By Judy Davie
For further information about food and nutrition, visit Judy Davie’s website at www.thefoodcoach.com.au
Winter is a hard season to try and lose weight. It’s cold and we seek warm, nourishing food for comfort and warmth, and chocolate to cheer us up. Some diet plans offer a different meal every day of the week when in reality, very few of us want such variety. There’s simply not enough time in the day to buy all the food and prepare it. This plan has been developed for warmth and ease, and for those who really love chocolate. You just have to make a few things and store them to eat throughout the week. And only one bar of chocolate for the week!
This plan should keep you feeling full and satisfied throughout the day. Enjoy!
Weekly diet plan
Monday
On waking: 350ml glass hot water with lemon juice
Breakfast: ½ cup baked beans in tomato sauce with 1 wholegrain toasted English muffin (pop the bag in the freezer and toast from frozen so they stay fresh for longer) and ½ cup steamed English spinach.
Mug tea or coffee with skim milk
350ml glass water
Morning tea: medium apple, herbal tea
Lunch: 1 serve chicken and lentil soup with 1 slice wholemeal bread. Recipe
350 ml water
Afternoon snack: 1 skimmed milk latte, 1 tub low-fat natural yogurt, 1 mandarin orange.
350ml water
Dinner: ½ cup mashed sweet potato and ½ cup steamed English spinach with 1 braised lamb shank (fat trimmed) slow cooked in stock with carrots and onion. In a pan brown the shanks with the onion in 1 tbs olive oil then cover with stock. Place in the oven and cook in a low heat for 1½ hours.
3 small squares of dark chocolate
Chamomile tea
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