Eight Snacks Diet
This diet is perfect for those people who occasionally like to nibble all day long. Don’t forget-a snack isn’t supposed to be as large as a meal. The portions are designed to provide just enough food to relieve hunger. While you are snacking, be assured that day you’ll be eating a nutritious combination of foods.
Each day’s eight snacks will total no more than 900 calories. If you find yourself skipping one of these eight snacks, don’t worry about it. If you feel full, don’t eat. Save those calories.
One other diet rule: get into the habit of drinking plenty of water each day. If you can, drink eight glasses. This is in addition to any other beverages you consume. A multi-vitamin a day can’t hurt either.
DAY1
Breakfast
½ grapefruit
Coffee or tea, black, no sugar
Mid-morning
1oz. cheddar cheese
Lunch
½ cup cottage cheese
½ cup blueberries
4 Melba toast rounds
Coffee, tea or diet soda
Mid-Afternoon
½ bagel
1 tbsp.cream cheese
Any low-calorie or no-calorie beverage
Before Dinner
1 cup chicken noodle soup
Dinner
2 oz. white meat turkey
½ cup applesauce (unsweetened)
1 slice bread
After Dinner
1 apple
Before Bed
1 vanilla wafer (or cookie of 50 calories)
½ cup low-fat milk
DAY 2
Breakfast
½ English muffin, toasted
Coffee or tea
Mid-Morning
1 apple
Lunch
1 medium French globe artichoke, steamed
1 tbsp.diet margarine melted, for dipping
Beverage
Mid-Afternoon
2 fig bars
Beverage
Before Dinner
1 cup cream asparagus soup
Dinner
4oz. fillet of sole, broiled, poached or baked, no butter (season with herbs and lemon juice)
6 asparagus spears
½ cup white rice (cooked measure)
After Dinner
1 orange
Before Bed
2 crackers (or cookie of 50 calories)
Coffee or tea
DAY 3
Breakfast
½ cup cornflakes
2 oz. low-fat milk
Coffee
Mid-Morning
6 medium dried apricots
Lunch
1 cup clam chowder
10 crackers
½ tomato, sliced
Mid-Afternoon
10 roasted cashews
Before Donner
1 cup minestrone soup
Dinner
2 oz. Scallops, broiled, poached or baked, no butter
1 cup broccoli
½ cup minute rice
After Dinner
1 pear
Before Bed
½ cup low-calorie lemonade
DAY 4
Breakfast
½ corn or bran muffin
1tsp. diet margarine
Coffee or tea
Mid-Morning
1/8 honeydew melon (or fruit of 50 calories)
Lunch
Mixed Salad with:
¼ head lettuce
½ tomato
1 celery stalk
1 carrot
1 bsp. diet dressing
Mid-Afternoon
1 oz. cheese
Before Dinner
1 cup onion soup
Dinner
1 veal cutlet (2oz.) sautéed or broiled, no butter or breading
1 medium tomato
½ head iceberg lettuce
After Dinner
1 chocolate-chip cookie
Before Bed
1 cup consommé
DAY 5
Breakfast
1 banana
½ cup raspberries
2 oz. low-fat milk
Coffee or tea
Mid-Morning
½ English muffin
Lunch
1 oz. cheese
1 apple
2 Melba rounds
Mid-Afternoon
1 chocolate-chip cookie
Before Dinner
1 cup tomato soup
Dinner
1 chicken breast (4oz.) roasted, baked or broiled, no skin
1 cup cooked rice
After Dinner
1 apple
Before Bed
1 cup of tea sweetened with 1 tsp. honey
DAY 6
Breakfast
1 poached egg
1 slice toast (no butter)
Coffee or tea
Mid-Morning
1 peach
Lunch
½ cup cottage cheese
1 cup blueberries
2 saltines
Mid-Afternoon
1 small brownie
Before Dinner
1 cup vegetable soup
Dinner
3 oz. boiled lobster
½ boiled or baked potato, no butter
1 cup cooked spinach
After Dinner
1 pear
Before Bed
1 tbsp. raisins
