5k and Whole Foods

3 Day Diet Menu Plan

First Day of "3 Day Diet"

• Breakfast
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• 1 banana
• 1 slice toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
• Lunch
• 1/2 Cup of Tuna
• 1 slice toast
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• Dinner
• 2 beef franks or hot dogs
• 1/2 cup carrots
• 1 banana
• 1 cup broccoli or cabbage
• 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

Second Day of "3DayDiet"

• Breakfast
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• 1 egg (any style)
• 1/2 Grapefruit or juice
• 1 slice of toast
• Lunch
• 1 hard boiled egg
• 1 slice toast
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• Dinner
• 3 oz. any lean meat
• 1 cup green beans
• 1 cup carrots
• 1 cup vanilla ice cream
• 1 medium apple
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water

Third Day of "3 Day Diet"

• Breakfast
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• 5 regular saltine crackers
• 1 oz. (slice) cheddar cheese
• 1 apple
• Lunch
• 1 cup cottage cheese or tuna
• 5 saltine crackers
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• Dinner
• 1 cup tuna
• 1 cup carrots
• 1 cup cauliflower
• 1 cup melon
• 1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
• Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water
• Drink 4 cups of water or noncaloric drinks daily

Heard about this "diet" on some MTV True Life program about yo-yo dieting. I'm guessing it's around 500-600 calories.  I'll plug in into The Daily Plate to find out for sure.  CRAZY!!  AND NOT FOR ME!

I also having been reading Gwyneth Paltrow's newsletter GOOP.  She's talked a lot about fasts like The Master Cleanse and whatnot.  I was always under the impression that she was fasting for reasons relating to the mind, but every quote from her about fasting is related to trying to drop a few pounds.  Whatever...


BREAKFAST:
I woke up kind of late today and tried to clean the house before I went to the gym so I just had a cup of Yerba Mate with Green Tea & Peppermint from Whole Foods for breakfast with 2 Splenda with fiber.

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week because it's the day that all the new sales start at the grocery store and the day that the salad bar at Whole Foods is $2 off a lbs!!!  Boyfriend makes fun of me but I love food and I love a bargain!  It's also double stamp day at Fiji Yogurt and they have WOW which is around 50 calories for a 4 oz. serving of fro-yo!!!   

LUNCH:

I was so excited to see the selection at Whole Foods today.  I saw that they had Kale steamed with lemon juice and sesame seeds.  I have never had Kale and I have heard SOOO many good things about how good it is for you (high in fiber, low in calories).  I was excited to see that the Kale was not cooked with olive oil because most of the time the veggies there are swimming in oil.  Overall I thought the kale was good.  Not excellent, but good.  It was a bit difficult to chew, kind of rough, but to be expected.



I also bought a prepared squid salad from Whole Foods.  This is a nice, light salad that is low in calories and high in satisfaction.  I feel like I'm being naughty eating sushi but I'm not!






DINNER:
DINNER WAS AMAZING!!!!  I had a veggie buffet from Whole Foods that I had bought earlier that day.  Its was so filling.  I was tempted to go get another one for tomorrow but I have to be good and eat the tons of food I have in the house.  Besides, if I started stocking up on my Whole Foods salads, I wouldn't have anything to look forward to on Wednesday anymore!

Herb tofu + Artichoke hearts + Beets + Hearts of Palm + Broccoli + Sprouts + Quinoa + Cabbage + Peas + Hummus Dressing

SNACK:

Whenever the VitaTop website offers free shipping I go crazy and stock up.  I hate paying shipping costs (why I have yet to try PB2...$11 shipping!).  Therefore I have 20 (no lie) of these hanging around in my freezer.  I miked one for like 30 sec. and topped it with Fat Free Reddi Whip.  Pure Perfection!

GYM:

I DID IT!!!!  Granted it was pretty slow, but I did my 5k today and I felt amazing afterwards.  I'm going to start setting workout goals because I think it helps to get me more motivated.  I wanted to quit today after 2 miles but I knew I had a job to do and I did it!!! 

Protein Shake awaited me....(Best reason to work out in my book!)

4 Strawberries + 1/2 Banana + 1 cup Almond Milk + 1/2 scoop Designer Whey Chocolate Protein Powder

When I went to Whole Foods I discovered that today was the first day of a new Farmer's Market on Adams Street in San Diego.  I used to go to the one right down the street from me every Sunday but now that I work Sunday mornings I can never go.  I made Boyfriend go with me today and I was happy to discover that many of the merchants are the same ones that go to my market on Sunday!  I only bought some Kale because I found a recipe for Baked Kale Chips and I'm anxious to try them.  Let you know how it turns out!