No Carb Diet Menu

It's impossible to not mention the famous Atkins diet when it comes to 'no carb diet menu'. Dr Atkins has a simple formula No Carbs = Quick Weight Loss, and why wouldn't this work, when the main items adding to excessive weight are completely cut from your diet?

The only solution to losing weight is to take responsibility for what you eat. To attain the perfect weight to body fat ratio it is imperative to make a few drastic changes in your diet. This menu can be easily incorporated in your regular routine to lose the extra bulge!

It is also important to understand that while fresh fruit juices, low-fat yogurt and cereal contain some carbohydrates, they help your body. They provide the healthy fuel to the body while it is on a diet and has to exercise.

Thus, a this diet mentioned in this story is designed in a way to supplement your body with good carbs as compared to the much harmful ones. Replacing bad carbs with good carbs is the key to losing weight and maintaining a healthy body.

Before you begin with planning a diet, it is important to understand what you are undertaking. A no carb diet essentially means that one has to exclude dietary intake of carbohydrates entirely. Simply put, it means total elimination carbohydrates from day-to-day food.

Carbohydrates are mainly contained in all the 'whites' that we eat. This includes a range of starchy food items that you be consuming all through the day. Rice, bread, sugar, biscuits and everything else that contains all-purpose flour.

Take up this challenge of losing weight with small simple steps. Finding healthy substitutes for high-carb food items and replacing them in your meals is the best way of weight management.

Breakfast

• Have a glass of lukewarm water, with lemon syrup and sucrose.
• 2 Boiled eggs, and green beans sautéed in butter or margarine.

Lunch

• Make a salad of lettuce, half an avocado, and some boiled fish. You can add salt to taste and spices such as oregano, thyme, basil, etc. Preferably avoid dressings, as they have hidden carbohydrate content.
• Boil chicken add fresh green vegetables to it such as mushrooms, olives. You can add herbs like coriander, pepper, or oregano as per your taste.

Dinner

• Mushrooms soup cooked with alfalfa sprouts.
• Grilled or boiled fresh veggies
• Add a cup of cabbage
• Boiled meat or fish

Breakfast

• Bacon or pork salami, with an omelet made with ½ cup of spinach, and 2 eggs. You may also try having the spinach as a salad, along with melted or grated cheddar cheese.
• A cup of black coffee /tea /milk.

Lunch

• Salad of lettuce and minced tuna, along with fresh olives.
• Raw veggies with cucumber, and whipped cream dip.

Dinner

• Green salad with any dressing.
• Cook some delicious beef stir fry in olive oil which has low contents of fat, and contains essential nutrients.

This menu includes a heavy breakfast and the quantity of the meal goes on reducing as the day progresses. This is the best way to go about your eating style, which is: breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper.

Breakfast

• Scrambled eggs with butter, olives, and basil.
• A glass of low-fat unsweetened milk.

Lunch

• Beef steak, cooked with sprouts, and green beans.
• Lettuce rolls with cheese stuffed inside.

Dinner

• Have a clear chicken soup cooked with asparagus, and cream.
• Make a bowl of fresh green salad along with canned tuna, for added calcium.

Breakfast

• One serving of boiled chicken.
• Add a few fresh fruits or a juice without sugar to your breakfast.

Lunch

• Baked chicken and saute some spinach with chopped carrots, spring onions in olive oil. Add some iceberg lettuce to your dish too.
• Make a salad with fresh lettuce, olives, tomatoes, cucumber, jalapenos, bell peppers, onions and low-calorie salad dressing.

Dinner

• Hawaiian salad with a dressing of your choice.
• Marinade trout with simple garlic and ginger paste, add some herbs such as oregano and thyme for flavoring. Grill trout with red, yellow and orange capsicums for a delicious dinner.

Breakfast

• A poached egg topped with diced tomato and sprinkled with salt and pepper.
• A glass of orange juice without sugar which will provide you with a good source of vitamin C.

Lunch

• Make a canned tuna sandwich with whole wheat bread. Add some lemon zest to it and spice it up with some low-calorie sauces.
• Have a cup of plain yogurt and a strawberry shake with some diced strawberries as garnish.

Dinner

• Have a plate of sweet and spicy prawns with a generous garnish of spring onion.
• Make fresh salad with 1 cup of shredded red cabbage, iceberg lettuce and low-calorie salad dressing.

Breakfast

• 2 scrambled eggs cooked in olive oil with toasted whole wheat bread.
• A glass of grapefruit juice without sugar.

Lunch

• Make a salmon sandwich with whole wheat bread, iceberg lettuce and little mayonnaise.
• One cup of slimming green tea with no sugar or artificial sweetener.

Dinner

• Have a platter of grilled tofu with some whole grain rice and sauteed green vegetables.
• A glass of plain buttermilk with no sugar or any other kind of artificial sweetener.

Breakfast

• 2 boiled egg whites with a little sprinkle of salt and pepper.
• One glass of fresh fruit juice of your choice.

Lunch

• Make a salad of spinach, spring greens, cucumbers, bell peppers and tomatoes.
• A cup of plain yogurt with no sugar.

Dinner

• A bowl of lentil soup with a slice of whole wheat bread.
• One serving of boiled chicken sauteed in sweet and sour sauce.

Usually, most of the white items consumed as food are known to be high-carb food items. To be precise, bran, cereal, bread, potatoes, pasta, cottage cheese, pizza, and rice, are the food items extremely high in carbohydrates. However, milk is not included amongst this set of carbohydrates, as it is considered to be a protein rich food. 

All the non-carb diets including the popular Atkins diet requires that you reduce the consumption of carbohydrates and increase the consumption of proteins, and fats.

High intake of carbohydrates is the main reason for rising obesity statistics across the world. Most of our junk food items are excessively high in carbohydrates, which have to be immediately eliminated if one wishes to have a healthy life. You are planning to begin with a diet, it is essential that you continue with proper intake of essential nutrients. 

Do not rush into a no carb diet, before consulting your dietitian. Starving is the biggest mistake people make while trying to lose weight. Changing food habits is an essential part of staying fit. However, changing the diet, one has to exercise to get into shape. Following a set workout routine and maintaining a diet regime will help live a healthier life.

*Disclaimer: A no-carb diet can lead to lack of energy, nausea, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, bad breath, dehydration, and hypoglycemia is worst cases. The diet mentioned above gives you adequate amount of carbohydrates to maintain your fitness level, as you try to lose weight.