As a follow up to my post about the food plan I am following, I thought I'd share this video about the changes featuring the Big Weight Loss Challenge #4 contestants: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jegKc05F4Mk . It includes a clip of me jumping rope and running on the treadmill (I TOLD you I was running). This is serious entertainment! Enjoy!
Also, here's a little snapshot from my food log. You'll notice that I'm eating five to seven times each day. As a result, when I sit down for a "big meal," I can only eat about a third of what I could chow down before the challenge began. Yesterday, after our workout, I was sooooooo hungry, so I had a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, a 1/2 cup of quinoa, and a grapefruit for lunch - I thought my stomach was going to rupture. The following shows about 6 days on the clean eating/fibrous carb/lean protein/healthy fat routine:
Sunday – 80 oz water
10am
Greek yogurt, banana
11:30
Hot Ezekiel cereal w/almond milk, coconut oil, honey
1:30
Green smoothie, deli turkey, walnuts
5:30
Turkey soup (carrots, celery, onion, turkey, chicken stock, navy
beans, cale), steamed broccoli
7:30
Banana and Perky Jerky (nitrite free, no preservatives, no msg, etc.)
Monday – 100 oz water
7am
Banana, pecans
8:40
Cottage cheese, apple
10:00
Hot Ezekiel cereal
1:00
Carrots, hummus, deli turkey, spaghetti squash, Marinara with lean ground beef
(homemade meat sauce), strawberries
6:00 Greek
yogurt, grilled fish, steamed green beans
Tuesday – 120 oz water
7am
Apple, cottage cheese
10:00
Banana, walnuts, leftover fish
12:40
Green smoothie w/protein powder (spinach, mango, pineapple, almond milk, Greek
yogurt)
2:30 Perky
Jerky, apple
4:00 Hard
boiled egg, grapefruit
6:00 Pork
chop, green beans, quinoa w/carrots, onions, celery
Wednesday – 80 oz water
8am 2
Hard boiled eggs, grapefruit
11:00
Green smoothie w/protein powder
12:30
Dale’s Bar
2:00 Turkey
soup
4:00 Perky Jerky, apple
5:30
Roasted chicken, asparagus, salad w/balsamic vinegar and EVOO
Dessert:
bananas w/sunflower seed butter
Thursday – 120 oz water
8am
Steel cut oats w/apples, raisins, cinnamon, drizzle of honey, 1 tsp. coconut
oil
10:00
Cottage cheese, grapefruit
12:45
Turkey soup
3:00 Dale’s
bar
6:00
Black beans, orange
Friday – (lost track of water)
7am
Green smoothie w/protein powder
9:30
Hard boiled egg, orange
12:30
Dale’s bar
2:30 Perky Jerky, orange
6:00
Roasted chicken, turkey soup, steamed broccoli
If you are not familiar with Ezekiel brand, check them out: http://www.foodforlife.com/. I'm trying to avoid wheat, but the Ezekiel cereal is my one exception, only because it has so many other great grains, and it beats oatmeal for fiber AND protein. They also make a bread, which is kept in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Both the cereal and the bread are made from sprouted grains (i.e.: live, not dead, dried, and stored in a silo for who knows how long) and it will spoil. That is also one of our criteria for choosing good food: real food will spoil. If food can sit on a shelf for an indefinite period, it's got more preservatives than I'm willing to eat.
Another item that stays in the fridge and has a limited shelf-life that you may not be familiar with: Dale's bars. They are protein bars and, although I would not exactly call them yummy, when you consider what great ingredients they contain, and that they are made fresh upon order, they are pretty good. This is one of my go-to items when I'm REALLY hungry, especially after a workout. With a bunch of water, they are so filling, and a little bit sweet. You can find more info here: http://www.dalesrawfoods.com/
If you are not familiar with Ezekiel brand, check them out: http://www.foodforlife.com/. I'm trying to avoid wheat, but the Ezekiel cereal is my one exception, only because it has so many other great grains, and it beats oatmeal for fiber AND protein. They also make a bread, which is kept in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Both the cereal and the bread are made from sprouted grains (i.e.: live, not dead, dried, and stored in a silo for who knows how long) and it will spoil. That is also one of our criteria for choosing good food: real food will spoil. If food can sit on a shelf for an indefinite period, it's got more preservatives than I'm willing to eat.
Another item that stays in the fridge and has a limited shelf-life that you may not be familiar with: Dale's bars. They are protein bars and, although I would not exactly call them yummy, when you consider what great ingredients they contain, and that they are made fresh upon order, they are pretty good. This is one of my go-to items when I'm REALLY hungry, especially after a workout. With a bunch of water, they are so filling, and a little bit sweet. You can find more info here: http://www.dalesrawfoods.com/
Both of the above products do break the "no more than 5 ingredients" and the "no pre-packaged foods" rules. However, I'm willing to make an exception when ALL of the ingredients are whole, healthy, and nutritious. No hydrogenated fats, preservatives, colors, or sugars.
I really expected the changes in my eating to be the hardest part of the challenge, but I was completely mistaken. I am needing to stretch a little to come up with new options for healthy dinners, but even that is not really so difficult. I FEEL good eating this way and I'm not hungry. It's actually easier than fighting the mental battle over sugar cravings all day long. But the real surprise is that every time I've made quinoa (QUEEN-OH!), my hubby has eaten it all and asked for more. Amazing!
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