The 24 Hour Diet: Lose up to 4lbs in a Day. Joanna Hall
Sanity Snack
Makes 8
8 walnut halves
1 dessertspoon almond butter
1 dessertspoon pure fruit spread (I use Sunwheel pear and prune)
1 dessertspoon lecithin
1 tsp ground flaxseeds
1 dried fig, roughly chopped
3 dried dates, roughly chopped
Good-quality 70 per cent dark cocoa powder for dusting
In a small blender, first chop the walnuts until small. Then add all the remaining ingredients, apart from the cocoa powder, and mix. After about 30 seconds the mixture should form a sticky ball. If the ingredients aren’t combining well, stop and stir it, then switch the mixer on again for a short blast. Take the ball out of the mixer and divide it into eight equal portions. Using your hands, make each portion into a small ball, then roll each ball in the cocoa powder to dust the outside. Leave in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes. These last for four days.
| Calories: | 52.13 |
| Fat: | 2.64g |
| Protein: | 8.60g |
| Carbs: | 7.21g |
Nutty Evening Energizer
1 dessertspoon almond butter
200ml (7fl oz) orange juice
½ banana
To serve:
½ apple or pear (or apple left over from breakfast)
6 walnut halves, chopped
Blend all the ingredients until smooth. Pour into a bowl and serve with the fruit slices and chopped walnuts.
| Calories: | 332 |
| Fat: | 17.54g |
| Protein: | 5.85g |
| Carbs: | 44.48g |
Everything you need to prepare the meals, drinks and snacks for the diet can be found in the shopping list on page 18. Recipes are given on page 21.
FIRST THING:
Body Cleanse Elixir Drink (see page 21)
Good Morning Juice (see page 22) plus 1 tsp pure Synergy powder
(Spacing these two drinks apart works quite well as it gives your body time to absorb and start to utilize the nutrients, and avoids overloading your system all in one go.)
BREAKFAST:
Body Blender Breakfast (see page 23)
Mid-morning:
1 detox tea
6 almonds or walnuts
1 apple
(Again, these can be spaced out through the morning if you wish.)
LUNCH:
Vitality Soup (see page 25)
Afternoon:
Body Cleanse Elixir Drink (see page 21)
One Sanity Snack (see page 27)
Evening:
Nutty Energizer (see page 28)
1 detox or lax tea before bed
Try to drink at least 2 litres of water throughout the day.
Herbal teas are unlimited but please don’t replace the morning and afternoon Body Cleanse Elixir. I have found the Dr Stuart’s range to be the best.
Once you have completed your 24 Hour Diet there are a number of ways to continue feeling fabulous:
• You can complete the Three-day Cleanse (below).
• You can do the 20-day Follow-on Plan in Part 2 to continue Losing weight and inches.
• You may feel confident enough to go straight to Part 3, ‘Keeping the Weight Off’.
This is a great way to continue the good work. Your stomach may have already shrunk a little, and the Three-day Cleanse is a great way to lead out of your 24 Hour Diet. You’ll now have all the ingredients you need. Plus, of course, you get the added benefit of consolidating your inch and weight loss.
Alternatively, you may decide to go straight into the Three-day Cleanse without doing the 24 Hour Diet first. It’s a great way to shake off the body doldrums from the inside out; a super-simple, non-fasting approach to giving your body a spring cleanse.
You can expect visible results when you follow the Three-day Cleanse. Remember to drink plenty of water, little and often. Complete your yoga postures (see page 14) and between 6,000 and 12,000 steps or 40 minutes of brisk walking split into two 20-minute bouts.
The lunches and dinners can be swapped around for convenience. The programme can also be adapted to include meat and fish. For example, you may wish to top your Vitality Soup with some cottage cheese or perhaps a small tin of flaked tuna, rich in the omega-3 essential fats. Alternatively, for your evening meal try wafer-thin chicken or veal escalopes marinated in a little olive oil, sage and fresh rosemary, and then grilled. Or try a steamed skate wing with fresh parsley, a little extra virgin olive oil and small knob of butter with your fresh vegetables. It will be ready in minutes. Salmon and mackerel steaks work really well too, or if your taste buds are less keen on oily fish, try baked cod, haddock or plaice wrapped in foil with some olive oil, fresh dill and chives.
