When selecting a menu to lose body fat, make sure you are
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consuming a balanced and complete diet. Your assignment is to set realistic and attainable weight loss and diet goals. Start by following the simple guidelines below.
Nutritional and Diet Menu Guidelines
Here is a sample diet Menu (2200 calories).
Breakfast |
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| Amount | Item | Protein | Carbs | Fats | Calories | |
| 12 ounces | coffee-w/caffeine | 0.40 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 8.00 | |
| 1.5 cup | cottage cheese - 1% fat | 42.00 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 246.00 | |
| 1 tbps | cream,fluid,half and half | 0.44 | 0.65 | 1.73 | 19.55 | |
| 0.5 cup | fruit cocktail | 0.51 | 29.76 | 0.09 | 114.40 | |
| Total: | 43.35 | 40.80 | 4.82 | 387.95 | ||
| AM Snack | ||||||
| 1 each | apple-medium with peel | 0.30 | 21.10 | 0.00 | 81.00 | |
| 1 each | Banana-medium 8 inch | 1.20 | 26.70 | 0.60 | 105.00 | |
| Total: | 1.50 | 47.80 | 0.60 | 186.00 | ||
| Lunch | ||||||
| 1 each | apple-medium with peel | 0.30 | 21.10 | 0.00 | 81.00 | |
| 2 each | bread whole wheat-slice | 6.00 | 24.00 | 2.00 | 140.00 | |
| 2 cubic inch | cheddar cheese | 8.47 | 0.44 | 11.27 | 136.88 | |
| .15 cup | mayo | 0.32 | 8.47 | 11.77 | 137.37 | |
| 3 ounce | turkey breast/white meat | 25.50 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 114.75 | |
| Total: | 40.58 | 53.96 | 25.64 | 610.00 | ||
| PM Snack | ||||||
| 2 each | bread-slice rye 7 grain | 10.00 | 72.00 | 4.00 | 180.00 | |
| 4 tsp | jelly-any fruit flavor | 0.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 56.00 | |
| 2 tbps | peanut butter | 8.00 | 7.00 | 16.30 | 190.00 | |
| Total: | 18.00 | 95.00 | 20.30 | 426.00 | ||
| Dinner | ||||||
| 4 ounces | chicken breast/ white meat | 35.20 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 187.00 | |
| 1.5 cup | rice-white cook steamed | 9.00 | 93.00 | 0.00 | 246.00 | |
| 4 tbps | Thousand island-reduced cal. Kraft | 0.00 | 12.00 | 4.00 | 80.00 | |
| 0.25 cup | croutons-plain | 9.00 | 5.50 | 0.50 | 30.50 | |
| 1 small | salad-sm. Garden w/tomato, onion | 1.30 | 9.50 | 0.40 | 49.00 | |
| Total: | 54.50 | 120.00 | 8.90 | 592.50 | ||
| Grand Total: | 157.93 | 357.56 | 60.26 | 2202.45 | ||
| Food | Quantity |
| Apple - medium with peel | 14 each |
| Banana - medium 8 inch | 7 each |
| Bread - slice rye 7 grain | 14 each |
| Bread whole wheat - slice | 14 each |
| Cheese, cheddar | 14 cubic inch |
| Chicken Breast / White Meat | 28 ounces |
| Coffee- w/caffeine | 84 ounces |
| Cottage cheese - 1 % fat | 10.5 cups |
| Cream, fluid, half and half | 7 tablespoons |
| Croutons - plain | 2 cups |
| Fruit cocktail | 3.5 cups |
| Jelly - any flavor | 28 tea spoons |
| Mayo type, reg., w/salt | 1 cup |
| Peanut Butter | 14 table spoons |
| Rice - white cook steamed | 10.5 cups |
| Salad - small garden | 7 small |
| Thousand island - reduced cal. | 28 table spoons |
| Turkey Breast / White Meat | 21 ounces |