1200 Calorie A Day Menu Plan

Today's feature: The wonderful dandelion! Take the time to look up the wonderful benefits of the dandelion. On it's own, you might find it bitter, but mixed in a salad, you'll never know it's there. Dandelion tea is a different story though and is nothing like the greens. It has a wonderful and enjoyable taste. Dandelions are a great diuretic (French equivalent piss-en-lit = wet the bed) and a liver cleanser. Packed with vitamins. Look up this great green and look to incorporate it into your diet to help lose weight.

BREAKFAST - 357 CALORIES

OVALTINE AND 2 COFFEES WITH CREAM AND SUGAR

SNACKS - 150 CALORIES

V8 AND DRIED APRICOTS

LUNCH - 339 CALORIES

SALAD- BABY GREENS AND 1/2 CUP DANDELION GREENS, 1/2 C. BLACK BEANS, 1 SERVING RAISINS AND SWEET AND SOUR DRESSING

DINNER - 342 CALORIES

PLAIN POACHED CHICKEN

COOKED BROCCOLI

WINTER SQUASH

PAT OF BUTTER

1200 Calorie A Day Menu Plan

Ok, this day was about 1,228 calories. It gets a B+ report card grade on Calorie Count. I'm not too pleased with that, preferring to see A's, but we'll go with it. Still better than fast food right? And, honestly, I fudged a few things, it was really about 1300-1400 calories because I put a couple pats of butter on my broc and potato.

BREAKFAST - 388 CALORIES

2 Coffees with cream and sugar

Rich Chocolate Ovaltine

LUNCH - 321 CALORIES

About 3 oz slow cooked roast beef w/ gravy and Stove Top Stuffing

SNACKS-150 CALORIES

California dried apricots for afternoon snack and V8 for evening snack

DINNER - 369 CALORIES

1 chicken thigh

cooked broccoli

baked potato

Nutrition info

CARBS 116%, PROTEIN 109%, FAT 75%, S. FAT 100%, CHOL. 50%, SODIUM 145% (that was the gravy's fault)FIBER 50%, SUGAR 299%, VIT A 131%, VIT C 271%, CALC. 83%, IRON 67%, PTSM 77%

1,200 Calorie A Day Menu Plan

This is a near perfect 1,200 calorie diet nutritionally for my needs according to CalorieCount.com. anyways.No special dietary needs such as diabetes. There's 129% carbs, 61% protein, 55% fat, 48% sat. fat, 8% chol.,100% sodium, 102% fiber!, 340% sugar, (ok, can't have everything!), 299% vit. A, 163% vit. C, 92% calcium, 89% iron, 90% potassium. I was very busy today, so didn't miss the lunch. The swiss chard is a bit hard for me to choke down, but it's so beneficial that I just get it over with. Everything else was tasty enough and filling. Not everything we eat for body fuel has to be a gourmet treat. I consider it as self-discipline. I know there's someone out there that probably loves the stuff.Stand up and take a bow whoever you are.

BREAKFAST - 327 CALORIES

2 Coffees with cream and sugar and 1 Rich Chocolate Ovaltine with 8 oz. 2% milk

LUNCH

Didn't have lunch, but did fill up with a bunch of healthy, filling snacks throughout the day.

SNACKS - 430 CALORIES

1 SERVING SUN-MAID DRIED PEACH HALVES, 1 SERVING LOW-SODIUM V-8, 1 SERVING PISTACHIOS, 1 SERVING CALIMYMA FIGS

DINNER - 319 CALORIES

BLACK BEANS AND RICE (1/2 CUP SERVING OF EACH SEASONED WITH CURRY, CORIANDER AND CARDAMON) RAINBOW CHARD AND A STALK OF CELERY