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As you may have surmised from my rant last week, it’s a bit of a bummer cooking for folks who are free to eat whatever they fancy while I’m on a diet (even though I love my diet).
I’ll post the menu plan for the family, and then explain what I’m eating and it’ll be clear why I don’t need a rigid menu plan for myself.
- Monday- Chicken Tacos (I get to eat the chicken sans the tortillas.)
- Tuesday- Beans and Rice
- Wednesday- Spaghetti
- Thursday- Beans and Rice
- Friday- Pork Ribs (me too!)
- Saturday- Grilled Burgers (yup, mine has no bun!)
- Sunday- Chili and Rice
The Atkins induction phase is quite simple. I think lots of folks might get bored eating this way, but I like it.
- I eat bacon and eggs for breakfast every day.
- Lunch is a piece of meat and maybe a salad or half an avacado. The meat is either something I cooked a bunch of and have waiting for me in the freezer (packed in ziplock bags in individual portions) or I thaw a piece of boneless, skinless chicken thigh and do a quick stir-fry with a bit of onion, bell pepper and add some soy sauce at the end. Very yummy, and I barely even miss the rice. This can cook or heat, as the case may be, while I slap together some sandwiches and fruit for the kids.
- For supper I either have a modified version of what I’ve prepared for the family or do a repeat of the lunch plan.
I serve salad with every supper, and sometimes a cooked vegetable, but only the kind I’m allowed to eat.
I make my own salad dressing, it’s very tasty (and low carb) and much cheaper and easier than buying something that fits my diet.
For snacks I keep a bowl of boiled eggs in the fridge. I also buy cheddar cheese in the 2 lb brick and use my trusty kitchen scale to make 4 oz. snack bags of cheese cubes. (How did we ever live before ziplock bags?)
The reason that I don’t get bored with this plan is that it is wonderful to have clear limits and a workable plan. I’m too busy with the rest of my life to get bored.
I know I can have a snack, and I know it’s ready and waiting for me, so I don’t flip out when I get hungry and can’t think of any “allowed” food to eat. It just doesn’t happen.
Did I mention? Bacon and eggs everyday, baby!
Sound too good to be true? Check out my Fit as a Farmhand posts to follow my progress, and come back tomorrow to find out how much I’ve lost. I’ve only been at it for 16 days!
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Mmmmm, bacon… just last week we finished off the last package of “real” bacon and now have switched to turkey bacon. Not quite as good as the real thing but still very good and quite bacony. I’m losing about one pound a week while eating pretty much what I want but watching calories and portion size. Mostly what I’ve cut out is snacking on junk food and increased fresh, homecooked healthy foods instead of processed foods and fast foods. If I eat, say pizza, I limit myself to one piece and fill up on salad. I could be losing more a week but this way I don’t feel deprived. My DH has lost 63 lbs eating the same way. He averages about 3lbs of loss a week.
I have never been much of a dieter, but THIS WORKS! Yay!
Yay! Your diet sounds great. Isn’t it nice when you find a plan that works just right for you?