Skip Channel4 main Navigation

|Powered By Google


Supersize vs Superskinny header image

Healthy Diets

Programme seven – Desroy and Louise

Desroy | Louise

Desroy's personal action plan

Desroy
Goals
  1. Cut out Nutrament/Supermalt
  2. Look at cutting out cola – replace with water, diluted fruit juices (watch amount) Pepsi Max, Coke Zero
  3. Cut down alcohol
  4. Have breakfast cereal most days of the week and once a week cooked breakfast
  5. Try a sweetener: Otherwise very small amount of sugar
  6. Increase fruit

How to make it happen
Planning!

1st Stage – 4500 calories
2nd Stage – 4000 calories

Desroy and Louise
Daily Portions
18 Bread, cereals, potatoes, rice, pasta, carbs
8 (1st stage) 7 (2nd stage) Meat, fish, eggs, pulses, nuts, protein
4 Milk and dairy foods
3 Vegetables
4 Fruit
6 Oil, dressings and spreads
9 9 (1st stage) 5 (2nd stage) Extras for snacks and drinks

1st Stage suggested daily meal planner

Breakfast
4 Bread/cereal/starchy foods
1 Fruit or fruit juice
1 Milk and dairy


Desroy after
Mid Morning
3 snacks (300 calories) + Fruit

Lunch
7 Bread/cereal/starchy foods
2 Fruit and vegetables
1 Milk and dairy
4 Meat, fish, proteins

Mid Afternoon
3 Extras for snacks

Evening Meal
7 Bread/cereal/starchy foods
3 Fruit and vegetables
1 Milk and dairy
4 Meat, fish, proteins

Evening
3 Extras for snacks

Daily allowance of fats and oils – 6 portions


Result
Desroy lost 9lbs

Daily portions >>

Find out more about Desroy >>

Top


Body Mass Index Calculator
Check out if your weight matches your height
Obesity & Overweight
Get the facts on obesity, dieting and losing weight
Breaking the Cycle of Obesity
How to set realistic goals to beat obesity
Anorexia & Binge Eating
Information, advice and personal stories
Diets
Atkins, detox, vegetarian and more
Fitness
Ways to get fit
Body Image
How we can learn to love our bodies