Check out our plan for a week of healthy eating that can help you eat better, look better and feel better!
We've given you suggestions for three meals a day as well as ideas for snacks in the middle of the morning, mid-afternoon, and another snack to keep you going after your evening meal.
You can pick and choose from any of the meals below to make up your own different weekly menus.
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Breakfast |
Mid am |
Lunch |
Mid pm |
Evening meal |
Evening snacks |
| Mon |
Fruit juice
Wholegrain cereal and semi- skimmed milk |
Pear
Water or sugar-free squash |
Bowl chunky vegetable soup and hunk of wholegrain bread
Snack-size chocolate bar
Water or sugar-free squash |
2 satsumas
Water or sugar-free squash |
Lamb kebab (or haloumi cheese) with mint & yoghurt dressing, salad and wholemeal pitta bread
Low-fat fruit yoghurt and banana
Water or sugar-free squash |
2 kiwi fruit
Water or sugar-free squash |
| Tue |
Fruit juice
Toasted bagel with peanut butter and banana |
Apple
Low-fat yoghurt drink |
Jacket potato with beans and cheese
Pear
Water or sugar-free squash |
Bowl cereal and semi-skimmed milk
Water or sugar-free squash |
Stir-fry pork strips (or cashew nuts, tofu or Quorn) and vegetables with sweet and sour sauce and boiled rice
Pot low-fat chocolate mousse
Water or sugar-free squash |
Grapes
Low-calorie instant hot chocolate |
| Wed |
Orange juice
Wholemeal toast, polyunsaturated spread and low- sugar jam
Banana |
Pot low-fat rice pudding
Water or sugar-free squash |
Chicken (or low-fat Cheddar) and salad wrap
Bag crisps
Small bag ready-to-eat apricots
Water or sugar-free squash |
Toasted pitta bread with salsa and houmous dip
Water or sugar-free squash |
Spicy pasta made from can tuna (or can chick peas), handful frozen sweetcorn, cooked pasta and pot hot fresh salsa
2 kiwi fruit
Water or sugar-free squash |
Piece of fruit
Water or sugar-free squash |
| Thu |
Fruit juice
Wholegrain cereal and semi- skimmed milk and banana |
Small bag unsalted peanuts and raisins
Water or sugar-free squash |
Tomato soup and hunk of wholemeal bread
Low-fat yoghurt
Water or sugar-free squash |
Slice carrot cake
Low-calorie instant hot chocolate |
Home-made grilled beefburger (or tuna steak or nut cutlets), oven chips, peas and carrots, ketchup
Canned fruit in juice with scoop ice cream
Water or sugar-free squash |
Apple
Glass semi-skimmed milk |
| Fri |
Fruit juice
Hot oat cereal with small handful sultanas or dried apricots |
Piece of fruit
Water or sugar-free squash |
Tuna and sweetcorn (or houmous) sandwich
2 satsumas
Water or sugar-free squash |
2 plain biscuits
Low-calorie instant hot chocolate |
2 slices cheese and tomato pizza piled with extra toppings e.g. mushroom, sweetcorn, ham, tomatoes and sprinkle low-fat grated cheese
Water or sugar-free squash |
Pear
Snack-size chocolate bar |
| Sat |
Fruit smoothie made from small banana, 2 tbs frozen mixed berries, 100ml semi-skimmed milk and 125g low-fat yoghurt
Wholegrain cereal and semi- skimmed milk |
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2 poached eggs on wholemeal toast with ketchup
Pear
Water or sugar-free squash |
2 satsumas
Water or sugar-free squash |
Mexican tortillas - lean beef strips (or kidney beans, chunks of tofu or Quorn) tossed in Mexican spice, stir fry with red peppers and onions and serve with tortilla wraps, shredded lettuce, guacamole and salsa
Chocolate- coated biscuit
Water or sugar-free squash |
Bowl cereal and semi-skimmed milk
Low-calorie instant hot chocolate |
| Sun |
Fruit juice
Wholemeal toast, polyunsaturated spread and banana |
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Roast dinner - lean roast meat with roast potatoes and ratatouille. (Instead of the roast meat you could add 4 spoons spicy mixed beans to ratatouille and top with grated low- fat cheese and oven bake)
Apple crumble and low-fat custard
Water or sugar-free squash |
Apple
Water or sugar-free squash |
Pitta bread stuffed with cooked chicken (or low-fat Cheddar), cucumber, tomato.
Go fruity with pineapple, mango or whatever exotic fruit you enjoy
Water or sugar-free squash |
Pot low-fat rice pudding
Water or sugar-free squash |