My Chocolate Fantasy

America’s favorite flavor is reportedly vanilla, but you would have a hard time convincing chocolate lovers of that.

Look at the grocery store check-out aisles. They are stocked with chocolate bars, after all, not vanilla bars.

That lady in the Nutrisystem TV ads who says she can eat it every day seems to be a poster child for chocolate addiction. No doubt she sells a lot of Nutrisystem diet plans, too.

While chocolate does contain anti-oxidants, that hardly qualifies it as a dietary staple.

A chocolate diet has actually been created by the French, but of course, the ChoclaSlim by Slim Delices. Some of the ingredients include chicory inulin (root), artichoke extract (leaf), green tea extract (leaf), and guarana extract (fruit).

Dietitians aren’t buying it, however, and if YOU do, you’ll shell out a pretty penny, about 80 dollars per month to be exact, for three pieces per day.

As comfort food, however, chocolate wins hands down. Primarily for women, though, not so much for men. Women tend to want food that is not labor intensive.

Comfort foods are eaten for extremes in emotions: Depression and elation. In fact, chocolate is the MOST craved food by women, according to studies, and not necessarily for its sweetness. Many other foods are sweet and don’t have the same allure.

Caffeine effect perhaps? Maybe. Some contend that the cannabinoids found in chocolate mimic that found in marijuana, so perhaps there is some truth to chocaholics’ claims.

But is it actually addictive? Many scientists have studied this. Some say no, some say yes, but the results are largely inconclusive.

Yes, it contains chemical compounds that are similar to those found in marijuana, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, and probably lots of other stuff, too. That in itself doesn’t prove anything.

It is important to note, however, that many people have a medically defined allergy to chocolate.

Quality varies greatly. Price plays a big part in determining quality. You can pick up a cheap candy bar at the dollar store or purchase expensive Swiss candies, exquisitely boxed, at fine boutiques.

High quality chocolate contains just cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar, and sometimes real vanilla and soya lecithin as an emulsifier. The cheaper stuff includes fillers, cheap artificial flavorings, and preservatives.

What are the best ways to avoid cravings? Perhaps just say yes to one small piece. Make an event out of it and buy one piece of the expensive European kind. See if that satisfies your craving. If so, you’ve consumed a relatively small amount of calories.

Or try flavored foods, such as yogurt. Again, a small amount, such as you would find in a single serving yogurt container.

Taming the chocolate beast can take time and determination. When the monster roars, take a deep breath, think, then decide if indulging will really cure that stress you’re under right now. Chances are, the answer is no.

In my humble opinion, there is not a better cookie in the world than a well-made chocolate cookie. I am about to tell you how to make the perfect chocolate cookie.

The Perfect Chocolate Cookie

Cocoa drop cookie, the best chocolate cookie. They are not only delicious, but very easy to make as well.

The ingredients required for this recipe are: ¼ cup butter, softened; ¼ cup shortening; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; ¾ cup buttermilk; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 ¼ cup sifted all-purpose flour; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; ½ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened; and 1 cup of chopped pecans.

1. Cream the shortening and butter with sugar; beat in egg.

2. Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla

3. Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the first mixture.

4. Stir in the pecans, and chill the cookie dough for about an hour.

5. Use a teaspoon to drop the dough onto a greased baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between the cookies.

6. Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for about 8-10 minutes, or until set.

7. Then cool and frost with a simple chocolate or vanilla icing if desired.

Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Here is the recipe for another great cookie, the chocolate covered shortbread cookie recipe. For this you will need: 8 ounces butter at room temperature; ½ cup powdered sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted; and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.

1. Combine all ingredients.

2. Knead with your hands to made sure they are well mixed

3. Press into lightly buttered pans.

4. Bake at 325°F for about 20 minutes.

5. Cut into wedges while they are still warm or break them apart.

There are many fabulous recipes out there but here are two of the best. Remember these recipes around the holidays and you can present your friends and family with delightful treats that will be remembered the rest of the year.

The world of dieting and diets is full of some really strange and wacky ideas! It seems that almost every month some celebrity or another is coming out endorsing yet another spin on the diet theme! Well, I’m no celebrity, but here is one you might not expect – The Chocolate Diet!

