Sample Menu

Sample menu (approximately 1,500 calories) created by Bridget Swinney for postpartum weightloss. She is author of Eating Expectantly and Healthy Food for Healthy Kids and a member of BabyCenter's Medical Advisory Board:
Breakfast
• Two scrambled eggs with light whole grain toast with light margarine
• One percent milk
Snack
• Fresh orange slices
Lunch
• Ham sandwich on light wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and avocado (instead of mayonnaise)
• Carrot and celery sticks
• Fresh kiwi
• One percent milk
Snack
• Baked tortilla chips and salsa
Dinner
• Chinese cabbage salad with vinaigrette (1 tsp. oil with seasoned rice vinegar)
• Stir-fry with shrimp, broccoli, and bell pepper strips over 1 cup brown rice (1 tsp. oil)
• Frozen grapes • Cup of vanilla yogurt