I was excited about this diet because I wanted to just be told what to eat for awhile and not have to do any thinking... however, going through the book and planning my meals for this week took a LONG time and a lot of thinking. I didn't love the pre-planned "meal maps" that were in the book, so I came up with my own.
This morning, I got up early (for me, for a Sunday, at 8am) and walked to the grocery store. I also picked up a few things yesterday at the health food store. Here are some of the goods:
I got home, started doing a bit of food prep, watched some old episodes of America's Next Top Model, took a nap... but a few short hours later, I had this:
Lots of meals! In the back row are containers with brown rice, sweet potatoes, and pork tenderloin that I made in my slow cooker. In the second last row is some extra brown rice I plan to freeze, and three servings of a Baked Cashew Chicken recipe that is in the Fast Metabolism Diet book. I subbed almonds for the cashews, and it smelled AMAZING. In the first two rows are a couple of chicken breasts (for the low-carb-type days on the plan) and 6 servings of Chicken Sausage with Fusilli, also from the FMD book. I ate some as soon as it was cooked, and it was delicious! I used turkey sausage, along with brown rice pasta, zucchini, broccoli, and red onions.
I still have a few things I want to do tonight to get ready for this diet. I want to portion out some fruit, nuts, and other snacks. I also have to get my gym bag ready and get to bed early because I have a session with my personal trainer at 6:45 am tomorrow! Ack!!
I will report back tomorrow night and let you know how my first day goes!
3 comments:
Your food prep looks beautiful! I love to see all those tidy containers lined up and ready for a healthy week. The Chicken Sausage with Fusili thing looks especially good.
It also tastes delicious!! And I love seeing those containers lined up, too. :D
I would love to prep for this. Like you, I also found the way it's laid out in the book to be a pain. When I tried this before, I eventually ended up wearing out and eating what was easy and not sticking to the diet. I want to prep at least a couple weeks worth ahead of time.
Do you have anything compiled that you could share on how you did your meal prep and shopping?
Thank you.
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