A Food Plan to Help You Lose 10 Pounds

Do you need to lose 10 pounds? Here is a diet food plan that will help you lose 10 pounds in no time on a weight loss diet!

Try the following diet food plan if you need to lose 10 pounds. It's a food plan that was shared on the Woman's Day blog. 

Follow this diet food plan for a month and you will lose 10 pounds! It's an excellent plan that I am going to follow too! It's a seven-day food plan but on the seventh day, you can have a treat. Give it a go!

Breakfast

300 calories per meal

Peanut butter and apple quesadilla: 8" whole-wheat tortilla + 1 Tbsp peanut butter + 1 sliced apple.

or

1 egg scrambled in 1 tsp oil; 1 whole-wheat bagel thin; 1 turkey sausage link; 6 oz low-sodium vegetable juice

or

1 cup bran flakes + 1 cup 1% milk or soy milk + ¾ cup blueberries

Lunch

400 calories per meal

Veggie Jack burger: Veggie burger + 1-oz slice Monterey Jack cheese + 1 Tbsp barbecue sauce + lettuce and tomato + whole-wheat hamburger bun; 1 cup watermelon cubes

or

Blue cheese chicken pita: ½ cup shredded skinless rotisserie chicken breast + ½ cup shredded romaine lettuce + ¼ cup sliced celery + ½ cup shredded carrots + 1 Tbsp light blue cheese dressing + 6" whole-wheat pita; 1 peach

or

Grilled shrimp Caesar: 3 cups romaine lettuce + 10 large grilled shrimp + 2 Tbsp Caesar dressing + 1 Tbsp grated Parmesan; 12 whole-wheat pita chips

Dinner

500 calories per meal

4 oz lean sirloin steak; ½ baked potato with 2 Tbsp nonfat plain Greek yoghurt; 2 cups mushrooms sautéed in 2 tsp olive oil

or 

5 oz tuna steak; ½ cup brown rice, cooked; 2 cups broccoli sautéed in 1 tsp peanut oil


or

1 cup summer chilli: ¼ cup chopped onion + 2 oz lean ground turkey breast sautéed in 1 tsp olive oil + ½ cup canned white beans + ½ cup corn niblets + ½ cup canned diced tomatoes + hot sauce to taste; ½ cup brown rice, cooked

Snacks and Treats

150 calories per serving

• 6oz 0% fat fruit flavoured Greek yoghurt
• 45 pistachios
• A 6-oz glass of wine
• 1/2 pear plus two 1 inch Brie cubes
• Three 2 1/2 inch cinnamon graham cracker squares plus 4 Tbsp nonfat ricotta
• 1 hard-boiled egg sprinkled with celery salt; ten 1 inch whole-grain crackers
• 1 sliced bell pepper plus 1/4 cup hummus
• 1/2 banana plus 1 Tbsp peanut butter
• 12 oz beer

See more snacks at the Woman's Day website

If you don't like the above meals then choose more from the Woman's Day blog here.


The Seventh Day

On the seventh day you can relax and add the following:

• Add a third treat or snack from the snacks list above.
• Follow the food plan for breakfast and lunch, skip the snacks, and eat whatever you want for dinner.
• Forgo the snacks and have dessert after dinner.