Day 47 - what I eat

Here is a break down of what I try to eat in a day. Sometimes less, sometimes more. I also try to allow 150-200 calories a day for non-menu items like pasta salad, tortillas, popcorn, or wasabi peas.

Breakfast -
34 Kcal - 1 c. Kale
20 Kcal - 1 serving Spinach
80 Kcal - 1 c. Organic Soymilk
20 Kcal - 1/4 c. carrot juice
37 Kcal - 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
104 Kcal - 1 banana
62 Kcal - 1/2 c. Frozen Peas
50 Kcal - 1 c. Frozen peaches
50 Kcal - 1 c. Frozen strawberries
457 Kcal

Lunch -
140 Kcal - 3 tbsp Mixed seeds/nuts/dried fruit
40 Kcal - 8 oz Spring salad mix
90 Kcal - Pear or Apple
270 Kcal

Dinner -
20 Kcal - 1 c. Zucchini cooked
36 Kcal - 1 c. Yellow Squash cooked
41 Kcal - 1 medium onion cooked
227 Kcal - 1 c. cooked black beans, no salt
104 Kcal - 1 banana
428 Kcal

1155 Kcal TOTAL

Day 31 - End of week 4

End of one month, and weigh-in number 4 at 275.4. A total of 13.4 pounds lost. I am looking forward to what next month will bring, maybe another 10 pounds lost?

So here are some numbers:
Week 0 - Day 3 - 288.8 pounds
Week 1 - Day 10 - 281.9 pounds (7.0 lost)
Week 2 - Day 17 - 280.4 pounds (1.4 lost)
Week 3 - Day 24 - 277.0 pounds (3.4 lost)
Week 4 - Day 31 - 275.4 pounds (1.6 lost)

Average 3.34 pounds lost per week. I'll keep updating the average over time as I continue to lose.

Day 25 - 12 pounds gone

Today is day 25 of Eat to Live and I am 12 pounds down from my start weight.

I weighed on Day 3 at 288.8
Today on Day 25 I'm at 276.8

Eat to Live by Dr. Fuhrman is the easiest way to eat. Let me tell you, I am never hungry between meals. Never!

I have a 44 oz smoothie for breakfast. That is HUGE! It contains 3-4 servings of veggies plus 3-4 servings of fruit. Not to mention loads of vitamins and other phytonutriants from the natural foods.

For lunch I usually have a large salad. If I'm still hungry I have a 2nd.

Dinner is usually mixed grilled veggies and some bean soup.

And then dessert I have more fruit.


The best part of Eat to Live is no calorie counting. No worrying about numbers. Sometimes I almost feel guilty for being able to eat so much and want to eat less because my previous attempts at weight loss I have had to practically starve myself when it came to counting my calories. I have to convince myself to cram all these veggies in.

The weight is coming off, which is great! I can see the results. Now it's just the waiting game for it all to come off. I can't expect to get to my goal weight by tomorrow, but it WILL happen and I just have to remember that.



Also, Day 25 and I have not had even one hypoglycemic/low blood sugar episode. I have stuck to my diet completely except for two days where I sampled some of my boyfriend's mom's pasta salad. But even then I only had a very small spoonful to go along with the rest of my meal.

My next goal is to start doing some Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) Yoga.