Hi and thank you for your question. This is a big step for you and one I believe will bring you great results! The healthiest type of diet for you while taking xenical will be a low fat, balanced diet. It is that the total amount of fat in each meal should be no more than 15g. Reading labels and obtaining a fat counter book will help you to determine which foods you should or shouldn’t eat. Below are three links that will help you with this new diet plan.

The first link I am giving you has sample menus that are low in fat:

http://www.xenical.com/sample_diets.asp

This one is a link to the Xenical website there you can imput your information and obtain some guidance for your meal plan:

http://www.xenical.com

and this is a link to an online fat gram counter:

http://www.caloriecountercharts.com/chart1a.htm

I hope this information helps you , if so, please click accept. Thank you and I wish you the best!

Breakfast: coffee or tea, black or with fat free creamer, 1 cup fat free milk, 1 cup of dry cereal such as special K or Cheerios ( total is approximately 3 grams of fat)

Mid morning snack: 1 apple (0 fat)

Lunch: White meat turkey sandwich on wheat bread with a teaspoon of fat free mayonnaise ( total is approximately 6 grams of fat)

Mid afternoon snack: I orange or one banana ( 0 fat)

Dinner 5 ounces of broiled fish or chicken breast, a cup of brown rice ( Steamed ) a nice green salad with fat free dressing, and a ½ cup of green beans or broccoli. ( The total fat is approximately 8 fat grams) Evening snack: cup of fat free milk and 4 low fat honey graham crackers ( total of 3 fat grams)

Total fat for the day : 20 grams, total calories approximately 1700 You can vary the meats every day with any kind of lean meat, you can vary the vegetables as well. lunches can be switched up with using a salad and 5 ounces of lean meat instead of a sandwich. Snacks can be any fruit or low fat cracker.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Edited by CamilleRN on 11/4/2009 at 4:20 PM