Many women, trying to achieve their desired figure, are ready to try any diet. However, as a rule, any diet includes quite strict restrictions, and after spending several days on a diet, many women break down by eating a forbidden product, and then completely give up on the process of losing weight.
Against the backdrop of such numerous diets, Ekaterina Mirimanova’s system looks more than attractive, since there is no need to adhere to strict restrictions.
Who is she?
In fact, Ekaterina Mirimana is not a nutritionist, not a doctor or a personal trainer... Nothing of the kind! This is an ordinary woman who, after the birth of her child, reached her extreme point of 120 kg and realized that she could not move further in this direction. And Katya pulled herself together. Having tried a lot of recipes, tips and diets, Ekaterina came up with her own system, which in 1.5 years helped her lose exactly half the weight.
This is where the name of the minus 60 system came from. Katya, being a talented journalist, wrote about 30 books, hastening to share her success with women and tell them how to achieve the coveted figure.
Power system from Mirimanova
If you were inspired by the example of an ordinary woman, then it’s time to figure out what her system is.
However, without a preliminary attitude, as Mirimanova claims, you can’t get anywhere! This is where we need to start. So:
Get started now!
Mature internally that you are ready to lose weight. Realize that you can no longer come up with 1000 excuses. If you love yourself, then it's time to show it, firstly, to yourself. As soon as you feel this, start the diet immediately: not tomorrow, not on Monday, but right now.
Adapt gradually!
No matter what passion you have, it is quite difficult to completely reshape your life and long-term habits in three days. That's why take small steps every day. Tune in to the fact that the weight will go away gradually, and not instantly.
Time!
To stick to this diet. You'll have to watch your meal times.
If you are ready, then go ahead and get acquainted with the rules of the minus 60 diet.
List of books
- System minus 60, or My magical weight loss. The experience of a losing weight optimist.
# Recipes for the minus 60 system, or the Sorceress in the kitchen.
- Minus 60 problems, or Secrets of the sorceress.
# System minus 60: Life after losing weight.
- Minus 60. System and recipes in one book.
# System minus 60 for men.
- Eksmo, 2010
# System minus 60. Big book of recipes.
- System minus 60. Beauty secrets for ordinary sorceresses.
# Edges.
- Eksmo, 2010
# Eksmo, 2011
- Exclusive for friends
# System minus 60 for expectant mothers. How to give birth to a healthy baby without losing your figure
- Big book of recipes
# Positive weight loss. The most important secret of success
- Diary of a Sorceress
# Beauty secrets for an ordinary sorceress
- Mirimanova, Anna and Sergei Litvinov: Who killed the kilograms? The real story of weight loss
# Man and woman.
Minus 60 problems in relationships In 2004, Ekaterina graduated from the University of the Russian Academy of Education. Catherine's first book about losing weight was written in 2005. Unlike today, at that time there were practically no such publications, and the entire field of nutrition was unpromising. Despite this, today Ekaterina is a successful author of many books, and her first work is a bestseller on the Russian market.
Basic Rules
- Breakfast is required. At the same time, Mirimanova does not insist that it be dense. You can drink juice or coffee with toast and cheese, but you can’t skip it: this is the only way to start the metabolic process in the morning.
- You can safely drink both coffee and alcohol. However, those who are used to drinking sugary drinks should switch to fructose or unrefined brown sugar instead of white sugar. In this case, your sugar dose should be gradually reduced: from two spoons to half. When allowing alcohol, Mirimanova advises choosing dry red wine: its sugar content is minimal.
- There will be chocolate! Exactly! However, you should replace milk chocolate with dark chocolate. For those who don’t like it, Mirimanova advises buying chocolate with a minimum amount of cocoa at the beginning, the percentage of which should be gradually increased. Soon you will start to really enjoy it.
- Let's say yes to the side dish! The ideal side dish is steamed rice, buckwheat and vegetables. Freshly frozen vegetables are just as healthy as fresh ones.
- Bread is allowed! It's best to eat white bread. As a last resort, eat it exclusively in the first half of the day. In the remaining time - rye bread and crackers.
