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The real recipe for a lean figure: Make good food choices. Pack your diet with fiber and protein — they help decrease appetite by making you feel full longer. Replace all refined carbs (like white rice and regular pasta) with whole-grain carbs (like brown rice and whole-wheat pasta). Why? Refined carbs can overwhelm your body's metabolism, causing you to store fat instead of burn it. You should also cut out trans fats completely; they may increase belly size.
Here's How Our Diet Works: You'll eat three main meals daily, plus two snacks. Consider dessert an every-other-day treat (don't worry, some of the snacks are sweet). For breakfast, lunch and snack time, we've listed three easy-to-make options. For dinner, choose from seven simple recipes (four of which you'll find only on GH.com!). Keep in mind that studies show that people who eat the same foods again and again lose more weight than those who have a varied diet.
Easy-to-Make Meal Options
Breakfast Bites
Choose one per day
• One cup Kashi high-fiber cereal or Cheerios with 1/2 cup skim milk and a fist-size portion of strawberries or another fruit
• Two scrambled eggs and two pieces of lean turkey sausage
• One slice of whole-wheat bread with a teaspoon of peanut butter
Tasty Lunches
Choose one per day
• Chopped salad with mixed greens, veggies, six walnuts and four ounces of salmon; dress with a splash of olive oil and vinegar
• Boca Spicy Chik'n Patty on a whole-wheat English muffin with lettuce, spinach, red onion and tomato
• Lean Cuisine's microwavable Herb Roasted Chicken
Super Snacks
Pick two options per day
• Half an ounce of raw nuts and an apple, a pear, an orange or a cup of berries
• One cup of presautéed veggies, warmed in the microwave and stuffed into a small whole-wheat pita
• Sliced veggies dipped in a mix of plain yogurt, dill, chives, ginger and red pepper flakes
Quick, Delicious Lunches
Don't have time to prepare a lunch? Try these other hearty, healthy prepackaged meals:
• Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Chicken Mediterranean ($3.49; 800-993-8625; leancuisine.com)
• Ethnic Gourmet Vegetarian Osso Buco ($4.10; 800-434-4246; ethnicgourmet.com)
• Health Valley Fat Free Zesty Black Bean with Rice Soup Cup ($2.59; 800-434-4246; healthvalley.com)
• Amy's Kitchen Veggie Loaf Whole Meal ($4.30; 707-578-7188; amyskitchen.com)
