• Breakfast: One bowl of watermelon/kiwi or an apple/pomegranate
• Lunch: One bowl of papaya or  muskmelon
• Evening Snack: One glass of coconut water
• Dinner: One guava/ orange or a bowl of berries (strawberries, litchi)
• Bed-time snacks: One bowl of watermelon/grapes

Don’ts: Avoid any kind of cream, honey or sugar dressing on your fruit bowl.

• Breakfast: One large or two small-sized potatoes/ bowl of corn kernels or green peas
• Lunch: One large bowl of cabbage soup
• Evening Snack: 2-3 medium-sized cherry tomatoes
• Dinner: One cup broccoli 
• Bed-time snacks: One bowl of cucumber/ carrots

Preparation: You may either eat your veggies raw. boiled or cooked in 1-2 spoons of olive oil and lightly seasoned with pepper, rock salt, vinegar or herbs. 

Cabbage soup can be prepared by boiling together a cabbage, a small carrot and 2-3 tomatoes in about half a liter of water, adding to that a handful of chopped onions light fried in olive oil and seasoning the mixture with rock salt, herbs and peppers.

Substitutes: Olive oil may be substituted with pure ghee. 

Don’ts: Restrict consumption of potatoes or any other starch containing vegetables like corn or peas only to the breakfast and in limited amounts (100-150 calories) as it will provide enough energy throughout the day. Avoid eating deep-fried vegetables.

• Breakfast: One bowl of watermelon/ or an apple or about half a pineapple
• Lunch: One large bowl of cabbage soup
• Evening Snack: 2-3 medium sized cherry tomatoes
• Dinner: One cup broccoli 
• Bed-time snacks: One bowl of cucumber/ carrots

Don’ts: Avoid bananas, mangoes and potatoes, corn or peas.

• Breakfast: Two large bananas with a glass of skimmed milk (750 ml)
• Lunch: Two large bananas with a glass of skimmed milk
• Evening Snack: A bowl of cabbage soup.
• Dinner: Two large bananas with a glass of skimmed milk
• Bed-time snacks: Nothing

Substitutes: Regular milk can be substituted with soy milk and bananas with figs

Don’ts: Avoid adding any sweeteners, honey or sugar to the milk. Do not put cornstarch in the soup. Mostly prefer skimmed milk.

• Breakfast: Three whole tomatoes
• Lunch: 250 gm of meat of your choice with one large tomato
• Evening Snack: Nothing
• Dinner: A bowl of Tomato soup
• Bed-time snacks: Nothing

Substitutes: Choice of meat may include beef, chicken, eggs or fish. Vegetarians may substitute meat with cottage cheese, tofu and brown rice.

• Breakfast: One bowl of Brussels sprouts or cucumber
• Lunch: 250 gm of meat of your choice/ vegetarian substitute
• Evening Snack: Nothing
• Dinner: A bowl of Cabbage soup

Bed-time snacks: Nothing

• Breakfast: A large bowl of watermelon
• Lunch: Brown rice, cottage cheese and a glass of fruit juice 
• Evening Snack: Nothing
• Dinner: Brown rice with mixed vegetables of your choice and one or two glasses of fruit juice.
• Bed-time snacks: Nothing

Don’ts: Avoid adding any sweeteners to the fruit juice.

The key here is to restrict your daily diet to a preset number of calories and still be able to experiment with different food items in your platter.