Thursday, January 31

2:00pm
-celery with almond butter


6:00pm
-egg salad with flax crackers

7:00pm
-asparagus and faina
6:00am
-shake
beet juice
plain kefir
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
water and ice

-10 raw nuts

9:30am
eggs with tomatoes, salsa, and avocado


12:00pm
-egg salad with raw flax crackers

Wednesday, January 30

6:00am
beet/spinach/protein shake

10:00am
egg salad
faina

12:00
protein and water

7:00pm
eggs with mixed vegetables

9:00pm
celery with almond butter

Tuesday, January 29

6:00pm
-pb&green shake
spinach
almond milk
peanut butter
whey protein isolate
ice

6:30am
-fuchsia shake
beet juice
plain kefir
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
water and ice

9:30am
eggs with mixed veggies


1:30pm
celery with homemade almond butter

Monday, January 28

7:00am
-shake
beet juice
plain kefir
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
spinach
water and ice

-coffee

11:00am
-egg salad with flax cracker

Sunday, January 27

8:30pm
-egg whites with guacamole and tomatoes
-10 raw nuts

9:30pm
coffee
5:45pm
-a few of these

3:45pm
-shake
plain kefir
beet juice
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
flax
water and ice
2:00pm
-raw cucumber and red pepper with hummus
11:45am
-eggs with mixed veggies and garbanzo beans and a flax cracker
7:45am
-whey protein isolate with water and beet juice
-coffee
-raw nuts

Saturday, January 26

Cheat day!!!

ummm pizza, bread, a little chocolate, protein and almond milk, finally finished that cupcake.  ready for tomorrow's good food!

Cheat Day!!!


Cheat Day!!!

10:00am
-farmer's market pastry and coffee

Cheat Day!!!

7:00am
-whey protein isolate with almond milk and coffee
-10 raw nuts

Friday, January 25

10:30pm
-1/2 scoop protein with unsweetened almond milk and vanilla extract & ice
10:00pm
- raw nuts with almond butter (I know, I know)  Actually tastes quite delicious.
6:00pm
-roasted veggies and garbanzo beans (red & yellow pepper, squash, french green beans, and garbanzo beans, with italian spices and olive oil)
-whey protein isolate with water

10:00am
-carrots and red pepper with hummus


12:30pm
-white bean soup
-raw nuts
5:30am
-egg whites with salsa and avocado
-coffee

Thursday, January 24

7:40pm
-white bean soup (made by Chrissy with greens and veggies and white beans)
-whey protein isolate with water
3:00pm
-protein with water and beet juice
1:30pm
-egg salad with flax cracker
5:30am
-whey protein isolate with water
-10 raw nuts
-coffee


9:30am
eggs with spinach, salsa, avocado

Wednesday, January 23

2:30pm
-10 raw nuts

7:00pm
-eggs scrambled with mixed veggies and salsa
5:30am
-coffee
-fuchsia shake with
plain kefir
beet juice
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
water and ice

-Jorge's Skinny muffin (nibbled throughout morning, finished at lunch)

10:15am
-garbanzo bean, tomato, spinach skillet from last night

12:30pm
-white bean soup (made by Chrissy, yummmm!!!)  with rest of flax muffin

BTW... I keep a cup of water with a straw by my computer all day to try to remind myself to drink water.  That's helped me a bit.

Tuesday, January 22

9:30pm
-7 raw nuts (raw cashews and raw almonds)
5:00pm
-garbanzo beans, tomatoes, spinach in a skillet
(spiced with curry, dried basil, garlic salt, pepper)
super easy, 10 minutes all together
....this is sooooo delicious!!

2:00pm
-purple shake
plain kefir
beet juice
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
spinach
water and ice

-flax cracker with almond butter
6:00am
-whey protein isolate with water
-10 raw nuts
-coffee


9:30am
-egg whites mixed with roasted veggies and salsa with a flax cracker

2.5 hours later, still FULL

Monday, January 21

6:30pm
-egg whites, roasted veggies, salsa, little avocado, all mixed together
6:00am
-purple shake
beet juice
plain kefir
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
water and ice

-10 raw nuts


10:15am
-roasted veggies
-beet salad

2:00
-lentil soup with Jorge's skinny flax muffin

Sunday, January 20

12:00pm
-shake
carrot
kale
celery
lemon
hemp protein

2:00pm
-whey protein isolate with water and beet juice

7:00pm
-lentil soup with Jorge's Skinny flax muffin
6:00am
-whey protein isolate with water
-coffee

8:30am
-eggs with spinach, salsa, and avocado

Saturday, January 19

And then this happened...

