How To Lose Weight - Step by Step - Dieter Laura's Healthier Daily Diet

Let's recap from the previous page by reviewing Dieter Laura's disastrous daily diet:

Breakfast - cheese Danish and spring water for a total of 400 calories.

Lunch - Large slice of cheese pizza and a diet soda for a total of 450 calories.

Snack - 2 cookies for a total of 150 calories.

Dinner - Bag of buttered popcorn plus a diet soda for a total of 400 calories.

Although Dieter Laura managed to fit her 1,400 daily allotment of calories into her daily menus, the menus were highly lacking nutritional values but were not short on fat.

The chart below details Dieter Laura's daily nutritional needs - the foods that her body requires based on her 1,400 calories restricted diet.

How can Dieter Laura improve her daily diet menus from above while simultaneously enjoying the foods that she likes while receiving the nutrition her body requires? Let's try this:

Breakfast - 1 scrambled egg, 1 slice of whole-grain toast with a pat of butter, 2 strips of lean bacon prepared in the microwave, 1 cup of skim milk. Total calories: about 400

Lunch - Large salad consisting of assorted garden vegetables, 1/2 cup of lean chicken, and a bit of shredded skim mozzarella cheese with light strawberry balsamic vinegar salad dressing. Dieter Laura can also enjoy 1 dinner roll and 1 cup of fresh strawberries. Total calories: about 400

Snack - 100 calories worth of Dieter Laura's favorite popcorn.

Dinner - 1 mini-pizza consisting of spinach and mozzarella cheese (300 calories and found in the frozen section at the local market). One side salad consisting of lettuce, tomato, cucumber slices and light dressing. Two gingersnaps (40 calories). Total calories: about 400

Snack - 1 cup of skim milk, 1/2 cup of frozen sliced strawberries, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extra whipped in a blender. (100 calories)

Go to Weight Loss Step #5  

Index of The Daily Diet Articles  |  Return to Homepage  |  Master Site Map  |  Site Disclaimer