Hello, again. In this posting I am going to share the list of foods which you can enjoy on this eating plan. It isn't a long list, but the choices are nutritious, and very filling, when eaten in the right proportions. (I was so amazed at how satisfied I felt after eating my first meal. And, I didn't feel stuffed or bloated as I did when I used to eat 'junk food' or 'bad' fats, and a lot of the other stuff on what I like to call the 'no-no list'.) I hope you all have a 'save' function on your computers, or at least, a pen and paper.
Meat: Chicken, Fish, Lean beef (steak, beef cubes, or extra lean ground beef)-(3 ozs. per meal)
Eggs-(2 per meal for breakfast, or as a meat substitute at any other meal, or 1 boiled, as a snack)
Vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, zucchini, squash (all kinds), leafy greens (all kinds), lettuce (all kinds), cabbage (all kinds), onions (all kinds), peppers (all kinds), asparagus (all kinds), mushrooms (all kinds), radishes, cucumbers (all kinds)-(all you can eat of these foods at every meal), beans (all kinds)-(1/4 cup per serving, once a day), peas (all kinds)-(1/4 cup per serving, once a day), garlic-( whatever amount suits your taste buds)
Fruits: Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, dewberries, raspberries, gooseberries, loganberries, currants, elderberries, any other edible berries-(1/2 cup per day, as a snack), Tomatoes-(all you can eat, but be sure some of them that you eat are cooked to release their beneficial Lycopine content)
Nuts: Pecan halves, walnut halves, almonds-(16 pieces per day, as a snack)
Other: dill pickles-(1 whole one, for a snack, or they can be chopped up to add to cooked dishes or salad dressing), lemon juice, lime juice-(use as a food flavoring, or in a small amount of salad dressing), Fresh/dried herbs-(use to your taste to season different foods), black pepper, salt-( use as much pepper as your taste requires, but limit salt to a sprinkle on meats, before cooking, or eggs, after cooking), olive oil-(1 teaspoon per cooked dish, or one teaspoon per salad for a small dressing), herb tea-( two cups per day, sweetened with one tablespoon honey, each), honey-(use 1 tablespoon to sweeten 1 cup of herb tea), water(spring water is best, if it's available to you)-6-8 glasses per day, 8 ozs. each)
That's it, (with the possible exception of some low starch Asian vegetables, such as bamboo shoots or water chestnuts). Everything else in the wide world of food is on the 'no-no list'. But, there is such a wide variety of items on the 'can have' list, that it seems impossible that anyone could ever want for anything more. And, the combination possibilities are seemingly endless. With a bit of recipe experimentation, anyone can enjoy, and be satisfied, with the foods on this list. I know, because I have been so content eating the listed foods, that I scarcely miss the 'junk' I was eating. I'm not saying that there won't be cravings for that other stuff, but I can say that, having stopped putting salt on my vegetables has gone a long way toward stopping my cravings for sweet 'junk food'. (Of course, not all of the foods on the 'no-no list' are 'junk' food, but it is possible for someone who is overweight to be sensitive to things like wheat and dairy and not be aware of the fact. This can cause those individuals to have trouble losing weight.)
Besides, after losing weight for about 6 weeks, you can add those 'healthy' foods back into your diet, one at a time, and see if you re-gain any weight. If you do, chances are you are sensitive to that food.) Well, now we have a start to beginning the weight loss process. The foods on the list above can be eaten at any meal, and as long as the portion sizes are followed correctly, then weight loss should be the happy result. I want to wish everyone who decides to try this eating plan the best of luck and all my hopes for future weight loss success. I will be here on this blog posting some of the recipes which I have concocted, using the listed foods. Not all of these recipes will appeal to everyone, but I, personally, have found them to be delicious and satisfying, and each and every one of them can be modified to suit the blog reader's individual taste. (I will explain how, along with each recipe posting.) Until my next posting; take care. Anna
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