- Pasta and potatoes are permissible, but under one condition: eat them in the first half of the day and without meat, for example, for breakfast. In the evening they are strictly prohibited.
- We don't eat before bed. More precisely, you need to have dinner as early as possible. Adapt gradually, moving dinner time back an hour over and over again. Ideally, you should have dinner no later than 6:00 pm. Lack of stress on the stomach at night is very conducive to weight loss.
- Water and salt - in reasonable quantities. Mirimanova claims that you need to drink, but it is not necessary to pour into yourself the “supplied” 1.5-2.0 liters of water. You can also use salt, but within reasonable limits.
- No fasting days! Fasting days are stressful for the body, so don’t take on this additional burden.
- Main meal + snacks. You need to eat three times a day. If hunger overcomes, then fruit snacks are possible.
- Vitamins. Taking vitamin complexes will help your body get rid of extra pounds and help you maintain your morale.
What and when do we eat?
We have breakfast until 12 noon and at the same time eat everything we want, with the exception of milk chocolate.
For lunch we do not eat fried meat, only grilled, boiled or stewed. Do not eat pasta and potatoes with meat or fish dishes. Use vegetables, buckwheat, wild rice. Try to prepare soups without potatoes. For dessert, choose fruit.
Dinner requires a number of restrictions. In addition to the fact that you will have to organize your last meal before 18.00, you can choose meat, permitted side dishes, and curd products for dinner. Fried foods for dinner are also prohibited: it is better to bake, boil or stew the product.
Menu for the week
Breakfast options:
- Sandwich + any porridge with milk + tea (with sugar if desired)
- Scrambled eggs with tomatoes + cookies + coffee (with sugar if desired)
- Mashed potatoes + piece of fried chicken + bread + coffee
- Macaroni and cheese + tea + cookies
- Sandwich with cheese or sausage + scrambled eggs + coffee
- Boiled eggs + bread + tea
- Porridge with milk + bread with cheese + coffee
Snacks:
- A sausage sandwich
- A cheese sandwich
- Fruit
- Cracker with cheese
- Green tea + crackers
- Yogurt
- Sandwich with pate
Dinner:
- Vegetarian cabbage soup + cutlet + green peas + tea
- Fruit salad + meat soup + chicken stew + juice
- Vegetable soup + tea + mushrooms stewed with vegetables
- Stewed cabbage with heart, broccoli and pumpkin soup + compote
- Steamed rice + baked breast + vegetable soup + juice
- Macaroni and cheese + vegetable salad + egg + tea
- Baked chicken + vegetable salad + cheese + compote
Dinner:
- Vegetable salad + coffee
- Cottage cheese casserole + tea
- Cottage cheese with fruit + juice
- Boiled chicken + tea
- Boiled eggs + salad + juice
- Buckwheat + vegetables + coffee
- Baked fish + tea
Sport
Mirimanova also advises paying attention to sports, but only when the new diet becomes habitual for you. Otherwise, the body will again experience stress. At the same time, strive to make physical activity regular. Katya herself has developed a simple set of exercises: swings, bridges, bends, etc., but she does not insist on performing this particular set.
Skin care
Another point that Ekaterina does not recommend losing sight of. As you lose weight, fat will disappear and your skin will sag. To avoid such unpleasant consequences, as well as stretch marks and sagging, Mirimanova advises introducing several important procedures:
- Skin scrubbing with natural coffee
- Massage with body cream, in which you need to dissolve a mummy tablet, pre-mixed with a spoon of water
I apologize, I haven’t appeared for a long time, but there was so much going on in life that there wasn’t enough time for anything. I’m correcting myself, I’ll share my news at the same time)
One of my very good friends, Natasha Tomina, recently asked me to do a short interview in which I could talk about something that I often keep silent about in conversations with journalists. This is what happened in the end!))
N.T.: Before, when I was 18, I had dreams about Cinderella, princes, falling in and out of love was as easy as shelling pears. I didn't think about it. Lightness and acceptance are my favorite state at 18! Thanks to the experience, what did you gain more - positive or negative?
