept to a minimum. What products can be consumed using the celery method, see the table.

Basic Rules

In order for weight loss to be as effective and easy as possible, it is necessary to take into account special recommendations for the course:

1. You should not deprive yourself of the first warm dishes, as you can make celery their main component.
2. Since dishes based on this plant are very low in calories, you can eat them quite often and in large quantities.
3. The consumption of sweets, flour, salty, smoked, pickled, canned, fried foods is prohibited.
4. Alcoholic and sweet carbonated drinks are not allowed, and tea and coffee must be drunk without sugar.
5. A little-known fact, but nutritionists recommend using this method for those for whom pineapple weight loss is not available due to cost.
6. A celery diet can cause a significant decrease in glucose levels. Most often, this condition intensifies during the second or third day. In this case, you need to eat one sweet fruit and your health will quickly improve.
7. If the condition does not improve or the deterioration occurs again, then the course should be stopped immediately.
8. Repeated use of the celery diet – after 3 months.

Contraindications

Despite the versatility of celery for weight loss, weight correction with the help of this plant has its contraindications. Since during its digestion the body wastes calories in excess, it is prohibited to combine this method with a water diet.

It is not recommended to use the course during menstruation, due to the risk of dizziness and low blood pressure.

Celery should not often be present on the table after the second trimester of pregnancy (starting from the seventh month), as it can provoke uterine contractions and the onset of premature labor.

Also contraindications for celery weight loss are:

• thrombophlebitis;
• varicose veins;
• lactation (causes a decrease in the amount of breast milk);
• perforated ulcer;
• pancreatitis;
• hypertensive crisis;
• kidney stones (may trigger the onset of stone movement);
• uterine bleeding;
• epilepsy.

Menu

The celery method allows you to choose different course lengths. It is best to eat freshly prepared meals - their use will ensure a greater supply of nutrients during weight loss.

For a day

Such unloading can cleanse the body and simultaneously get rid of 2–3 kg. Celery juice is used in all main meals and snacks.

Celery-apple unloading

• Breakfast: 2 apples and 150 ml of juice.
• Lunch: 150 ml juice.
• Lunch: 1 juicy apple.
• Afternoon snack: 250 ml fresh juice.
• Before bed: 20 ml of juice.

You need to drink a lot of water throughout the day: at least 2.5 liters.

Celery-vegetable unloading

During the day you need to eat 300 g of celery and 2 kg of other vegetables (except potatoes). Vegetables can be raw or cooked. The entire volume of food must be divided into 5 servings and eaten at equal intervals.

From a set of vegetables you can prepare salads and even first courses, for example, okroshka with kefir. Due attention should also be paid to the drinking regime: herbal teas and water are acceptable drinks. The total volume of liquid is about 2.5 liters.

For 3 days

Losing weight with celery juice

With this approach, the technique allows you to become 1–3 kg lighter in 3 days. In parallel with this, the work of the gallbladder and intestines is activated.

To do this, you need to drink 1 tbsp half an hour before each main meal (3 times a day). l. celery juice and do not drink water. Juice can be prepared from the root or petiole part of the plant. The main rule is that the juice must be freshly prepared; it cannot be stored either in the refrigerator or at room temperature, since it very quickly loses most of its beneficial substances.

The rest of the diet consists of healthy foods, the calorie content of which is limited to 1200 kcal per day.

With this regime, the excretory system may be too active, so losing weight should be timed to coincide with weekends, vacations, or provide the opportunity for frequent visits to the toilet.

Salad weight loss

This celery diet allows you to lose 2 kg. The basis is salads, the main component of which is celery. You should not continue the course for more than three days, as this may negatively affect the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.

The entire diet consists of salads, in which the ratio of plant foods to protein is approximately 4:1. They can be seasoned with a small amount of olive, sesame or flaxseed oil, biokefir, low-fat kefir, wine or balsamic vinegar, and yogurt.

Authorized products:

• fish meat;
• seafood;
• chicken and turkey;
• vegetables (except potatoes and beets);
• fruits (except banana and grapes);
• skim milk, yogurt, kefir (not more than 1% fat).