I can almost see you falling off your chair in fits of giggles – here comes another of those wacky fad diets from yet another self-proclaimed expert! I’m always very aware of that old definition of an “expert” – “X” is an unknown quantity, and a “spurt” is a drip under pressure!

The Chocolate Diet? Haven’t we’ve been told since we were young that chocolate is BAD for us – a moment on the lips, a life time on the hips! Certainly, if you are talking about highly refined milk chocolate then I would agree with you. But, what if we were talking about something very different?

We might be in need of a quick history lesson. Hernan Cortes was the Conquistador who led the  “conquest” of the Aztecs. Writing in 1519 he observed:

“The divine drink builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food”!

And the drink he was talking about was …. Chocolate! Remember, he was a soldier not known for making rash, unsubstantiated, judgments. Clearly, something is going on here that we need to pay attention to.

But before you go rushing off to the local supermarket, and hit the sweet counters, this is not any old chocolate we are talking about! Certainly, it is not your average confectionery chocolate. What if we were talking about one of the most natural and nutritious foods known to humanity – the original Healthy Dark Chocolate?

Most of our “sweet” chocolate is so highly processed that all the natural goodness has been stripped from it. The very processes we use to make chocolate more “palatable” destroy nearly all its nutritional value. In the same way that overcooking a dish of vegetables turns it into a nutritional wasteland, so it is with chocolate.

This article is all about how healthy chocolate can genuinely help you to lose weight. It is not a joke or another diet scam. It is a serious and accurate claim that can work as well for you as it has for us.

Let’s think about dieting for a moment. Most people equate “going on a diet” with some sort of fiendish punishment for past sins! They believe that everything that makes eating fun and enjoyable has to be stopped – no more treats, just boring, boring, rabbit food!

That is precisely why I love the idea of “The Chocolate Diet”. Imagine being able to have regular portions of healthy chocolate that will actually help you to lose weight. Suddenly being on a diet doesn’t seem such a bad proposition after all!

Surprisingly, there is a great deal of solid scientific evidence to suggest that eating healthy dark chocolate can actually reduce your body fat levels! It seems that eating real chocolate regulates the genes that are involved with the metabolism of fats. It actually helps our body to digest the fats we consume.

Not only that, but healthy chocolate also seems to act as a major appetite suppressant too. A small square or nugget fills you in a way that seems unbelievable considering its size!

Much of our desire to eat comes from the poor nutritional content of so much of our food stuffs. Our body craves certain nutrients and will encourage us to eat to supply its needs. If it recognises that it is getting the nutrition it needs it ceases its craving for “junk” foods with their high sugar and dubious nutritional content.

Our family has certainly found this to be the case, and our desire for “quick fix” snacks has all but vanished since we have been taking our healthy chocolate. Regular doses of good, nutritious, food seem to naturally regulate our weight – without all the painful side effects and cravings of conventional dieting.

Does it mean that you can still eat lots of other rubbish and magically lose weight? Of course not! You have to look at your total diet. The good news is that the chocolate seems to help you! A common experience is that people no longer crave unhealthy snacks – the need for instant sugar fixes are gone, and with it goes all those extra calories that pile on during the day.

Remember, the most effective way to lose weight is to control what you eat. And an effective way to control what you eat is to let healthy dark chocolate do the work for you. You definitely won’t feel like you’re “on a diet” then!

One of the definitions of madness is doing the same thing but expecting different results! Until you do something different you will not lose weight – it really is that simple. Sometimes people just need a gentle nudge to make empowering changes. That nudge can come from eating healthy chocolate – it will simply do the work for you.

If you have a few too many wobbly bits where there use to be firm curves then here is something that should definitely get you interested. A new approach to lose weight that will help you to get the body you always wanted, without all the heartache of a conventional diet!

 

Chocolate – ah, the rich, seductive swirl of thick, creamy chocolate melting at the tip of your tongue sends all your senses into a tizzy of pleasure. Every time you bite into a piece of chocolate, whether it is white, brown or even bitter chocolate, you cannot help but heave a sigh of pure, undiluted pleasure. This is the reason why more and more people are celebrating with chocolate favors.

