Green or Red Days

Every day of the weekly diet is called a Green Day or a Red Day. Foods are categorized on the basis of which day they are going to be eaten.

Green day “free foods” include vegetables, fruit, beans, pulses, grains, pasta, tofu, eggs and rice. Green day “healthy extras” include bread, cheese, milk, nuts and seeds, dried fruit, fish and meat.

Red day “free foods” include vegetables and fruits and vegetables, lean meat, white fish and eggs. Red day “healthy extras” include bread, cheese, milk, beans and grains. Dried fruits and potatoes are restricted “healthy extras”.

Dieters select the Green or Red option for a day and adhere to that.

Pros

• You can eat plenty of healthy, filling and nutritious foods, whilst fatty, sugary and energy dense foods are controlled.
• You do not feel deprived as no food is banned
• You get great group support which assists in your accomplishing your weight loss

Cons

• You do need to attend weekly groups.
• Should you be used to counting calories, it will take you some time to get accustomed to Food Optimizing.
• Can get quite expensive as the dieter often needs to buy lots of meat and fresh fruit and veg.

Daily Meal Plan

Red Day

Breakfast

* 1oz muesli and fat free vanilla yoghurt.

Snack

* Skinny latte and 1 banana.

Lunch

* Jacket potato
* Chicken curry
* 4ozs low fat cottage cheese
* Large green salad.

Dinner

* Pasta with c heese and broccoli
* Chicken breast, green peas and carrots
* 1 berry fat free yoghurt.

Healthy extras

* Baked apple with sweet mincemeat
* 6 Ryvita

Green Day

Main meal Alternatives

* Cajun chicken, with spinach, pasta and a green salad.
* Spaghetti Bolognese, using lean mince, tomato sauce and lots of pasta

On an Original day, for a very satisfying lunch have a jacket potato, mounded with low-fat chicken curry.