As for drinks, any unsweetened drinks, teas, coffee, and still water are allowed.

For 4 days

The four-day version of celery weight loss is more nutritious and differs in that the list of protein foods is more diverse. During this period, you can get the result in the form of a weight loss of 3-4 kg. In every salad mentioned in the menu, you must add celery in a proportion of 50% of the total volume.

Day 1

• Breakfast: 2 boiled chicken proteins, 200 g of cottage cheese with a fat content of up to 5%.
• Lunch: 250 g of steamed chicken, skinned, 250 ml of biokefir.
• Afternoon snack: salad of 1 tomato and 250 g of boiled cauliflower.
• Dinner: 150 g of shredded white cabbage salad, seasoned with flaxseed oil, 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese.

Day 2

• Breakfast: 150 g of fish, cooked in a double boiler, 250 ml of low-fat milk.
• Lunch: 200 g steamed fish fillet, 250 ml biokefir.
• Afternoon snack: 250 g of grated apple salad with carrots, 300 ml of fresh apple juice.
• Dinner: 3 pieces of ham without fat, 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese.

Day 3

• Breakfast: 250 ml of low-fat kefir or yogurt, 3 slices of hard cheese, 100 g of low-fat cottage cheese.
• Lunch: 150 g of boiled chicken fillet, salad with 100 g of boiled or steamed cauliflower, 300 ml of low-fat milk.
• Afternoon snack: 200 g of green leafy vegetable salad and 1 juicy apple.
• Dinner: 250 g of low-fat cottage cheese.

Day 4

• Breakfast: 3 chicken proteins, 250 ml of biokefir or yogurt.
• Lunch: 200 g of fish fillet, cooked in a double boiler, 200 ml of low-calorie kefir.
• Afternoon snack: 100 g celery, 1 tomato.
• Dinner: 200 ml yogurt.

To prepare salads, you can use all 3 types of vegetables: root, leaf and petiole. The root can sometimes be pre-boiled.

For 7 days

The weekly menu is based on the use of low-calorie celery soup, which is easily digested and perfectly absorbed by the body.

The exact quantity of the dish is not indicated; it can be eaten as desired, but do not forget that stretching the stomach leads to a constant increase in portions, which will inevitably affect weight after stopping the diet.

After using the celery diet menu for a week, the average weight loss results range from 5 to 7 kg.

The daily diet should be divided into equal portions.

• Monday: soup and 1 kilogram of fruit (except bananas).
• Tuesday: soup and 0.5 kg of vegetables of your choice (except legumes) fresh, boiled or canned, but always without adding vegetable oil.
• Wednesday: soup, 0.4 kg of fruit and 0.5 kg of vegetables.
• Thursday: Wednesday menu plus 300 ml of low-calorie kefir.
• Friday: soup, 300 g of steamed or baked beef, tomatoes - fresh, baked or canned.
• Saturday: soup, 300 g of steamed or baked beef, 1 kg of low-starch vegetables.
• Sunday: soup, 3 tbsp. l. brown rice in water, 0.5 liters of freshly squeezed fruit juice.

For 14 days

The entire course of a two-week diet on celery must be controlled by the amount of water drunk and ensure that the norm is not lower than 2 liters, and on Friday and Saturday increase it to 2.5–3 liters. Celery soup and other products are on the menu daily. You cannot swap days or modify the menu, as this will slow down the progress of weight loss.

• Monday: soup and non-starchy fruit, unsweetened juice, rooibos or coffee.
• Tuesday: soup, 2 boiled potatoes with vegetable oil, vegetables (except legumes, green peas and corn).
• Wednesday: soup, 1 baked potato, tea.
• Thursday: soup, 3 bananas (preferably unripe ones), 1 liter of biokefir.
• Friday: soup, 350 g of boiled fish, beef or chicken, 6 tomatoes, at least 8 glasses of drinking water.
• Saturday: soup, 300 g of lean beef or boiled chicken, 2 kg of vegetables, at least 8 glasses of drinking water.
• Sunday: soup, 2 tbsp. l. boiled brown rice, 1 kg of vegetables, 300 ml of fresh fruit.

During the second week, you need to repeat the diet menu from Monday to Sunday.

