So far, things are going pretty well with my fake Medifast (MF) plan. I'm not trying to adhere as strictly to calorie count and carb count as MF does. I'm eating small meals ever 2-3 or 4 hours and doing my lean & green. I could have sworn I had a food scale but I can't find it anywhere, so I'm not measuring my portions and being precise, but I am not eating too little for sure. I am also having snacks now and then as needed if I feel like I'm starving between my small meals. Some days more than others, some days less.
Here are some of the meals I enjoy and find filling for my small meals:
- breakstone lowfat cottage cheese in the preportioned cup w/4 old London Garlic Melba toast crackers or 8 Blue Diamond almond/rice cake crackers
- pop-secret 100 cal snack size popcorn
- boiled egg w/half an avocado
- walmart's equate brand chocolate milk diet shake
- ideal shape chocolate shake
- 1/4 cup oatmeal w/stevia and 1/8 cup granola
- Blue diamond raw almonds (28=serving size)
- special K cereal (mini-box)
- a smaller portion of meal leftovers
For my occasional snacks I am enjoying these:
- Blue diamond raw almonds (I will do 1/4 or 1/2 serving size)
- 2 claussen pickle spears with a laughing cow cheese wedge
- lime sugar free jello
- 4 oz of cranberry juice
Today was the first day I tried the Ideal Shape Chocolate shake. First opinions? The taste was good. It's not thick like a shake you'd get at McD's but what are you expecting from a diet shake? It was a little bit gritty from the powder and I shook it really well. Several times. It was filling and I didn't need to eat anything for a minimum of 2 hours. So overall first impression, thumbs up. Compared to Walmarts shake? WM shake is much thicker and really doesn't taste diet to me. I enjoy drinking it, but it doesn't keep me full and the calorie count is alot higher. I'm excited to continue with Ideal Shape's shake to see how it works for me beyond my first try.
For the new things I'm trying meal-wise, my kids and I are trying out Blue Apron's delivery meal service where you cook with all the fresh ingredients they provide in your order. It's so much fun, helps my kids learn to cook and it's great to try new foods. Now, not all of them are things I would eat again, but it's definitely interesting and I have found some new favorites out of them. We've learned to roast butternut squash (delicious & we've already cooked it again!!), we tried udon noodles (never again for me), salmon and more to come. I can't do it weekly ($) but about once or sometimes twice a month we can swing it, depending. (And I am NOT being paid by Blue Apron to mention them. I paid for the service in full myself.)
I also am trying some new low carb recipes. I made a low carb buffalo chicken dip that was delicious and I ate it with some crispy celery sticks, but my kids wouldn't eat it, so next time I make it, I need to reduce the recipe portion so I don't have to eat it for days on end! And I made a mock low-carb Zuppa Toscana soup (Olive Garden services this in the full carb version) and it was so wonderful and a win for my kids too.
So my little family is enjoying the food adventures, I am doing fairly well. I think my initial weight loss was due to water weight probably. I am drinking mostly water although probably not as much as I should.
Tonight I'm making tacos for dinner. The kids will have theirs with taco shells and tortillas and I will have mine with iceberg lettuce wraps. And it will be delicious!!
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