Menu Sample - One Week

The most common New Year's Resolution is to lose weight.  That was one of my 2012 resolutions.  It was the only one that I completed.  If you have been reading trough the blog, you know by now that Kevin and I are fans of the 17 Day Diet.  We have lost a combined total of around 65 lbs.  A lot of my friends are hitting the healthy eating bandwagon early this year and many have asked for tips/ recipes/ advice.  I believe the biggest obstacle for any diet is putting meals together, especially if cooking isn't your thing and you have little time.  So, to help my girlfriends out a bit (we're all in this together), I have put together the menu that Kevin and I are currently doing for this week, for we too, are also on a diet to get rid of holiday weight and get ready for our vacation.

Hope this helps!


Week 1 - Cleanse Menu

Sunday

Dinner:  Chicken Kabobs w/ Green Peppers and Onions
                    (grill outside or use a George Foreman.  Season chicken with spices.)


Monday

Breakfast:  2 eggs, scrambled w/ chopped green pepper and onions, sprinkle Low Fat cheese on top

Snack:  Low Fat yogurt (probiotic)
            Mixed Berries

Lunch:  Leftover Chicken Kabobs w/ Veggies

Snack:  Red Grapes (2pm or earlier)

Dinner:  Taco Salad
                (lettuce, homemade salsa, light amount of LF cheese, ground turkey w/ taco low  
                      sodium taco  seasoning packet)

Dessert:  Vanilla Greek yogurt (probiotic)


Tuesday

B:  Greek yogurt
     Mixed Berries

S:  Pear

L:  Leftover Taco Salad

S:  Carrots w/ Lite Ranch

D:  Chicken Stir Fry (NO rice)
           (cook chicken in low sodium soy sauce.  Add brocoli, carrots, peppers and onions)

Dessert:  Vanilla Greek yogurt


Wednesday

B:  2 eggs

S:  Low Fat yogurt
     Red grapes

L:  Leftover Chicken Stir Fry

S:  Broccoli w/ Lite Ranch

D:  Chili  (recipe here but NO BREAD!)

Dessert:  Vanilla Greek yogurt

Cycle 1 Chili

Thursday

B:  Low Fat yogurt
     Apple

S:  Carrots

L:  Leftover Chili

S:  Pear (2pm or earlier)

D:  Lemon Garlic Chicken w/ Green Beans (find recipe here, NO POTATOES)

Dessert:  Vanilla Greek yogurt

Lemon Garlic Chicken

Friday

B:  2 eggs, scrambled w/ chopped green peppers and onions, sprinkle w/ LF cheese

S:  Yogurt
     Mixed Berries

L:  Leftover Lemon Garlic Chicken and Green Beans

S:  Carrots w Lite Ranch

D:  Baked Tilapia w/ Peppers
      Steamed broccoli

Dessert:  Vanilla Greek yogurt


We start every morning, very first thing, with hot lemon water.  We also take a Green Tea suppliment with every meal.  You need two servings of probiotics a day, that's why yogurt is there twice everyday.  There are other foods that are probiotic, I just don't like them.  :)

On the weekends, except Sunday dinner (because of Monday leftovers), we usually graze on veggies, fruit and protein like canned tuna or chicken on salads.  We run around a lot so meals have to be quick.  You can mix up the tuna with mustard instead of mayo and it's very good.  Kevin also makes a really tasty Dijon salad dressing which I'll share later.  And steaming some veggies in the microwave only takes a couple minutes.  We eat a lot of fish on the weekend because it doesn't make good leftovers. 

This is all for Cycle 1 of the 17 Day Diet.  It is the hardest cycle but is also the most effective.  Other cycle menus have a lot more variety.

Check back here again.  I'll post another round of Cycle 1 next week to keep you guys going.

Good luck!

Cheers!