Custom chocolate coins are pieces of delicious chocolates cut and packed in rich foils to make them look like currency coins. In the past, chocolate coins were a popular feature of gala events like a treasure hunt, parties and even weddings. Today, the popularity of personalized chocolate coins is such that it is being increasingly used even in the corporate world.

Many companies use custom chocolate coins to advertise their services. This is made easier by the advent of a new technology that allows manufacturers to transfer images and pictures on to the surfaces of individual pieces of chocolates. Thus, it becomes quite easy to imprint a message or logo on individual pieces of chocolate. That is why companies often give away chocolate coins imprinted with their corporate logos to their clients or other business people attending the meetings. These personalized chocolate coins for great promotional tools.

This idea of absolute personalization has found a welcome reception in personal parties and weddings, with people imprinting the image or names of the couple to be wedded on personalized chocolate coins. Thus, custom made chocolate coins make great gifts for baby showers, anniversaries or birthdays. In fact, you name the event and a chocolate coin can carry the message effectively!

Personalized chocolate coins are highly versatile since they appear in a variety of shapes, sizes and even colors (yes, you read that right). Chocolate coins can be round, heart-shaped or intricately designed into a cute little box. Some chocolates are colored to suit the occasion.

Every effort is taken to make the chocolate coin leave a lasting impression on the person who receives it. Even the wrapping is done very elaborately. You can get custom chocolate coins wrapped in colorful foils so that the printed sides are accentuated. Some companies pay a lot of attention to the smallest of details in order to make their coins look as authentic as possible. Designs can vary from simplistic to complex.

High quality chocolate coins are made using the best quality of chocolate. You can find personalized chocolate coins made in a variety of flavors like milk, vanilla and chocolate. Some companies even offer chocolate coins in rich Belgian chocolate, a wonderful combination that is difficult to match. A wonderful way to celebrate a special event, don’t you think?

If you aren’t happy with what you see in the mirror but don’t want to harm your health with some crazy fad diet, try these tips that might help you take off a few pounds in a healthy way:
– Why not consult a physician? A dietician can have a good background of your health and thus advise you of a fitted diet for your health condition.
– Water as have been said, remains to be a good cleansing element for the body. Water theraphy is a good treatment that’s also good for your skin. Drink lots of water and get rid of those toxins!
– When you’re hungry; there’s a greater tendency to indulge on overeating on a latter time so please, don’t skip meals.
– Exercise! Try to jog or brisk walk at least 30 minutes every single day. This is also good for your heart.
– Do no go into crash diet; slowly aim in losing 2 or less pounds a week. Sticking into a faster but harder diet can get you depressed and thus intend you to give up easily; the result? You will gain more weight.
– Learn while dieting! Read good books on how to count your calories; how to choose or make of delicious but nutritious foods that do not overdo your weight; etc.
– Learn the value of discipline. Obesity may also be aggravated by people who do not monitor their diet.

When all your efforts have been wasted and you finally decided to go with the flow; there are numerous fad diets available today. Fad diets are food selections which you will have to follow in a regular pattern. Select the best way to loose these calories! Here is a list of the latest fad-diet:

1. The Atkins diet suggests you to lessen your carb intake. So you’ll say, this is quite easy; all you have to do is eat milk, cookies or ice cream with low carbohydrate! Well, think again, with atkin diet, there are surprisingly 2 dieters who already died due to health problems such as kidney stones, constipation, increase of blood acidity, etc.

2. The Blood type diet is quite interesting too! If you’re Blood Type is O, you require meat in your diet; Blood type B needs dairy products whereas those under type A need vegetables. Most people do not know their blood types leading to poor diet; but on the other hand, a balance diet is vital for a healthy body. So consider this, will the blood type diet be effective if you’ll loose some foods needed for nourishment?

3. You can also try the South Beach diet. This diet will not limit your intake of food; however, it will discourage you to eat those processed foods with saturated or high fat components. As a replacement, having large servings of vegetables and whole grains in your meals are highly recommended.

4. Soup Diet. As the name implies, your meals will be composed heavily of soups! It can be chicken and cabbage soups which can be accompanied by little servings of steamed vegetables, fruits or brown sugar.