E.M.: Definitely positive! You know, for example, when I was 17-18 years old I didn’t want to believe in anything. After the second divorce, this condition worsened; I thought that love did not exist. Have you read the book “Believe, Understand, Gain”? However, I still hoped that everything that was happening was for the better!
Even if very, very bad events happen!
Often people don’t believe this, but in the end it is true! Wake me up in the middle of the night and ask me: “Katya, what would you change in your life?
I would confidently answer: “NOTHING”! I am completely satisfied with my life!
Recently, a friend and I talked about age and the fact that I would soon turn thirty, she was amazed and said that I had achieved a lot.” I didn’t even think about it! Looking at myself from the outside, I understand how much has already been experienced, done and achieved! I say all this to mean that you never know what exactly awaits you in a minute, a month, a year, but looking back, you understand that all the steps taken were not taken in vain and now you are where you are thanks to your past !
N.T.: How will you spend your birthday? Have you thought about this yet?
E.M.: I don’t know yet. Ideally, I would like to go somewhere! But everything will depend not only on me - there is also a daughter and a husband. It is advisable to go to the sea! I would like to stay for a week, but it will probably take three days.
N.T.: Katyusha, how do you see yourself at forty?
Nobel Prize winner! (laughs). When, at the age of twenty, I worked as an English teacher and they asked me what would happen to me in ten years, I confidently answered - I would be a famous writer! As a rule, the reaction was appropriate! But I believed that everything would turn out exactly this way and no other way! And so it happened! I really hope that by the age of forty my works of art will become famous. I want to help people with psychological issues, because I am sure that I have something to tell them.
The most important thing is that I want to see myself happy. So that I can have my own home! Not a house, like a separate standing building, but a house in which I will live with my family. I would like to be a famous writer all over the world, but there are a lot of “buts” here, because it’s one thing when it’s theory, completely different when it’s practice. After all, everything is much more complicated than it seems to the average person. People think that a writer sits in his office and leisurely writes books. In reality, this is a very complex daily work, which involves not only the process of creating a book, but also a huge number of other aspects. I haven’t had 100% days off or holidays for over five years. I can't afford that luxury. Although it may seem to someone from the outside that Mirimanova does nothing but travel, my friends and family know that I am a very busy person.
N.T.: Katyusha, thanks to writing your book, you met, fell in love and married the person you are with now. This is true?
E.M.: Yes, yes, yes! (laughs)…
N.T.: Please tell me, do you have a secret on how not to lose your feelings?
E.M.: You know, there is no such feeling that cannot be lost, because every day there are moments when you say to yourself: “damn it, who did I even marry?” In any marriage, no matter how much you love the person. With my first husband, for example, my most serious test was the moment when his mother died. The second was when my grandmother went crazy and gradually began to die (the book “The Ghost and I”
was written at that very moment).
At a certain stage of the relationship, my former companion’s grandmother also became seriously ill and began to go crazy. My current husband is having problems with his job right now. All these shocks have a negative impact on the moral and mental state of people. At such moments, it is very important to remember more often what made you fall in love with your chosen one and ask him to do the same. When you start a relationship, you like almost everything about a person, but over time, more and more irritating factors appear. I believe that the key phase should be expressing gratitude
. When you are grateful to a man, when you have something to thank him for, he will be completely with you, trying to do everything to make you feel comfortable, pleasant and good. Thinking only about the negative, you bring the relationship to naught, he begins to look for other women, you begin to look for other men.
N.T.: Should girls who dream of finding family happiness first come to the right state, restore order in their inner world, achieve harmony, lose weight, and then, after reading your book, fall in love and get married? Or can you meet your man in any condition?
E.M.: For me, weight has never been a problem. No matter what weight I was at, men tried to court me, even despite the fact that I was married. On the other hand, I know women who are smart and beautiful, and everything is fine with their work, their figure, face - everything is wonderful, but for some reason their personal life is not working out, it’s not working out. It doesn’t matter how much you weigh, what matters is how you feel.
