Some of the meals in the 1200 calorie diets are made up of ready made frozen meals for convenience, I sometimes changed them to another brand with roughly the same calorie content.
I included many of the foods I love to eat, but simply ate them less frequently and replaced most with healthy low fat meals. On the 5th day I ate mostly fruit all day so I could indulge in my favourite take away - a Chinese curry!
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1200 calorie diet sample Day 1
Breakfast:
Small Bowl breakfast cereal with skimmed milk - 200 calories
Fruit Juice unsweetened - 60 cals
Lunch:
1 Banana - 107 cals
1 Orange - 23 calories
Snack:
Non fat yogurt small pot - 50 cals
Fruit - 40 calories
Dinner:
Vegetable Curry with Fried Rice "Take away meal" - 700 calories
Total calories = 1180 Calorie Diet
1200 calorie diet sample Day 2
Breakfast:
1 large hard boiled egg - 90 calories
2 slices wholemeal toast with thin smear butter - 200 cals
Large slice melon - 47 calories
Lunch:
Baked potato with 100g "Heinz" baked beans - 300 cals
Cottage Cheese with chives reduced fat 100g - 80 calories
Snack:
Muesli meal replacement bar "Boots" - 200 calories
Dinner:
Pasta Salad made with a little olive oil & a little sauce to flavour - 200 - 300 calories ( 250 average )
50g Tinned Tuna in brine - 50 cals
Total calories = 1217 Calorie Diet
1200 calorie diet sample Day 3
Breakfast:
2 rashers leanest bacon grilled - 200 cals
Tinned Tomatoes 100g - 16 calories
2 slices wholemeal bread/toast with little butter & jam - 220 calories
Piece of fruit or fruit juice 50 cals
Lunch:
Cream of Mushroom soup - 96 calories
Slice of bread with butter- 108 calories
Snack:
Packet of low fat chips (crisps UK) - 110 calories
Fruit - 80 calories
Dinner:
Chicken Chow Mein "St Michael" 280g - 240 calories
vegetables - 100 calories
Total calories = 1220 Calorie Diet
1200 calorie diet sample Day 4
Breakfast:
Small Bowl breakfast cereal with skimmed milk - 200 calories
Fruit Juice unsweetened - 60 cals
Lunch:
"Ross" Cod bake frozen meal 300g - 320 calories
Fresh Vegetables - 150 cals
Dinner:
Caribbean Rice & Peas recipe - 434 cals
Snack:
low fat Yogurt - 60 calories
piece of fruit - 50 cals
Total calories = 1274 Calorie Diet
1200 calorie diet sample Day 5
Breakfast:
Muesli with skimmed milk small Bowl - 350 calories
Fruit juice unsweetened - 60 calories
Lunch:
"Ross" French bread Pizza 150 grams - 300 cals
Mixed Salad Large portion - 80 calories
Apple - 49 cals
Dinner:
Lasagne "Birds Eye" Menu Master frozen 250g - 317 calories
Mixed Vegetables fresh or frozen 200g - 100 cals
Total calories = 1256 Calorie Diet
