Crunchy Nibbler’s Diet
This diet is designed for those who like their food to snap, crackle and pop. This diet has more snacks than some of the other plans, but the total will only be 900 calories or under.
DAY 1
Breakfast
1 shredded wheat biscuit
½ cup low-fat milk
Coffee or tea
Snack
2 carrots cut into sticks
Lunch
Tuna salad made with:
3 oz. canned tuna, water packed or drained of oil
½ head lettuce
1 carrot, in sticks
½ green or red pepper, in rings
1 tbsp. diet dressing
1 breadstick (5’’) or 10 pretzel sticks
Snack
1 medium apple
Dinner
6 oz. white meat chicken, broiled
½ cup canned bean salad
1 baked medium baking potato
Snack
7 almonds (unsalted)
DAY 2
Breakfast
1 boiled egg
1 slice toast
1 tsp. diet margarine
Coffee or tea
Snack
12 cheese crackers
Lunch
2 slices crisp bacon well drained
½ head lettuce
1 tomato (sliced)
1 tbsp. diet mayonnaise
1 large pickle
Snack
3 gingersnaps
Dinner
4 oz. scallops
10 large asparagus spears
½ cup white rice
Snack
2 small chocolate-chip cookies
DAY 3
Breakfast
1/8 large honeydew melon
1 cup cornflakes
½ cup low fat milk
Coffee or tea
Snack
8 radishes
2 Graham crackers
Lunch
½ cup cottage cheese
½ cantaloupe
5 oyster crackers
Snack
10 small pretzel sticks
Dinner
4 oz. turkey breast (roasted)
½ cup broccoli
1 medium boiled potato
Snack
2 wheat crackers
DAY 4
Breakfast
4 oz. orange juice
2 sliced crisp, well-drained bacon
½ bagel, toasted
Snack
1 cup popcorn (no salt or butter)
Lunch
Sandwich made with:
½ oz. cheese
1 slice bread
1 carrot in sticks
1 peach
Snack
2 oatmeal raisin cookies
4 oz. low-fat milk
Dinner
1 medium roasted chicken leg
½ cup peas
½ cup brown rice
Snack
8 almonds (or another cup of popcorn)
DAY 5
Breakfast
½ cup fresh berries (or 1 small banana)
1 oz. Swiss cheese
4 Ritz crackers
Coffee or tea
Snack
10 oyster crackers
Lunch
Crudities and dip (raw vegetable platter) made with:
½ cup plain yogurt with chives and herbs
1 carrot (in sticks)
1 large celery stalk
½ cup raw zucchini slices
½ green pepper (in slices)
5 small pretzel sticks
Snack
4 Melba toast rounds
Dinner
1 cup tomato soup
6 oz. fish fillet (like bass or sole), broiled with lemon juice
1 boiled potato
½ cup applesauce unsweetened
Snack
22 cheese crackers