{"id":1352,"date":"2008-09-10T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2008-09-10T14:25:16","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T19:25:16","slug":"food-week-continues-eating-according-to-plan-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/09\/10\/food-week-continues-eating-according-to-plan-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Food week continues: eating according to Plan B"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hard to argue with the results. Plan B <\/a>appears to be working beyond my wildest expectations. I’m down a full seven pounds in three weeks, to 184 lbs. Fourteen to go! <\/p>\n

You know what? After three weeks, I actually do see this as a sustainable way of eating. It’s easier when I’m eating most of my meals at home, but I’ve been able to accommodate eating in restaurants, at friends’ houses, and on the run. I haven’t fallen too far off the wagon or been tempted to blow it all off, either. And there’s even room for treats every now and then.<\/p>\n

The plan I’m on allows for 1400 calories a day, roughly divided into the following categories: 3 breads, cereals and starches (and two or three days a week should be starch-free), 3 fruits, 1 “restricted” veggies (simple carbs like carrots and onions), 7 proteins (each ounce of beef or chicken or cheese is one serving, as is 1.5 ounces of salmon and 3\/4 of a cup of low-fat yogurt), 3 dairy, and 5 fats (i.e. tsp of oil, 2 tsp of salad dressing, 1\/4 of an avocado, a strip of bacon, 2 tsp of peanut butter or 10 almonds.) The idea is to eat several small meals with healthy snacks in between so you’re never starving.<\/p>\n

If you want to see exactly how I’m eating in all it’s boring goodness, I’ve tucked it below the fold.<\/p>\n

Plan B sample diet:<\/p>\n

6:30 am<\/strong>
\nCoffee with milk = 1\/3 dairy
\nHeritage Os = 1 bread\/cereal
\n
\n8:30 am<\/strong>
\n\u00c2\u00be cup Silhouette Fieldberry yogurt = 1 dairy (or one protein)
\nmixed with \u00c2\u00bd cup blueberries = 1 fruit
\nCoffee with milk = 1\/3 dairy
\n
\n10:30 am<\/strong>
\n1 banana = 2 fruit
\n10 almonds = 1 fat
\n16 oz green tea <\/p>\n

12:30<\/strong>
\nOne Lick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Natureburger patty (meatless soy burger, frozen, from a box, grilled on the BBQ) = 3 protein
\ntopped with \u00c2\u00bd cup guacamole = 2 fats
\nand \u00c2\u00bd cup salsa = free
\n(no bun)
\n5 cherry tomatoes = free<\/p>\n

2:30 pm<\/strong>
\n10 baby carrots = 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153restricted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d vegetable
\n\u00c2\u00bd red pepper, sliced = free<\/p>\n

5:30 pm<\/strong>
\n6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d turkey and swiss from Subway = 3 proteins (two from turkey, one from swiss cheese) and 2 bread\/cereal and two fats (southwest chipotle sauce and olives) and lots of free veggies<\/p>\n

8 pm<\/strong>
\n10 almonds = 1 fat
\nDecaf with milk = 1\/3 dairy<\/p>\n

***<\/div>\n

Another sample day:<\/p>\n

6:30 am<\/strong>
\nCoffee with milk = 1\/3 dairy
\nHeritage Os = 1 bread\/cereal<\/p>\n

8:30 am <\/strong>(breakfast out)
\nMixed fruit salad = 2 fruit
\nCoffee with milk = 1\/3 dairy
\n2 eggs, scrambled with cheese = 2 protein
\n2 slices of bacon, extra crispy = 2 fat
\n1 tbs peanut butter eaten right from the little package (no toast) = 1 fat<\/p>\n

10:30 am<\/strong>
\n1 apple = 1 fruit
\n16 oz green tea <\/p>\n

12:30<\/strong>
\n2 oz (maybe \u00c2\u00bc cup?) hummus = 1 protein
\neaten with \u00c2\u00bd red pepper, sliced = free
\n5 cherry tomatoes = free<\/p>\n

2:30 pm<\/strong>
\n\u00c2\u00be cup yogurt = 1 protein
\n
\n5:30 pm<\/strong>
\nhome-made chicken fajitas: 2 fajitas with two strips of chicken each (3 oz chicken = 3 protein), 1 tbs guacamole each (2 fats), 2 tortilla = 2 bread \/ cereal, plus salsa, red pepper, onion and lots of hot sauce (free)<\/p>\n

8 pm<\/strong>
\n\u00c2\u00bd package of Thinsations Chips Ahoy cookies = 50 calories of junk, a recent once-a-week addition to my repertoire and surprisingly satisfying
\nDecaf with milk = 1\/3 dairy<\/p>\n

Both of these menus came in under my daily allotment of 1400 calories. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look like a whole lot of food when you spell it out like that, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s surprisingly satisfying. As long as I space out the proteins through the day, I am rarely hungry. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also found that I get that full feeling a lot quicker, even though it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only been three weeks. I overindulged and ate an entire personal-sized pizza the other day when we were out and felt positively gross afterward. Lesson learned: if I let myself get too hungry, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get panicky and overeat. Even then, my calorie count for the day was just over 1700, not too monstrously high and about 500 less than what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been eating on an average day before Plan B!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hard to argue with the results. Plan B appears to be working beyond my wildest expectations. I’m down a full seven pounds in three weeks, to 184 lbs. Fourteen to go! You know what? After three weeks, I actually do see this as a sustainable way of eating. It’s easier when I’m eating most of … Continue reading “Food week continues: eating according to Plan B”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-me-only-better"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}