A ten-day diet

Eat fruit before noon

During the first part of the day, when you’re more active, have a medium-size fruit. Though it has more sugars than vegetables, you will burn it easily. Choose apples, citrus fruits, strawberries, but avoid bananas and grapes.

Spotlight on vegetable soups

Start your lunch with a bowl of soup. Prepare the soup with vegetable broth, add fresh herbs (parsley or dill). Don’t use salt or soup seasoning ‘vegeta’ style. They contain a lot of sodium, which retains water in the body and makes losing weight more difficult. You can have soups with rye pasta or potatoes.

 

Dietary rules:

• It’s best to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on small plates, 17-18 centimetres in diameter. This is easier than calculating calories. Caution! The fact that you’re limited by the size of the plate does not mean you can pile the food up.
• Eat regularly five meals a day (even if you don’t feel hungry). This kind of system will allow you to maintain your normal level of glucose in the blood and help avoid hunger attacks.
• Arrange your meals so that half the plate is vegetables: salads, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, peppers, chicory, broccoli and cauliflower (raw or steamed). 30% of your plate should be dedicated to foods rich in carbohydrates: whole meal and rye breads, brown rice, rye pasta, potatoes and barley, and 20% should be used for proteins: low-fat dairy products, meats, cold-cuts, eggs or sea fish.
• You are allowed two snack times each day: elevenses and tea.