What started out as an attempt to lose 10-15 pounds turned into an obsession with finding the perfect diet. I'm a huge fan of Calorie Count.com. I use it almost daily. It said if I wanted to weigh x pounds by this date, I'd have take in just 1,200 calories a day based on my lifestyle and other factors. No easy task! Sure, I can skip breakfast and just have my two cups of coffee, a cheap McDouble for lunch, (who can do that without the pop and fries?!) and then that would leave room for a fairly decent-sized dinner. My problem was looking at the nutritional info when I input what I was eating. Road to health disaster! I wasn't even coming close to the iron, calcium and potassium needed. That would explain a lot of my health conditions right there. So, in short, I'm sharing some of the menu plans I've come up with. Ever tweaking them, always looking for better combinations and always loving others input.
I use a rotation for dinners to simplify planning. I try to get 2 fish dinners, 1 red meat, 1 poultry, 2 vegetarian and 1 "other" type such as soup and sandwich or "cheat day".
So...here's what I'm eating today.
Breakfast was 2 coffees with cream and sugar and 1 BOOST - High Protein
morning snack was 1 8oz. Low-sodium V-8 and 7 Crunchmaster Multi-Seed Crackers followed by an herbal tea
Lunch was 1/2 c. of Dannon vanilla low-fat yogurt, 1/2 c. blueberries, 1 salad of 2c. sweet baby lettuce, 1/2 of an orange bell pepper, 1/2 package of shitake mushrooms and 1 TBSP of sesame oil (sometimes I'll use the Wishbone Italian Salad Spritzer)
afternoon snack 1 banana
dinner 1 chicken leg, 1 c. of zucchini and 1 piece of dry toast
If you're not a coffee drinker, or drink yours black, your in even better shape as you'd be able to have another evening snack.
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