For anyone that has tried and struggles to lose weight knows it’s difficult to lose weight. Just as important as exercise is the foods we put into our bodies. With proper exercise and then the dietary changes we need in our lives there can be significant progress for anyone’s weight loss goal.

The following are some options for every meal to help us have a healthy and well balanced diet to meet our goals.

Breakfast
You always want to make time for something for breakfast as it’s the meal that gets your metabolism and energy going for the full day ahead.

Raisin Bran – It gives you the needed daily value for your vitamins and minerals and will also work to boost your protein intake with a natural fiber/sugar source.

Scrambled Eggs (Whites Only) w/Greens – This is a low fat option to the normal scrambled egg meal and its high in a quality dietary protein. Put ½ cup of both spinach and mushrooms in with it.

Smoothie – A frozen fruit smoothie is full of antioxidants that will help keep you full and also drop the pounds. You’ll want to combine a cup of your favorite frozen fruit; such as blueberries (unsweetened) and a ½ of a banana and ¼ cup of water and wheat germ.

Bagel – A simple bagel with a little bit of a natural jam.

Lunch
A good lunch is a very important meal in the weight loss plan as it helps to boost energy and helps you to regulate your metabolism.

Wheat Tortilla – Buy some organic wheat tortillas and add some greens, diced tomato, green/red peppers, and then some grilled chicken, turkey, a lean meat or a bean based filler for the meat portion. This will be an excellent lunch and give you the vitamin boost and mineral intake that you need.

Tossed Salad – You can do a nice tossed salad and substitute the unhealthy dressing with some croutons, fruit or beans. You can also add some peas and raisins. It will still taste good with a very healthy alternative. This will give you a needed increase of iron, Vitamin C, folic acids and fiber.

Snacks – Everyone loves a snack and if you choose the right option there is no reason for you to try to fight it off. Go with some frozen fruits like some grapes, blueberries and/or some banana. You could add some plain yogurt and make a parfait. You could also get something like dried-fruits of some dates, papayas, mangos which provide you with Vitamin C and also some iron and Vitamin A.

Dinner – A good dinner is going to keep you from wanting to have a late night hunger attack. You’ll want to have something that is low in fat and high in carbohydrates. You should try something like a spaghetti squash that will give you carbohydrates, fiber and others.