Gillian McKeith's one-week energy diet: eating plan

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Day 1
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast Smoothie made with 6 carrots, 2 celery sticks and ½ cucumber.
Snack Handful of almonds.
Lunch Salad made with 175g fresh peas, 50g mangetout, 2 sliced spring onions, ½ cucumber, 1tbsp chives, 2tbsp natural soya yoghurt, ½ garlic clove.
Snack Hummus with carrot and cucumber sticks.
Dinner 150g grilled lemon sole with kale, mangetout and broccoli.
Snack 10 pumpkin seeds.

Day 2
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast 250g porridge oats with 125ml water or rice milk and cinnamon.
Snack 1 sliced mango.
Lunch Soup: cook 150g tomatoes, ½ onion, 1 garlic clove in ½tbsp oil
until soft. Add 250ml boiling water, bring to boil, then remove. Add handful of fresh basil, then blend.
Snack Handful of sesame seeds.
Dinner Stir-fry sliced carrot, courgette, 2 spring onions, 1 garlic clove, ½tsp chopped ginger, 75g broccoli florets, 50g sliced baby corn, ¼ red pepper in ½tbsp sunflower oil. Mix ½tsp cornfl our (blended with ½tsp water), ½tsp tomato purée, ½tsp light agave syrup (sweetener) and 2tbsp water to serve.
Snack Handful of dates.

Day 3
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast Sliced mango, banana, 6 strawberries, handful of blueberries and pomegranate seeds.
Snack 1 apple.
Lunch Salad of cucumber, 25g beansprouts, 25g alfalfa sprouts, juice ½
lemon, 30g watercress, 2tbsp mint, pak choi, 1tbsp shelled hemp seeds.
Snack Mug of miso soup.
Dinner Cook 75g brown rice with 1tbsp veg stock. Stir-fry ¼ onion, ½ carrot, ½ garlic clove, 25g peas, ½ courgette in ½tbsp oil.
Snack Dried fruit.

Day 4
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast Whisk 2 eggs, 1tbsp water and 1tbsp parsley to make omelette with ½tbsp olive oil.
Snack Mini box of raisins.
Lunch 100g canned tuna (in spring water) with watercress, rocket, spinach, ½ sliced cucumber, 4 halved cherry tomatoes, 1tsp balsamic vinegar and 1tbsp extra virgin olive oil.
Snack Small packet of unsalted unroasted nuts.
Dinner 150g grilled sea bass fillet, steamed veg and sauce made from:
1tbsp parsley, ½tbsp tarragon, ½tbsp thyme, 2tbsp olive oil, ½tsp cider
vinegar, ½ garlic clove, ½tsp Dijon mustard.
Snack 3 passion fruit.

Day 5
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast Smoothie made with a few strawberries, raspberries and 1 banana.
Snack Handful brazil nuts.
Lunch 150g canned blackeyed peas, 90g peas, 5 silverskin onions, 3tbsp cider vinegar, 1tbsp olive oil, handful of fresh mint.
Snack Sliced pepper and carrot sticks with hummus.
Dinner 150g sliced chicken breast stir-fried in 1tbsp sunflower oil with ¼
sliced pepper, 50g baby corn, 50g mangetout, ½ garlic clove, ½ pak choi and sliced spring onion. Cook with juice of ½ orange, 1tsp cornflour, 1tbsp tamari soy sauce.
Snack 1 banana.

Day 6
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast As Day 2.
Snack Sesame seeds.
Lunch Add ½ garlic clove and ½tsp chopped ginger to 250ml boiling
water. Add 50g diced white fish, 4 mangetout, ¼ red pepper, 1 spring
onion, ½ pak choi. Take off heat and stir in ½ sachet miso soup, handful of beansprouts and peas.
Snack Mini box of raisins.
Dinner Mix 200g canned butter beans, ½ cucumber, 2 spring onions, handful of parsley, ½tbsp capers, 1½tbsp olive oil, juice of lemon. Sprinkle with ½tbsp sesame seeds.
Snack Few dried apricots.

Day 7
First thing Warm water with a squeeze of lemon.
Breakfast As Day 4.
Snack 10 pumpkin seeds.
Lunch Fry ½ onion, 1 garlic clove and 50g cherry tomatoes in 1tsp
olive oil. Serve with 75g cooked green beans
Snack Mug of miso soup.
Dinner Heat ½tsp sesame oil and ½tbsp water until water evaporates. Add 50g cashews and ½tbsp wheat-free tamari soy sauce and 250g steamed green cabbage. Serve with 150g steamed cod.