Cook Yourself Thin
I was watching HGTV and there was a new show called Cook Yourself Thin. One of the women was in denial as a size 12 (pushing 14) and came down to a firm size 10 after 6 weeks of changing her eating habits. She was adorable at the reveal – she decided that if she is what she eat, she would only make vibrant, firm and flavourful foods.
Their recommendation was to eat 10 times the calories of your ideal weight. The example for this woman was: to be 140 lb, you should eat about 1400 calories per day.
The hosts had a great replacement breakfast sandwich to this woman’s daily fried egg and ham croissant: half a whole wheat muffin, poached egg done in simmering water with 2 Tbs of vinegar to keep the whites together, a slice of grilled tomato with oregano, and ham that had been thinly sliced and piled up. This is similar in concept to my spinach omlette in a ham cup (84 calories if using egg whites) with a slice of tomato on whole wheat toast. I tried it for breakfast, after finishing a mug of hot water and lemon juice, and it was surprisingly filling.
Sadly, I have a hard time digesting plain egg, so its more of a treat. I eat ½ cup each: oats soaked overnight in milk and vanilla yogurt and topped with 1 Tbs of jarred berries (233 calories).
For lunch the hosts redid her hamburger and fries with spiced sweet potato fries and a homemade turkey burger with sliced avocado, instead of mayo. I prefer a casserole for lunch, because its easy to reheat at work. However, I love sweet potato fries, I just don’t make them very often because Steve won’t eat them.
For dinner, they remade a pepperoni pizza using sliced chicken sausage and vegetables with grated hard parmesan as the cheese. Delicious looking! Way healthier than ours (lol) – Steve made one by himself, for himself (¼ per meal) this past week while I enjoyed my beef and vegetable soup. It stacked almost 1.5″ high! It had ground beef, mushrooms, peppers, sliced tomatoes, mozzarella and cheddar. Here’s the picture proof:
