I need to make sure I am sticking to the diet I want to follow. As outlined in the Geocache Diet – Day 81 we are using Asian and Meditteranian diets as the base for our healthier long term eating plan. I decided that I should put my desired menu for the next 7 days into a blog and try to follow it closely to see some real results.
Day 1
- Breakfast: ½ cup bran cereal with nuts, seeds, and some plain non-fat yogurt & a piece of fruit
- Lunch: lettuce, tomato, onion, and hummus, in a whole wheat tortilla
- Dinner: Shrimp, Bok Choy, & Snow Pea Stir Fry
Day 2
- Breakfast: Multigrain bread with some olive oil and natural peanut butter. Piece of fruit.
- Lunch: Green Salad with some chick peas and mozzarella cheese
- Dinner: Portobello Mushroom Burgers
Day 3
- Breakfast: ½ cup bran cereal with nuts, seeds, and some plain non-fat yogurt & a piece of fruit
- Lunch: Open Faced Sabdwhich with whole wheat bread with cucumber, lettuce, & tomato and olive oil
- Dinner: Grilled Chicken & Greek Salad
Day 4
- Breakfast: Multigrain bread with red onions and tomato drizzled with olive oil
- Lunch: Multigrain Bread with lettuce, tomato, cucumber & canned tuna
- Dinner: Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)
Day 5
- Breakfast: Multigrain bread with some olive oil and natural peanut butter. Piece of fruit.
- Lunch: lettuce, tomato, onion, and hummus, in a whole wheat tortilla
- Dinner: Garlic Chicken Pasta
Day 6
- Breakfast: ½ cup bran cereal with nuts, seeds, and some plain non-fat yogurt & a piece of fruit
- Lunch: Green Salad with some chick peas and mozzarella cheese
- Dinner: Anitpasto plate - Ciabatta Bread, olives, artichoke hearts, marinated eggplant, marinated mushroom, oil & vinegar dressing, carrot sticks
Day 7
- Breakfast: Multigrain bread with some olive oil and a poached egg. Piece of fruit
- Lunch: Open Faced Sabdwhich with whole wheat bread with cucumber, lettuce, & tomato and olive oil
- Dinner: Thai Green Curry with Prawn & Tofu
Each day between meals, if I am hungry, I will have a small snack from the following list
- apple
- 1/2 banana
- orange slices
- few grapes
- small bowl berries
- carrot sticks
- celery w/ hummus
- small handfull of nuts
- cup of popcorn
- whole wheat cracker with a bit of tuna
I just have to be strict in the menu I follow. With this menu plan I have a pretty good balance of meals that are vegetarian, have seafood, and have chicken breast. We are only occasionally going to include other meats which is not much of a sacrifice in this household. I do not drink alcohol (that’s right I am a Canadian who does not perfer red meat and a beer), and I do not like hot beverages, and I have no problem cutting out juices or soft drinks. Since the start of the geocache diet I have almost exclusively been drinking only water. My issue is with food, not drink.
Lets see how this goes. I have been this rigid with planning each days meal this closely with success before so I am hopibg this week will be good. I will try and do this evey week though I may not bore you with a blog (unless you want me to).
