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Prevention's Minimeal Diet
Your Secret Weight Loss Weapon!!!
Do you like to snack? Then you'll love Prevention's Minimeal Diet!! You can burn more calories each day as you get older by eating more OFTEN!!! On a 1,500-calorie-a-day diet, you can enjoy six 250-calorie minimeals such as the ones listed below.
PLEASE BE SURE TO CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE BEGINNING ANY DIET PLAN!!!!
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Seven Tips That Make Minimeals Work
1. KEEP THE "MINI" IN MINIMEALS. Buy snack foods such as Popsicles and nonfat pudding cups in single-serving sizes, so you won't overeat. Divvy up big bags of crackers into snack-size plastic bags.
2. STOCK MINIMEALS AT WORK. Desk drawer ideas: Packets of instant oatmeal, instant soup cups, whole grain crackers. In the lunchroom fridge: lowfat yogurt, baby carrots, tomato juice.
3. TRAVEL WITH MINIMEALS. Stash nonperishable goodies such as mini boxes raisins, cans of vegetable juice cocktail, and whole wheat pretzels in your car, purse, or briefcase.
4. PLUG HOLES IN YOUR DIET. It's easy to design minimeals so that they include foods you tend to skip- veggies, fruit, and dairy foods.
5. MAKE IT SNAPPY. Stock your kitchen with fixings for a few minimeals that you can make in seconds, such as whole grain cereal with low-fat milk, or low-fat vanilla yogurt with frozen blueberries.
6. TURN THE EVENING MINIMEAL INTO "FAMILY DESSERT". If everyone comes home hungry at different times, let older teens and parents fix and eat healthy minimeal dinners on their own. Gather later to eat your minimeal dessert or evening snack together as a family.
7. FIND MINIMEALS ON MENUS. If there's an appetizer. you've got a minimeal. Many restaurants let you order an appetizer instead of an entree. If not, eat half of your entree (or less if it's huge), and take the rest home. |
QUICK TIP!!!
Instant soup cups make perfect minimeals- and they're healthy and quick!!!!! |
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SAMPLE MINIMEAL PLAN
7:30am- WAKE-UP
1 cup raisin bran
1 cup 1% milk
hot tea
250 calories
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9:30am- AM BOOST
1 cup orange juice with calcium
1/2 whole wheat bagel
2 teaspoons light cream cheese
250 calories
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NOON- MUNCHTIME
veggie burger
whole wheat hamburger roll
1 tablespoon mustard
10 sweet red pepper strips
sliced tomatoes, lettuce
250 calories
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3:30pm- PM PREP
1 cup instant lentil soup
220 calories
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6:30pm- RENEWAL
dinner salad
1 cup bulgar
2 cups mixed veggies
2 tablespoons vinaigrette dressing
270 calories
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9:00pm- BEDDIES
apple
1 1/2 ounces reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
1 sheet rye crispbread
255 calories
That's Life!!!
It's not the minutes at the table that make you gain weight....it's the seconds!!
***From First for Women September Issuee***
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QUICK TIP!!!
Women over 50 can burn 60 extra calories a day just by eating minimeals, research shows. Over five years you could lose 30 POUNDS! |
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That's Life !!
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