Well, I'm a newb at the whole health scene, but one day I decided to try something new after many years of being overweight. I finally got fed up when I hit 203 pounds @ 5 foot 9 inches. The diet I'm about to describe has been abandoned because it only worked during a long break period from college and when I got back, dealing with the stress, lack of sleep and dieting was too demanding.
The diet was very much based on time, quite strictly:
10:00AM: 120-150 grams of lean protein (usually 3 eggs, tuna or chicken) mixed with 3 tablespoons of salsa and I chopped up an entire onion into the mixture. This would be accompanied by two pieces of whole grain toast bread and sometimes a fruit, usually a banana.
2:00PM: Lunch. This consisted of a single protein shake that I felt filled me up and killed off any bit of hunger I had until dinner time. The shake consisted of either 1% or 2% milk (250 ml or 1 cup), 125 ml of natural Tropicana fruit juice and two scoops of protein powder (16g protein per scoop) It tasted pretty good too!
7:00PM: Home-made dinner by mom. Usually Mediterranean, Italian or Middle-Eastern dishes, but sometimes very basic meals (chicken, potatoes, salad) I'd take a fist and a half portion of meat, a plateful of salad, half a fist of carb-based food and avoided bread completely.
Throughout the day, I'd drink close to a gallon or 4L of water, spread out of course.
That is 100% all that my diet consisted of, nothing more, nothing less. I did not do any exercise whatsoever, however, I did go out more often walking around shopping centers and going downtown a lot more often, just walking around a lot. After 6 weeks, I dropped to 173 pounds. I've gone off the diet for a few weeks now and there hasn't been much of on increase. I presently weigh in at 176 pounds.
So yeah, that's my story.
The diet was very much based on time, quite strictly:
10:00AM: 120-150 grams of lean protein (usually 3 eggs, tuna or chicken) mixed with 3 tablespoons of salsa and I chopped up an entire onion into the mixture. This would be accompanied by two pieces of whole grain toast bread and sometimes a fruit, usually a banana.
2:00PM: Lunch. This consisted of a single protein shake that I felt filled me up and killed off any bit of hunger I had until dinner time. The shake consisted of either 1% or 2% milk (250 ml or 1 cup), 125 ml of natural Tropicana fruit juice and two scoops of protein powder (16g protein per scoop) It tasted pretty good too!
7:00PM: Home-made dinner by mom. Usually Mediterranean, Italian or Middle-Eastern dishes, but sometimes very basic meals (chicken, potatoes, salad) I'd take a fist and a half portion of meat, a plateful of salad, half a fist of carb-based food and avoided bread completely.
Throughout the day, I'd drink close to a gallon or 4L of water, spread out of course.
That is 100% all that my diet consisted of, nothing more, nothing less. I did not do any exercise whatsoever, however, I did go out more often walking around shopping centers and going downtown a lot more often, just walking around a lot. After 6 weeks, I dropped to 173 pounds. I've gone off the diet for a few weeks now and there hasn't been much of on increase. I presently weigh in at 176 pounds.
So yeah, that's my story.
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