It has been five days since I wrote my last post. My plan was to use Lean Cuisine meals because they are perfectly proportioned. I had some concern about the sodium content but I don’t anymore. The reason is that the food taste like it was prepared with little or no salt. Compared to the amount of salt I would use preparing these same meals Lean Cuisine is quite healthy. I am not adding any salt to the meals and I’m not saying that they taste bad. In fact all of the meals I have purchased so far taste really good.
I have eaten two to three of these meals per day and between meals have had either a small salad or a piece of fruit. I drink water. I don’t buy any special drinks like tea or sodas or kool-aid. The only drink I have purchased is almond milk which is pretty healthy. Thus far I have lost close to five pounds in six days. Yesterday I had one meal that wasn’t Lean Cuisine, and on Friday I had dinner with friends. I even had a few beers. This was safe because I don’t see my friends very often so, when I left their home I also left all temptation.
As I have said my plan is to not have anything to tempt me in my home. There is almost no food besides Lean Cuisine and fresh fruit and salad in my apartment. I only buy four meals at a time so I have to go to the store everyday. And when I go I walk (most of the time), so I am getting some exercise. The Lean Cuisine meals are very low in calories. This is because the portion are really really small compared to the amounts of food we in America tend to eat at one sitting. Over eating is a huge problem in the U.S.. I believe that weight loss is possible if I can change how much food I actually consume at each meal. Lean Cuisine is a great tool for this particular task.
I also believe that in America we don’t consume enough real food in this day and age. What I mean by that is everything we eat comes out of a box or, it has been canned, freeze dried or, processed in some other way. Even though there are genetically altered crops being sold in the grocery stores and, even if you are not able to get organically grown foods, you can still benefit from what is being sold in the stores. It is better than eating all your foods from a box or can or some mix. The fruits and salads I have consumed are not organice but I believe they are healthy enough to affect major change in my body. It is good for fiber and keeps my digestive system moving.
I have made five pound of progress and I am happy about that. I think I will be able to stay with this for a while. I need to lose about 75 pounds.
