Try the chocolate diet

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Rules

● Follow our seven-day diet, which includes one breakfast, lunch and dinner plus one chocolate and one savoury snack each day (see boxes).
● Drink at least eight glasses of fluid per day – water, diet drinks, sugarfree squash, and tea and coffee with skimmed milk. Sorry, no booze!
● Repeat the menu for four weeks to lose up to a stone.

Day 1

Breakfast 30g Coco Pops with skimmed milk. Piece of fruit.
Lunch Wholemeal pitta with 1 tbsp low-fat mayo, ½ avocado, sliced, two pinches of pine nuts and mixed salad.
Dinner Stir-fry 150g tofu, bean sprouts, Chinese cabbage, water chestnuts, 1 onion, pepper and mushrooms in a pan using low-fat spray oil (and a little water if needed). Add soy sauce to taste. Serve with 50g (dry weight) noodles.

Day 2

Breakfast 1 boiled egg with bread soldiers made using 2 slices of wholemeal toast with low-fat spread.
Lunch
Any can of soup (non-creamy) and 2 Ryvitas. 1 Cadbury’s Créme Egg.
Dinner
Tuna steak served with a salad of 1 can of mixed beans, tomatoes, lettuce and onion.

Day 3

Breakfast 1 sachet Oat So Simple porridge with skimmed milk. 1 Apple.
Lunch
Take 25g mozzarella cheese, sliced, 4 slices of lean ham, chopped tomatoes, cucumber, celery, lettuce and 1 tbsp of low-fat saladdressing. 2 After Eight mints.
Dinner
4 slices of roast chicken, 6 new potatoes and unlimited green veg with a drizzle of gravy. 1 pear.

Day 4

Breakfast Fruit salad using 3 pieces of fruit ofyour choice. 1 small pot of low-fat yoghurt.
Lunch
Fill a finger roll with 1 frankfurter, slices of onion fried in low-fat spray oil, baby tomatoes, lettuce and a squirt of tomato sauce.
Dinner
1 ready meal under 350 cals. 1 Special K Dark Chocolate Granola Bar.

Day 5

Breakfast Two slices of wholemeal toast spread thinly with chocolate spread.
Lunch
Omelette: Beat 2 eggs, add 20g grated low-fat Cheddar cheese and a big handful of spinach. Fry in low-fat oil spray. Serve with green salad. 1 two-finger Kit Kat Dark.
Dinner
Chicken breast with a fist-size blob of mashed potato (use low-fat spread/milk for mashing), broccoli and green beans. 1 apple with 1 tbsp of chocolate spread.

Day 6

Breakfast Cinnamon and raisin bagel, toasted and spread thinly with low-fat spread.
Lunch
Jacket potato with ½ can of low-sugar baked beans.
Dinner
Haddock, with 6 new potatoes and a can of vegetable ratatouille.

Day 7

Breakfast Mix 1 chopped banana with skimmed milk to make a smoothie. 1 apple.
Lunch
Pre-packed sandwich (350 cals). 1 funsize Mars bar.
Dinner
Bean chilli: Mix 1 can of chilli kidney beans with 1 can of tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 pepper and 1 courgette, all chopped and sautéed. Add 2 tbsp sweetcorn and simmer until softened. Serve with ½ cup of boiled brown rice.

Savoury snacks

● 2 oatcakes
● 1 Babybel and 1 Ryvita
● 1 slice of ham and 3 tbsp cottage cheese
● 1 boiled egg
● 3 rice cakes spread thinly with low-fat spread
● 1 packet of Snack a Jacks
● 1 small bowl of crudités with 2 tbsp salsa
● 1 small bowl of salad topped with a little low-cal dressing
● 2 celery sticks and 1 tbsp low-fat hummus
● 1 Cup-a-Soup

Chocolate snacks

● 4 Cadbury’s Mini Eggs
● 6 strawberries spread thinly with chocolate spread
● 1 funsize chocolate bar
● 1 square of dark chocolate
● 1 After Eight
● 1 Blue Riband Dark
● 1 Alpro Dark Chocolate Dessert
● 2 Cadbury’s Fingers
● 1 Mr Kipling Delightful Chocolate Slice
● 1 Cadbury’s Highlights Hot Chocolate sachet (with hot water and a splash of skimmed milk)

Did you know?

Thorntons’ Antioxichoc Berryboost (90g), with acticoa, is a form of chocolate that prevents wrinkles, according to its makers

Please see your GP before starting this or any other weight loss plan.

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