Healthy Menus for Diet

 Here are samples for preparing Healthy Menus for Diet :

1. Breakfast: one cup strawberries, one-half cup low fat cottage cheese with one tablespoon of sunflower seeds. One slice of whole grain toast.
2. Midmorning: one small apple, eight walnuts, two ounces lean sliced chicken breast.
3. Lunch: three cups salad consisting of dark green lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and tomatoes with two teaspoons of walnut oil, two ounce organic beef patty served on a whole grain roll.
4. Mid afternoon: six ounces of tofu, one and one-half cups carrot sticks, one tablespoon of pumpkin seeds.
5. Dinner: one-half cup whole wheat spaghetti with one-forth cup organic marinara sauce and two ounces ground turkey. Two cups cooked green vegetables such as asparagus, spinach or broccoli drizzled with two teaspoons flax oil.
6. Evening Snack: six whole grain crackers with one ounce sliced cheese and one small apple.

Tips:

1. Drink at least six to eight glasses of water per day.
2. Choose whole grain breads and cereals.
3. Commit to consuming 4 - 6 small meals and snacks everyday. 
4. To succeed, you must plan ahead by packing your foods the night before. Thus, you should always have fresh and low-fat foods around.
5. Keep it simple. Don't get too caught up on the specifics or your diet. Start by simply just counting calories.
6. Eat your foods slower. 
7. Make healthier food selections like fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and beans, low-fat or nonfat dairy products, low fat meats, fish and skinless poultry. 
8. Avoid foods that are high in fat and calories. 
9. Avoid foods that are high in sugars such as pastries, candy bars, pies and candy. 
10. Use a variety of fruits and vegetables in your nutrition plan. Start by trying to eat 5 total vegetable and fruit servings every single day.

Here are Healthy Menus for Diet based on amount of calories :

1. 2200 Calories

Breakfast
	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

2. 1600 Calories

Breakfast
	Amount	Item	Protein	Carbs	Fats	Calories
	12 ounces	coffee-w/caffeine	0.40	1.40	0.00	8.00
	1 cup	Milk	8.00	11.00	5.00	120.00
	1 tbps	cream,fluid,half and half	0.44	0.65	1.73	19.55
	1.5 cups	cheerios	4.50	34.50	3.00	165.00
	Total:		12.98	46.26	9.73	305.22
AM Snack
	1 each	apple-medium with peel	0.30	21.10	0.00	81.00
	Total:		0.30	21.10	0.00	81.00
Lunch
	2 each	bread whole wheat-slice	6.00	24.00	2.00	140.00
	1 each	orange-medium	1.10	17.40	0.30	69.00
	.15 cup	mayo	0.32	8.47	11.77	137.37
	2 ounces	turkey breast/white meat	17.00	0.00	0.40	76.50
	12 ounces	Coca Cola-diet w/ caffine	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00
	Total:		24.42	49.96	14.47	422.87
PM Snack
	1 each	banana-med.	1.20	26.70	0.60	105.00
	Total:		1.20	26.70	0.60	105.00
Dinner
	5 ounces	Halibut - broiled	37.50	0.00	5.00	198.75
	1 cup	rice-white cook steamed	6.00	62.00	0.00	164.00
	1 tbps	Thousand island-reduced cal. Kraft	0.00	3.00	1.00	20.00
	1 spear	broccoli	4.50	7.90	0.50	42.00
	1 small	salad-sm. Garden w/tomato, onion	1.30	9.50	0.40	49.00
	Total:		84.50	82.40	10.90	660.75
	Grand Total:		123.39	226.42	35.70	1574.84

3. 1300 Calories

Breakfast
	Amount	Item	Protein	Carbs	Fats	Calories
	12 ounces	coffee-w/caffeine	0.40	1.40	0.00	8.00
	1 each	Bagel-plain, Lenders Bake Shop	8.00	42.00	2.00	210.00
	2 tbsp	Peanut butter- creamy	8.60	5.70	16.40	190.00
	1 tbsp	Cream, fluid, half and half	0.44	0.65	1.73	19.55
	Total:		17.44	49.74	20.12	427.55
AM Snack
	1 each	apple-medium with peel	0.30	21.10	0.0	81.00
	Total:		0.30	21.10	0.0	81.00
Lunch
	3 ounces	chicken breast/ white meat	26.40	0.00	3.00	140.25
	12 ounces	Coca cola- diet w/ caffeine	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00
	.25 cup	Croutons-plain	9.00	5.50	0.50	30.50
	1 large	Salad-lrg. Garden w/tomato and onion	2.60	19.00	0.80	98.00
	4 tbps	Thousand island-reduced cal. Kraft	0.00	12.00	4.00	80.00
	Total:		38.00	36.90	8.30	348.75
PM Snack
	1 each	apple-medium with peel	0.30	21.10	0.0	81.00
	Total:		0.30	21.10	0.0	81.00
Dinner
	3 ounces	chicken breast/ white meat	26.40	0.00	3.00	140.25
	1 cup	pasta, corn cooked	3.68	39.07	1.07	176.40
	1 small	salad-sm. Garden w/tomato, onion	1.30	9.50	0.40	49.00
	2 tbps	thousand island- reduced cal. Kraft	0.00	6.00	2.00	40.00
	Total:		31.38	54.57	6.42	405.65
	Grand Total:		87.43	183.42	34.85	1343.95