The Basics:
Start with the 4 Day Anti-Bloat (about 1200 calories a day and drink 2 liters of Sassy Water). I didn't start exercise during the 4 Day Anti-Bloat except for 20 minute walks with my co-workers during the work day.
After the 4 Days you get three meals that are 400 calories a piece, that include a monounsaturated fat (that is where the chocolate, peanut butter, and avocados come in!) You also get one 400 calorie snack that includes a monounsaturated fat. They want you to eat about every four hours.
The Anti-Bloat gives you a meal plan to follow with specific foods (I did substitute the cereal choices since I had a big box of plain cheerios and didn't really have the space to add two more cereal brands in it.) After that you choose from their suggestions (which sound delicious.)
The Budget:
I made the substitution on this when it came to the cereals, but overall I spent about $135.00 for the week. This was for 3 adults to follow the program for the week, so it would have been a little less if it was just myself. (The first week I did the Shred it was for two people and the budget was significantly higher--but I didn't track the costs at that point, so I'll follow it again and add that information.)
4 Day Anti-Bloat:
Sassy Water -
2 Liters of Water, 1 sliced cucumber, 1 sliced lemon, 6 mint leaves & 1 TBSP grated Ginger Root
This is refreshing. I always loved the first glass, but was happy for the last glass!
I think I will incorporate this into my daily plan, but just one glass a day.
It took a little time for preparation, but not the 4 hours on Sunday that it was taking me for the shred.
My lunch is all packed up and ready for day one below:
Breakfast on the first day. My substitution of cheerios, unsweetened applesauce, sunflower seeds and the Sassy Water!
I like grape tomatoes...but...1 Pint was a lot of them! 4 Ounces of Deli Turkey was also a lot.
Milk & Blueberry Smoothie and Pumpkin Seeds for the snack.
Dinner for the first day was Tilapia, Green Beans, and Red Potatoes...and of course Sassy Water!
Anti-Bloat Results:
I was down 5.6 pounds when the Anti-Bloat was done. That was definitely worth the kind of boring 4 days of food and the Sassy Water.
Beyond Anti-Bloat:
I don't feel like I'm on a diet with this food. I started out my freedom of choosing meals with one of their breakfast suggestions, 1 Waffle, 1 Cup of Dark Cherries, and 1/4 Cup of Chocolate Chips. (Yum!)
The first day of my meals I was in a seminar during the day. I brought a Luna Bar, with an orange and 2 Tablespoons of Almonds to eat during the day. I got home and made my new favorite meal.
This has Whole Wheat Pasta, Italian Sausage, Shredded Carrots, Halved Grape Tomatoes, and Chopped Celery, topped with Pesto Sauce. I felt like I had to be cheating the whole time!
Later I made my guiltless cookies. They worked great as my last "meal" of the day with a glass of chocolate almond milk. They had the chocolate chips so I had my monounsaturated fat.
Lessons Learned:
Become a Worst Nightmare of Waiters/Waitresses:
Substitute until it becomes a healthy option for you. I went to Red Robins and was looking for something I could eat that wouldn't kill the diet and had a monounsaturated fat. I saw the California Chicken Sandwich, that had a Zesty Guacamole, but it also had Bacon, Mayonnaise, and the bread on the bun.
I asked for the sandwich wrapped in lettuce minus the mayonnaise and bacon.
Here is how it ended up calorie wise:
Yep, 286 calories vs 744 calories. Good option if you ask me and props to Red Robins for having a nutrition customizer.
Diets Don't Mean Deprivation:
I have had such delicious meals. I feel like I'm cheating the whole time and I'm not. I always feel like diets are so restrictive but they don't need to be!
Next week I'll give an update on how this diet is going, plus I have a funny "Flat Belly story" to share, but I've ran out of room to add it today!
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