A hot dinner date at the Turtle Club on the beach
-cheese plate
-beet salad
-1 bread roll
-CARROT CAKE
It was a celebration!!!  And I don't feel bad about it either, ha!

2:00pm
-roasted veggies (squash, zucchini, red pepper, yellow pepper)
5:00
-lentil soup
12:00pm
-fuschia shake
beet juice
plain kefir
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
ground flax
water and ice


9:00 am
-egg whites, black beans, and salsa scramble
7:00am
-whey protein isolate with water
-coffee

Friday, January 18

Results

I am 2 weeks into this eating plan.  The only thing I have changed is my eating habits, and not all that extremely, I might add.  I exercise on a daily basis, and have kept the intensity and frequency consistent.  With that said, most changes in my measurements are based solely on this eating plan that I have adopted.
14 days
4 lbs down
2% body fat down
3 inches lost
For those who don't know me, I am a petite person already, so those are pretty significant numbers on my body.
And I feel great.
So,, to carry on!

Cheat Day!!!

3:00pm
-Jorge's Skinny Flax muffin with chocolate chips and raw sugar on top
5:00pm
-whey protein isolate with water
-cheese and corn chips

7:00pm
-dehydrated veggie chips
-a cookie

9:30pm
-ice cream

Cheat Day!!!

5:30am
-purple (well brown really, looked gross, tasted great) shake
blueberry juice
blueberry kefir
whey protein isolate
flax
spinach
water and ice

9:00am
-mom's fudge
-carrots and hummus


12:00pm
-PANCAKES! with peanut butter sauce and jelly on a lunch date with sister hayes and shannon:)

Thursday, January 17

7:30pm
-purple shake
beet juice
kefir
apple cider vinegar
whey protein isolate
spinach
water and ice
3:00pm
-the rest of the eggs, black beans, salsa, and faina from lunch


5:00pm
-I made the Jorge Skinny Flax Muffin with the CORRECT ingredients this time, and it turned out quite well.  I used the beautiful ceramic bowl and recipe that Bobbi gave me this morning:)
-Flax muffin paired with Chrissy's lentil soup, yummmm

5:30am
-whey protein isolate with water
-10 raw nuts
-coffee


9:30am
-egg whites with black beans and salsa over faina
This was extremely delicious and filling, not hungry at all for at least a few hours and I couldn't even finish it all.





Wednesday, January 16

8:00pm
So, I tried the Jorge Cruise flax muffin (flax seed, egg, baking powder, and olive oil thrown together in a coffee mug and nuked).  And in true Jenny fashion, I accidentally used baking soda instead of baking powder.  DUHHHH.  It was a bit bitter, but I ate it (not realizing my mistake) with some of the lentil soup Chrissy made, and that just fixed everything!  So, I can't give a true assessment of the flax muffin, but I will definitely be trying it again... after I purchase some baking powder of course.
3:00pm
-avocado, tomato, salsa (kinda like a salad I guess)
12:00 pm
-DELICIOUS lentil and vegetable soup made by Chrissy.  I LOVE food that fits my plan when it's made by friends!!!  With the "faina" I attempted yesterday:)

5:30am

-purple shake:
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c beet juice
2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2Tbsp flax
1 scoop whey isolate protein
spinach
water and ice
-coffee


Between 7:00am and 11:00am (ate bites between clients)
-beet and carrot salad
-carrots and hummus
-raw nuts

Tuesday, January 15

6:00pm
-Faina with asparagus
8:00pm
-whey protein isolate with water
1:00pm
-purple shake:
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c beet juice
2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2Tbsp flax
spinach
whey protein isolate
water and ice

-2:30
-attempted to make Faina (an italian flatbread made from garbanzo bean flour).  Turned out OKAY.  Flavor is good, texture could use a little work, maybe too much water.  I need to play with the recipe a little, but it was definitely a good fix for something new.
5:30am
-whey protein isolate with water
-coffee
-10 nuts


9:30am
-egg whites with black beans, red peppers, tomatoes, green chilies, avocado

Monday, January 14

5:30pm
-coffee shake with
1/2c unsweetened almond milk
1c coffee
1 scoop whey protein
2Tbsp ground flax
vanilla extract
ice


-eggs with black beans, red peppers, tomatoes, chilies, avocado
11:00am
-beet and carrot salad from Whole Foods















12:30pm
-egg whites with spinach

6:30am
-shake with
1/2c beet juice
1/2c plain kefir
2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2Tbsp ground flax
1 scoop whey protein isolate
spinach
water & ice

