Fast Metabolism Diet - Day 5(W1)

Breakfast
Started the day with a cup of herbal tea(no caffeine); ate 4 cashews as I was very hungry.

Breakfast
Tapioca pudding+ Stevia+coconut + strawberry + ate some carrots as veggies

Snack 1
Actually didn't feel like having a snack, I guess the fat from the breakfast made me feel full

Lunch
Black Bean and Wild rice Salad (Feeling stuffed after that)

Snack 2
Had to get Hummus to eat with my veggies, but couldn't get it. so will eat veggies only.

Dinner
Veggie Chilli

Exercise - Second day of shark week, might skip workout, might go for a walk

Water - 70 oz

Mood Diary - I think I have more mental clarity as now that I have given up tea and coffee. My energy level is higher and I am sleeping better, I do not need an alarm and it is easier to get out of bed. Still energy slum at around 2-3 in afternoon, but then I drink chlorophyll water or drink ginger aid non caffeine herbal tea. I think right now I am very motivated to do week 2 of FMD, yaay for that. I might still stick to recipe mentioned in the book or cookbook, plus might not be able to eat egg on day 3 and 4 as it is Navratre next week and though I do not keep fast, I think I cannot eat so much egg though!!

Cravings - Watermelon and of course my evening Tea.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Day 4(W1)

Here is the log of activities -

Breakfast
Started the day with a cup of herbal tea(no caffeine); ate snack after 30 min waking up. 3 egg whites + cucumber

Snack 1/Breakfast
Egg scramble with lots of veggies + lime juice(Stevia)

Lunch
Confetti Salad

Snack 2
3 egg whites Cup of warm ginger herbal tea(no caffeine)

Dinner
Three pepper egg souffle

Exercise - None

Water - 70 oz

Feeling - Ok the way things are going I think I can do this diet next week as well. I was dreading phase 2, and though it is still difficult and I think I wont eat egg or omelete for next 3 days, I am doing fine. My energy levels are good, headache is gone. Though my shark week started today, I have no pain what so ever(bit f bloating and heaviness though). I was thinking that no having caffeine will make me sluggish, on the contrary it is making me more alert

Cravings - Added this section today because I can craving chai a lot and also someone in the cubicle next to me was eating pizza, the smell almost killed me. I am also craving normal Indian food, steamy dal and rice or normal curry with roti; which I believe I can eat in phase 2 which is good. Few more hours to go for this day.

Note to self - Sleep early, waking up late makes me unbearable hungry and phase 2 snack means eat egg whites!

Fast Metabolism Diet - Day 3(W1)

Breakfast
Started the day with a cup of herbal tea(no caffeine); ate snack after 30 min waking up. 3 egg whites + cucumber

Snack 1/Breakfast
Egg scramble with lots of veggies + lime juice(Stevia)

Lunch
Confetti Salad

Snack 2
3 egg whites Cup of warm ginger herbal tea(no caffeine)

Dinner
Three pepper egg souffle + cucumber

Exercise - Hammer

Water - 70 oz

Mood Diary - Feeling so much better today, slight headache but bearable, I am so much happier today. Till yesterday I was thinking of not going ahead with this diet, but today I am hopeful, so will definitely complete this week. If you think about it, it is just 28 days and in context of the whole life and if this 28 days can do amazing things to my body then why not. I am motivated to finish all 28 days; let us see; may be weight change on Sunday might inspire me or demotivate me!!

Fast Metabolism Diet - Day 2(W1)

Breakfast 
Started the day with a cup of herbal tea(no caffeine); ate breakfast after 45 min of waking up. Breakfast was oatmeal with cut up apple on top

Snack 1 
Mango. Same snack as yesterday

Lunch 
Minestrone soup. This soup has tomatoes as the fruit, so I didn't eat any fruit for lunch

Snack 2 
Baked apple + Cinnamon

Cup of warm ginger herbal tea(no caffeine)

Dinner
Broccoli stir fry Wild Rice

Exercise - T25 Gamma Speed 3.0, was not able to do much with splitting headache.

Water - 70 oz

Mood Diary - Splitting headache again. Just crashed down by the end of the day, didn't even have energy to drink my Chamomile tea.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Day 1(W1)

This is to document the day 1 of my diet.

Breakfast 
Started the day with a cup of herbal tea(no caffeine); ate breakfast after 45 min of waking up.
Breakfast was oatmeal with cut up apple on top

Snack 1
Mango. I got frozen organic mango from Traders Joe; yumm!!

Lunch
Minestrone soup. This soup has tomatoes as the fruit, so I didn't eat any fruit for lunch

Snack 2
An apple Cup of warm ginger herbal tea(no caffeine)

Dinner
Red kidney beans Broccoli stir fry Brown rice pasta

Bedtime Chamomile Tea

Exercise - T25 Alpha Cardio, was not able to do much with splitting headache.

Water - 70 oz

Mood Diary - I had splitting headache all day, it got really worst in the evening. I was not able to eat my dinner on time and so was miserable by the end of the day

Fast Metabolism Diet

So there is no start of this journey, I have been trying to lose weight for decades now. As a teenage I have been chubby, as a tween I have been chubby(ocassionally went litle more than chubby) and now in my thirties I am still chubby. Have I been complacent about it, sometimes yes but often I have been working hard towards getting a slimmer physique. Have you seen those collge going girls, which thin waist and thin arms; well I have never been THAT girl and I always wanted to be one.

Two years back I decided to stop putting myself into this torture of exercising, controlling my diet and then feeling miserable on no results; hence I continued working out and controlling my diet. To be frank life has become easier now; and it is not that my weight has gone up; it is still the same.

Last month or so I have been contemplating on doing the 'Fast Metabolism Diet'; well it is a phase based eating strategy; I am calling it strategy because you eat particular food groups in each phase for a particular function or motive. I would say it is a very interesting read, the book itself; but the Diet sounds very intimidating. It is 4 weeks of eat only on this list food and lots lots and again a lots of preparation. I think if you have not figured out your meals for the day, you might actually end up eating any crap that comes your way; so prep along!!

This blog post and the upcoming post are my way of keeping myself accountable and in lieu of that if I am able to help someone it would be great.

When I was looking for people who did this diet, I didn't find many results on blog world or YouTube especially whose who are vegetarians or vegan(I am a vegetarian who eats egg), so I thought my blog can help them in particular in terms of what choices to make.

This is the approach I took in terms of planning my week -
1. Got the blank meal plan. I think you can get it free from her website. For me I have the e-book version and blank meal map came as an attachment
2. In a spreadsheet, made note of the weeks I will be doing this diet
3. In the same spreadsheet made a note on the portion size of food for each phase(important)
4. In the same spreadsheet made three columns P1, P2 and P3 and under each column made sections Breakfast, Snack, Lunch and Dinner. From the cookbook(FMD has a cookbook) under each section I listed down the food I can eat. Selected easiest one for each meal for each phase 1
5. Went back to the meal plan and wrote those recipe name in the map.
6. Went through the recipes above and created my grocery list

I have not gone into the food list thing, because i thought that was over whelming for me; first i will try with easy recipes which are already there and then venture out and create my own meals. Just wanted to keep it as simple as possible.