Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:24 pm
Indiana asked about my new eating plan so I thought I would share it here instead of boring the PWYC folks with it.
Breakfast: Bowl of shredded wheat with skim milk and blueberries, sweetened with maple sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Unlimited fruit and veggies through the morning.
Lunch: Bowl of shredded wheat with skim milk, a different berry or blueberries if I don't have anything else in the house, sweetened with cinnamon sugar.
Many servings of veggies (either about 5 cups of salad or a plate full of stir fried veggies.) I often have this a couple of hours after the cereal.
Unlimited fruit and veggies through the afternoon.
Dinner: Whatever is being served. Tonight it was baked chicken breast, roast potatoes, corn, salad and several slices of french bread dipped in olive oil. Last night was burgers and onion rings plus ice cream for dessert. Last Tuesday it was 2 burgers, chips, salad, and good-sized tastes of three different desserts at the party.
To drink, I have my decaf tea in the morning, the milk on my cereal (which adds up to three cups through the day, sparkling water, sometimes mixed with pure juice, and Special K20 drink crystals. I haven't had any today but most days I have one sleeve (which is supposed to make up 2 cups but I mix it with 4 cups of water.) This drink has fiber and protein in it and I drink it when I'm feeling like eating something between meals. One quart lasts me the day.
I don't know if it is the high volume of unprocessed grains or the unlimited fruit but I'm actually eating less than I usually would and am not hungry hardly at all (I was at dinner tonight but I missed my veggies at lunch and didn't have any K20 today.) Counting in my head, I'm guessing I'm taking in 20 - 30 WW points a day (depends on the dinner) and 8 - 14 servings of fruits and veggies a day.
So far I'm down 5 lbs in 2 weeks. Probably a record for me on any eating plan. (On average, over time, I lose 1.5 pounds a week.)
Record amount of energy too. I'm not sure if it is due to the food (the Special K drink doesn't have caffeine, I checked!) or just the fact that I'm home for a long spell but I'm getting tons done around the house.
Downsides to the plan:
1. taking lunch to work is awkward but I do it. Luckily I have snap on lids for my cereal bowls so I take a bowl of cereal with the fruit and sugar already added and then pour on the milk. And I take a large salad. And some other fruit to munch on plus my Special K drink.
2. It won't work when I'm traveling. I'm using spoon sized shredded wheat which is hard to find in some places and impossible to find in Europe (they really don't do cereal much over there.) Plus, overseas there is little access to skim milk. And I don't always have a fridge for all the fruits and veggies.
I'm home for the next 6 weeks and then 2.5 weeks of traveling in Canada so I figure, at this rate, I can lose another 10 - 16 pounds which would be great.