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Healthy Diets

Programme four – Elizabeth and Stefan

Elizabeth | Stefan

Stefan's personal action plan

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Goals
  1. Avoid the bakery at 6am, bring foods in from home
  2. At 10am to have a sandwich, 1 packet of crisps and 1 chocolate bar
  3. To have one lunch meal instead of two at 3pm
  4. To have evening meal at 6.30pm
  5. To address 'head hunger' if necessary eat according to portion guides.
How to make it happen
  1. Shopping list – plan a week's meal plans
  2. Adjust times for visiting bakeries
  3. To aim to sleep longer at lunch time

Stage One

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Daily portions
24 Bread, cereals, potato, rice, pasta, carbs
8 Meat, fish, eggs, pulses, nuts, protein
8 Milk and dairy foods
12 Vegetables
12 Fruit
8 Oil, dressings, spread
8 Extras for snacks or drinks

Breakfast
8 Cereals, carbs
3 Fruit
2 Milk and dairy foods


Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Mid Morning
3 Carbs/starchy foods
2 Meat, fish etc
2 Extras
2 Dairy

Lunch
4 Carbs
6 Fruit/vegetables
2 Dairy
3 Meat, fish, protein

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Mid Afternoon
2 Carbs
2 Extras

Evening meal
4 Carbs
6 Fruit/vegetables
2 Dairy
3 Proteins
Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Evening
3 Carbs
3 Extras

Daily allowance of fats and oils 8
plus 9 further fruit and vegetable portions

Stage two

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Daily portions
20 Bread, cereals, potato, rice, pasta, carbs
7 Meat, fish, eggs, pulses, nuts, protein
7 Milk and dairy foods
10 Vegetables
10 Fruit
7 Oil,dressings, spread
7 Extras for snacks or drinks

Breakfast
8 Cereals, carbs
3 Fruit
2 Dairy

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Mid Morning
2 Carbs/starchy foods
1 Meat, fish, protein
1 Extras
1 Milk, dairy

Lunch
4 Carbs
6 Fruit/vegetables
2 Milk and dairy
3 Meat, fish protein

Mid Afternoon
3 Extras

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Evening meal
4 Carbs
6 Fruit/vegetables
2 Dairy
3 Proteins

Evening
2 Carbs
3 extras

Daily allowance of fats and oils 7
plus 5 further fruit and vegetable portions

Stage three

Stefan and Elizabeth's swap
Daily portions
12 Bread, cereals, rice, pasta, carbs
4 Meat, fish, eggs, pulses, nuts, protein
4 Milk and dairy foods
6 Vegetables
6 Fruit
4 Oil, dressings, spread
4 Extras for snacks or drinks
Stefan
Breakfast
4 Cereals, carbs
2 Fruit
1 Milk and dairy

Mid Morning
1 Fruit
1 Extra

Lunch
4 Carbs
4 Fruit/vegetables
1 Dairy
2 Meat, fish, protein

Stefan afterwards
Mid Afternoon
1 Extra

Evening meal
4 Carbs
4 Fruit/vegetables
2 Milk and dairy
2 Proteins

Evening
1 Fruit
1 Extra

Daily allowance of fats and oils 4 portions

Result
Stefan lost 1st 1lb

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