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Originally Posted by Lilysmom
It's good to hear so many positive BFC accounts when I'm so low. I bought the book & started the program 3 weeks ago w/my hubby, prepared all the meals & snacks...he has lost 10 lbs & I have lost 1 -1/2 lbs. We take the flaxseed meal for extra fiber, both walk 1 -1/2 miles a day....I'm so disheartened at this point. It's wonderful to see him losing, but nasty to be trying so hard & not losing. I read Jorge's special 1 week jumpstart diet for women over 40 & started it 4 days ago....no weight loss yet. Of course, hubby, to be supportive, is doing the dinners & weekends w/me so I won't be sad watching him eat good stuff at night while I have to eat sninach salad w/grilled chicken every night! He'll probably lose another 10 lbs! LOL Anyone else who followed the diet to the letter & couldn't lose? Thanks
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I just looked at your stats on the side. Perhaps it's is because you don't have a lot to lose that the weight is going to come off slowly. Don't get discouraged- it will come off!
You don't have to eat chicken and spinach salad every night! There are many ways to change this up to keep this diet interesting. I posted this sample menu at another board and maybe this will help you as well:
Breakfast:
half of a Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran, and Whole Wheat flour pita bread
2 Jone's All Natural Sausage Patties
2 Fried Eggs
1 slice Kraft American Cheese melted on the pita(full fat)
1 tablespoon of regular mayonaise
Assemble this into a sandwich. After I eat this breakfast sandwich I eat 1 Chia seeds Chocolate candy made with chia seeds, baking cocoa, Stevita, cocunut oil, and chia seeds (my own recipe- see my blog link in signature for the recipe if anyone is interested). Coconut oil helps fill you and along with the Chia seeds gives you good energy. Don't eat one of these after 4 PM or you'll be dancing at midnight or cleaning your house from top to bottom with all the natural energy they give you.
Lunch
chicken breast marinated in Ken's Buffalo Wing sauce
2 celery sticks
1-2 tablespoon's Ken's Blue Cheese Salad dressing, full fat
1 Chia seeds chocolate candy
Dinner
1 whole Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran, and Whole Wheat Pita
3 pieces of turkey breast
1 slice Kraft American Cheese
1 tablespoon of regular mayonaise
half of a cucumber
generous amount of lettuce (I love cucumbers and lettuce with this sandwich hence why a big portion)
2 cups of popcorn
2 dill pickle spears
Another day:
2 fried eggs in butter
3 bacon slices- low sodium version
2 Maple Grove Low Carb pancakes with Torani sugar free pancake syrup
1 Chia seeds chocolate candy
Lunch
4-6 oz steak
1 serving of mushrooms cooked in butter
Au Jus Gravy (1/4 of a cup)
1 very small baked potato with full fat sour cream and a tablespoon of butter and salt and pepper
wax or green beans with butter- about 1 1/2 to 2 cups
1 Chia seeds chocolate candy
Dinner
1 Joseph's Flax Oat Bran and Whole Wheat Flour Tortilla
2-3 tablespoons of full fat sour cream
hamburger with taco seasoning mix added in
1/4-1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese full fat
2 cups of lettuce
1 Roma tomato diced
5 black olives sliced
Another day:
Breakfast:
Chicken salad- I bake the chicken with lemon slices on top and on the bottom of the chicken breasts. After cooking I let them sit in the fridge with the lemon slices to continue marinating. I cut the chicken into bite sized pieces and mix with full fat mayonaise and some black pepper.
lettuce- about 2 cups
4 large pieces of broccoli
1/4 of a large red or green pepper
Blue cheese salad dressing
1 Chia Seeds chocolate candy
Lunch
my version of a vegetarian:
1 Jospeh's Flax, Oat Bran, and Whole Wheat Pita
1 container of sliced pre-washed mushrooms (about 3 servings worth) cooked in butter
1 1/2 cups of iceburg lettuce
1 1/2 slices Kraft American Cheese melted on the pita
Assemble this. After I eat this I have my second Chia Seeds Chocolate candy
Dinner
1 large or 2 small cans of tunafish
2 tabespoons of mayonaise
2 servings of American Cheese crisps
Another sample menu:
Breakfast:
Hamburger pattie
au jus gravy 1/4 cup with 1 tsp of red wine added
green beans- around 2 cups
1 Chia seeds chocolate candy
Lunch:
Generous portion of Ham and with 1/2 red kidney beans in 1/2 cup of Contadina Tomato Sauce and 1/2 tsp of Splenda Light Brown Sugar
1/2 of a cucumber sliced
4 pieces of broccoli
Ranch salad dressing full fat
1 Chia Seeds chocolate candy
Dinner
1 Jospeh's Flax, Oat Bran, and Whole Wheat Pita
3 eggs scrambled with 1 tablespoon of heavy cream scrambled in butter
2 Jone's All Natural Sausage Patties
1/4 to 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese melted on the pita
1/4 cup of red kidney beans
1/4 cup of salsa
Last Sample Menu:
Breakfast:
2 eggs fried
2 slices low sodium bacon
1 slice of Pepperidge Farm Carb Smart toast with butter
Chia seeds chocolate candy
Lunch:
2 large boneless pork chops cooked in oven with a little bit of onion powder and black pepper sprinkled on both sides
A sauce made with 1/2 cup sour cream, two tablespoons of heavy cream, salt pepper, and 2 tablespoons of freeze dried chives chives
2 cups of green beans
1 small salad with 1 cup of iceburg lettuce, 2 pieces of broccoli, 1/4 cup red peppers, 4 greek olives, 2 pieces of Feta Cheese, and 2 mozzarella balls in blue cheese or ranch dressing full fat of course
Chia seeds chocolate candy
Dinner:
Parmesan Chicken made with parmesan cheese, low carb bread crumbs, butter, garlic, and parsley
2 cups of broccoli and cauliflower mix steamed and seasoned with butter and salt
Snacks: (I have about 2 snacks a day either between meals or before bedtime- sometimes I am too full from my meals and don't always eat them!)
2 sugar free candies
1 or 2 servings of peanuts
2 cups of popcorn- though I don't eat this daily as it is hard to resist making more LOL. I love popcorn.
I drink half of my weight in water daily along with coffee with heavy cream every day- about 2-3 cups.
I make iced tea with Stevita (less than one carb per packet) and have maybe one or two of these a day- every other day. I also make up Kool Aid or Hawaiian punch drink mixes and use Sweet Leaf Stevia Plus (0 carbs 0 calories and comes in a small plastic container so you can measure it out for baking or cooking) as the sweetener in it- just two tablespoons of this equals 2 cups of sugar.
I also have iced coffee with Sweet Leaf Stevia Plus, 1 tsp Torani Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup, 1 tsp Torani Sugar Free Hazelnut Syrup, and heavy cream. I alternate the iced tea and iced coffee days and they are decaffeinated. I gave up caffeine a long time ago.
Those are my beverages that I have daily or every other day except for water. I do not care for the Zevia soda what so ever. The couple of times that I had soda I just had diet Coke caffeine free but I don't drink soda very often as I can't have too much Splenda as it makes me very irritable among other things.
I hope that this helps you to see what I'm eating on this diet. I have many other food items not listed on this sample menu such as one day I had a Ciabalta roll (41 grams of carbs no sugar) loaded with roast beef and horseradish and some Lay's Potato Chips. I don't eat that daily of course but I was hankering for a roll and that did the trick! Have fun and be creative with this diet.