Christmas Challenge Diet Plans: Week 3
Congratulations on completing the second week of the WLR
Christmas Challenge. Doesn’t it feel amazing to see those pounds
coming off?
By now, you should be well and truly stuck into a
new way of eating. But to keep things fresh, we have even more
meals for you to choose from this week. Stick to one breakfast,
one lunch, one dinner, one snack and one treat each day and
remember to include 300ml skimmed milk and extra veg and salad.
Breakfasts
Apricot muesli
3tbsp unsweetened muesli with 3 chopped dried apricots and
skimmed milk.
Cereal with milk
6tbsp high-fibre breakfast cereal (eg branflakes, shreddies,
fruit and fibre) with skimmed milk and 1 orange.
Banana, yogurt and orange juice
1 small banana, 1 kiwi fruit, a handful of raspberries, 1 pot
plain low-fat yogurt and 1 small glass orange juice.
Peanut butter toast
2 slices wholegrain toast with 2tsp peanut butter and 1 kiwi
fruit.
Cooked breakfast
1 poached egg with 1 grilled rasher lean back bacon, 1
grilled tomato, poached mushrooms and 2tbsp baked beans. Plus 1
small glass of unsweetened orange juice.
Cheesy toast
2 slices wholegrain toast with 2tbsp low-fat soft cheese and
1 tomato. Plus 1 small glass unsweetened orange juice.
Fruit salad and yoghurt
1 bowl fresh fruit salad with ½ small pot low-fat natural
yoghurt and 2tbsp porridge oats.
Lunches
Jacket potato and cottage cheese
1 jacket potato with 4tbsp cottage cheese mixed with 1
pineapple ring (canned in juice) and salad and fat-free
dressing.
Chicken and pasta salad
Chop 1 cooked skinless chicken breast, 5 cherry tomatoes and
2 sticks celery into bite-sized pieces. Mix with 5tbsp cooked
wholewheat pasta and 1tsp reduced-calorie mayonnaise. Serve with
a green salad.
Prawn and watercress pitta
Fill 1 wholemeal pitta with a handful of prawns, watercress
and 1tbsp low-fat seafood dressing. Plus 1 apple.
Egg salad baguette
Fill a 10cm piece French bread with 1 boiled egg and salad.
Italian salad
Slice ½ small avocado, 2 tomatoes and ½ small ball of
reduced-fat mozzarella cheese. Arrange on a plate and top with
fresh basil, black pepper and balsamic vinegar. Plus 1 bowl
fresh fruit salad.
Toasted cheese and onion sandwich
Fill 2 slices wholemeal bread with 4tbsp grated reduced-fat
Cheddar cheese and chopped spring onions. Toast and serve with
salad. Plus a handful of grapes.
Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel
1 bagel filled with 2tbsp low-fat soft cheese and 1 slice
smoked salmon. Plus 1 satsuma.
Dinners
Chicken stir fry
Cut 1 skinless chicken breast into thin strips. Heat a spray
oil in a non-stick pan and fry the chicken and 1tsp Chinese five
spice powder for 3 minutes. Add ½ small bag ready-prepared
stir-fry vegetables and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add 1tbsp
soy sauce and heat through. Serve with 1 layer wholewheat
noodles.
Vegetable chilli with rice
Heat a spray oil in a pan and fry 1 chopped small onion, and
½ sliced green and red pepper. Add chilli powder to taste and
cook for a few minutes. Add 5tbsp red kidney beans, 150ml
vegetable stock, a small can chopped tomatoes and 1tbsp tomato
puree. Simmer until the vegetables are cooked and the sauce
thickened. Serve with 5tbsp cooked brown rice and salad with
fat-free dressing.
Lamb and pepper kebabs
Mix 75g lean lamb cubes with 1tbsp tzatziki. Cover and
refrigerate for 30 minutes or overnight. When ready to cook, cut
1 red and green pepper into bite-sized pieces. Thread the lamb
and pepper onto skewers and grill until the lamb is cooked
through, turning occasionally. Serve with 6tbsp cooked brown
rice and vegetables.
Tuna steak and creamy mash with pesto
Peel and cut 1 large potato into chunks and boil. Drain and
mash with 1tbsp green pesto. While cooking, griddle or dry fry 1
fresh tuna steak. Serve with tuna on top of the mash with
steamed veg. Plus 1 satsuma.
Mediterranean veggie and mozzarella bake
Slice 1 carrot, 1 leek, 1 green pepper, 1 red pepper, 1 small
red onion and a handful of mushrooms. Heat a spray oil in
non-stick frying pan and gently fry the veg until brown. Place
in a small ovenproof dish, pour over 150ml passata and top with
½ small ball reduced-fat Mozzarella cheese, cut into slices.
Place in a pre-heated oven and bake until the cheese has
browned. Serve with salad and fat-free dressing. Plus 1 orange
and 1 pot fat-free fruit yoghurt.
Pasta, avocado and bean salad
Mix 5tbsp cooked wholewheat pasta with ½ chopped small red onion,
mange tout, 3tbsp red kidney beans canned in water, baby
sweetcorn, French beans, ½ small avocado, cherry tomatoes and
1tbsp fat-free salad dressing.
Baked salmon with peppers
Slice ½ green pepper and ½ red pepper. Place on a piece of
foil with 1 raw salmon fillet. Add some lemon juice and black
pepper, fold up the foil and bake until the fish is cooked.
Serve with vegetables.
Snacks
Avocado salad
½ small avocado with salad.
Fruit selection
1 apple and 1 orange.
Nuts
8 unsalted almonds or 15 unsalted whole cashew nuts.
Yoghurt dip with vegetables
5tbsp tzatziki with vegetable crudites.
Open cottage cheese and salad sandwich
1 slice wholegrain bread topped with 2tbsp cottage cheese and
salad.
Yoghurt and fruit
1 small pot fat-free fruit yoghurt and 1 kiwi fruit.
Branflakes and yoghurt
3tbsp branflakes with 2tbsp low-fat natural yogurt.
Treats
- 2 small chocolate chips cookies
- 2-finger Kit Kat
- 2 single (25ml) measures of spirits eg gin, vodka, whisky,
rum or brandy with a calorie-free mixer eg. diet cola,
slimline tonic, diet lemonade.
- 150ml glass of red or dry white wine.
- 1 glass champagne.
- ½ pt standard strength lager, bitter or cider.
- 1 small packet of Quavers or Skips.
- 100-calorie low-fat chocolate bar eg Boots Shapers
- 100-calorie packet of low-fat savoury snacks
- 1 small pot low-fat chocolate mousse.
- 1 French fancy.
- 1 low-calorie hot chocolate drink plus 1 jaffa cake.
- 4 chocolate fingers.
- 1 scoop ice cream.
- 1 toasted crumpet with 1tsp each low-fat spread and
reduced-sugar jam.
- 1 meringue nest filled with raspberries and 1tbsp single
cream.
- 1 slice of wholegrain toast with 1tsp peanut butter.
- 1 crumpet with 1tsp low-fat spread and Marmite.
- 1 small choc chip cookie and a low-fat instant hot
chocolate drink.
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