Keeping Track With A 5day Diabetic Menu

Sometimes the only thing you need to get motivated to follow a healthy diabetic diet is a 5day diabetic menu.

If someone else starts off the menu, then you have a jumping off point to see how it’s working and find motivation to continue with it.

Because everyone’s diabetes varies, it is important that you consider if this 5day diabetic menu fits in with the advice you have been offered by your physician or nutritional counselor.

If you have not discussed diet plans or menus with them, it is important that you sit down and do so.

Diabetes is a serious condition, and you need to be sure you are managing it appropriately for the level and type of diabetes you have.

The main idea to keep in mind with a 5day diabetic menu is to try to follow the American Diabetes Association’s pyramid structure with your food selections.

This daily pyramid suggests:

• Six to eleven servings of beans, grains and other starches a day
• Three to five servings of vegetables
• Two to four servings of fruit
• Four to six ounces of meat or meat substitutes
• Two to three servings of dairy and
• Fats, oils and sweets only as a special treat.

Following is a sample 5day diabetic menu.

We hope this menu will help you manage your diabetes.

In addition, it is low calorie which can help you lose weight.

Day 1 -- 5day diabetic menu

Breakfast – 346 calories

• Six ounce glass orange juice (84 calories)
• English muffin with one tablespoon jelly (220 calories)
• Half a grapefruit (42 calories)

Morning snack – 164 calories

• 1 ounce almonds (164 calories)

Lunch – 307 calories

• Salad containing two cups lettuce
• Half cup carrot
• Half cup celery
• Half cup tomato and
• Fat free dressing (80 calories)
• Three ounces of tuna (100 calories)
• Two small bread sticks (41 calories)
• One cup skim milk (86 calories)

Afternoon snack – 264 calories

• One medium apple (72 calories) and
• Two tablespoons peanut butter (192 calories)

Dinner – 512 calories

• Side salad containing two cups lettuce
• Half cup green pepper
• One ounce Cheddar cheese with fat free dressing (165 calories)
• Three ounces of salmon with two ounces yogurt/herb sauce (235 calories)
• One cup broccoli (30 calories)and
• One cup skim milk (84 calories)

Total calories for the day: 1593 calories

Day 2 -- 5day diabetic menu

Breakfast – 322 calories

• Two slices of wheat toast with two tablespoons of grape jelly (190 calories)
• Six ounce glass of cranberry juice (90 calories)
• Half a grapefruit (42 calories)

Morning snack – 215 calories

• Medium banana, (105 calories)
• An ounce of low fat pretzels (110 calories)

Lunch – 415 calories

• Large salad
• Consisting of three cups of lettuce
• Two cups of chopped vegetables (carrots, celery, tomato, green pepper) on top and
• Balsamic vinegar (total salad calories, 60)
• Cup of split pea soup with ham (185 calories)
• Dinner roll (84 calories)
• Cup of skim milk (86 calories)

Afternoon snack – 118 calories

• Low fat granola bar (118 calories)

Dinner – 713 calories

• Six medium spears asparagus (36 calories)
• One cup angel hair pasta with a tablespoon of grated Parmesan cheese (240 calories)
• On pasta
• One cup chicken
• One cup mushroom (142 plus 44; total 186)
• Side salad containing two cups lettuce
• Half cup green pepper
• One ounce Cheddar cheese with fat free dressing (165 calories)
• Cup of skim milk (86 calories)

Total calories for the day: 1783 calories

Day 3 -- 5day diabetic menu

Breakfast – 419 calories

• One cup bran flakes with raisons (187 calories)
• Half cup skim milk, with cereal (43 calories)
• Medium banana (105 calories)
• Six ounce glass orange juice (84 calories)

Morning snack – 164 calories

• 1 ounce almonds (164 calories)

Lunch – 322 calories

• One cup chicken breast in a 4-inch wheat pita (142 plus 74 calories)
• One cup watermelon (46 calories)
• One cup leaf lettuce
• Half cup carrot
• Half cup tomato and
• Fat free dressing (60 calories)

Afternoon snack – 354 calories

• One cup popcorn, air popped (31 calories) and
• 8 ounce fruit yogurt (232 calories)

Dinner – 649 calories

• Three ounces 95% lean ground beef (148 calories)
• One hamburger bun (120 calories)
• One tablespoon each, ketchup, mustard (25 calories)
• One medium potato with one ounce of cheddar cheese (240)
• One cup broccoli (30 calories) and
• Cup of skim milk (86 calories)

Total calories for the day: 1908 calories

Day 4 -- 5day diabetic menu

Breakfast – 289 calories

• Half a medium grapefruit (42 calories)
• Bowl of oatmeal (147 calories)
• Six ounce glass of cranberry juice (90 calories) and
• Eight ounce cup of coffee (10 calories)

Morning snack – 105 calories

• Medium banana (105 calories)

Lunch – 295 calories

• Large salad using three cups of a Romaine
• Leaf lettuce and spinach blend
• Three ounces of tuna
• Half a cup of carrots
• Half a cup of celery and half a cup of tomato
• Balsamic vinegar (175 calories) and
• Half cup of cottage cheese and a half a cup of pineapple (120 calories)

Afternoon snack – 118 calories

• Low fat granola bar (118 calories)

Dinner – 519 calories

• Three ounces of chicken (142 calories)
• Cup of rice (250 calories)
• Cup of green beans (41 calories) and
• Cup of skim milk (86 calories)

Total calories for the day: 1326 calories

Day 5 -- 5day diabetic menu

Breakfast – 437 calories

• Cup of corn flakes (101 calories)
• Cup of strawberries (46 calories)
• Two slices of wheat toast with two tablespoons of grape jelly (190 calories)
• Six ounce glass of cranberry juice (90 calories) and
• Eight ounce cup of coffee (10 calories)

Morning snack – 232 calories

• 8 ounce fruit yogurt (232 calories)

Lunch – 357 calories

Pasta marinara (one cup spaghetti, 197 calories; half cup marinara sauce, 24 calories)

• Two bread sticks, plain (50 calories) and
• Cup of skim milk (86 calories)

Afternoon snack – 264 calories

• One medium apple (72 calories) and
• Two tablespoons peanut butter (192 calories)

Dinner – 440 calories

• Three ounces Salmon (175 salmon)
• Cup of egg noodles with a tablespoon of grated Parmesan cheese (235 calories) and
• Cup of steamed broccoli (30 calories)

Total calories for the day: 1730 calories

As you follow the above menu plan along with the steps below you will lose weight.

• Incorporate a proven, complete nutritional program into your daily life.
• Enhance your nutritional program with a complete mutivitamin supplement because no nutritional program is perfect.
• Use a behavior modification and motivational program that will help you stay on track with your nutritional plan.
• Exercise at home with your own:
  Treadmill

  Stairstepper

  Exercise bike

  Elliptical trainer

  Hand weights or

  An aerobic video.

• See what kinds of weight loss aids your health insurance covers such as:
  Hypnotism

  Gym membership discounts

  Nutritional counseling.

So, go ahead. Follow the proven steps above and start losing weight today.