Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 9(W2) - P1

Breakfast

1 cup Oatmeal + 1 Cup blueberries

Snack 1
Guava

Lunch
Vegetable curry(recipe from cook book) + Brown Rice tortilla + Apple

Snack 2

Apple

Dinner

Vegetable curry(recipe from cook book) 

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 
T25 Speed 3.0

Additional Notes -

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 8(W2) - P1

Starting Weight – 138 pounds

Breakfast

1 cup Oatmeal + 1 Cup blueberries

Snack 1
1 cup Frozen Mango  (Can we just have phase 1 forever)

Lunch
Vegetable curry(recipe from cook book) + Brown Rice tortilla + Apple

Snack 2

Dinner

Vegetable curry(recipe from cook book) + Brown rice tortilla

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 
T25 Speed 2.0

Additional Notes -
Ok I did cheat a bit on my diet today. Emotional stress got worst of me; nothing outrageous but yes not perfect either. 

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 6 & 7(W1) - P3

Weight on Saturday morning - 138 pounds(2 pounds down this week)

I sometimes feel Saturday and Sunday are tougher than Phase2; it is different kind of tough as you really want to let it loose after a week of craziness. Also I often get lazy and do not want to cook for self specifically!! Anyhow I think I did Ok, with some slip ups. I will list them down so that I can plan better for next week

Breakfast

Saturday - Had Indian breakfast; it had veggies and carb and was fat too!!
Sunday - Veggie omlete with one one toast

Snack 1

Was not so good at snacking, in the sense sometimes didnt feel like eating or sometimes ate only fat and couldnt include veggies. AREA OF IMPROVEMENT FOR NEXT WEEK.

Lunch

Saturday - Chinese Stir Fry
Sunday - This is where I goofed up, had two slices of pizza as I went to someone's house for lunch.

Snack 2
Had Indian tea for snack one day and it has sugar(Yes I am hiding my face in shame); but hey whatever it takes to pep up your mood a little bit.

Dinner

Saturday - Okra + chana dal + Roti
Sunday - Hummus + veggies

Water

I doubt I would have hit the target. AREA OF IMPROVEMENT FOR NEXT WEEK.

Exercise 

Only thing I was consistent in as this is really a habit for me now; I feel terrible if I do not press play everyday. I am actually pretty proud of this achievement
Saturday - 21 day fix yoga extreme
Sunday - T25 Stretch

Additional Comments
New week, new hope and determination. some days I feel disappointed that I do not have awesome before and after pictures; but then I know that these small changes bring big changes internally. 

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 5(W1) - P3

One minute let me shout like a manic before I can act like a lady and blog...YAHHHOOOOOOOO..!! First it is Fri-YAY and then on top of that it is phase 3 of FMD; its like the best day of the week. I woke up at 4:45 today, fully energized and feeling optimistic!!

Breakfast

Oatmeal + blueberries + cashew + coconut shavings + peanut butter(yes inventory issues, need to buy almond butter this week). Also had carrots and bell pepper as veggies.

I am feeling so full. This is one thing which I have learned about food, fat keeps you satiated for a long time. It was snack time and I was not even feeling hungry. Will have little bit though

Snack 1

Hummus + bell pepper

Lunch

Brussel Sprouts+ green beans+sweet potato roasted in coconut oil. Also for protein I forgot to soak beans and do not have boxed beans(added to grocery list), so I would be eating cottage cheese for the protein with lunch.  For fruit it is peach.

Snack 2
Hummus + bell pepper + Carrots

Dinner

Chinese stir fry(made with Olive Oil) + brown rice(Will see if I need more fat, then I will add half an avocado.

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 

Ultimate Reset - Reclaim

Additional Comments
Phase 3 is everyone's favorite as this is the closest to a normal meal everyone is used to(at least I am used to). I can eat like this forever. Actually after my round 4 I am planning to try to incorporate Ketogenic Diet with always a salad for lunch. This will be my maintenance approach. I am thrilled for my weight in on Sunday, just need to keep strong for Saturday; weekends are usually tough as temptations and social obligations do come up.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 4(W1) - P2

Great news !!! No headache !! Woke up feeling lean. Had to wake up at 4:45am as my workout for today was 50 minutes long.

Snack 1
Detox Smoothie + 1 egg white + 1 Lemon water

Again replaced kale with spinach; also added half scoop of greens.

Had my first dose of the day of fat blaster.

Breakfast

3 egg whites + broccoli + red pepper

Forgot to add mushroom today. Somehow this turned out super yucky today. Manged to eat it, but I do not think I will be eating eat for next 3 days at least.

Lunch
Tempeh Vegetable Stew(Cook book recipes).

I have to go out with a friend in the evening, so I thought something filling would be a better idea. Hence replaced the salad with Stew. Will have salad in evening!

Snack 2
1 egg white + cucumber

Didn't care to make the mug cake today, it was not good to eat anyways. If I feel hungry I might try to drink some protein shake.

