Some sample menus of a typical day of eating in phase one.
DAY ONE
Meal 1: 2 Slices of toast with thinly spread peanut butter
Meal 2: Vegetable sandwich
Meal 3: Bowl of salad
Meal 4: Vegetable sandwich
Meal 5: 2 Slices of toast with thinly spread peanut butter
DAY TWO
Meal 1: 2 Slices of toast with thinly spread peanut butter
Meal 2: Vegetable frittata on 2 slices of bread
Meal 3: Bowl of salad
Meal 4: Vegetable sandwich
Meal 5: Vegetable sandwich
DAY THREE
Meal 1: 2 Slices of toast with thinly spread peanut butter
Meal 2: Vegetable sandwich
Meal 3: Sauteed onion, garlic, zucchini, & mushrooms on 2 slices of toasted bread, spread with hummus
Meal 4: Bowl of salad with chicken (no croutons)
Meal 5: Vegetable sandwich
As you can see our menu revolves around three items; vegetable sandwiches, vegetable salad and peanut butter toast, with an occasional egg or piece of chicken thrown in. Olga says in the book to keep things simple, that the more diverse our menu is the more we will tend to over eat.
We are busy people and eating 5 meals a day is a lot to fit in, so the simpler our menu plan is the better. When a job takes us from the house all day and sometimes into the night, we just take along a cooler and fill it with all the sliced vegetable containers in our fridge, pop in a package of laughing cow cheese, grab a knife and a loaf of bread, and go. We then just make the sandwiches up every three hours. It takes no more time to do than driving around town trying to figure out what fast food is healthiest .. lol.
I noticed that in the first two weeks when our food options are a little more limited, that my thinking switched, and towards the end I was truly eating to live, rather than living to eat. I felt a freedom from hunger that had me so excited, I wanted to sing it out to the world. I never thought I could be a person who would give up sugar, and white bread, but I was wrong. I've now lost 20 pounds, and I can honestly say that NOTHING tastes as good, as thin feels.
Weight Loss Pendant
Hi! Just read your blog. Was not a fan of bread cause i heard it was evil.... so Thank you so much for it, I'll definitely try it. But don't you feel constipated all day?
ReplyDeleteWith all the vegetables that are eaten, constipation is the last thing you feel. LOL
Deletethis is a fabulous weight loss plan
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