This morning I asked Kathleen if she was eating every 2 hours or 3? I've been eating approx. every 3 1/2 hours so I've been doing it wrong. But my weight was 194 (down another pound!!) this morning so not too bad.
If you divide the number of meals up over the day as I did, lunch will not land on Lunchtime. If you eat every 2 hours the meals will coincide with family mealtimes. It doesn't appear to matter how far or close you prepare these MT meals as long as you're eating. Doesn't it seem weird that we're losing weight eating every 2,3,4 hours and when we skipped meals we were gaining weight? But that is exactly what happened.
This eat more exercise less diet-- I mean Eating Plan is kind of Magic.
I've been reverting back to my Type B diet occasionally. Back then and still today, I'm not that fond of chicken, chicken, chicken. Actually, I'm not that fond of steak, steak, steak. I have to mix it up a little and so I had catfish for breakfast today, as I did several times last week. Catfish and grapefruit, trust me, it'll grow on you.
Type B female calls for 3 ounces chicken and 1/2 grapefruit for breakfast but you can substitute ANY lean protein.
The last time I bought catfish fillets at Winco, they were perfect sized, 3 ounces after cooking. These ones are a little larger.
I had scrap pieces of catfish leftover that added up to 3 oz. that was my morning snack with the 'equivalent' of 1/2 grapefruit. I put that in quotes because my bowl appears to be a little more than 1/2 a grapefruit. But it's working for me.
I did mention my one 'cheat' using Heinz 57 sauce or salad dressing, just remember those are tiny amounts I'm 'cheating' with. It's probably not a good idea for me to tell you about every single one of my cheats because then you'll be using my cheats plus a few of your own!
I will just caution that cheating only works if you get away with it. If you're doing this plan letter perfect except for that little pile of cheats and you're not losing weight-You're Doing It Wrong!
If you're doing it correctly...you will lose a pound, maybe 2 lbs in a day.
I thought I remembered Mark Thurman as eating every two hours. I tended to keep with that part of the diet when I was working, although at that time I switched out the mid-morning and afternoon "meals" with a serving of almonds. It definitely got me through the workday. Now that I'm retired, and also cook very different meals for hubby, with these 6-7 meals a day, it feels like I'm taking a lot of time out to eat. But MT works, when I stick to it. I'm still refining my daily ingredients down to strictly the diet. Have to use up the perishables on hand first.
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