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Day 1
Breakfast
2-3 poached eggs with sauté cherry tomatoes, sweet potato cubes and spinach
1 cup green tea
Lunch
Egg salad – 2-3 boiled eggs, 2 cups leafy greens, ½ cooked sweet potato, capsicum, and tomato, drizzled with olive oil and apple cider vinegar
Mandurah Health Supply recommends: Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar, available in store
946ml - $13.99
Dinner
Spicy chicken thighs (marinated in paprika, cayenne and cumin) served with pumpkin mash, cauliflower and broccoli
Snacks
Coconut chips
Apple slices
Day 2
Breakfast
2-3 egg omelette with mushrooms, capsicum and kale
1 cup green tea
Mandurah Health Supply recommends: Green Tea X50, available in store
60 Serves - $59.95
Lunch
Leftover chicken thigh salad – chopped chicken thighs, ½ cup cooked quinoa, 2 cups leafy greens, ½ cup berries
Dinner
Sesame crusted salmon with bok choy and ½ cup brown rice
Snacks
Apple slices with almond butter
Kale chips
Day 3
Breakfast
Smoothie: 1 cup spinach, 1 cup water, ¼ avocado, ½ cup blueberries, 1 tsp cacao powder, 1 scoop protein powder (optional)
1 cup green tea
Mandurah Health Supply recommends: Eco Cacao Powder, available in store
$12.50 250g
Lunch
Smoked salmon omelette – 2-3 eggs, smoked salmon slices, ½ cup leafy greens and ½ cup mushrooms, served with ½ sliced avocado
Dinner
Beef bolognaise with tomato, mushroom, carrot, served with zucchini or spaghetti squash noodles
Snacks
Olives
Banana sprinkled with cinnamon
Day 4
Breakfast
½ cup coconut yoghurt with nuts, seeds, berries and ½ tsp cinnamon
1 cup green tea
Mandurah Health Supply recommends: Seed Sister Seeds'N'Stuff, available in store
500g $14.50 Seeds N Stuff Goji & Cranberry
Lunch
Mince lettuce cups – cooked mince with tinned tomatoes, served in lettuce cups, topped with capsicum, diced avocado
Dinner
Italian chicken – 1 large chicken breast, marinated in Italian herbs and lemon juice – served with baked pumpkin, parsnip and carrot
Snacks
Handful of almonds
Banana
Day 5
Breakfast
Smoothie: 1 cup spinach, 1 cup water, ¼ avocado, 1 Tbsp almond butter, 1 banana, ½ tsp maca powder, 1 scoop protein powder (optional)
1 cup green tea
Mandurah Health Supply recommends: Prana Primal Protein, available in store
1kg $79.00
Lunch
Chicken and roasted vegetable salad – shredded chicken, roasted sweet potato, pumpkin and carrot, 2 cups leafy greens, drizzled with olive oil and apple cider vinegar
Dinner
Healthy sushi – cooked fish of choice, sliced cucumber, capsicum and avocado, cooked quinoa, wrapped in nori sheets
Snacks
Pumpkin seeds
Apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon
Note: Remember to consume 2L of fluid per day – herbal teas, sparkling water and water. Add an extra 1-2 cups of water for every 30 minutes of exercise.