Sunday, October 21, 2012

New Diet Plan

There are a few things my meal plans have to incorporate:
1. I have less and less time to spend preparing my meals
2. I have less interest in cooking than I did before due to new interests
3. I have to lose weight
4. The food has to be tasty. I can't eat boiled tofu.
5. Food has to be fresh and healthy. I refuse to eat prepared and processed foods.

My new diet plan consists of the following:

Breakfast:
- Toast. This can be a mini bagel or sliced bread.
- Milk. I like to have hot milk made into a chai or a latte.

My Introduction to Losing Weight

My very first experience with eating healthy to lose weight started with a longish conversation with a nutritionist who worked for the hospital. I will always be forever grateful to Mrs. Dasgupta for giving me the basics of a healthy diet that turned into a fundamental base for developing my eating skills. Here it is in a nutshell. I used to weigh 72 kg, my height was 150cm. I lost over 4 kilos with this diet. But I had to stop it prematurely due my grade 12 final exams.

Breakfast:
  - 1 slice Toast
  - 1 slice low fat cheese
  - 1 cup of low fat milk
http://www.coldtoast.com/images/toastSliceWhiteBkgd.jpg

Snack/Tiffin:
  - Sandwich made with 2 slices of bread and salad (tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, etc)
http://www.peoplesdiet.com/images/vegetable-sandwich.jpg

Lunch:
  - 1 small bowl of rice
or
  - 1 small whole wheat khubus
  - 1 small piece of fish (30g)
  - unlimited vegetables cooked
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u304/sandeepablog/FishinVeggie31.jpg

Snack:
   - 4 saltine crackers
   - 1 orange
   - 1 cup milk

http://topnews.in/healthcare/sites/default/files/milk-we-drink.jpg

Dinner
   - Same as lunch
   - Walk after dinner