Breakfast: #3 Meal builder (page 40 of CSIRO Low-Carb Everyday) Snack 1: Coffee + Strawberries with ginger ricotta (page 215) Lunch: #2 Crispbread builder (page 46)
Snack 2: Tea (with milk) + 40 g nuts + 2 medium apricots + 100 g low-fat natural Greek-style yoghurt
Dinner: Ginger and lime fish cakes with soy chargrilled vegetables (page 134) + 2 poached eggs with 100 g hummus
Weekly Food Checklist Level 4 - 9000 kJ Week: Date: | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | |
Food Refer to pages 25–27 of CSIRO Low-Carb Everyday for a full list of food choices | Example | specify type | specify type | specify type | specify type | specify type | specify type | specify type |
Breads, cereals, legumes, starchy vegetables (0.5 unit) | 15 g oats | |||||||
Breads, cereals, legumes, starchy vegetables (1.0 unit) | 3 Ryvitas | |||||||
Dairy (1 unit) | 200 ml almond milk | |||||||
Dairy (1 unit) | ricotta + yoghurt (snack) | |||||||
Dairy (1 unit) | 150 ml milk (2 x beverage) | |||||||
Dairy (1 unit) | 100 g low-fat natural Greek-style yoghurt | |||||||
Lunch protein (1 unit) | 100 g tinned tuna | |||||||
Dinner protein (2.5 units) | 140 g red fish (+ 2 eggs) | |||||||
Low-carb vegetables (1 unit) | artichoke + broccoli | |||||||
Low-carb vegetables (1 unit) | 1 cup tomato | |||||||
Low-carb vegetables (1 unit) | 1 cup rocket | |||||||
Moderate or low-carb vegetables (1 unit) | sugar-snap peas | |||||||
Moderate or low-carb vegetables (1 unit) | green beans | |||||||
Healthy fats — 10 units (aim for at least 6 units of nuts each day) | ||||||||
Unit 1 | 20 g avocado | |||||||
Unit 2 | 20 g avocado | |||||||
Unit 3 | snack page 215 | |||||||
Unit 4 | snack page 215 | |||||||
Unit 5 | 10 g nuts | |||||||
Unit 6 | 10 g blanched almonds | |||||||
Unit 7 | 10 g nuts | |||||||
Unit 8 | 10 g nuts | |||||||
Unit 9 | 10 g nuts | |||||||
Unit 10 | 10 g nuts | |||||||
Unit 11 | 20 g hummus | |||||||
Unit 12 | 20 g hummus | |||||||
Unit 13 | 20 g hummus | |||||||
Unit 14 | 20 g hummus | |||||||
Unit 15 | 20 g hummus | |||||||
OPTIONAL Additions from week 7 | ||||||||
Carbohydrate extras (refer to page 18 of CSIRO Low-Carb Everyday) Max 2 serves/day | ||||||||
Extra 1 | 2 medium apricots | |||||||
Extra 2 | strawberries (200 g) | |||||||
Other foods Max 2 serves/week | ||||||||
Indulgences (refer to page 27 of CSIRO Low-Carb Everyday) | ||||||||
Indulgence 1 | 150 ml red wine | |||||||
Indulgence 2 | 20 g chocolate |