It started off great! Right after I posted last night I found the online chat forum I had been part of back when I found out about my doctor. And lucky enough a lady had posted the diet plan I have to follow in one of her posts! I will make a separate post with my diet plan.
And as I suspected I was doing two things wrong:
1. I was underfeeding
2. I was supposed to buy the Nutribar shake mix with added protein (not as bad of a mistake as the first!!!)
So that explains the headaches... The heartburn...
And I decided that today I would do shakes again. Best part: I was allowed to eat an egg with my shake for breakfast! I was so happy! I scrambled it plain in a nonstick pan and added a drop of fat-free chicken stock concentrate and it tasted yummy!
So here is what I had today:
Late breakfast:
-Nutribar shake with 2% milk
-1/2 portion of low-fat mozzarella
-1 organic farm egg with a drop of chicken stock concentrate (for flavouring) and the tiniest amount of butter just so it wouldn't stick (and it still did so that shows how little was used!)
Lunch:
-2 portions Nutribar shake with 2% milk
-portion of grapes and cheese
Late afternoon break:
-3 cups fat-free chicken stock
Supper:
-Soup made with 2 cups of chicken stock and 1 portion melted fat-free mozzarella
This is when things got challenging. I got super hungry in the afternoon. I realized I should have split my shakes in two. One for lunch and one for later in the afternoon. It took everything for me to concentrate on work and not think about food! I was looking up pictures of food on the internet and my nose developed a super sense of smell!
I was basically craving meat. Badly. Any meat. And I'm wondering if it's because I am not taking the shake with added protein.
Regardless, the cravings went away when I got home and ate my "cheese soup". My sister doesn't think it looks appetizing but it's the closest thing I can have to chicken noodle soup!
I'm going to have to make myself hard-boiled eggs for when I have meat cravings. You don't understand. I come from an italian background. Meat is part of every meal, every snack. There is meat everywhere. Everybody eats meat. We were made carnivorous. I will either have to contact the dietician and ask if I am allowed to incorporate some lean meats to my diet, or get some spices to add to some cooked veggies and eggs.
But all that aside, day 3 is over and day 4 starts. I'm going to do Protilife tomorrow. I really like the idea of getting my grapes and cheese at work as a snack (although I secretly wish it was low-fat cheddar...) and it's on-the-go but healthier!
Stay tuned for the next post: my diet plan and options.
gabythegirlnextdoor
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