General recommendations

Celery is consumed in different forms. The basis of the diet is soup, but you can also include some other dishes. The leaves and stems are recommended for use as a seasoning for other vegetable dishes. You can make a salad from the petioles (they are eaten both raw and stewed). The fleshy root of the plant is recommended to be boiled and baked. The stems are juiced or made into a smoothie (with the addition of other green vegetables).

Dishes made from celery quickly saturate the body, a person does not experience painful hunger, characteristic of other mono-diets.

The celery diet comes in various forms. But any version of it involves the complete exclusion of sweets, baked goods, fatty and spicy foods. All carbonated drinks, packaged juices, and coffee are prohibited.

You can make a small exception and drink a cup of coffee a day, but only natural and without sugar. In the absence of carbohydrates, the body may not have enough resources for intense mental work. Therefore, if you are going to have active mental activity and your head is already spinning, it is permissible to eat a small piece of sugar.

It is important to maintain a drinking regime, otherwise, with increased fluid excretion, its lack will begin to affect the body.

Not every body tolerates vegetables well, especially cabbage, which can cause increased gas formation and lead to flatulence and discomfort. In this case, you can replace it with a more neutral option - zucchini. They contain fiber, but not rough fiber, and the body can easily digest them.

If your body tolerates such a diet well, you can take a break for one or two days (but do not overeat during this time, but simply add low-fat dairy products to your diet), and then repeat this menu again for a week.

Rapid heartbeat and muscle weakness are indicators that the diet should be abandoned.

Recipes

Because celery has an interesting and distinct taste, it has many adherents. But for those who have not tried such dishes before, it will be interesting to know that this component is used in the preparation of first and second courses and many salads.

Celery soup for weight loss

The dish can be consumed both hot and cold. It will show all its properties better if it was prepared shortly before the meal, so preparing large quantities for future use is not the best solution. Moreover, preparing such a dish does not take much time.

In order to prepare the right soup for weight loss on a celery diet, with the help of which fat deposits will quickly melt, you can use any of the recipes below. For successful weight loss, each of them can be eaten in its classic form, but if desired, you can grind it in a blender and use it as a puree soup.

First option

Ingredients:

• medium-sized cabbage forks (approximately 1.5 kg);
• 6 onions;
• 2 pcs. knobby pepper;
• 6 tomatoes (canned);
• 300 g root or large bunch of green celery.

Wash everything, cut into small pieces: the smaller the pieces, the faster the cooking process will be completed and the fewer vitamins will have time to be destroyed.

Fill everything with water so that its level is 2 fingers higher than the vegetables. Bring to a boil over high heat, and then cook for 20–25 minutes. over low heat with the lid closed.

The soup should not be salty, but the use of natural herbal seasonings will enhance the taste.

Second option

• 300 g of celery root and a bunch of its leaves;
• 300 g broccoli;
• 2 pcs. sweet carrots;
• 1/3 leek stalk;
• a bunch of dill;
• a bunch of parsley;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 200 ml tomato paste;
• 2 tbsp. l. olive oils;
• 2 laurel leaves.

Wash and peel the celery and broccoli, chop finely, and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Place all these vegetables in a saucepan, add three liters of water and cook over low heat for 15 minutes.

Coarsely chop the onion rings and quickly fry them in oil. Add tomato paste to the onion and simmer for 2 minutes.

Place the contents of the frying pan into a saucepan, add whole peeled garlic cloves, finely chopped herbs, bay leaves and cook everything together for another 5-7 minutes.

Third option

Ingredients:

• 200 g celery root;
• small forks of white cabbage;
• 600 g carrots;
• 6 onions;
• 2 large green sweet peppers;
• 0.5 kg of green beans;
• 6 tomatoes;
• 1.5 liters of tomato juice.

Chop all the vegetables, place everything tightly in a saucepan and pour in tomato juice. If necessary, add water so that the liquid covers the remaining ingredients.

Bring the contents of the pan to a boil over high heat, and cook for another 10 minutes, covered, reducing the heat to low.

Diet salads

Salad with ginger

Ingredients:

• 150 g celery;
• 50 g ginger;
• 5 ml lemon juice.

