A Mother's Vintage Beauty Diet {March}

I'm excited to share A Mother's Vintage Beauty Diet for March. It will help me reach my goal of losing 5 to 10 pounds. I'm including a free tracker.  Enjoy!

You will need:

• Beauty Diet Tracker
• Scales

Before: Set Your Goals

After you print off the Beauty Diet Tracker (above), you can write down your goal for March at the top.  My March Goal = Lose 5 to 10 pounds. 

Here are your three daily Tasks → takes just 15 minutes. ​

1. Tasks → Track 1,200 calories + 20 grams fat or less.
2. Tasks → Eat the Beauty Diet (for health; see pattern below).
3. Tasks → ​Take a Beauty Walk - 15 minutes outdoors.

Step 1: Track

• Track 1,200 calories daily and lose more when you eat 20 grams fat or less.
• Tip! Use the free printable or myfitnesspal.com or you can skip tracking if you follow the Beauty Diet - see pattern below.

Step 2: Beauty Diet

Here is a sample menu of the Beauty Diet. It focuses on giving you proper nutrition for a beautiful you.

Breakfast
1/2 grapefruit
1 soft boiled egg
1/2 slice toast
​beverage (1)

Lunch
1 slice lean cold ham
1/2 tomato, sliced
green peas (2)
1 fresh pear
​1 cup skim milk

Dinner
1/2 cup bouillon
1 slice lean pork roast*
steamed carrots (2)
​garden salad (3)
1 cup cantaloupe
1 cup skim milk or (1)

(1) Coffee with skim milk, Tea with lemon. No cream or sugar.
(2) Eat moderate quantities but enough to give you a feeling of satisfied hunger.
(3) Make vinegar dressing with 1/2 cup vinegar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1 tbsp. grated onion.

Beauty Diet Pattern

Breakfast
1/2 cup fresh fruit (citrus or berry)
1 egg or lean protein
1/2 slice toast
beverage (1)

Lunch
3 oz. lean cold meat or fat free cottage cheese
raw vegetable (2)
hot vegetable (2)
fresh fruit
1 cup skim milk

Dinner
broth or bouillon
4 oz. lean hot meat
raw vegetable/salad(3)
hot vegetable (2)
fresh fruit or gelatin with 1/2 fruit
1 cup skim milk or beverage (1)

• Tip! Choose two servings of vitamin c daily: citrus, berries, tomatoes, etc.
• Tip! Easily order groceries using the pattern above.
• Tip! Add healthy snacks between meals for children. Also, children should have whole milk.

Step 3: Beauty Walk

Now, go outdoors for a 15-minute beauty walk. The sunshine is needed for your skin and health.  You may want to spend a few minutes on toning exercises too.

Does indoors count for a beauty walk? No, this is about fresh air and sunshine for optimal health and beauty.

After: How did you do?

Weigh-in weekly (or more often) to see how you are doing. You are welcome to share if you lost weight and how much. 

If you don't need to lose weight, remember that the beauty diet is great for health and is still for you!  Just be sure to add-in a healthy starch at each meal to maintain and reach your calorie goals.