Sunday, January 13

Race Day food

5:30am
-coffee

6:00am
-egg salad with spinach
-whey protein isolate with water
-raw nuts

8:00am
-black beans with red peppers, tomatoes, chilies

8:30am
-beet juice
-raw nuts
 9:00-11:00 - water

NOTE: felt great in regards to food/energy for 11:00 race


2:00
-egg salad
SOOO hungry, could murder
4:30
-split pea soup

Saturday, January 12

Travelling

We are on the road again for a standup paddleboard race.  2 days in Miami.  Sometimes on these weekend trips, we will have one dinner out, but otherwise we pack all of our food.  We have saved countless dollars and calories with this plan.  It really is easy, just takes a little planning.  We are not planning on dining out this weekend; so here is my food!

-raw nuts
-black beans cooked with red peppers, tomatoes & chilies
-avocado
-egg salad
-spinach
-raw red peppers and hummus
-shake stuff: protein, ground flax, beet juice, unsweetened almond milk, plain kefir and of course my magic bullet!
Everything can be eaten cold, we just pack a cooler
-OH YEAH, not pictured is the coffee.  We bring copious amounts of coffee.
4:30am
-egg whites
-coffee

Friday, January 11

Cheat Day

8:30pm
-cheese pizza
-2 chocolate chip cookies

READY FOR TOMORROW!!!

Cheat Day

3:30pm
-2 chocolate chip cookies with almond milk

Cheat Day

2:30pm
-mini cupcake
-croissant with butter
-coffee

Cheat Day!

5:30am
-coffee
-whey protein isolate with water, beet juice, 2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
-10 raw nuts

7:30
-egg salad

10:30
-Mom's fudge!!!

Thursday, January 10

10:00pm
-black beans with sauteed zucchini, squash, and green beans
-10 raw cashews
5:00pm

-Fuchsia Shake!
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c beet juice
2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 scoop whey protein isolate
2Tbsp ground flax
water and ice

12:30 and 4:00
-raw green peppers with hummus
9:30am
-egg whites with black beans, spinach, salsa, and avocado. mmmmmmm


6:00am
-10 raw nuts
-coffee
-white shake with
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c unsweetened almond milk
2Tbsp ground flax
1 scoop whey protein isolate
vanilla extract
ice and water

Wednesday, January 9

7:00pm
eggs, black beans, salsa, guacamole
4:00pm
-purple shake
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c beet juice
2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 scoop whey protein isolate
1c frozen spinach
water and ice
5:30am
-10 raw nuts
-coffee

7:15am
-white shake with
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c unsweetened almond milk
2Tbsp ground flax
1 scoop whey protein isolate
vanilla extract
cinnamon
water and ice

9:15am
-egg salad on spinach

12:15pm
-black beans with sauteed squash, zucchini, and green beans

Tuesday, January 8

6:30pm
-spaghetti squash with sauteed vegetables and raw tomato sauce.
Thanks Shannon!!  Soooo good:)
2:45pm
-Fuchsia Shake!
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c beet juice
2Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 scoop whey protein isolate
2Tbsp ground flax
water and ice


5:30am
-coffee
-10 raw almonds


6:45am
-shake with
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c unsweetened almond milk
1/2c water
1 scoop whey isolate protein
tsp vanilla extract
shake of cinnamon
ice


10:00am
-egg salad on bed of spinach

Monday, January 7

9:15pm
-egg salad on bed of spinach.  so delicious!!!
7:00pm
-black beans and guacamole
4:30pm
-shake
1/2c kefir
1/2c beet juice
1/2c water
1c frozen spinach
1scoop whey isolate protein powder
2 Tbsp ground flax
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
12:00
-raw red pepper with hummus
7:45am
-2 eggs with black beans, salsa, avocado

10:00am
-10 raw nuts
6:00am
-shake
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c unsweetened almond milk
1 scoop whey protein isolate
1tsp vanilla extract
ice

Sunday, January 6

4:00pm
-10 raw nuts

7:00pm
-squash, zucchini, green beans
-1 scoop whey protein isolate with water
12:00pm
-raw red pepper with hummus
-water
11:40am
-egg salad
9:45am
-10 raw nuts
8:00 am
-shake with
1/2c plain kefir
1/2c beet juice
2T apple cider vinegar
2T ground flax
1 scoop whey protein isolate
1c frozen spinach
cinnamon
ice
water

-coffee

Saturday, January 5

Cheat day, somewhere between noon and nine pm, I ate this stuff...
-2 pieces of cheese pizza
-2 mini cupcakes
-1 croissant
- mocha coffe
-small amount of ice cream... Graeters Rasberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!!

Cheat day started a bit boring because with 8 hours of yoga scheduled today, I actually couldn't bring myself to eat like crap during that.  But I more than made up for it in the 2nd half of the day!!!  And I look forward to tomorrow's clean food.

7:00am
-2 eggs with cheese on toasted sandwich thin
-small piece of ribbon candy
5:30am
-1 scoop whey isolate protein, 1/4c beet juice, water
-coffee

CHEAT DAY!!!!  

Friday, January 4

5:00pm
-half of egg salad
-half of whey protein, 1/2c beet juice, & water

Will eat other half at 7:00 after yoga
3:30pm
-10 raw nuts
1:20pm
-black beans, guacamole, salsa
-used raw red peppers to dip

-coffee
10:10am
-shake with
1/2c beet juice
1/2c plain kefir
1c water
2Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 scoop whey isolate protein
2Tbs ground flax
1/4c frozen spinach
1/4c frozen kale

9:30am
-10 raw nuts (mix)
6:20am
-2 eggs with black beans, spinach, and salsa
- coffee

pictures and measurements

Thursday, January 3

6:40pm
- 1 scoop whey protein isolate with 1/4c beet juice and water
- 10 nuts (raw cashews, raw almonds, and raw walnuts)
4:30pm
-black beans, guacamole, salsa
-used raw red pepper for dipping
-water
-coffee after

-will eat beans earlier from now on for satiety.  did not cook them until this afternoon.
11:25am
-2 eggs omelette shape with tomatoes/green chilies and avocado
-water
9:45am - 10 raw almonds and cashews
6:30am -
cup of coffee

shake
1/2 c beet juice
1/2 c plain kefir
1/2 c water
1/2 c frozen spinach
1 scoop whey isolate protein
2 Tbs ground flax
2 Tbs apple cider vinegar

The Rules taken from The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss

RULE 1: AVOID "WHITE" CARBOHYDRATES.

Avoid any carbohydrate that is, or can be, white. The following foods are prohibited, except for within 30 minutes of finishing a resistance-training workout like those described in the "From Geek to Freak" or "Occam's Protocol" chapters: all bread, rice (including brown), cereal, potatoes, pasta, tortillas, and fried food with breading. If you avoid eating the aforementioned foods and anything else white, you'll be safe.
Just for fun, another reason to avoid the whities: chlorine dioxide, one of the chemicals used to bleach flour (even if later made brown again, a common trick), combines with residual protein in most of these foods to form alloxan. Researchers use alloxan in lab rats to induce diabetes. That's right-it's used to produce diabetes. This is bad news if you eat anything white or "enriched."
Don't eat white stuff unless you want to get fatter.

RULE 2: EAT THE SAME FEW MEALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

The most successful dieters, regardless of whether their goal is muscle gain or fat-loss, eat the same few meals over and over again. There are 47,000 products in the average U.S. grocery store, but only a handful of them won't make you fat.
Mix and match from the following list, constructing each meal with one pick from each of the three groups. I've starred the choices that produce the fastest fat-loss for me:

Proteins
*Egg whites with 1–2 whole eggs for flavor (or, if organic, 2–5 whole eggs, including yolks)
*Chicken breast or thigh
*Beef (preferably grass-fed)
Pork
*Fish

Legumes
*Lentils (also called "dal" or "daal")

*Black beans

Pinto beans

Red beans
Soybeans

Vegetables
*Spinach
*Mixed vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower, or any other cruciferous vegetables)
*Sauerkraut, kimchee (full explanation of these later in "Damage Control")
Asparagus
Peas
Broccoli
Green beans

Eat as much as you like of the above food items, but keep it simple. Pick three or four meals and repeat them. Almost all restaurants can give you a salad or vegetables in place of french fries, potatoes, or rice.
Surprisingly, I have found Mexican food (after swapping out rice for vegetables) to be one of the cuisines most conducive to the Slow-Carb Diet. If you have to pay an extra $1–3 to substitute at a restaurant, consider it your six-pack tax, the nominal fee you pay to be lean. Most people who go on "low"-carbohydrate diets complain of low energy and quit because they consume insufficient calories. A half-cup of rice is 300 calories, whereas a half-cup of spinach is 15 calories! Vegetables are not calorically dense, so it is critical that you add legumes for caloric load.
Eating more frequently than four times per day might be helpful on higher-carb diets to prevent gorging, but it's not necessary with the ingredients we're using. Eating more frequent meals also appears to have no enhancing effect on resting metabolic rate, despite claims to the contrary.
Frequent meals can be used in some circumstances (see "The Last Mile"), but not for this reason.
The following meal schedule is based on a late sleep schedule, as I'm a night owl who gives up the ghost at 2:00 a.m. at the earliest, usually with wineglass or book still in hand, à la heroin addict. Adjust your meals to fit your schedule, but make sure to have your first meal within an hour of waking. Meals are approximately four hours apart.

10:00 am - Breakfast
2:00 pm - Lunch
6:30 pm - Smaller second lunch
8:00–9:00 pm - Recreation or sports training, if scheduled.
10:00 pm - Dinner
12:00 am - Glass of red wine and Discovery Channel before bed

Here are some of my meals that recur again and again:

Breakfast (home): Scrambled Eggology® pourable egg whites with one whole egg, black beans, and mixed vegetables warmed up or cooked in a microwave using Pyrex® containers.
Lunch (Mexican restaurant): Grass-fed organic beef, pinto beans, mixed vegetables, and extra guacamole.
Dinner (home): Grass-fed organic beef (from Trader Joe's), lentils, and mixed vegetables.

Just remember: this diet is, first and foremost, intended to be effective, not fun. It can be fun with a few tweaks (the next chapter covers this), but that's not the goal.

RULE 3: DON'T DRINK CALORIES.

Drink massive quantities of water and as much unsweetened tea, coffee (with no more than two tablespoons of cream; I suggest using cinnamon instead), or other no-calorie/low-calorie beverages as you like. Do not drink milk (including soy milk), normal soft drinks, or fruit juice. Limit diet soft drinks to no more than 16 ounces per day if you can, as the aspartame can stimulate weight gain.
I'm a wine fanatic and have one to two glasses of red wine almost every evening. It doesn't appear to have any negative impact on my rate of fat-loss. Red wine is by no means required for this diet to work, but it's 100% allowed (unlike white wines and beer, both of which should be avoided). Up to two glasses of red per night, no more.

RULE 4: DON'T EAT FRUIT.

Humans don't need fruit six days a week, and they certainly don't need it year-round. If your ancestors were from Europe, for example, how much fruit did they eat in the winter 500 years ago? Think they had Florida oranges in December? Not a chance. But you're still here, so the lineage somehow survived.
The only exceptions to the no-fruit rule are tomatoes and avocadoes, and the latter should be eaten in moderation (no more than one cup or one meal per day). Otherwise, just say no to fruit and its principal sugar, fructose, which is converted to glycerol phosphate more efficiently than almost all other carbohydrates. Glycerol phosphate p triglycerides (via the liver) p fat storage. There are a few biochemical exceptions to this, but avoiding fruit six days per week is the most reliable policy.
But what's this "six days a week" business? It's the seventh day that allows you, if you so desire, to eat peach crepes and banana bread until you go into a coma.

RULE 5: TAKE ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK.

I recommend Saturdays as your Dieters Gone Wild (DGW) day. I am allowed to eat whatever I want on Saturdays, and I go out of my way to eat ice cream, Snickers, Take 5, and all of my other vices in excess. If I drank beer, I'd have a few pints of Paulaner Hefe-Weizen.
I make myself a little sick each Saturday and don't want to look at any junk for the rest of the week. Paradoxically, dramatically spiking caloric intake in this way once per week increases fat-loss by ensuring that your metabolic rate (thyroid function and conversion of T4 to T3, etc.) doesn't downshift from extended caloric restriction.
That's right: eating pure crap can help you lose fat. Welcome to Utopia. There are no limits or boundaries during this day of gluttonous enjoyment. There is absolutely no calorie counting on this diet, on this day or any other.
Start the diet at least five days before your designated cheat day. If you choose Saturday, for example, I would suggest starting your diet on a Monday.

That's All, Folks!

If the founding fathers could sum up our government in a six-page constitution, the above is all we need to summarize rapid fat-loss for 99.99% of the population. Followed to the letter, I've never seen it fail. Never. When you feel mired in details or confused by the latest-and-greatest
contradictory advice, return to this short chapter. All you need to remember is:

Rule 1: Avoid "white" carbohydrates (or anything that can be white).
Rule 2: Eat the same few meals over and over again.
Rule 3: Don't drink calories.
Rule 4: Don't eat fruit.
Rule 5: Take one day off per week and go nuts.