Wash both root vegetables, cut into small strips and season with lemon juice.

Apple salad

Ingredients:

• 2 juicy apples;
• 300 g celery root;
• 3 knobby peppers;
• ½ bunch of parsley;
• salt;
• low fat yogurt.

Peel the skins from the roots and apples. Cut the apples and peppers into strips, and the celery into cubes. Sprinkle everything with herbs and season with yogurt sauce, salt to taste and mix.

Salad with carrots

Ingredients:

• 100 g celery;
• 100 g turnips;
• 100 g carrots;
• lemon juice.

Wash, peel and grate the root vegetables for the salad. Season everything with salt and juice, mix. You can eat the salad after 30 minutes, when it gives juice.

Ginger-celery tea

Ingredients:

• celery;
• ginger;
• honey;
• lemon;
• mint.

Pour boiling water over a few circles of each root, mint leaves and lemon rings and let steep for 5–10 minutes. Add honey to the cup to taste.

You cannot drink tea that was brewed yesterday. Also, the drink should not be drunk too hot; it is better to let it cool slightly.

Reviews and results

Viktor Vladimirovich, sports doctor:

“Soup diets are highly popular among famous people, and not just among the people. For example, Angelina Jolie, Galina Vishnevskaya, Mike Tyson prefer the soup diet. There is nothing surprising in this, because a serving of soup contains no more than 35 kcal. Therefore, you can eat it in liters and continue to lose weight.

However, the soup diet should be practiced with caution, since the menu cannot be called balanced. There is a deficiency of amino acids and proteins in it, which can lead to the burning of muscles rather than fat.”

Irina Anatolyevna, nutritionist:

“The soup diet provokes sudden weight loss, which is quite logical. It comes down to the fact that the main dish on the menu is low in calories. It is good to use this diet to cleanse the body after holidays accompanied by a feast. However, it should be taken into account that rapid weight loss may be accompanied by a disturbance in general well-being.”

Reviews from those who have lost weight

Vladimir, 47 years old: “Doctors diagnosed me with stage 3 obesity, moreover, I was faced with an urgent need to lose weight before the operation. In just 2 weeks I managed to lose 10 kg. Then I was operated on. When the rehabilitation period was over, I tried the diet again. The second approach allowed me to lose another 14 kg. Now I feel much better, so I can confidently call this diet effective.”

Victoria, 28 years old: “The diet cannot be called strict; I adhered to much more “strict” methods. You can prepare different soups; the menu includes vegetables and fruits. It's just hard to give up sweets. 10 days before the trip to the sea, I managed to lose 6 kg, which is not bad at all.”

Kira: “The soup diet is not a scam, it really works. Soups act as an excellent laxative and cleanse the intestines. I recommend that everyone who decides to adhere to this diet drink a glass of kefir before going to bed so that dysbacteriosis does not develop. After 18-00 it is better to refuse food altogether.”

Marina: “The diet disappointed me. In 2 days I lost 1.5 kg, and then the needle on the scale seemed to freeze. The weight didn’t come off anymore.”

Quitting the diet

Returning to a normal diet after a celery diet should occur gradually. The daily amount of food increases gradually, approximately 100 kcal per day or two.

During the first week, the ban on flour and sweet soda continues. During the first three days, you can expand your diet with raw fruits and vegetables, then allow yourself stewed dishes. By the end of the week, introduce whole grain porridge and first courses.

You need to pay attention to a sufficient supply of fluid and keep this figure at the level of 2 liters. Carbonated drinking water should not be consumed.

To consolidate the result obtained, it will be correct to apply physical activity: this will allow you to smoothly adapt to the new caloric intake without changing the scale readings upward. As an alternative, you can use jogging or long walks in the morning and in the evening.

Continued use of celery first courses, salads and juices from this plant in the diet will help control body weight after stopping the diet.

Prohibited Products

The list of prohibited foods when using the celery method is quite impressive. It includes all sugar-containing, flour, and fatty products. You cannot eat nuts, seeds, dried fruits, mushrooms, canned and smoked foods on such a diet. All alcohol is strictly prohibited. Detailed information about prohibited products by category is presented in the table.