5. The Chocolate Diet sounds tempting doesn’t it?! Included in the menus are the well-loved chocolates, popcorn and pasta. Just make sure that pasta sauces have low fat ingredients and that fruits are included in the recipes. Excluded are sodas or alcoholic beverages, oily or fried foods, caffeine, foods with high calories and high sugar content etc.

6. You can also choose the Fruit juice Diet; the well-known is the Grapefruit Diet. You will have to follow the prescribed diet with fruit juices, some low-carb meals and a good amount of water for 18 weeks. A recent survey shows that many patients who undertook this diet lost more than 10 pounds in a 12-week average diet plan.

So now that you have a list of pretty good dietary programs, which is well-known nowadays, the moral will all lay in your hands. Good amount of discipline is necessary; and precautious moves should always be on a top priority.

There are a lot of ways to stay fit, it is your choice on whether to stay obese and unhealthy or be happy and strong! You owe yourself and your future family a longer life span and sustainable health which can be useful for you and the society.

Chocolates Origin. When devouring chocolate, you are partaking of the cacao tree, which requires definite environmental conditions to effectively grow. Prospering within Central America, records far back as 3000 years, the cacao tree is also known as Theobroma, a scientific name branded by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Throughout history, chocolate uses range from a delicacy in food industries to the application of treating varies ailments.

 

Chocolates Popularity. Chocolate is so admired experts are concerned there may be a dearth in the future. To keep up with demand, resourceful methods are being used to cultivate the cocoa tree. One arrangement of growth makes use of providing premature shade for the cocoa trees, and then treats them with excess sunlight to augment production. Alas, this method only lasts for about 10 years as the trees lose their might. However, sophisticated methods such as vertical greenhouses can be placed in cityscapes and grant environmental conditions to produce anything plantlike, including the lovable cocoa tree!

 

Flavors To Indulge By. With chocolate having such an inexhaustible history, supported by today’s mass popularity, confers chocolate the potential for many recipes. Chocolate can be diverse in taste from sourness to sweetness. Chocolate is also formed in varying textures such as smoothness, crispiness, crunchiness, softness, and of course liquid form. Most important of all, chocolate is normally combined with many different flavors, adding a magnitude of variety. This literally allows many recipes to be invented and most certainly consumed with joy.

 

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I have always loved the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I used to love the commercials of the kids running into each other, one child with the Hershey chocolate bar, and the other child with a jar of peanut butter.

The first time I tried these cookies, I was hooked. The recipe is a very simple peanut butter dough, with a Hershey’s kiss in the middle:

1 cup butter2/3 cup creamy peanut butter1 cup white sugar1 cup brown sugar2 eggs2 teaspoons vanilla2 2/3 cups flour2 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt

Additional sugar in a bowl for rollingChocolate Kisses

Combine butter, peanut butter and sugars; blend until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; blend. Mix flour, salt and soda, add to cream mixture; stir well. Roll dough into quarter size balls. Roll ball in bowl of sugar. Bake dough at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Immediately place chocolate kiss in center of each cookie. Bake an additional 2 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack.

You can add food coloring to the dough to create any color you’d like. We have made these cookies in red, green and blue. You can also divide the batter and make multiple colors for one batch of cookies.

Experiment with the many flavors of Hershey’s kisses. They make a kiss that has peanut butter right in the middle. These are a wonderful addition to the peanut butter cookie. Hershey’s also makes kisses with nuts in the middle. This is a fun kiss to put in the middle of the cookies. If you make a red dough, try the chocolate kisses that are part white and part brown.

We have also added peanut M&M’s in the middle, instead of Hershey’s Kisses. Follow the same recipe adding the M&M’s at the very end and baking 2 additional minutes.

If you find the cookies a little sweet for your taste, cut out some of the brown sugar. Try cutting the brown sugar down to 3/4 of a cup.

Did you ever hear the likes, a “chocolate diet?” Brace yourself because you hear right. Chocolate acts as a vitamin replacement; if this is true then healthy benefits derived from this particular diet may not be so bad after all

The chocolate diet is just one of many fad diets which include you eating favorite foods. While consuming your specified amount of yummy allowance keep in mind it is supposed to control high blood pressure and prevent heart disease. Although encouraging reasons for using the diet, what of rotting teeth and the people who bang weight on if they as much look at a bar of chocolate.

