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: a simple way to lose weight and be healthier. Join me in the Fasting Lifestyle.
How nice it is to eat a satisfying, filling meal and still know that you will weigh less tomorrow! Fasting doesn’t mean that you have to eat meager portions of boring food. Fasting does mean that your food choices will be high in protein and low in carbs and fat. The lower calories-per-day give your body a chance to recover from your usual fast-paced life — this is good, like catching your breath after a long run. Fasting two days each week really works!
Our meals are a classic ham omelette and chili con carne with a twist — this one is made with venison.
Ham ScrOmelette: 145 calories… 7.6 g fat… 0.7 g fiber… 12 g protein… 5 g carb… 45 mg Calcium… NB: Food values shown are for the ScrOmelette and fruit only, and do not include the optional beverages. PB GF Here’s another classic of the breakfast table.
++ 1½ eggs per person 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. ++++ ½ oz ground or chopped 3%-fat ham ++++ 1.5 oz melon or 1.5 oz apple ++++ herbs to taste ++++ Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait [65 calories] ++++ Optional: 5 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie [88 calories] ++
Chop the ham, slice the fruit, prep your beverage. Heat a cast iron or non-stick pan and spritz it with oil or cooking spray. Whisk the eggs and pour into the pan. When the bottom begins to set, distribute the ham over half of the eggs. {OR warm the ham briefly in the hot pan, pour in the whisked eggs and scramble together until cooked.] Fold the omelette and cook to your favorite degree of doneness. Pour your beverages, and you are off to a good start to your day.
Venison Chili: 297 calories… 5 g. fat… 35.8 g. protein…. 55 g. carbs…. PB GF This recipe is wonderfully simple and good to eat. My mother made this with ground beef. I have swapped in venison which is much lower in fat and calories. HINT: this recipe makes enough for 2 meals, so invite a friend or divide it in two and freeze the rest for a quick Fast meal later.
++ ½# ground venison: if you are not a hunter, you can find it in some stores ++++ 1 cup onion, chopped ++++ 1 clove garlic, chopped ++++ 15 oz canned tomatoes, whole or chopped, drain the liquid but save it ++++ 1 cup canned red kidney beans , drained and rinsed HINT: freeze leftover beans ++++ 3 Tbsp green pepper, chopped ++++ ¾ tsp salt ++++ 2-4 tsp chili powder ++++ ½-1 tsp cumin, ground ++++ 1 Tbsp grated Cheddar ++++ 2 oz melon ++
Pour some of the reserved tomato liquid in a heavy pan. Add the onion, garlic, and green pepper. Cook until the onions and pepper are wilted, adding more liquid as needed. Remove the vegetables, add more liquid, and cook the venison until it is browned. Add the tomatoes, beans, cooked vegetables, and seasonings to taste. When it is hot and flavorful, put half of it in a container in the freezer for another meal. Serve with sliced melon and top with the cheese.
the seasoning of your salmon]. Pour into a pan which has been sprayed briefly with cooking spray. Before the eggs set, add the salmon and scallions. Scramble to taste. Brew your beverage and take the previously-made smoothie from ‘fridge. Plate with fruit of choice. HINT: This would be a wonderful dinner, as long as you didn’t eat eggs for breakfast.
could prep this the night before, cover the ramekin in plastic, and pop it in the ‘fridge for morning. Bake at 350º for 18 minutes. While it is baking, cut and plate the fruit, brew your beverage, and make your smoothie [or take it from ‘fridge if made last week]. 271 calories; 6.7 g. fat; 13.9 g. protein; 22.2 g. carbs
sp curry powder [more if you wish] and 3/4 tsp dry mustard over the vegetables and stir to combine. Add a bay leaf and 2½ c. chicken stock. Cook down until the mixture measures 2½ cups. If you are serving one person, you will use 10 fluid oz. of the sauce; double that if serving 2 people. HINT: Freeze the remaining sauce, either in 10 oz portions or 1¼ c. portions. To continue. Steam 1 oz carrot slices and ½ c. cauliflower florets. Boil ¼ c. yellow lentils until cooked. [You will need ¼ c. cooked lentils for this dish, so use any leftover another day.] Add the cooked vegetables to the curry sauce along with 2 Tbsp green peas. Add ¾ oz cooked chicken and heat the sauce to warm all the parts. Serve with the lentils on the side and a garnish of ¼c. diced tomato or diced cucumber. 288 Calories
on-stick spray and break one 2-oz egg into the container. Add 1½ tsp grated Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, herbs, and screw on the lid. Lower the coddler into barely-boiling water and simmer 4 minutes. Turn off heat and leave the eggs in the water 1-2 minutes longer, depending on how you like your eggs. Meanwhile toast ½ slice of 70-cal bread. Mix ¼ c. blueberries with 1 Tbsp yogurt and serve on the side. Coffee or tea. Fruit smoothie [Blog Post #1] or 6 oz apple cider.
Shrimp Stir-fry with Soba Noodles:
oz [that’s 3″ at 1″ diameter] diced carrot. Cook until the carrot is almost soft. Add 2 oz chicken or turkey white meat, 1 oz broken spaghetti noodles, 1/4 cup canned white beans, 1.5 oz [1/3 c.] green beans and 1/2 oz [1.5″ x 3″] cubed Canadian bacon [back bacon for friends in Canada]. Simmer until the noodles are cooked, adding water if the soup looks too thick. 10.1 g Fat; 19.9 g Protein; 28.3 g Carbs
Eating well, with creative recipes, to follow the Fasting Lifestyle according to Michael Mosley's "Fast Diet." 