Please find the Elimination Phase meal plan and all accompanying recipes below. I hope this helps with your planning and shopping.
I know that most, if not all, of us are extremely busy. Remember that the plan can be made flexible. Chapter 14: Be Realistic, gives tips for making the program work in any situation. If you don’t enjoy a certain food or meal, don’t eat it just because it’s on the plan. Pick another meal that you’ll enjoy—just make sure that you’re not adding back one of the eliminated foods. For example, if you don’t like cranberry and quinoa salad, you can have the brown rice pasta salad again.
Also, if you know you are going to have a busy day and there is no way you will be able to make dinner, make a double helping of lunch and have it again for dinner or make a double helping of dinner from the night before and have it again. I love the three bean salad—it’s one of my favorite recipes on the program—so I’ll make extra and eat it two days in a row for lunch or I’ll replace one of the dinners with it. (Make it once – eat it twice is my motto).
The program needs to be something that works for you. The flexibility allowed in the program should make this an easy program to follow. Not to mention the recipes are incredible! :)
Elimination Phase: Week 1 Meal Plan
Day 1 (Eliminated Items: Sugar)
Breakfast: Healthy You! Very Berry Smoothie
Lunch: Turkey & Avocado Sandwich
Snack (optional): Low-Fat String Cheese & Medium Apple
Dinner: Grilled Herb Chicken with Steamed Broccoli and Side Salad
Day 2 (Eliminated Items: Sugar and Wheat)
Breakfast: Oatmeal with Fresh Berries and Milk
Lunch: Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Snack (optional): Fat-free, Sugar-free Vanilla Yogurt and 10 Raw Almonds
Dinner: Chicken and Vegetable Stir-Fry over Steamed Brown Rice
Day 3 (Eliminated Items: Sugar, Wheat, Dairy)
Breakfast: Healthy You! Super Green Juice
Lunch: Three Bean Salad
Snack (optional): Medium Apple or Pear
Dinner: Ginger-Soy Salmon with Steamed Broccoli and Brown Rice
Day 4 (Eliminated Items: Sugar, Wheat, Dairy, Highly Processed Foods)
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs and Oatmeal with Almond Milk)
Lunch: Grilled Salmon and Citrus Salad
Snack (optional): Healthy You! Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
Dinner: Angel Hair Primavera
Day 5 (Eliminated Items: Sugar, Wheat, Dairy, Highly Processed Foods, Diet Sodas and Artificial Sweeteners)
Breakfast: Healthy You! Radiant Red Juice
Lunch: Vegetarian Chili
Snack (optional): Banana and Strawberry Medley
Dinner: Lime-Marinated Flank Steak over Mixed Greens
Day 6 (Eliminated Items: Sugar, Wheat, Dairy, Highly Processed Foods, Diet Sodas and Artificial Sweeteners, and Red Meat)
Breakfast: Veggie Omelet and ¼ Melon
Lunch: Pasta Salad
Snack (optional): Medium Apple and 1 Tablespoon Natural Peanut Butter
Dinner: Grilled Halibut with Tomato-Mango Salsa, Asparagus & Brown Rice
Day 7 (Eliminated Items: Sugar, Wheat, Dairy, Highly Processed Foods, Diet Sodas and Artificial Sweeteners, Red Meat, and Alcohol)
Breakfast: Spinach, Tomato and Basil Frittata with Fruit Salad
Lunch: Cranberry and Quinoa Salad
Snack (optional): Hummus and Vegetables
Dinner: Chicken Soft Tacos
