How this Fast Diet Lifestyle works: Eat these meals tomorrow, for a calorie total of less than 600. On another day this week, eat the meals from a different post, another day of eating 600 calories or less. Eat sensibly the other days of the week. That’s it. Simple way to lose weight and be healthier.How this Fast Diet
December 13 is one of our favorite days. I read the Swedish legend of Saint Lucy when I was in 6th grade and was charmed by the idea of a daughter taking breakfast in bed to her parents while wearing a wreath of candles in her hair. So I made a white robe [my mother never asked where that sheet went], and a pine-cone wreath, and wrote some new words to the tune of “Santa Lucia” — and the rest was history. Saint Lucy visited our house annually when our sons were little [a new song was written then], and she will make an appearance this year too. We devote the evening to decorating the Christmas Tree while enjoying an easy-to-eat dinner. It is possible to have a family celebration and still remain on the Fast Diet — try these menus. Or, change your Fast Day to the day before the festival day or the day after. Since the original Lucy/Lucia was born in Sicily, we’ll prepare eggs with the flavors of that island. For dinner we move to the Baltic region with a meal that followers of her northern version would recognize.
Sicilian ScrOmelette: 298 calories 11 g fat 2.4 g fiber 19 g protein 31 g carbs 290 mg Calcium PB GF A protein-packed salad meets eggs for breakfast.
1-½ two-oz eggs HINT: If you are serving one person, crack three 2-oz eggs into a small bowl or glass measuring cup. Whip up those eggs and pour half of their volume into a jar with a lid and put it in the ‘fridge for next week. ¼ oz salami sausage ¼ oz mozzerella 2 Tbsp chopped wild greens [ex: dandelion] or arugula optional: blackish coffee or blackish tea or lemon in hot water optional: 5-6 oz green smoothie or fruit smoothie or unpasturized apple cider
Chop the sausage, the cheese, and the greens, and combine them gently. Heat a well-seasoned cast iron or non-stick pan and spritz it with oil or cooking spray. Whisk the eggs with salt and pepper, then pour into the heated pan. As the eggs set, sprinkle the sausage mixture over the eggs. Scramble or fold as an omelette and enjoy with the beverages of choice.
Herring Salad: 278 calories 6 g fat 6.8 g fiber 16 g protein 24 g carbs 103 mg Calcium PB GF Luchöw’s Restaurant will live in memory as long as a certain generation still breathes. And there was a lot to remember about it: the decor, the old-world service, the menu. Not a hokey tourist trap – it was the genuine article. This is one of their fine Old World recipes. NB: if you take a MOIA anti-depressent, be aware that herring has high amounts of tyramine. 1 -1/2 oz herring marinated in wine, drained 1/4 cup beets, cooked, cooled and diced 1 -1/2 oz apple, peeled and diced 1/4 cup white beans, drained and rinsed 1/2 hard-boiled egg, sliced 2 Tbsp onion, minced 1/2 oz dill pickle, chopped pinch sugar + 2 tsp vinegar, or more 1 cup lettuce, shredded
Whisk the vinegar and sugar in a bowl until the sugar dissolves. Add remaining ingredients and toss gently until everything is well-incorporated. Taste to see if it needs more sugar or more vinegar. A herring-lover’s delight.
Breakfast, single portion
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| favorite breakfast. | cottage cheese + nutmeg |
| maple syrup + cinnamon | |
| blueberries or raspberries | |
| optional smoothie | optional smoothie |
| optional hot beverage | optional hot beverage |
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| favorite dinner. | rice spring-roll wrappers |
| lettuce + carrot + cherry tomatoes | |
| flavorful oil + good vinegar | |
| Sparkling water | Sparkling water |
Eating well, with creative recipes, to follow the Fasting Lifestyle according to Michael Mosley's "Fast Diet." 