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| By Kim Hofmann RD(SA) |
Do you love food, but also want to lose weight?
You CAN eat delicious, satisfying food AND lose weight. Your meals do not need to be boring and you certainly can eat a decent amount of food. Most people will lose weight on a 1500kcal diet. Do you know how much food that is? Let’s take a look at a simple sample meal plan:
Breakfast
~275kcal
175ml plain, unsweetened low fat yoghurt, ½ cup mixed berries, ¼ cup low-fat muesli, 1 tbsp. sliced almonds
Snack
~195kcal
1 fruit
15 cashews/almonds
Lunch
~405kcal
Salad: 2 cups chopped raw veggies, 1 cup chickpeas and corn, 30g feta, ½ avocado
2 tbsp. low-fat/reduced-fat dressing
Snack
~150kcal
1 cup carrots
¼ cup hummus
Dinner
~420kcal
100g fish, chicken or lean meat
1 cup starchy veg
2 cups ‘free’ veg (mainly the green ones)/ salad
Snack
100ml plain/fruit low fat yoghurt
If you keep it simple, it can be really easy to do! So here’s to happy, healthy, delicious eating, with the added benefit of weight loss!