New Eating Plan
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 |So here is the promised post about my new eating plan!
This plan can be considered a diet, although I’m planning to adopt it permanently into my life. It’s decently healthy and consists of three meals a day with two snacks. I eat my first meal upon waking (which is difficult but I’m getting used to it), then eat each meal 2 or 3 hours apart from each other. The plan consists of a LOT of fiber and at least 2 fruits and 1 vegetable per day. For me, this is good, considering the fact that my normal diet consists of only an occasional fruit and even less often a vegetable.
I am eating every 2 or 3 hours for the simple fact that it will keep my blood sugars stable, which will also help with alcohol cravings which I do still get from time to time. The past couple of weeks - despite my best efforts - I have been back to my old unhealthy patterns of not eating anything much through the day, then at night - being so hungry from NOT eating all day - I way overeat. No wonder the scale has stopped moving.
Anyway, a typical breakfast is a pear, 2 pieces of toast, coffee and a Fiber One yogurt. This is what I had today for my first meal and it consists of a whopping 14 grams of fiber and only 320 calories! You really can’t beat that. My second meal of the day is a snack of 2% cottage cheese and an apple - more fiber and some protein thrown in for good measure, and about 180 calories.
My lunch consists of something like a sandwich made on 45-calorie bread, mustard, 2% cheese and slices of turkey, then some baby carrots and a Quaker popcorn mini delight snack (90 calories). The total calories for that comes to around 320 or so and has a veggie, protein, dairy, grain and a little snack.
My 2nd snack of the day will be something like an egg and another yogurt. The fiber one yogurts have 5 grams of fiber in them and come in a wide variety! I stocked up on several flavors. My dinner will be a can of some sort of low-sodium soup (minestrone, chicken noodle, etc) along with one breadstick and salad, or some other side snack.
All in all, it comes out to around 1400-1500 calories per day of nutritious, fiber-filled foods. Now that my life is sorting out a bit and is more stabilized, I can stick to a plan like this with little problem! I’ll keep you all updated on my progress…
