Pre-Holiday weight loss diet
Pre-holiday diet will produce great results if you follow these simple rules:
1. If you want to sweeten your tea or coffee use sugar substitute instead of real sugar;
2. Drink as much water as possible, mineral and plain, it will allow your skin to look better;
3. Choose from the offered list one breakfast, one light dinner, one dense supper and two power-intensive snacks. Depending on your choice, you can switch supper and dinner.
If you prefer an option providing consumption of 1500 calories you should add daily diet with a bag of low-calorie crackers, additional slice of bread and any of fresh fruit, for example, an apple, a pear, an orange or a small banana.
Breakfasts (250 calories):
I. Salad with fresh fruit (mix slices of one apple, one banana cut in circles, few grapes and fill in mix with one glass of natural yogurt);
II. 25 g of flakes with brans, dissolved with milk, toast smeared with honey, few grapes;
III. Two wholegrain toasts, baked tomatoes, one slice of low-fat bacon roasted on a grill.
Dinners (350 calories):
I. Sandwich with two slices of wholegrain bread with one of the following fillings: 75 g chicken (without a skin) or a ham with salad and cucumber; 50 g of tuna with a lemon juice and finely cut tomatoes; 100 g of cottage cheese with the crushed gherkins and watercress;
II. Two toasts with wholegrain bread, 125 g of boiled string beans, baked tomatoes, one orange;
III. Small piece of melon, 150 g of any fish roasted on a grill, large portion of mixed salad, wholegrain roll;
IV. 200 g of jacket potatoes, 50 g salad with chopped cabbage, watercress and cucumber, one apple.
Suppers (400 calories):
I. 100 g of chicken or turkey, large portion of mixed salad, slice of strawberry pie;
II. 100 g of spaghetti with tomato sauce prepared from canned or fresh tomatoes with addition of a basil, garlic, lemon juice, 25 g of grated low-calorie cheese, salad with watercress and one orange, 25 g of vanilla ice-cream;
III. 75 g of cod or salmon baked in a foil with addition of lemon juice and margarine, broccoli, vegetable marrows, 50 g stewed carrots, 125 g of jacket potatoes, one banana baked in an oven (preliminary sprinkle with lemon juice and strew with sugar substitute);
IV. half of grapefruit (add sugar substitute), 125 g low-fat mutton chop prepared on a grill, cauliflower, 50 g gravy, green peas;
V. 75 g of mashed potatoes with adding of skim milk, mint sauce, green string beans, baked tomatoes, pear boiled in red wine and sweetened with substitute of sugar;
VI. 100 g shrimp or crab meat, large portion of mixed salad, small roll, 25 g of low-calorie cheddar cheese, 100 g of strawberries, two slices of fresh pineapple (add some sugar substitute for pineapple).
Snack (100 calories):
I. Large portion of fresh vegetables with sauce prepared from one glass of natural yogurt, 1 tsp of mustard and lemon juice to taste;
II. One apple and ten grapes;
III. Wholegrain roll with salad stuffing.
