Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 18(W3) - P2

Snack 1
Detox Smoothie + 1 egg white
I love this green smoothie, wish I had a better grinder to make a very fine smoothie, but I think for now I will just have to deal with the coarse smoothie!

Breakfast

3 egg whites + broccoli + red pepper + green beans
Forgot to drink my lime juice, will do that in evening

Lunch
Tempeh Vegetable Stew(Cook book recipes) + 3 egg whites - Tempeh

Snack 2

1 egg white + cucumber

Dinner

Tempeh Vegetable Stew(Cook book recipes) + 3 egg whites - Tempeh

Water

I did hit the goal of 70 oz

Exercise 

Body Beast - Bulk Back

Additional Comments

Yesterday's binge had me feeling the consequences today, my tummy was bloated, probably because of inflammation. One thing I have learned from this is if I want to eat something out of the diet, I will make the healthiest choice possible, eating crap makes you feel like one.

This week I have stayed away from soy as much as possible, had Edamame in lunch yesterday, but lunch and dinner(today and yesterday) had egg whites.

Tomorrow phase 3 is I-burn for me, I need to do all the prep work today so that I am able to accomplish something tomorrow.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 20 and 21 (W3) - I-Burn - Fail

I had decided to replace Phase 3 of FMD with I-burn; well I think I did fine on Friday and even Saturday was better; but Sunday was a total disaster. Not very proud of it, but it is what it is !! Anyways a new week and a new beginning and I am starting with last week of FMD and hope will be able to finish it strong.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 19(W3) - P3 - I-Burn - Day 1

Breakfast

I burn smoothie

Snack 1

Apple

Lunch

Strawberrry and Spinach Salad + i-burn soup + i-burn tea

Snack 2
Don't remember

Dinner

Chinese Stir Fry

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 

Stretch and Yoga from FitnessBlender

Additional Comments
I-burn is not easy, but I managed.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 17(W3) - P2

Snack 1
Detox Smoothie + 1 egg white

Breakfast

3 egg whites + broccoli + red pepper + green beans + 1.5 limes juice

Lunch
Edamame Confetti Salad

Snack 2

1 egg white + cucumber

Dinner

Tempeh Vegetable Stew(Cook book recipes), but today I am going to eat 3 boiled eggs with it, instead of putting Tempeh in it.

Water

I think I did hit the goal of 70 oz

Exercise 

Body Beast - Bulk Leg
This was a tough workout, though only 40 minutes but it had me crying in pain.

Additional Comments

Its unlike last few times but I am feeling very hungry today, and craving sugar as well. Will try my best to curb the urges and eat as much as possible exactly as I have planned. Feeling sluggish as well, chills and tingling sensation in the body. May be carb withdrawal symptoms! So today I caved in and ate some stuff which was not on the diet, basically it was getting unnerving to the extend that I had tears in my eyes. No regrets!!

Today in midst of everything I realized that if I do not lose any weight this week on FMD, I don't think I will be able to do last week of this round. To be frank I am feeling disappointed today! Even a loss of 2 pounds is acceptable, but not gain and not even the same 139 pounds.

It was an emotional day for me, considering my journey to lose weight and be fit.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 16(W3) - P1

Breakfast

1 cup Oatmeal + 1 Cup strawberries/Blueberries

Snack 1
1 cup Frozen Mango

Lunch
Vegetarian Lentil Chili + Brown Rice tortilla + Orange

Snack 2

Apple

Dinner

Vegetarian Lentil Chili + Sweet Potato 

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Had been drinking Cranberry Herbal Tea.

Exercise 
Insanity Max30 sweat Interval

I think I did better in this workout than my performance in last workout. a Pre-workout will help a lot but I am not taking any pre-workout right now as it has caffeine; may be after FMD i will do a month of InsanityMax30 with pre-workout boost!

Additional Notes -

So disasters happen and today out of blue I binged, I ate 2 Oreos and two thin mint scout cookies; not my proudest moment but I am not going to spoil my rest of the day because of this. Slip up happens and this one thing is not going to spoil my whole journey. There have been times when I looked past all the food temptations and today was not one them. 

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 15(W3) - P1

Starting Weight – 139 pounds (weight increased by 1 pound from last week). Yes that is depressing and yes it takes lot of courage to be ok with these results and start a new week! You do feel like giving up and for a change let it go as easy as it can be; tired of restrictive eating; but then more than weight loss it is about the healthy life style changes and I am thankful that I am working towards that. This very thought made me do my meal preps yesterday night and press play for cardio in the morning!

Breakfast

1 cup Oatmeal + 1 Cup strawberries

Snack 1
1 cup Frozen Mango

Lunch
Vegetarian Lentil Chili + Brown Rice tortilla + Orange

Snack 2

Apple + cucumber

Dinner

Vegetarian Lentil Chili + Brown Rice pasta

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 
Insanity Max30 Cardio Challenge

This is a killer workout, no joke seriously insane! But I enjoyed it!

Additional Notes -

Today was impeccable in terms of food, but that is usually the case with Phase1, it is phase 2 and surprisingly more over phase 3 which are a problem! Anyways, this week's phase 3 is actually I-burn, ditto for week 4. Feels like my loss in terms of weight is stalled, but I think I will keep pushing, it is not that I am starving! I already excited about last week of FMD and so looking forward to plan my next one month, there are lot of combinations and plans going out in my mind!

Phase 1 and Phase 3 breakfast variations

I have done 3 rounds of FMD and I can tell you one thing, to be honest any of the recipe in the cookbooks are not tasty(Phase 1 and Phase 2); Only exception is Detox Smoothie !

If you ask my advise if you want to do FMD, keep your meals very very simple and basic, whenever I have tried to be fancy and try any of the fancy recipes from cookbook I have failed miserably(I still cannot get over the chocolate mug cake fiasco!!)

But that doesn't mean I do not look out for new recipe(as I am really bored with existing choices and I take pride in the fact that I can eat same food over and over again and not very choosy in terms of flavors)

Here are some of my finds for buckwheat recipes which i found online -

Recipe 1(Phase 1)

Recipe taken from this blog post

Buckwheat Pancakes
Serves: 8 medium-sized pancakes
Ingredients:
1 cup buckwheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. stevia extract
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg white, beaten
1 cup rice milk
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Instructions
Combine the dry ingredients in a big bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the egg, milk, oil and vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well. In a nonstick skillet or griddle, use 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. Cook about 2 minutes or until little bubbles start to pop on the top. Flip and cook for another minute or two or until brown.

Recipe 2 (Phase 3)
Recipe taken from this blog post

Vegan Buckwheat Waffles
Serves: 4-5 waffles
Ingredients
1 cup buckwheat flour
1 cup fine oats
1 tbsp baking powder (a level tablespoon, not a heaping one!)
1 pinch of salt
1 shake cinnamon (up to your liking)
1 tbsp powdered chia seeds
1¾ cup coconut milk (light, or any other milk of your choice)
1-2 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions
Sift flour, mix in oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and powdered chia seeds.
Add 1 cup of coconut milk and stir well.
Add in maple syrup, coconut oil and slowly add in the remaining coconut milk until a smooth batter is reached (you might not need to add all of the liquid!)
Let the mixture rest for 5 minutes, as the powdered chia seeds will gel up and also the other ingredients will soak up liquid. The batter will thicken.
If the batter has become too thick after 5 minutes, add in some of the (remaining) coconut milk. The batter should be a bit thicker than what you would use for pancakes.
Notes
- My waffles are about 18cm/7inces in diameter, and the batter makes about 4-5 waffles for me.
- If you are celiac, make sure the oats are certified gluten-free, as they are sometimes contaminated!