Diet and Lifestyle.Realistic eating plan

A realistic eating plan is one that is healthy, and should work for you any time, any place. You need to feel comfortable and it needs to be sustainable. It’s important not to sacrifice your life for your diet. A diet will feel overwhelming if you have to sacrifice everything you enjoy, so focus on drawing up a realistic, achievable eating plan that works for you. Instead of worrying about losing weight, concentrate on eating healthily. You’ll lose weight much faster.

As a guideline, Herbex has compiled an example of a healthy eating plan, designed for weight loss for the average person. If you have any medical disorder, it is best to consult your doctor or dietician, before following any specific ‘diet’ or taking any slimming product. Also, our free slimming e-book goes into more detail about how to draw up your own eating plan.

The following sample menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner promotes healthy weight loss

	breakfast 40g cereal or porridge with 300ml fat-free milk (All-Bran, Weet-Bix, Oats, Maltabella) 1 spoon fructose or 2 slices toast with honey \| fat-free cottage cheese \| marmite or 250ml fat-free yoghurt with fresh fruit With a glass of fresh juice or 1 piece of fruit.
	lunch 2 slices bread \| toast with choice of 40g filling: tuna, chicken (no skin) or fat-free cottage cheese with salad toppings (lettuce, cucumber, tomato) or 120g grilled ‘non-fatty fish’ with a small portion of green vegetables (kingklip, sole, kabeljou, angel fish, fresh tuna) or green salad with choice of 80g protein (chicken, tuna, grilled calamari, shrimp, mussels) or 1 cup pasta with non-butter sauce (tomato, pesto, mushroom) With a glass of fresh juice or 1 piece of fruit.
	dinner 150g grilled chicken (no skin, preferably breast) with 1 small baked potato and 1 cup vegetables (broccoli, mealies, butternut) or 150g grilled ‘non-fatty’ fish with 1 cup steamed rice and 1 cup vegetables (cauliflower, pumpkin, broccoli) or 1 cup pasta with non-butter sauce (tomato, pesto, mushroom) or 1 average size baked potato topped with fat-free cottage cheese with small green salad (no cheese) With a glass of fruit juice or small cup of fruit salad.