I’ve got a lot of requests lately for a 1500 calorie diet. Instead of actually providing a lot of different diets, I have listed below just a few sample diets that can be used as well provide you with a sense of how you can come up with your own, because at end of the day you are going to want to include certain foods that you like so these diets should act as a template. Just remember that if you are just starting to diet, reduce down to the 1500 calorie diet over a period of time instead of a sudden change that your body might not be able to handle. Here are a couple of sample 1500 calorie diets.

1500 Calorie Diet 1:

Breakfast
2 lean sausages - 250 cals
Baked Beans 100 grams - 90 cals
2 slices wholemeal bread/toast with little butter - 200 cals
Piece of fruit or fruit juice - 60 calories

Lunch
Birds eye” Captain’s Fish pie frozen meal 284g - 330 calories
Mixed Vegetables - 100 cals

Snack
Low fat Yogurt - 95 cals
Piece of fruit - 60 calories

Dinner
Chinese Noodles - 350 cals

Total calories = 1535 Calorie Diet

1500 Calorie Diet 2:

Breakfast
1 Meal Replacement* AND 1 Fruit
OR 1 Cup High Fiber Cereal with 1 Cup Fat-Free Milk and 1 Fruit
OR 3 Egg Whites (with as little yellow as possible), WITH 1 Slice of High Fiber Bread, AND 1 Fruit

Lunch
Sandwich with 3 oz. Skinless Chicken or Turkey Breast or Tuna on 2 Slices of High Fiber Bread WITH 2 Cups of Salad Greens with Seasoned Vinegar AND 1 Fruit
OR
1 Meal Replacement WITH 1 Fruit AND 2 Vegetables

Snack
Ultra Slim-Fast AND 1 Fruit

Dinner
6 ounces of Skinless Chicken Breast, Turkey Breast, or Fish; AND 1 Cup of Brown Rice, Whole Wheat Pasta, or Starchy Vegetable;
AND 2 Cups of Steamed Vegetables;
AND Salad with seasoned vinegar;
AND 1 fruit

Total Calories: Approx. 1200
Total Fiber: 30-35 g
Carbohydrate: 195 g (62 % cal.)
Protein: 88 g (28 % cal.)
Fat: 13 g (9 % cal.)