Dinner

Confetti Salad (it has soy beans)

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 

Body Beast - Back/Bis (50 min long workout, these are slow paces and with long breaks, but they are torturous)

Additional Comments

Couldn't be happier that I am done with first week phase 2 already...I am looking forward to eat some fat next three days. Phase 3 is very precarious that way, it is very easy to get derailed and start eating. As a word of caution, Phase 3 is not 'all you want to eat' phase, it has very strategic food types which you have to consume and not doing phase 3 properly essentially means undoing the hardwork of phase2(I didn't say phase 1 because that hardly sounds like hard work to me). So need to stay strong next three days, it will be worth it in the end !!

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 3(W1) - P2

Lean protein and lots of alkalizing veggies unlock stored fat and build muscles, do don't forget to workout with weights - Hailey Pomroy

Motivation for phase 2 right there..unlocks stored fat and build muscles...motivation to eat no carbs and all the egg whites in this world(I don't mind veggies)...stay strong !!!

Day 3 started with a headache as well, avoided taking tynenol at work, as don't feel so great about taking pain killers. Hoping that these will subside next week, it is just first week symptoms(though I do not drink tea or coffee in morning anyways so I wonder what withdrawal symptoms might be).

One thing which I have noticed is that by the end of the day I am very tired, I was trying to think of the reason and I think it might be because of the restrictive nature of this diet. You need to exercise your will power every second of the day, leaving you depleted. Exercising will power does make you tired and that is scientifically proven. This is one thing which I dislike about this diet, I am thinking about food for all the time except when I am sleeping; it cannot be healthy. I need freedom from this constant 'food thinking'! Next thing to do once I finish this round of FMD.

Also, I do not think I can take pictures of my food, no time for that and I seldom plate my food properly and eat(I know..not good..but a girl got to do what a girl got to do..I can either follow the plan and go to work  or just follow the plan)

Snack 1
Detox Smoothie + 1 egg white + 1 Lemon water

This was surprisingly delicious, though I replaced kale with Spinach(inventory issues)

Breakfast

3 egg whites + broccoli + red pepper + mushroom
Don't like it, have to literally eat a spoonful and then chug it down with a gulp of water!(I know not a good way to eat..but then a girl's got to do what a girl got to do!!

Lunch
Confetti Salad (it has soy beans)

Realized that I cannot sit and eat this at my seat as it is too crunchy and people would wonder what am i eating. Also it takes me half an hour to eat it...chomp chomp for half an hour...my neighboring desk people might complain on me!!

Snack 2
Chocolate mug cake + 1 egg white + cucumber

After epic fail few months back, I tried it again..not as bad as it was last time(it was inedible actually)..I was able to eat it at the least, how can something chocolatey taste so bad(it is the fat that makes it tasty and no doubt when companies make something fat free they need to put ton of chemicals else the stuff will taste yucky..NOTE to self...no fat free chemical stuff ...reduced fat still ok..but go full fat..see I am learning!!)

Dinner

Tempeh Vegetable Stew(Cook book recipes).

I think it has a version of the recipe on Hailey's website as well. Again had to replace kale with spinach. Will replace this with egg options next week. I cannot eat egg white souffle at night!

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 

Body Beast - Build Legs

Additional Comments
It was a successful day. I started the dose of Fat Blaster from Hailey Pomroy as well. I am so happy that I was able to stick to the plan.

I did eat one piece of matri though(it is a Indian savory delicacy).

I ended the day with a cup of Chamomile tea.

Fast Metabolism Diet - Round 4 Day 2(W1) - P1

Headache from Day 1 continued to day 2 and so did the chills. I couldnt do some of the exercise moves properly(Had to follow modifier) as jumping kind of aggravates my headache. I had to take a tynenol in office as who can work with a splitting headache.

Breakfast

1 cup Oatmeal + 1 Cup blueberries

Snack 1
1 cup Frozen Mango

Lunch
Vegetable curry(recipe from cook book) + sprouted grain tortilla + orange

Snack 2
1 small apple

Dinner

Vegetable curry(recipe from cook book) + quinoa

Water

Hit the goal of 70 oz 

Exercise 

T25 Speed 2.0

Additional Comments
I was about to skip my evening dinner as I did not have the patience to eat the vegetable curry yet again. But 'miraculously' (yes I am being over dramatic) i came up with an idea. I chopped up some thin slices of red onion and half a lime and some green chilies and mixed it in the vegetable curry. Voila !!! it was so yummy that I actually enjoyed every bite of it. It was like a chat(person of Indian origin will recognize this term). So I finished my day 2 strong with a cup of Chamomile tea. Slept at 9:30pm as I had to wake up at 4:45am next morning. Body beast workouts are longer so I need to wake up a 15-20 minutes earlier! Though would not lie I am bit disheartened to think that there are three more cycles of this yet to come; but then i will try to take it one day at a time. I did finish three rounds of it earlier so I can do this round too as well.