hi everyone
Mel the diet is micheal Thurmond and basically your doing what every diet does eating about 1200 calories i read something interesting yesterday in womans world mag. it said that most people that drink water during dieting drink large quanities all at once to get it out the way but thats wrong it said you should drink 10oz of water before each meal and snack
i didnt know that i guess you can drink too much also i read this somewhere else that i thought was helpful i dont know who this lady is but she knows her stuff
Well, that eating plan looks really great and all, but, I hope you realize that just by using lower-cal foods than the ones you've mentioned, you can eat more, AND lose weight without feeling hungry.
For example, did you know that Special K and Count Chocula have the same amount of calories? Talk about crazy. For b-fast, I looked around, and found the absolute best deal (calorie-speaking). All Bran Extra Fiber. 100cals/cup, not to mention it has lots of fiber, which will keep you fuller, longer. Skim? Skim milk has 65cals per cup and 12g of sugar. The milk I use has 45cals per cup and is only 3g of sugar. Carb Countdown Fat free. Each serving of cereal +milk is only 145 cals, PLUS I get the extra fiber.
I can even have 2 cups of everything for just 290 cals, and let me tell you, after 2 cups of cereal AND the milk, I'm stuffed. I then have to force myself to eat my apple that I always have for b-fast.
See what I mean? A b-fast that fills you up for way less calories, which means you can eat more for the day.
I have TONS of other low-cal foods I've 'discovered' too. July 5th, 2005 I was 210 (5'3"), but now I'm 135, trying to lose these last few stubborn lbs without any success (have my hopes on phen though!!!).
1 of the things I don't like about this plan though is the sugar. When I was at my heaviest, I made-up a little rhyme to help me remind myself. "Sugar turn to fat [snap] just-like-that!" It's true too. That also includes simple carbs, like the bagel you put for b-fast. What's wrong with having 2 slices of wheat bread at 40cals per slice? Or, some sugar-free whole-grain for 50cals per slice? Did you know that a bagel is the same as eating 5 slices of bread?
Watch out for any type of 'fruit salad'. A lot of those have added sugar, preservatives, etc. Don't give your body easy calories, make it work for those calories, and have an apple (fist-to medium sized!!!). Apples are high in fiber as well, and much better for you than those syrup-y fruit salads.
Instead of low-fat vanilla yogurt, how about Dannon lite+fit yogurt? 0 fat, many different flavors to choose from (blueberry, strawberry, peach, strawberry-banana, etc.), and each yogurt is only 60cals.
For a morning snack, I always have 1 apple. Rice has a lot of empty carbs (white rice in the rice pudding), not to mention the calories in the pudding. Instead, how about some sugar-free jello? Again, you have several flavors to choose from, and each container is 10cals, 0 fat, 0 sugar, etc. If/when I ever do eat rice, I always make sure it's brown rice, never white (even though I've done Atkins and had no luck with it, I still want the most nutritous foods).
Lentil soup and saltine crackers. Watch out for sodium. Sodium retains water and elevates your blood pressure. 5 saltine crackers is 60cals and has 10g carbs in it (plus, it's white, not wheat). How about this instead: 2 turkey-breast sandwiches with lettuce,
tomato, and mustard? Each sandwich is 80 cals (bread) 60cals (2 slices of low-sodium deli-sliced white turkey breast)? That's 2 sandwiches you can have for 280cals (mustard has 0cals, and who cares about the cals in lettuce and a slice of tomato?)? And even then, if that's not enough, there's some sugar-free jello or yogurt you can have along with it (not to mention water water water).
Afternoon snack. Salsa and chips? 1 bad word comes to mind: hydrogenated oil. Trans. fat.
Liquid oil (like olive oil for example) is healthy fat. Your body processes it and eliminates it. With hydrogenated oil, the companies take a healthy oil, heat it to 350dg, and then blast it with hydrogen. This changes the molecular formula of it, and kinda turns it into a 'mutant'. It now has a 'forever' shelf life, is cheap to make, economical, easy to use, but the body can't process it. It stores it in your arteries instead, which leads to heart disease. Hence, TRANSformed fat (that's what the 'trans' stands for).
Better choice? 94% fat-free popcorn.
Dinner
If you MUST eat pasta, always use wheat--not white (simple carbs). Turkey sausage is also processed meat. Instead, how about 4oz of salmon, or 4oz of boneless/skinless chicken breast on some plain steamed broccoli? 4 oz of white chicken breast is 110cals, no processed meat, and much healthier for you than sausage.
Evening snack. Instead of having 1/2 cup of sorbet (that's like eating just 1 potato chip) for 92cals (quite a few cals to have such discipline to eat just 1/2 cup!!) how about a 60cal Dannon lit+fit yogurt instead? Not enough? Go ahead and have 2 sugar-free jello's (10cals each). That's 80 cals, and you've eaten more than 1/2 cup!! See what I mean? More for less!!!
You're next day's diet could use some re-vamping too.
Fruit is always good to go along with b-fast, so the kiwi is good. Oatmeal. NEVER NEVER use instant or quick-cook oatmeal. Why? Because they've removed the outer-layer of the grain. In other words, they've taken the meat out of the skin, when the skin is what you want. The kind I use I bought over in the organic section, and it has 5 grains, steel-cut, and it contains flaxseed
(a healthy fat). 1/3 cup is 120cals. I have my All Bran Extra fiber(100) with my CC milk (45)(145cals), 1 yogurt (60cals), and I mix-in 1/3 cup of my healthy oatmeal (120). Delicious, nutrious, VERY filling, and only 325 cals. for b-fast.
Morning snack--apple, or, 60-cal yogurt.
Lunch. Yikes. Ham and cheese. Ham has a lot of sodium, and cheese has lots of cals and fat. I haven't even included the bread yet. A better solution would be some cubed skinless chicken or turkey breast mixed with greens in a whole-wheat pita bread!!!
Afternoon snack. Who can eat 2 tablespoons of trail mix? Trail mix may look healthy, but you'd be surprised (like how many people don't realize how high-cal granola is!!). Don't hand your body cals, make it work for it. Have some fruit (NOT DEHYDRATED!!), a banana (packed with potassium), some yogurt, sugar-free jello, etc. but make it healthy, and something you CAN eat, instead of 2 tblspns.
Dinner--watch out for the fat/sodium/cals in pork. I never eat it. 4oz of chicken breast, turkey breast, salmon, fish, shrimp, etc. is much healthier for you. 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce? Such a little amount!!! I'd rather have a plate-ful of steamed broccoli (NO butter/salt/margerine, etc.) with a side salad (if you want dressing [which I don't like any of 'em], put it on the side. When you go to eat, dip the fork in the dressing 1st. Why? You'll save TONS of cals by not drizzling it all over everything).
Evening snack. Only 4 cookies with 65cal 12g sugar per cup milk? Again, for 100cals, I could eat more than that and be satisfied with some yogurt (60cals) and even then, still have more to eat (if I wanted to).
now I do the Biggest Loser diet and I love it.
Guess what I'll be doing next Saturday? lol 
My son tests my patience every day with everything I have, but alot of it comes from his high intelligence and some of the little easy things he just doesn't get. If that makes sense? Oh and my DD, we are gonna go rounds in the coming years I can so tell already! Definitely not looking forward to her getting older! lol And trust me, I will continue fantasizing about choking an IL with their own hair every day if it gives me a smile! 