The diet mainly consists of fluids. Powder or supplements are given to the dieter to mix with milk or water. Is this not cocoa as we all know it?

Chocolate contains anti-oxidants that help prevent arteries clogging. Does this not leave the dieter in a catch 22 situation after being advised to avoid sugary foods because of fattening issues? Weighing up the good and bad is it not healthier to carry a little excess weight to avoid pores clogging or having a heart attack. Chocolate prevents heart disease and obesity increases the risk of heart disease. Is obesity not the same as fat? I am confused.

Chocolate powder shakes are not for replacing or substituting meals, but designed as healthy snacks to stop a rumbling belly. Is this diet so bad when the sugar supply gives us that much needed energy boost?

The question is does the chocolate diet work.. It’s not clear that chocolate stimulates metabolism or helps the fat burning process. Beyond that, too much of anything can be bad. While chocolate does have health benefits, a diet with an emphasis in chocolate may not be the best way to lose weight. To shed pounds stick with a sensible eating plan.

Diet – Throughout the day you can munch two 40 gram bars of chocolate and drink sugar-free coffee with non-fat milk. Make eating exciting and appetizing, mix chocolate chips with strawberries in a glass bowl. Glass allows visibility of the delicious filling which guarantees lip licking. Slice a couple of bananas and drizzle melted dark chocolate over them. You have to take the chocolate diet for 5-7 days and no longer. After one course take a break for 3-4 days. The chocolate diet is a decreased calorie diet that centers on drinking liquid diet shakes to fill the gap. People use it as a replacement for food and if you consume less food this clearly indicate fewer calories.

I am not sure I agree this can be called a sensible diet when evidence proves different i.e. pounds piling on instead of dropping off and decaying teeth. Before dieting speak to your doctor or dietician

The sensible thing to do is ignore fad diets and embark on the sensible by following a sensible eating plan. Choose the wrong diet can be dangerous – seek expert advice. The best way to evaluate a diet is by the promises made. Overnight weight loss or miracle cures are promotional pledges you should snub.

Crash dieting is unhealthy. Weight loss is for more than just losing pounds. Exercise for skin and muscle tone is just as important. Exercise is necessary but it won’t replace a diet. A combination of both is ideally the key source to losing weight. Give yourself time to adjust and not to lose focus when you begin your first diet.

Consider a low-key diet that aims at healthy foods:

1 Choose an apple over a chocolate bar.

2 Cut out cordials and drink water.

3 Walk rather than use the car or bus.

4 Limit portion sizes of what you eat. It is easier than counting calories and carbohydrates.

5 Use a smaller plate to serve dinner on.

6 Replace sticky puddings for pieces of fruit

To lose weight, fewer calories have to be burned off than what you take in. Skipping meals and eating fewer calories can cause severe consequences; it can lead to binge scoffing later because of low energy and blood sugar levels. A sensible and healthy eating plan will include between 1200 and 1400 calories daily for women and 1500 to 1800 calories for men. Breakfast being the most important meal of the day is one you must not skip. Eat 4 to 5 times a day but in moderation.

Chicken breast is a good source of protein also low in fat. Two recipes below cooked in 15-30 minutes, low in fat, and under 400 calories a serving

Chicken & Vegetable Kebabs

4 Blocks of egg noodles

2 Skinless chicken breasts

1 Jar/195g yellow bean sauce

3 Button mushrooms

1 Medium courgette

½ yellow & red pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

4 spring onions

1 red chilli

Wooden skewers

Method

1. Fill large pot with water – bring to the boil, add noodles, return to the boil and simmer for 4 minutes.

2. Dice chicken breasts and place in a bowl. Add ¾ jar of yellow bean sauce and stir coating the chicken.

3. Preheat grill.

4. Prepare mushrooms into quarters; slice courgette; deseed. Slice peppers into squares. Size is up to you.

5. Skewer a mushroom quarter followed by chicken, courgette, pepper and so on.

6. Place kebabs on the grill and cook for 10-15 minutes turning frequently.

7. Heat some oil to smoking point in a wok, add spring onions chilli and stir fry for 60 seconds. Add noodles and remaining sauce – stir to coat. Heat through.

