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Diet & Nutrition 1 year ago i just stopped drinking diet soda. I’ve found I lost my taste for it after 11 weeks on the Ultrametabolism plan. Tomorrow I start the BSS diet with the hope it will accelerate my weight loss and improve my insulin resistance. The basic plan is not very different from Phase I of the Ultrametabolism plan. I’m having a little trouble with the prep time involved in cooking, especially veggies. Dr. Hyman must move at light speed to make the recipes as quickly as the prep time estimates suggest!
good to know! i am trying to quit diet soda right now too, and will start the BSS may 10th. good luck!
I had been on Atkins, but my weight loss had stalled after 20lbs. I gave up all the fake sugar (diabetic chocolates and diet soda), and suddenly the pounds are flying off.
Hi, Buying food and cooking will take up a lot more of your time following this plan. Some shortcuts are cook enough of something to last several days. Keep lots of cleaned and cut vegetables in the refrigerator so that you just have to grab things to cook or make a salad. That saves lots of time. Blessings, Margaret
All the time preparing foods can be exhaustive. Instead of making salads all the time last week, I made a big pot of vegetable/cabbage ”chili” and seperated the pot into 5/3 cup servings and froze them. Now, lunch is simply a matter of taking one from the freezer the night before. I also made a batch of turkey meatballs to use for lettuce wraps or snacks. They freeze well and can be thawed as needed. I enjoy cooking, but when it comes to weekday lunches/snacks, I want to have something I can just pull out of the fridge or freezer. I don’t mind eating the same thing for 2 or 3 days if I can avoid all that chopping!
yeah, i think this is how i will survive too. who has time to do all the prep and cooking EVERY day?
Those are all good ideas. Planning is KEY with success in this life shift. (Notice I didn’t say diet!). I used to crave potato chips at night, now I have celery and peanut butter or carrots and hummus. I take one day/week and try and plan, make a few meals and do veggies. If I don’t, I make bad choices. We need to put ourselves FIRST, and this plan, if you have even half the issues I had, is of PARAMOUNT importance. It is investing in your health, in your future. It isn’t easy at first, I had to white knuckle it for about 3 weeks, and then a major shift in my head happened. It was like a switch clicked and I became ”normal”. What a concept! And now, a year later, when I get sloppy, I can feel stuff coming back, and I just go back on the advanced plan for awhile to get my head back on straight. And it isn’t nearly as daunting as the initial 8 weeks (Hyman told me to do it for 8 weeks.) Good luck everyone!!
Great post. You are so right about putting ourselves first, rather than last, which is usually the case. Wow, a year on program. Congrats! I like what you said about feeling ”normal”. I felt that way in the first week or so (I am in the middle of week 3). Being able to watch tv and not want to constantly snack, seeing a food commercial(although I still mute the sound, just in case!) and not feeling hungry, being with others who aren’t eating on plan and being able to resist other foods and feeling good about the food choices we do have, there is nothing that tastes better than this freedom. I would love to hear how the program changed you health and your life, if you would be willing to share.