Tony Ferguson – Weight Loss Phase

Reviewed by Dietitian, Juliette Kellow BSc RD

As the name suggests, this phase is designed to help you lose weight.

Quite simply, you replace two meals a day with a Tony Ferguson diet shake, soup or bar and then make your third meal.

Your Evening Meal

The meal you make yourself should include one serving of protein-rich food together with low GI vegetables. Men are allowed bigger portions than women.

On the Tony Ferguson diet, you stay on the weight loss phase for as long as you like – usually until you reach your target weight – but you should follow it for at least two weeks.

What else can I eat?

In a similar way to other Meal Replacement regimes,  throughout the day you should have a minimum of three servings of veg and two servings of low GI fruits.

You are allowed three treats a week.

Treats

• 2 tbsp nuts
• 1 pot low-fat yoghurt
• 1 boiled egg
• 80g tuna
• 2 scoops low-fat ice cream
• 1 sm glass wine
• 1 single measure spirits

You also need to have one to three servings of good fats a day, depending on your weight. For example, if you weigh between 10 and 19st, you are allowed one to two servings a day where a serving is equivalent to 1 tbsp olive oil, ½ small avocado, 10-15 almonds or 2 tbsp seeds.

You can spice meals up with herbs, spices, lime and lemon juice, chilli sauce and tomato puree.

All of this should be washed down with 2 litres of water, which you can mix with diet or sugar-free cordials or use to make herbal, fruit or decaffeinated tea.

What can’t I eat?

In order to maximize the effects of the diet, in a manner similar to that of Low GI diets, foods you must avoid on the Tony Ferguson weight loss diet are:

Typical day’s diet

Breakfast

Tony Ferguson Chocolate Shake

Mid morning

Spicy guacamole dip with veg sticks

Lunch

Tony Ferguson Chicken Flavour Soup with steamed veg

Mid afternoon

A small banana

Dinner

Indonesian style beef curry. Plus Tony Ferguson Raspberry Jelly and a nectarine

Extras

125ml skimmed or semi-skimmed milk

To find out more about the Tony Ferguson Diet visit www.tonyferguson.co.uk.