Day 6, Back to basics

So, cheat day was pretty darn fun. I gained back about 1.5 lbs this morning, but the book swears you lose that + in a day or two. Still, it's a 5 day total weight loss of 4 pounds, which is very impressive. This morning it was back to eggs and beans, and that was just fine by me. I also ate a banana some time yesterday, but I'm having trouble finding the picture on my computer. I think the cheat day total was 2400-2500 calories? I will have to do a more detailed breakdown at some point. Several friends on Facebook have said they want to try the diet, so at this point I will tell you some things that I found essential:

-Macadamia oil, for cooking
-Carton of egg whites so you can supplement whole eggs and not waste nice eggs
-Pre-washed fresh greens (everything else I'm getting frozen or canned, but for me there is no substitute for fresh arugula)
-Beano or some other enzyme for help with digestion and gassiness
-Lemons (for flavor and citrus juice is recommended)

Pretty soon I will start posting some of my favorite recipes and cooking tips that are making this plan delicious for me.






Breakfast, Day 6: Scrambled eggs, pinto beans, avocado, salsa, coffee with a small amount of cream



Lunch, Day 6: Small bison burger, small piece lemon chicken, spinach, green beans, arugula, homemade apple cider vinegar dressing. I was trying to get rid of all the remaining food from the previous week in order to make room in the fridge and figure out what I needed to get at the store to ready myself for the coming week. I think later tonight I am going to make fish and try my hand at making mashed great northern beans in a manner that mimics mashed potatoes.



Dinner, Day 6: Baked trout, garlic mashed great northern beans, green beans. This is yet another combination that I hope to repeat. All three were delicious, and this was very inexpensive. Green beans are about $.65 per can, and this as 1/2 a can, great northern beans = $.70 per can and this was a little over 1/2 a can, each piece of trout was about $1.60--much cheaper than salmon but with a very similar taste and texture.

From my calculations, this day was about 1275 calories.