Free Weight Loss Plan, Diet Recipes Online

When selecting a weight loss plan, make sure you are 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 Weight Loss Plan Guidelines

1. Commit to consuming 4 - 6 small meals and snacks everyday.
    
2. To succeed, you must plan ahead by packing your foods the night before. Thus, you should always have fresh and low-fat foods around.
    
3. Keep it simple. Don't get too caught up on the specifics or your diet. Start by simply just counting calories.
    
4. Eat your foods slower.
    
5. 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.
    
6. Avoid foods that are high in fat and calories.
    
7. Avoid foods that are high in sugars such as pastries, candy bars, pies and candy.
    
8. 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 is a sample weight loss plan (1400 calories).

Breakfast
	Amount	Item	Protein	Carbs	Fats	Calories
	1 cup	Milk - 1%	4.00	5.50	1.00	50.00
	1 pack	Oatmeal - instant pkt.,maple	4.50	31.60	2.10	152.00
	Total:		8.50	37.10	3.10	202.00
AM Snack
	1 each	MetRx Bar	26.00	52.00	2.5	320.00
	Total:		26.00	52.00	2.5	320.00
Lunch
	1 each	Chicken sandwich - Wendy's grilled	24.00	37.00	13.00	340.00
	12 ounces	Coca cola- diet w/ caffeine	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00
	Total:		24.00	37.40	13.00	340.00
PM Snack
	2 each	Bread whole wheat -slice	6.00	24.00	2.00	140.00
	2 tsp	Mayo type reg, w/salt	0.32	8.42	11.77	137.37
	2.5 ounces	Tuna Solid White-Water small can	18.75	0.00	0.90	89.28
	Total:		25.07	32.42	14.67	366.64
Dinner
	4 ounces	Halibut - broiled	22.50	0.00	3.00	119.25
	0.5 cup	rice-white cooked steamed	3.00	31.00	0.00	82.00
	0.5 cup	Vegetables - mixed, frozen, boiled	2.60	11.90	0.10	54.00
	Total:		28.10	42.90	3.10	255.25
	Grand Total:		111.67	201.82	36.37	1483.89

Grocery List

Food	Quantity
Bread whole wheat - slice	14 each
Chicken sandwich	7 each
Coca Cola - diet	84 ounces
Halibut - broiled	21 ounces
Mayo type, reg., w/salt	1 cup
MetRX Bar	7 each
Milk - 1%	7 cups
Oat meal - instant pkt., maple	7 packs
Rice - white cook steamed	3.5 cups
Tuna solid white - water can small	17.5 ounces
Vegetables - mixed, frozen, boiled	3.5 cups

Source: http://www.changingshape.com/dietandnutrition/mealplans/plans/1400.asp