I recently lost 60+ lbs through dieting and increased level of exercise (from none to running 3x/week) and I want to make sure I maintain that weight loss as I approach my goal of 75 lbs lost. This has been fairly easy to do in NA as the diet is very simple and built around a omnivores NA diet.
It's a low calorie 1700/day diet which consists of:
For breakfast, I eat only proteins.
Planning out what your going to eat that day is important to ensure that you hit the foods up in priority order and generally if you have something with a high carb component you should eat it in the presence of a fat.
All of this is super easy to do and easy to source the food in any grocery store in North America.
And this is where the challenge begins. I've accepted a 6 month assigning in Bangalore, India. Now I've been to India many times before, in fact including the trip at the time of this writing its trip number 15. I mention this so people know that I'm not going in blind here.
I know ahead of time that eating on the plane and eating in the hotels/restaurants will be difficult as they tend to be heavy on the oil, frying many things, and starches are a staple part of the diet.
And so the journey begins with the flight to from Ottawa, Canada through Frankfurt and on to Bangalore (around 20-25 hours).
BTW, the diet works if you stick to it. 22 weeks, 62 lbs down, 10-12 inches from my waistline (depending on which manufacturer you believe).
It's a low calorie 1700/day diet which consists of:
- 9 protein serving/day (A serving is 1 oz = Chicken/beef/cheese or 1.5 oz seafood, 1 egg)
- 5 fat servings/day (A serving is 10 almonds/6 cashews/2 tsp peanut butter/slice of bacon/ 1/4 of an avocado)
- 2 Diary (A serving is 250 ml of fat free yogurt)
- All the non-startchy veggies you can choke down. (Cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, okra...)
- 1 restricted veggie serving (onions, carrots, beets, etc)
- 4 fruit servings a day (A serving is 12 grapes, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1 cup strawberries, an orange, a pineapple ring)
- You can have two slices of bread or equivalent/day but I have left that out since I started the diet.
- I do drink alcohol beverages, and they replace a fruit.
For breakfast, I eat only proteins.
Planning out what your going to eat that day is important to ensure that you hit the foods up in priority order and generally if you have something with a high carb component you should eat it in the presence of a fat.
All of this is super easy to do and easy to source the food in any grocery store in North America.
And this is where the challenge begins. I've accepted a 6 month assigning in Bangalore, India. Now I've been to India many times before, in fact including the trip at the time of this writing its trip number 15. I mention this so people know that I'm not going in blind here.
I know ahead of time that eating on the plane and eating in the hotels/restaurants will be difficult as they tend to be heavy on the oil, frying many things, and starches are a staple part of the diet.
And so the journey begins with the flight to from Ottawa, Canada through Frankfurt and on to Bangalore (around 20-25 hours).
BTW, the diet works if you stick to it. 22 weeks, 62 lbs down, 10-12 inches from my waistline (depending on which manufacturer you believe).
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