It is clear that, for example, a well-groomed girl has more chances to meet someone than an average girl, but after meeting someone, something different comes out. It is clear that for a man of position to have a woman next to him weighing 150 kg in our time is almost indecent. He may love her very much, but if he cannot go anywhere with her, realizing that they will not look at her very correctly (take even the example of the first ladies of the state, who are assigned the role of “live, dear, somewhere far away , or better yet, don’t get noticed at all”), it’s difficult to build relationships in such a situation. However, there are many opposite examples, when a woman is not particularly slim and beautiful, is popular with men, gets married several times, gives birth to children and is absolutely happy. Take, for example, Barbra Streisand, who did not stand anywhere near the standards of beauty that existed at that time, but, nevertheless, she had affairs with very famous successful people who were considered the first handsome men in the world.
It is important to understand that being overweight, really overweight, is harmful to health, but there is no need to say that you cannot build a relationship because you are twenty or five kilograms of excess weight. It's all nonsense that no one will ever look at you in your life. A person who falls in love will not see the extra five kilograms - remember this once and for all. If a woman concentrates her attention on other equally important things, while, of course, not forgetting to take care of herself, everything will turn out the way she needs.
N.T.: Your new book “Man and Woman” is coming out. Minus 60 relationship problems! Please tell me what it's about?
E.M.: You know, it’s very difficult for me to say what it’s about. I tried to write a book that absolutely anyone, any woman, any girl could read. It is aimed at all those who are in relationships, those who are just starting them and those who are ending them, those who have already ended them and are now alone, those who are looking, those who are not looking at all, that is, it turns out - almost everyone! Having ended my last relationship, I realized that I didn’t want anyone or anything, and decided to go underground and moved to the Moscow region. I started actively writing this book about relationships (I had been making sketches since 2010, but then I didn’t have the time and energy, but here everything worked out so well).
N.T.: By the way, about time, do you watch TV?
E.M.: No. My rejection of him began from the moment when I myself began to appear in programs and saw how every word was twisted. Not long ago there was a program on one channel in which they said that my husband left me when I gained weight. My ex called, asking in surprise: “Katya! What it is? It’s like I didn’t leave you!” And then you have to explain to me that this is how we “skillfully” cut people’s speech.
Another thing that annoys me is advice. Once, I was on a program with a famous singer, in which she talked about her diet with kefir. My message to her was: “It’s good if after your diet everything is fine with people, but what if not? If from such a diet, some woman Masha will die?! Of course, you don’t care what happens to Baba Masha, but you need to be responsible for what you say on air to a huge number of people on the other side of the screen. You can say whatever you want to yourself, post your videos and photos from any angle - this is everyone’s business, but when you start giving advice, when even one word comes out of your mouth with a recommendation of any kind, think about what you say, because every people take the word at face value. Being a famous person is a big responsibility!”
N.T.: I was captivated by your incredible belief in yourself and openness to the whole world. But it turns out that you open up not only to the good, but also to the bad. What do you do when you realize that your performance is inadequate? Can you send it? What's in your heart?
E.M.: No, you know, I never send. I believe that if something is going wrong, it’s best to step aside and let it flow out.
. If they say to you on the street “You fool!”, you will not go to fight with this person and prove to him that this is not so. No one can ever take away the realization that you are not a fool, so “the dog barks, the wind blows.” They said and said.
N.T.: Tell me, are you now ready to answer the questions of the girls who, after reading your book, will send you letters about what mistakes they make in relationships, in search of their loved one, and their main question will be - what all... What do I personally need to love and be loved mutually, sincerely and for a long time?
E.M.: You know, for a very long time no one has been talking about the System as a way to lose weight. The system is perceived as a philosophy
. I already have two psychological books: “Minus 60 Problems” and “Positive Weight Loss.” Four fiction books were also published. Therefore, I have experience in communicating on other topics and it is quite extensive. It doesn't scare me. Another thing is that I try not to give specific answers; I prefer that people come to them on their own.
Each specific situation is individual! Sometimes you're just not ready to cut the Gordian Knot.
Even if I advise you to break up with a person, you will not rush to break up with him. My goal is not to teach people anything. I will never force my opinion on anyone, because I don’t consider myself the smartest. But I can share my experience.
