Diets, Week 1: How we did on Whole. Weight Watchers, Buddha. Last week, we each outlined our diet of choice, explaining the whys and hows . Every week this month, we. Dangerously Delicious Pies. ![]() I tried a Brussels sprouts recipe with pistachios and spices from the new Whole. Cookbook, which made enough for leftovers. My friends were kind enough to bring over a compliant fruit salad, and everybody was happy (and full). This is going to be my secret weapon for fighting cooking fatigue. I made a ton of pulled pork overnight, and it. Getting rid of my sugar cravings is much more important to me than weight loss, but I still meant to weigh myself before starting (remembered on Day 3). And my lack of preparation just continued on my first big grocery shopping trip. The Bulletproof Diet Roadmap is a great way to start making yourself more Bulletproof, melt the fat away, help you focus, and stay energized - all day. Here are a few mistakes I. Hint: If you want to know which brands of a particular food are compliant, just Google it. It was a long shopping trip.) If the answer isn. I ended up going with Hatfield ground chorizo. It was great. Not being careful with . But not every brand sells only compliant foods. I learned this when a very helpful Tessamae. Lesson learned. Using Whole. More than once I skipped the gym because I told myself I had to get home and cook. More weekend prep is in the works. Being afraid to eat out: Sure, pies were never going to happen. But I also skipped a couple of weekday outings because they involved alcohol (not allowed) or bar food (probably not allowed). Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces! Check out our breaking stories on Hollywood?s hottest stars! Good Housekeeping is your destination for everything from recipes to product reviews to home decor inspiration. I ate a late lunch maybe two hours before our reservation so I wouldn. Luckily I found one entree that was completely Whole. I skipped the wine and dessert and just enjoyed the company. Good luck, Tom! Friday. Breakfast: Eggs and broccoli slaw. Lunch: Grilled chicken salad with lots of veggies and lemon herb dressing. Dinner: Chile Lime Chicken Burger from Trader Joe. For at least a decade, my new year has always started with a breakfast of beans, greens, biscuits and country ham. Would I have to ditch a favorite tradition? The same day, friends invited me over for a casual supper of burgers, crab cakes and barbecued pork. Should I bring no- fat cottage cheese to eat? On the horizon were at least six restaurant meals, a couple of plane trips and a friend.
When I told her I was a food critic with little control over how most of my meals were prepared, and also partial to late- night snacking, Eve could sympathize. I thought it would be. I ate a relatively lean slice of regular ham with less than half of a small homemade biscuit, making a point to fill up on black- eyed peas and collards splashed with hot sauce. I took a long walk instead of eating lunch, which allowed me to eat a plain hamburger patty, half cups of Caesar salad and coleslaw and a couple glasses of wine at the party. Unlike at restaurants I review, I wasn. After filling out a questionnaire, I learned I had 3. ![]() ![]() While no food is forbidden, some favorites became foes once I started doing the math. A bagel at the airport would set me back 1. I opted for a pre- flight breakfast of an apple and coffee. Grape Nuts (6 points per 1/2 cup) are off my list until February. Until then, raw almonds (4 points for 2. I really wanted a margarita with a recent Tex- Mex spread, but at 1. I realized the drink wasn. On the night of my friend! Hello, meatball and deviled egg!) and continued with gnocchi, free- flowing wine and a fantasy in chocolate and hazelnut. I felt full for the first time all week . Already, nightcaps at home have given way to 2. For whatever reason, the ritual keeps me from mindless munching. Today, I. Or should I follow one of the other important tenets, and eat slowly and mindfully? I chose the latter. I figured Buddha would understand. ![]() ![]() If I had planned, I would. But to make it to that nine- hour window before January. I work out with a physical trainer once a week, at 9 a. I tend to get lightheaded when I exercise vigorously on an empty stomach, I ate two granola bars (mindfully, of course). My stomach was growling when I got up at 7: 3. I drank some tea, caught up on the news, and the feeling subsided within 4. Evening workouts have been trickier. The day of a 7: 3. I was fine during class, but afterward, I really wanted to eat. Tea to the rescue, once more! As for socializing, I have turned one evening dinner- date request into a lunch, swapped after- work drinks for midafternoon coffee, and saved the rest for Saturday, my . Between that and the brown- bag lunches, I. The first week, it was New Year. The second, it was a regular Saturday, when my boyfriend and I went to Centrolina in City. Center. DC. Even though the mice research at the heart of . Whatever the reason, I lost 1. I started. I have one more week to get used to this 1. Will I further delay my breakfasts so I? Probably. This week, another hurdle looms: I. At the risk of stating the obvious, that. Tuesday. Breakfast (7: 4. Matcha latte, Kashi nuggets, yogurt, maple syrup. Lunch (1. 