Flatten Your Belly Meal Plan

May 9, 2006 (Press Release) -- British food scientist Monica Grenfell has filled this three-day meal plan with simple, unprocessed foods. The plan is designed to completely eliminate bloat over the next few days, so your belly will get flat fast. For more information and specific exercises that will get your belly flat fast, go to Fab Abs.

Day 1

Breakfast: 1/2 c oats simmered or microwaved with water; nonfat milk added to taste

Mid-morning: 6 oz live and active cultures yogurt; Water

Lunch: Herb, spinach, or tomato omelette (2 yolks, 3 whites); Plain-dressed leaf salad (with vinaigrette)

Mid-afternoon: 10 oz nonfat milk with 1/2 tsp honey

Dinner: Plain flattened chicken breast rolled in crushed pine nuts and pan-fried (make one extra, and refrigerate); Spinach with carrot puree (no butter)

Dessert: 6 plums with rice pudding OR 3 rings pineapple, roasted, with low-fat sour cream


Two hours before bed: 1 apple; 1 banana; 6 almonds; Small cup nonfat milk, warmed, with 1/2 tsp honey

Day 2

Breakfast: 2 egg yolks and 3 whites whisked and scrambled; 10 oz freshly squeezed orange juice

Mid-morning: 6 oz live and active cultures yogurt

Lunch: Cold chicken from yesterday, sliced, with 2 tsp mayonnaise; Leaf salad, including watercress (with vinaigrette)

Mid-afternoon: 6 oz live and active cultures yogurt

Dinner: Grilled, poached, or pan-fried salmon fillet OR Cannelloni stuffed with spinach and almonds; Sliced tomato and cucumber salad; 3 Tbsp peas; 3 Tbsp corn; Med baked potato with 1 Tbsp sour cream

Dessert: Bowl of mixed strawberries and raspberries (1/2 cup); 1 Tbsp light cream; 6 Brazil nuts

Two hours before bed: Cup of warm nonfat milk with 1/2 tsp honey; 1 apple

Day 3

Breakfast: Oatmeal, as day one

Mid-morning: 6 oz live and active cultures yogurt

Lunch: 4 oz tuna packed in spring water, served with salad, capers, and olives

Mid-afternoon: 6 oz live and active cultures yogurt

Dinner: 6 oz fillet steak, grilled OR 2 "skinny" burgers (minced beef, nothing else), served with 1 Tbsp tangy tomato salsa; 4 oz baked potato with 1 tsp sour cream

Dessert: Grapes with sour cream and brown sugar, grilled; 1 Tbsp light cream

Two hours before bed: Warmed milk as before; 1 apple; 1 peach

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