N.T.: Sharing the fate of your loved one, how not to lose yourself? Are people generally interested in each other when they are one whole, or when everyone is moving towards their own goals, but at the same time they are moving in parallel?
E.M.: It is impossible to come up with a single solution here. If, for example, a man drinks, that doesn’t mean that I should start drinking too, right?
N.T.: Well, it doesn’t happen that everything is bad for a man. You also have uncertain moments in your life, you don’t want to be immediately abandoned and told - yourself, yourself, dear!?
Certainly! Another thing is that it happens that you share some problems equally for a month, two, three, six months. But, if you see that he has been going through a difficult period for ten years? You can understand when a person has a difficult, protracted period, for example, health problems, like, for example, my friend who is paralyzed and does not get up - he has absolutely nothing to do with this - this is one situation. Everything is clearer here. And it’s completely different when a person drinks and doesn’t stop, or uses drugs, or beats you, or sits without a job and doesn’t even try to look for one. So the question here is – what to separate and for how long? Maybe it’s better to end it right away than to realize later that the years have passed and, by and large, no one needs you anymore. No one will thank you for pulling this burden for so long. No one, including your own children, if you have any. After all, they will grow up with a traumatized psyche. And it’s good if you remain adequate at the same time, because many women break down, remember at least my beloved Whitney Houston, who died of an overdose - the consequences of her relationship with her ex-husband.
N.T.: How long can you endure a relationship?
E.M.: You know, relationships should be continued exactly as long as you can continue them. When you realize that you have been crying into your pillow over your relationship for, say, a year, this is not normal! When you realize that a relationship doesn’t give you anything at all, it’s better to end it. I understand that a breakup is difficult and painful. Living correctly in words is easier than in real life, but this does not mean that nothing can be corrected and that there is no need to try. You have to try, even if sometimes you step on the same rake over and over again, but then suddenly you see a way out and do what you should have done a long time ago, leave the relationship with a minimum of consequences for yourself. You need to get out of any relationship gradually and listen to your inner voice, your feelings. No need for fanaticism.
One more thing is important. When a woman decides that she should get a divorce, while not working anywhere, she must remember that we live in Russia. In Europe, a woman can get a divorce, and the father will pay alimony for up to 25 years. Unfortunately, we don’t have this. If you are divorced, you must understand that maybe you will be lucky to divorce your husband on a good wave and you will continue to have a wonderful relationship, he will regularly transfer money for the child, but it is very likely that no one will pay you anything - you also need to be prepared for this. You will have to rely solely on yourself. Therefore, if you break off a relationship, you should always be sure that you can feed your child.
N.T.: I know that many girls and women today are lonely. There is an entire chapter in your book dedicated to this condition. Why are we given loneliness?
E.M.: You know, in general I thought that while reading my book, the question would arise more often - why live with a man at all? (laughs). There are actually a lot of positive things about being alone. You can understand that you have enough time for yourself. You can do absolutely whatever you want - go to a photography or drawing club, learn languages, and so on. When you are in a relationship, it is clear that you always have to sacrifice something. I'm not a feminist and I don't advocate life without a man! What I'm saying now is that you shouldn't live with your partner just to while away your days with him.
N.T.: What kind of person is a strong person for you?
E.M.: Man or woman?
N.T.: Both. A strong person can be of absolutely any gender!
E.M.: I don’t agree. If a woman, for example, lives in a village and raised eight children, fed them, put them on their feet and did not die herself - this is a feat for me, a strong person, but I would not say the same thing at all if I were in the woman’s place man. For me, it is completely natural that it is important for a man to earn money and at the same time provide for his family. Another thing is that it just so happened that my men always earned less than me. Ideally, a man is, first of all, a breadwinner, a man who does not get lost in any situation, who is always ready to protect his beloved from any adversity. For me, a man is protection!
. If we talk about symbolic literary images, female power is Scarlett O'Hara, although someone will probably say that she is a bastard and a hooligan, she slept with everyone she could, when she needed it, but for me this is the image of a woman who never gives up! Something happened, she stood up, dusted herself off and moved on.
N.T.: Would you like to wish anything to all your readers?