2: 4. 5 p. Vegetable stew with almond butter and avocado, cocoa cupcake with yogurt frosting. Snack (4: 4. 5 p. Handful of vadouvan- spiced popcorn. Dinner (5: 4. 5 p. Another serving of vegetable stew from lunch. Wednesday. Breakfast (8: 4. Two granola bars. Snack (1. 1: 4. 5 a. Black bean mole tamale. Lunch (1 p. m.): Brown and wild rice, pinto beans, roasted cabbage, romesco sauce. Snacks (3 p. m. Downright emptied. My main goal was to reintroduce a healthy amount of vegetables into my diet, and that. A couple of whole- food, plant- based daily snacks are suggested as well; for me, those have been hummus with Belgian endive leaves or grape tomatoes, and smashed avocado on whole- grain toast. I think they are responsible for my not craving the cookies I. Ingredients were in my wheelhouse: Shrimp. Chicken coated with bread crumbs made golden with a garlicky butter- lemon sauce. Where I might have downed at least a thigh or two for lunch and snacked on the shrimp until they were g- o- n- e, I gave away samples and limited my own tastings to a spoonful. I wasn. I ate only when I got hungry on the first one, so the most substantial meal was consumed at night . Still, it was a homemade stir- fry of sugar snap peas, rice and egg, which I managed to polish off by 8: 3. On the second day off, scrambled eggs with onions and whole- grain toast felt like a holiday. Later, a basket of tortilla chips with guacamole plunked down in front of me proved irresistible, as did the promise of an appetizer- size order of sizzling steak fajitas. I can say that I didn? Next morning, I felt a little guilty, a little fuller than I was used to, and ready for my black bean sweet potato chili at the start of Week 2. Other tactical errors: I did not step on a scale Dec. I can only estimate any weight loss. And I have yet to slurp without spilling a drop or two on my desk or my clothes. Does vigorous scrubbing count as exercise? Benwick. Sunday. Breakfast: Black Bean Sweet Potato Chili; black tea. Lunch: White Bean Mushroom Kale Soup. Snack/dinner: Whole- grain toast with mashed avocado; Citrusy Carrot Sweet Potato Soup; black tea. Monday. Breakfast: Winter Root Vegetable Chili; whole- grain toast; black tea. Lunch/snack: Smoky Quinoa Butternut Squash Soup; handful raw almonds. Dinner: Carrot Almond Soup; 3 tablespoons plain hummus w/leaves from one Belgian endive; clementine; black tea. Tuesday. I had traveled to Atlanta to cover the college football playoffs and an NFL game and woke up in a hotel bed Jan. So, I delayed takeoff. I had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and red wine for dinner. For breakfast at the airport, I ate a cheesy omelet with breakfast potatoes and white bread. And then I boarded a flight home and bid farewell to those kinds of foods. I cooked panko- breaded chicken cutlets with a sauce of mushrooms, garlic, white wine and capers. I baked sweet potatoes, wrapped them in foil and stored them in the fridge, to deploy at various meals along the week. I marinated chicken thighs in Italian dressing Monday night, baked them Tuesday night for dinner and ate the leftovers all week for lunch, over kale or spinach. Which meant I would be eating ramen, too. The noodles would violate my prohibition on white pasta, so I adapted. I ordered miso vegetable ramen with a seasoned hard- cooked egg and extra cabbage. I slurped the broth and ate the vegetables . A few rogue strands found their way onto my spoon, but at the end I was left with a bowl of noodles and a full- enough stomach. My breakfasts remained mostly static: cereal (either multi- grain O. On Friday, I ran short of those staples. I ate what little oatmeal I had in the cupboard, topped with blueberries, and, in a pinch, finished off half a sweet potato from the fridge. My alcohol consumption skidded to a halt. Aside from that blip, I stuck with black coffee and water. I had a couple of low- frequency headaches, which I sure hope weren. I lost about six pounds, and the instant gratification provides encouragement to maintain.
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