Daily Fruit Routine
Day 1: Fruits
- 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.
Day 2: Vegetables
- 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.
Day 3: Fruits and 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.
Day 4: Bananas and Milk
- 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.
Day 5: Meat
- 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.
Day 6: Meat
- 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
Day 7: Vegetable and Fruit Juice
- 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.