8. Serve kebabs over noodles.

Chicken Pancakes

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

3 Skinless chicken breasts

Jar hoi sin spring onion stir fry sauce

Spring onions, sliced lengthways

1 Cucumber

8 Chinese pancakes

Method

1. Slice spring onions lengthways into 3″strips. Cube cucumber and slice into thin batons.

2. Thinly cut chicken into strips.

3. Heat oil in wok till piping hot, add chicken and stir fry for 7- 8 minutes

4. Preheat Chinese pancakes as instructed on packet.

5. Add stir fry sauce to cooked chicken – coat and heat through.

6. Serve chicken spring onions and cucumber onto pancake – roll and serve

Enjoy stay slim and healthy

 

We all love a quality cookies recipe and if you have had your fill of the famous chocolate cookies I have a fantastic alternative for you with my Coconut Meringue Cookies. These really will put a lovely smile on your face and the kids will just love them. Not to mention the big kid inside all of us!

This is a quick recipe that will be wonderful if you have a spare half an hour.

Ingredients:

4 Medium Egg Whites

1.25 Cups of Sugar

0.25 Teaspoon of Salt

0.5 Teaspoon of Vanilla

2.5 Cups of Shredded or Flaked Coconut

Method:

Heat the oven to 325 and lightly grease a cookie sheet or cover with baking paper.

Beat the medium egg whites in a large bowl with an electric whisker on a high speed until they resemble a foamy mixture. Beat in the sugar adding one tablespoon at a time and continue beating until stiff and glossy. However please make sure that you do not underbeat the mixture.

Stir the salt into the mixture followed closely by the vanilla and the coconut.

Drop the mixture by heaping teaspoonfuls about two inches apart onto the cookie sheet. Now bake it in the oven for 20 minutes or until it has set and it resembles a lovely light brown.

Cool the cookies for five minutes and then carefully remove them from the cookie sheet and place on a cooling wire. Once they have nicely cooled you will then be able to serve them.

The coconut meringue cookies are a great snack or a perfect finish to a lovely meal.

Chocolate diet was introduced by Italian dietitians. The duration of chocolate diet is from 5 to 7 days; after that you should make a break for 4 days, but 6-days break is preferable. You are allowed to drink only in 3 hours after eating. The menu of chocolate dietChocolate diet allows the mixing of these products, as well having snacks between the main meals. The products can be eaten in any form. For example, eat whole fruit for breakfast on Monday, make a fruit salad on Tuesday morning, and mark the start of Wednesday with applesauce. The remarkable feature of chocolate diet is that starvation becomes anti-productive. That means you need not starve yourself, it is even prohibited. Hence it appears the formal permission to have snacks between the main meals. Chocolate can help you to stay alert and energized. To say the true, you cannot exceed the specified standard which is 30 g per day. There is no strict time frame for the chocolate diet; you can reduce on it for about a week, on the average. Approximate daily list of products for chocolate diet: • Pasta (spaghetti, noodles, shells and other solid pasta); • Sauces for pasta (with a low-fat, mostly without the meat, with an exceptions of small pieces of white meat); • Salads (filled with fatless sauces, without crackers); • Vegetables; • Fresh fruit; • Popcorn (cooked without oil and salt); Toppings (supplements) for popcorn may include fatless oil and vegetable supplements, powdered garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, chili peppers, hard parmesan. • Chocolate (30 g per day); • Water (2 liters a day). Sample of menu for chocolate diet: Breakfast: Fresh fruit, fruit salad, wheat flakes with skimmed milk and strawberries. Snack between main meals: popcorn, fruit. Lunch: salad, pasta salad, spaghetti. Snack between main meals: popcorn, vegetable assortment, fruit cocktail (0.5 0f fresh banana, 0.5 cup of peaches or other fruits to choose from, 1 cup of skimmed milk). Dinner: fettuccini with garlic and tomato sauce or any other whole grained pasta, salad, vegetables, cooked by steaming or boiled. Snack between main meals: popcorn, chocolate. During the day: water, sparkling water, mineral water. Find various useful diets for weight loss at Ideal Weight Blog.