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So, I'm doing the fast-track version of the diet, since I'm only looking to lose about 5kg so I fit back into my clothing without feeling like everything's a muffin-top. I don't need more than that. I wouldn't want more than that.
If you want to lose 10kg or more, then they recommend 5 days of the protein-only diet straight. For my level of weight loss, they think that 3 days should be sufficient. The goal is to cut down on the calories without making you hungry all the time.
Proteins being the most complicated of food types for your body to process, during this section (the "Attack" phase) you can eat as much as you want of these ten food types:
1. lean meats
- beef or veal, avoiding ribs, and removing the fat from other cuts
- rabbit
- roast or grill (or boil, I think) but don't fry
2. offal
- liver and tongue
- watch out for liver if you have cardiovascular problems
3. fish
- any and all fish
- avoid tinned-in-oil or covered in a fatty (creamy/oily) sauce
4. shellfish
- crustaceans, crayfish, molluscs - the lot
5. poultry
- all poultry except farm-reared goose and duck
- cook without oil but with skin on
- take the skin off before eating
6. low-fat, lean ham, with any rind cut off
- low fat ham - the low fat prepackaged kind
- not deli or cured hams
- smoked turkey/chicken
- thin sliced dried beef/bresaola
7. eggs
- especially the whites (pure protein)
- don't cook in oil or butter
- up to two a day if you don't have cholesterol issues
8. non-fat dairy products
- 0% fat yoghurt
- fromage fraise or quark
- cottage cheese
- avoid fruit-sweetened yoghurts if possible
9. 1.5 L water a day
- watch out for drinks high in sodium, though
- includes tea, herbal tea, coffee (skim milk) or hot drink
- diet drinks that don't have more than 1 calorie per glass
10. 1-and-a-half tablespoons of oat bran
- there's a recipe thing for this.
- my mum's managed to get it to pancake-like texture and it hits the carb-cravings quite solidly.
And consume as much as you need of these ten categories to feel full.
Avoid any and all sugars (replace with equivalent aspartame), oils, fats, butters, full-creams, and carbs. Avoiding the carbs includes fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses.
The object is to get your metabolism working harder to consume more complex foods (proteins) while still eating enough so you're not starving all the time.
Day 1: intake
breakfast
- 1/2 cup coffee, skim milk, 1 tsp sugar (I forgot the aspartame: I think I'll just stick with sugar, but halve the usual dose)
- 1 tea egg
- 2 slices smoked salmon
lunch
- 1 tea egg
- 1 slice smoked salmon
- 1 small steak (about 150g)
dinner
- boiled chicken (hainan chicken, about 1.5 breasts, skin off)
- 3 oatbran galettes (kind of like little pancakes, about the size of a teacup saucer)
over the course of the day
- 1 L water
- 4 cups osmanthus (chinese) tea
- 1 cup chamomile tea
Weight today: 60.7kg
It's kind of amazing how much you want something when you can't have it. I've been able to eat chocolate and cakes and chips for days. And, of course, it's only today that my tastebuds have decided, "WANT CHOCOLATE!!" Eh. They'll survive without it for a while. :)
Anyway, of all times to start a diet...it's Good Food Month in Sydney! *sigh*
Ah well.
If you want to lose 10kg or more, then they recommend 5 days of the protein-only diet straight. For my level of weight loss, they think that 3 days should be sufficient. The goal is to cut down on the calories without making you hungry all the time.
Proteins being the most complicated of food types for your body to process, during this section (the "Attack" phase) you can eat as much as you want of these ten food types:
1. lean meats
- beef or veal, avoiding ribs, and removing the fat from other cuts
- rabbit
- roast or grill (or boil, I think) but don't fry
2. offal
- liver and tongue
- watch out for liver if you have cardiovascular problems
3. fish
- any and all fish
- avoid tinned-in-oil or covered in a fatty (creamy/oily) sauce
4. shellfish
- crustaceans, crayfish, molluscs - the lot
5. poultry
- all poultry except farm-reared goose and duck
- cook without oil but with skin on
- take the skin off before eating
6. low-fat, lean ham, with any rind cut off
- low fat ham - the low fat prepackaged kind
- not deli or cured hams
- smoked turkey/chicken
- thin sliced dried beef/bresaola
7. eggs
- especially the whites (pure protein)
- don't cook in oil or butter
- up to two a day if you don't have cholesterol issues
8. non-fat dairy products
- 0% fat yoghurt
- fromage fraise or quark
- cottage cheese
- avoid fruit-sweetened yoghurts if possible
9. 1.5 L water a day
- watch out for drinks high in sodium, though
- includes tea, herbal tea, coffee (skim milk) or hot drink
- diet drinks that don't have more than 1 calorie per glass
10. 1-and-a-half tablespoons of oat bran
- there's a recipe thing for this.
- my mum's managed to get it to pancake-like texture and it hits the carb-cravings quite solidly.
And consume as much as you need of these ten categories to feel full.
Avoid any and all sugars (replace with equivalent aspartame), oils, fats, butters, full-creams, and carbs. Avoiding the carbs includes fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses.
The object is to get your metabolism working harder to consume more complex foods (proteins) while still eating enough so you're not starving all the time.
Day 1: intake
breakfast
- 1/2 cup coffee, skim milk, 1 tsp sugar (I forgot the aspartame: I think I'll just stick with sugar, but halve the usual dose)
- 1 tea egg
- 2 slices smoked salmon
lunch
- 1 tea egg
- 1 slice smoked salmon
- 1 small steak (about 150g)
dinner
- boiled chicken (hainan chicken, about 1.5 breasts, skin off)
- 3 oatbran galettes (kind of like little pancakes, about the size of a teacup saucer)
over the course of the day
- 1 L water
- 4 cups osmanthus (chinese) tea
- 1 cup chamomile tea
Weight today: 60.7kg
It's kind of amazing how much you want something when you can't have it. I've been able to eat chocolate and cakes and chips for days. And, of course, it's only today that my tastebuds have decided, "WANT CHOCOLATE!!" Eh. They'll survive without it for a while. :)
Anyway, of all times to start a diet...it's Good Food Month in Sydney! *sigh*
Ah well.
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Oh, my! Did I ever savor that single carb-source! My husband used to tease me that if the apartment wasn't small enough that he could see everything I was doing, he'd be a bit jealous at consistantly being left out of the Best Orgasm Ever!
I wish you luck, think Persistant Thoughts in your general direction, and join you in remembering that it's not FOREVER, and chocolate, etc. will still be there and waiting when you emerge on the other side.