Picking a diet might be the toughest thing to do when planning a weight lose strategy. The huge number of different diet plans out there makes it hard to choose the correct one for you. You should not be choosing a meal plan but a lifestyle. The seven day diet is build 90 percent around foods that are packed with antioxidants, fiber and healthy fats and the remaining 10 percent around indulgences. Try it for a week or make it a lifestyle.
Breakfast
Breakfast sets you and your energy levels up for the rest of the day. Build your breakfast around whole wheat and high-fiber foods that will keep you full longer. Start your day with a half a cup of whole wheat cereal with blueberries and fat-free milk or with a serving of oatmeal and bananas on days one, three, five, and seven. On days two, four, and six make a heart-healthy omelet with two egg whites, fresh mushrooms, sweet peppers and fresh rosemary. Enjoy the omelet with two strips of lean turkey bacon cooked with a non-stick pan and drizzle of olive oil.
Drink water with lemon or orange slices and coffee or tea. You can drink several cups of coffee and / or tea throughout the day as long as you replace sugar with calorie-free sweetener and use fat-free milk. Another optiom is to use flavored fat-free creamers.
Lunch
Eating a too heavy lunch will draw your energy levels down. Build your lunch around fresh vegetables and lean white meat such as chicken breast or turkey. Mix lettuce, broccoli, carrots, sweet peppers, fresh mushrooms, avocado and your choice of lean meat for a tasty salad. Make your own salad dressing mixing equal parts of salsa and fat-free salad dressing such as ranch or Caesar. Drizzle with salt and black pepper. On every other day fill a whole wheat tortilla with the salad and dressing to make a tasty wrap.
Drink water, coffee or a sugar free soda.
Dinner-
Eat water- or tomato-based soups for dinner. Use onion, zucchini, mushrooms, peppers and carrots as the main ingredients. Alternate between shrimp and lean ground turkey every other day. Saute vegetables and meat in 1 teaspoon of olive oil until meat is cooked. Add salt, pepper, parsley, and lemon juice and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Finally add rosemary, cumin, water or crushed tomatoes and simmer until vegetables are tender.Drink water with lemon or orange slices and, if desired, have one glass of red wine.
Snacks
Eat two to three snacks throughout the day and drink lots of water. Choose low-fat yogurt, apple, grapes or mini carrots. Water will make you feel full and helps to remove toxins from your body. Add slices of orange or lemon and mint leaves for taste.
Indulgences
What are your indulgences? Chocolate, sweets, cookies, cakes, salty chips? Whatever they are, you can eat one or more of them every day, just do it with moderation. Pick one serving of your desired treat and save it until the evening. Indulgences are only to be enjoyed once a day and must not exceed 10 percent of your daily calories. So if you are eating 1,500 calories a day, eat a treat that is no more than 150 calories.
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