LCD:( Low Calorie Diet) 1000 Calories/day Menu

Try sincerely with dedication, discipline and committment and lose weight as much as you can.

VLCD ( Very Low Calorie Diets)  provides between 400 to 800 Calories per day, whereas those classified as Low Calorie Diets (LCD's) provide between 800-1200 Calories per day

Breakfast:1 egg white only. No oil, only use Pam olive spray. Boil or scramble the egg. Fluids in any amount in the morning. Patient may have a coffee or drink with Splenda or Equal or any sweetener without sugar, and with only 2 tsp. of milk.

Protein food as follows:(for lunch and dinner).

For vegetarian: Proetin Powder/shake (in water) 30-40 gm x 2 (lunch &dinner)

For non vegetarian : 6 oz. of the following meats: 

Choose only lean meat.All visible fat must be removed before cooking and the portion should be weighted raw. It should not be more than six ounces. It must be cooked without additional fat.

Chicken - no skin - breast or tenderloins
Veal or steak
Fresh White Fish - Halibut, Swordfish, Bass, Tilapia, Flounder, Pike, Brooke trout, Jew fish, John dory, Snapper, Crab meat, Lobster, Shrimp.


The following meat items should not be allowed:
Salmon
Eel
Tuna fish
Herring,
Dried, pickled or smoked fish
Ground beef

Fresh Vegetables:  4 to 5 ounces selected vegetablese daily( for lunch and dinner):

Spinach
Chard
Chicory
Beet greens
Green Salad
Tomatoes
Celery
Fennel
Onions
Red Radishes
Cucumbers, Asparagus
Cabbage
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Zucchini
Scallions
Cilantro
Green beans
Mushrooms
Collard Greens
All peppers
No pumpkin, beetroot, potatoes, carrots, peas, or corn.

Fruit: Two portions per day, ( for lunch and dinner): or at least six hours apart any time.

Apple
Strawberries - 6 large size
Orange
Grapefruit. 1/2

Minimum of three liters of water daily.
Tea and coffee (in any quantity),  Mineral Water.  
No diet soda, like Pepsi or Coke.

Avoid sugar completely.    Artificial sweeteners may be used.

Salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard, mustard powder, garlic, sweet basil , parsley, thyme, marjoram, and other spices are freely available as seasonings.

No margarine, butter, oil, dressing.

Juice of one lemon daily.

No alcohol including wine or beer. No bread, pasta, rice, or anything with high fructose corn syrup.