I always wish for approximately the same things. Be sure to believe in your dream and at the same time do not forget that there are “artificial goals”, reaching which we become disappointed. Very often there are things that we desire that come from other people - from mom, from dad, grandmother, grandfather, from public opinion. I always tell everyone: “if you really want something, think - do you really want this?” And, if so, may your dreams come true!
N.T.: Thank you very much, Katyusha! I was incredibly lucky to meet you on my Path.
Thanks for the interview with Natalya Tomina!)))
Allowed products according to the nutrition system of Ekaterina Mirimanova
The menu must be drawn up based on permitted products. A complete list of them can be found both on Mirimanova’s blog and in her book. The principle of organization has already been covered, you just need to add that it is necessary to clearly monitor product combinations. Some foods do not combine well with each other and are not recommended to be consumed together.
Combinations of products also depend on their quality. For example, meat can and should be eaten. It is a source of protein, therefore the exclusion of meat is not expected. But sausages and all kinds of sausages should be completely excluded, since they have absolutely no benefit.
Physical activity on the Mirimanova diet
Ekaterina Mirimanova tirelessly says that following a diet and proper diet are only part of the diet. Don't forget about physical exercise, which should also take place. Don't exhaust yourself in the gym or on a home gym. First of all, you need to do morning exercises. It guarantees a boost of energy.
Also, if possible, you need to walk more. A sudden load on the legs guarantees the appearance of pain, so you need to gradually increase the walking time.
Life will sparkle with new colors if you approach its coordination correctly. Excess weight is an unnecessary burden that a person is forced to carry. In order to get rid of them, you need to be patient and gather your willpower into a fist. A competent approach to Mirimanova’s diet will give extremely positive results.
Correct meal schedule according to the minus 60 system
Many people are madly in love with flour products and eat them in almost limited quantities. Mirimanova noted in her diet that white bread should be present in the daily diet in the size of one piece, nothing more. The ideal solution is to consume rye bread, which not only contains fewer calories, but enriches the body with beneficial microelements.
A person who wants to lose weight must realistically assess his needs. Why eat more than your body needs? You need to stick to the same serving size. It doesn't have to be big. Moreover, if a person is only slightly hungry, then he should not sit down at the table for a full meal, but rather eat a couple of crackers and tea.
By listening to the needs of one’s own body, a person will be able to find harmony in the matter of food. It is extremely important that the daily food intake is equivalent to how much energy the body requires. Many have heard that it is better to eat 5-6 times a day, but not in large portions. This is true, but not all people have the opportunity to eat so many times a day. In this situation, the same crackers, coffee and tea remain relevant.
Mirimanova recommends that people who are losing weight drink 150-200 grams of dry red wine before bed. This pleasant addition to the evening will allow the body to keep metabolic processes in good shape and reduce appetite. Drinking wine before bed is especially important for those who often get up at night in search of something tasty. Dry red wine will relieve obsessive appetite throughout the night.
As for other drinks, you should completely exclude “carbonation” in any of its forms. People are attracted to Diet 60 by the absence of a ban regarding breakfast, but those who have seriously decided to take care of themselves must understand that breakfast must be correct in order for the body to lose weight rapidly.
With a minus 60 diet, there is no need to “pour” water into yourself throughout the day. According to many nutritionists, the key to losing weight is drinking plenty of plain water. Ekaterina Mirimanova fundamentally disagrees with this judgment. According to her, you need to drink only because you are thirsty. Of course, this aspect has been criticized more than once, but the amazing weight loss results indicate that Ekaterina is right on the issue of water.
Is it possible to find a Russian person who does not like boiled potatoes? Yes, it is potatoes, along with pasta, that are the main side dish. For breakfast, these products can be safely consumed, and in combination with anything. At lunch, you can only eat this in tandem with fresh vegetables and a small piece of cheese. And for dinner you should completely avoid pasta and potatoes.
Dinner should contain a minimum amount of calories. Dinner times can vary from 6 to 8 pm depending on a person's schedule. After the evening meal, you should not go to bed for two hours. This aspect is especially important.
Rice can also be called a favorite and desired side dish in Russia. It can be eaten in different forms, but preferably together with vegetables.
