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One day menu for a low calorie diet
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Low-calorie diets are not the same in their energy load on the body. There are diets with more and less permissible calories per day. In our publication we will talk about a low-calorie diet with a permitted volume of 1635 kcal
Menu for a low calorie diet
Since our principle of losing weight is to eat at least 5-6 times a day to reduce the load on the body, the menu will be designed for 6 meals. Thus, the body will easily cope with small portions of food, digest and assimilate it well. And we will lose weight and get better
Breakfast #1
- Cottage cheese with calcium in the composition – 100 g
- Carrots, stewed without oil in water - 200 g
- Natural grain coffee without sugar with the addition of 1 tablespoon of low-fat milk
Breakfast #2
Salad of shaky or finely chopped cabbage without adding salt or sugar, drizzled with 2-3 tablespoons of low-fat sour cream. The cabbage should be fresh, not stewed.
You can eat a portion of this salad no more than 170 grams. An excellent means for removing toxins from the body, as well as a source of iron and calcium.
Dinner
Vegetarian soup with cabbage or shchi. You can add carrots and onions. The portion allowed is no more than 200 grams.
Boiled lean meat – up to 100 grams, green peas, not canned, but defrosted without adding oils – 50 g, 1 apple, preferably sweet and sour, green varieties.
Afternoon snack
Low-fat cottage cheese with added calcium – 100 g
Rosehip infusion – 1 glass (no sugar)
Dinner
Boiled fish without salt (without spices) – you can take pike perch. Portion 100 g.
Vegetable stew, stewed in water without oils - 120 g
3 hours before bedtime
1 cup low-fat kefir