Daily Sample Menu for Diabetics to lose weight

Balanced 1200 calorie vegetarian daily sample menu for Diabetics to lose weight

Grains: 2 ounce; Vegetables: 1½ Cup; Fruits: 1 Cup, Milk : 2 Cups; Meat/Beans: 3 Ounce; Oils: 3 teaspoon, Discretionary: 171 calories.

Notes

1. If you are 'gluten sensitive', replace wheat products with Bajra, Jowar, Amaranth, or Ragi.

2. If you are 'lactose sensitive', replace dairy milk products with Soybean milk fortified with Calcium.

Breakfast

Dalia, Whole bran cereal, or Bajra porridge: ½ cup
Fat free Milk: ½ cup

Mid Morning Snack

Fresh Cherries: ½ cup
Fat free Milk: ½ cup

Lunch

Meat (Skinless chicken or Fish): 1 oz OR For Vegetarians: 1 Besan Cheela
Cooked Brown Basmati Rice: ½ cup
Vegetable (Moong bean sprouts): ½ cup
Fresh blueberries: ½ cup
Cold water: 1 Cup

Mid-Afternoon

Whole grain crackers: 5
Almond Butter or Peanut butter: 1TBL
Cold water: 1 Cup

Dinner

Meat: 1 oz OR For Vegetarians: ¼ Cup Cholay

Miscellaneous Vegetable: ½ cup
Choice of Karela (Bitter Gourd) or Gajar Methi ( Carrots and Fresh Fenugreek leaves)
Cooked Greens: ½ cup

Choice of: Spinach , Mustard Greens, Collard Greens, Beet Greens. If canned vegetables are used, they should be drained to reduce salt.
Whole wheat or Bajra Phulka: 1
Cold water: 1 Cup

Night cap

Fat free Milk: 1 cup

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