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Do It Your Way Plans
"The Light Choices diet Plan worked for me!"
Weight Loss:4 1/2 stone
Full of your favourite foods
How will the Light Choices diet plan work for you?
Light Choices provides a balanced healthy meal plan. Based on the Eatwell Plate, it provides 50-65% of your calories from carbohydrates, 20-25% of your calories from protein and less than 30% of your calories from fat.
It is a balanced approach to eating, providing 3 meals and 1 snack every day. Using familiar favourites, it never feels like a diet and is easy to follow. It will help you learn lifelong healthy eating habits based on correct portion size and enjoying all foods in moderation.
Why Light Choices diet?
- Contains lots of your favourite foods
- Allows for personal food preferences
- Balanced approach to eating, providing 3 meals and 1 snack daily
- Flexible & easy to follow
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Breakfast
Banana berry smoothie with cereal
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Lunch
Cheese and Tomato Omelette
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Dinner
Moroccan Chicken
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Snack
Popcorn and orange juice
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- Calories
- 435
- Protein
- 19g
- Carbs
- 75g
- Fat
- 8g
Breakfast
Banana berry smoothie with cereal
- Blend ½ peeled kiwi, 1 banana, 100ml of semi-skimmed milk and 125ml yoghurt until frothy and serve immediately
- Serve with 40g of wholegrain breakfast cereal and 150ml of semi-skimmed milk
- Calories
- 425
- Protein
- 26g
- Carbs
- 36g
- Fat
- 21g
Lunch
Cheese and Tomato Omelette
- 1 Cheese and tomato omelette (see recipe)
- 1 slice of wholegrain toast
- 1 apple
Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp of semi-skimmed milk
- 1 tsp of olive oil
- 25g of low fat cheese
- 1 tbsp of onion
- 1 tomato
Method
- Heat olive oil in small non-stick frying pan over a moderate heat
- Gently beat together eggs and milk and add to pan. Cook for 1 minute and gradually push the set egg and milk mixture from the outside of the pan into the centre, allowing uncooked egg to cover the pan
- Continue cooking until egg mixture is almost set
- Top with finely chopped onion, tomato and grated cheese and continue cooking until cheese has melted and omelette is set. Fold in half and serve
- Calories
- 435
- Protein
- 28g
- Carbs
- 52g
- Fat
- 14g
Dinner
Moroccan Chicken
Did you know? Our Light Choices meal plans include food from different cuisines worldwide
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tsp of olive oil
- ½ onion
- 2 chicken thighs, skin removed
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 tsp of honey
- 1 tsp of sesame seeds
- 50g of cous cous (uncooked weight)
- 1 pinch of cinnamon
- 1 pinch of ground ginger
Method
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan. Add the onions and chicken and fry until lightly browned
- Add the tomatoes, cinnamon and ginger. Cover and cook gently, turning the chicken occasionally until the flesh is so tender that it can be pulled off the bone easily
- Remove the chicken and reduce the sauce until thick. Stir as it begins to caramelise and be careful that it does not stick or burn
- Add the honey and return the chicken pieces to the sauce and heat through
- Serve the chicken with the sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds
- Accompany with couscous
- Calories
- 155
- Protein
- 4g
- Carbs
- 34g
- Fat
- 1g
Snack
Popcorn and orange juice
- 25g of lightly salted popcorn
- 125ml glass of orange juice
- 50g of strawberries