Ok, I had to make a mad dash to the grocery store since I had to take my lunch an hour later due to a stupid meeting at my job. I was so hungry! I grabbed the Morning Star Grilled Original Veggie Burger....I started scarfing down 2 patties, but as I was eating it, I noticed it was kind of greasy! WTH?? I kept telling myself its a veggie burger so it should be ok, but I felt very horrible about eating it. I know we are supposed to watch out for "bread" in the patties, but I didn't know how to read the ingredients to figure it out. Will it just say "bread"? Here are the ingredients:
TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (WHEAT GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WATER FOR HYDRATION), EGG WHITES, CORN OIL, CALCIUM CASEINATE, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, ONION POWDER, CANOLA OIL, TRIGLYCERIDES FROM COCONUT OIL, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (CORN GLUTEN, WHEAT GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN), DEXTROSE, SALT, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS FROM NON-MEAT SOURCES, CARAMEL COLOR, CULTURED WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE, CELLULOSE GUM, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, WHEAT), VITAMINS AND MINERALS (NIACINAMIDE, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], VITAMIN B12), SESAME SEED OIL, CELERY EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN.
Why do they make these things so difficult to understand???? I have no idea if this is ok or not for Phase 1 of the fat smash diet. Please help me! If this screwed up my diet, I'll be PISSED!!!!
Okay take a deep breath. Don't be discouraged on your diet. I have no idea what the ingredients mean, but I think that you are fine. I am surprised that your veggie burger was greasy though.
I did the Fat Smash diet and one of the good things is that he talks about messing up on the diet and getting right back on it. Even though I don't think that you messed up all you have to do is make sure that you are right back on plan.
Ten pounds is an awful lot to expect in nine days. Even if you did lose ten pounds, it wouldn't be ten pounds of fat. There's no way you could possibly burn an extra 35,000 calories in nine days (it takes a deficit of 3,500 calories to lose a pound of fat), above and beyond what you normally use in a day, to lose that much fat.
Take it a day at a time - a meal at a time if you have to. You're in this for the long haul, and if you want to keep the weight off permanently, you have to learn good habits now while you're losing that will take you into a successful maintenance.
There're no wheat ingredients in that product you chose, if that makes you feel better.
Kara
I lost 20 pounds in a bout a month and most of it is water, probably only a few pounds were fat. You'll feel better regardless of if the weight is water or fat, losing that initial water weight helped me to be mobile. I am also much heavier than you so your weight loss will go much slower than mine will.
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Originally Posted by hotmama1983
I I'll be devestated if this doesn't work for me.
You absolutely cannot be devastated if you don't lose ten pounds in nine days. I forbid it! If you lose two pounds in nine days, that is an incredible start! Every pound is one pound closer to goal. Even if you stay the same weight and learn something positive about eating healthfully, that is an excellent accomplishment! Don't set yourself up for failure thinking, "If I don't lose ten pounds in nine days I'm going to quit this whole weight loss thing I've got going!" We want you to stick around! That's an awfully cute little guy you've got in your avatar and he makes me smile every time I see him!
Kara
How old is he?
My one and a half year old "did" Walk Away the Pounds with me the other day. She was so cute, marching in place and kicking!
Kara
Aw! I've got three kids - 6 year old son, 3 year old daughter, and 1 1/2 year old daughter. What fun! I'd love to have a little cheering section like Izrael!
Kara
HOTMAMA... I live on Veggie burgers, and I ate them all through P1
I get the boca original veggie burger though, they are way better I think
That's ok though. lol. 