I am looking for site(s) that provide me with a diet plan. I prefer a
site, where I could enter sorts of foods I like, things I don't, etc.
- and it will give me a plan for a week or so. If not, site(s) with a
normal weekly plan (preferably with recipes, if they mention a certain
dish) will be also good.

Please note, that I am well aware that there are thousands of diet
sites out there. The site(s) you provide me should be with a
well-balanced diet (something that I would have gotten, had I went to
a dietitian, which I cannot afford, not some miracle diet); and free.

I want to reduce a stone (or a little more about 10 kilos), gradually
and with exercise. No special dislikes, but I come from a
Lebanese/Armenian family - good food is central...

Your best option for a diet is to follow the diabetic diet. It's not
as trendy as Atkins or the Zone or the thousands of others. But, it's
a diet plan developed by professionals and dieticians. When followed
closely, even severely diabetic people can reign in their diabetes
through diet.

You can decide which level of calories you want to intake and plan
accordingly. It doesn't exclude from any food (even sugar), but forces
you to both use problematic foods in moderation and satisfy your
hunger with "free" foods like certain vegetables. If your watch your
ingredients and use creative substitution, you can change the make-up
of your foods without ruining their flavour. For example, if olive oil
is used in a recipe, it may be possible to replace some of that oil
with another liquid-- like chicken broth or the liquid that came with
the vegetables involved in your recipe. You can also use the same
ingredients with different fat levels: e.g. substitute regular fat
yogourt for low fat or no-fat. And, remember: almost all herbs and
spices are considered "free foods" in terms of the diabetic diet.

The local chapter of your Diabetes Association (in the US it's at:
www.diabetes.org) can help you with meal planning guides.  Via Amazon,
there are a number of books including The Diabetic Cookbook For
Dummies (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764552309/mikedewolwrit-20).

This website has diabetic diet recipes:
http://www.diabetic-diet-and-recipes.com/index.php3

This diet focusses on balance. Too much of any food group (protein,
carbohydrates, fat) will cause weight gain, even if take in too few
calories over all. The diabetic diet only limits what percentage of
any food group you intake does not end up converting into fat.

If you go for a hypocaloric diet, it's impossible not to lose weight.
A general rule of thumb for the calories you need is 9 calories per
pound of your weight (or 20 calories per kilo). If you weigh 150lbs.,
taking in 1450 calories a day will keep you at 150lbs. Don't take in
too few calories: keep in mind the starvation reflex (see:
http://www.ncsf.org/articles/article-20.cfm paragraph 7). If you take
in drastically few calories, your body will find ways to compensate.
The starvation reflex is usually what sours people on diets as they
have great results for a few weeks and then that trails off to almost
nothing.

About 15 years ago, I went on a severely hypocaloric diet. At the
start I lost a kilo per day. By the six month mark, I couldn't lose
more than 1 kilo per week with the same diet. Part of this was that I
thinner and burning fewer calories; part of it was that I had
triggered the starvation reflex.

Most doctors reccomend 1 kilo of weight loss per week. While you may
want to lose weight more quickly, plan that this will be a 10 week
exercise. That will make this weight loss permanent. More than that,
plan to make the diabetic diet a permanent plan for your eating. It's
made to be a liveable long term plan free of obscure/special foods,
something that you can work into your everyday life.

Thank you :-)