If you wanna succes in your diet program, not just right exercise that you have to do, but you must know about food and calories for great succes on your diet target.
The 2000 Calorie Diet Plan is a nutrient dense eating plan containing about 2000 calories. Here are sample 2000 calorie diet menu plan:
2000 Calorie Diet Vegan Plan
17 Starch Exchanges
4 Vegetable Exchanges
3 Fruit Exchanges
5 Protein Exchanges
4 Fat Exchanges
Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal
English muffin w/ two teaspoons margarine
1/2 banana
1/2 cup calcium fortified orange juice
Snack
Two oatmeal cookies
Herb tea
Lunch
1 cup lentil soup
Garden salad w/ two tablespoons dressing
2 small rolls
Snack
Bran muffin
Apple
Dinner
1 cup rice
1 cup black beans w/ 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup steamed kale
2 dinner rolls
Snack
Slice whole wheat bread, with 2 tablespoons almond butter
A few personal notes:
-The menu includes a decent sized snack before bed
-It calls for four fat exchanges (Keegan)
-It calls for 17 starch exchanges (Keegan, and all other carb-phobics)
-This is only 2000 calories. Many people, expecially teenagers, require way more than this just to maintain a healthy weight. Those of us trying to put on weight need much much more.
2000 Calorie Diabetic Diet Plan
A 2000 calorie diabetic diet plan means that you have no more and no less than 2000 calories of food helpings per day. This diet is not at all a no-sugar diet, no-carb diet. Rather, it is a healthy diet which contains all the food groups but is low in calories and fat.
When on a 2000 calorie diabetic diet plan, the ideal breakfast should consist of two slices of bread or two rice cakes or half a cup of pasta, one cup of skimmed milk or a cup of sugar-free yogurt, one egg in any form, boiled or poached or scrambled and surely one serving of one’s favorite fruit. One can have a sandwich, too, and the margarine spread on it will contribute to the fat portion of the breakfast. The egg can be substituted with two slices of bacon. The idea is that the breakfast of the diabetic patient incorporates all the goodness of the various food groups.
For lunch, one can have a bowl of pasta, two servings of your favorite vegetables and a meat product, for example chicken or turkey. Ideally, the vegetables and the meat should not be cooked in too much oil, for oil itself contributes to calories. The pasta can be substituted with a cup of cooked brown rice or two to three slices of bread. Fish, too, can be had for lunch, for it is an excellent source of vitamins.
The afternoon snack can consist of a fruit, two to three saltines or crackers, and half a cup of tea or coffee made with artificial sweetener. A helping of cheese can also be eaten at this time of the day.
For dinner, there should be three servings of meat or fish, like salmon or tuna, which is best served baked or roasted; half of a baked potato or two to three slices of bread; two helpings of vegetables; and a fruit. One can have a cup of milk accompanied by cheese or a few saltines as the nightcap.
Different combinations can make up a 2000 calorie diet plan, but before undertaking this type of diet, it is important to obtain the green signal from the dietician.
By Eddie Tobey - e-diabeticdiets.com
