Soon I will welcome every opportunity to 'gass bag' on about everything to do with life in the world today, and perhaps post some controversial insights, yet for now I am going to post what maybe a small achievement I am working on over just a short period...THE PROTEIN DIET!
After watching someone lose about 5kgs in 5 days, mind you they weigh about 35 Kgs less than me, I thought, I should give this a try and could possibly lose 5-kgs in a week.
Huge discipline, no veggies, no fruit, no bread, no pasta, no sugar - just meaty goodness with eggs!
Day 1 - Sunday 2nd December - evening meal take-off
Idea is to have absolutely no saturated fats and sugars for a 5-7 day period to shock your body into sourcing energy from your stored body fats. I am a great storer.
So after a food coma bolognese at a winery in Sunbury (shit too by the way) I embarked on the 'protein journey'!
Stocking up at the local Woolworth's, we spent about $100 on mostly meats, also eggs and some protein bars.
The first meal.
- 1 large chicken Breast
- 2 Salmon steaks
Flattened chicken breast with mallet. Added some olive oil to the pan with some minced garlic. Browned on both sides and added lemon and myrtle seasoning for flavour. Continued until cooked.
Added the salmon to pan with olive oil. Sear on both sides and added a Little salt. Once seared properly on both sides, added a little lemon and lime juice.
The meal consisted of half a chicken breast an one portion of salmon; probably about 300gms. Plus 1 litre of water.
Day 2 - Monday 3rd December
Breakfast at 9am - 3 rashes of shortcut bacon and 2 eggs beaten and then scrambled on hot pan with a little olive oil. Simple. 2 glasses of water. Done.
Snack 11:30am - half a 100gm protein bar...weird. Glass of water.
Lunch 1:30pm - Half a cooked chicken breast (made 3 in total night before) with some shaved ham on the side and a slice of turkey breast.
Snack 4:30pm - half a 100gm protein bar...still weird. Glass of water.
6:30pm - Walked the dogs for 30minutes.
Dinner 7:30pm - Cooked four fillets of fish approx. 150 gms each. Added a touch of olive oil and minced garlic to pan, searing fish, I add chilli flakes, dukka seasoning and finish with lemon juice to dress and serve plain. I ate two fillets, dinner done! 2 glasses of water.
Day 3 - Tuesday 4th December
The weigh-in!
Have I achieved instant results? I've certainly noticed a change in body temperament.
Slight headaches and not quite right stomach. Not to mention toilet unmentionables. But aside all that, probably would have helped if I weighed myself properly at the start. Besides not trusting some very cheap looking scales, looks as though I am around 125kg. A huge 34kgs heavier than when I was 23, and still a good 15-20kg, above what should be my resting weight for a large framed man who is an expert at watching sport and not an avid exerciser.
Breakfast at 9am - 3 rashes of shortcut bacon and 2 eggs beaten and then scrambled on hot pan with a little olive oil. Simple. 2 glasses of water. Done.
10:30am - No sugar soft drink can.
Snack 11:30am - half a 100gm protein bar...weird. Glass of water.
Snack 5:30pm. half a 100gm protein bar...weird. Glass of water.
7pm - Walked the dogs for 20minutes.
Dinner - 7.45pm - made a crust-less quiche...hmmm, not bad. heard that spring onions were OK,so made up 6 eggs beaten, added small pieces of roast chicken (about 1/3rd no skin), shaved ham 50gm, diced spring onion, chopped parsley and basil leaves along with a little salt and pepper. Baked in a small quiche/pie dish on baking paper!
I had just under a quarter. Plus I had about 100 grams of roast chicken with coriander. Plus 500ml sparkling plain water.
How to do coriander chicken...broke up remainder of roast chicken pieces (I used a free-range Lilydale chicken and cooked in oven). Placed in large mixing bowl, diced up a handful of fresh coriander and added to mix. Added chilli flakes. Dropped in a few dashes of fish oil and a dash of soy sauce. Mixed around, and ready to serve.
I am not sure on what the rules are for herbs, but they are a great off-set for plain meat.
Now to make up some meat balls with low-fat mince meat, garlic, some taco seasoning and coriander. Hmmm...tomorrow's next meal!
Hoping to continue the protein only diet until Friday lunch time, so 5 full days! Then to add slowly veggies and salads. If I can drop 5-7 kgs in a week and then go another 5kgs in next fortnight, 10 kgs in three weeks would be an outstanding result...hardest part is to change habits of carbohydrates, but this process should set some real practices of low-carb and low-sugar healthy eating.
BTW lack of sugar headaches are a bitch!
