I started the 8 week programme on 16 March 2016. It has been an easy way of life for me. Breakfast usually consists of a portobello mushroom grilled, with a little olive oil in the cavity where the stalk was removed, and one egg scrambled. Delicious!
This is followed by a cup of black tea and a glass of water.
Lunch is mostly soup and an an apple and another glass of water.
If I feel the need for an afternoon tea snack with the coffee, I eat a few black olives; two gherkins and a dessert spoon of cottage cheese.
Dinner is mostly a mix of stir fry vegetables : onion, two garlic cloves, cauliflower, broccoli, red or green capsicum (thinly sliced),carrots, some cabbage (also thinly sliced). This mix is done in olive oil, with a glug or two as the cooking proceeds. Half of a tomato, seasoned with a little salt and black pepper and a glug of olive oil is placed in the benchtop griller.
This is all served with a small amount of meat (chicken, beef schnitzel, lamb chop etc.) There is usually sufficient left over to fill two small takeaway dishes and placed in the freezer for another night’s quick meals.
Another glass of water accompanies the meal. Dessert is a few frozen blueberries topped with a little Greek yoghurt.
The result of all this is that I have managed to lose 10.2 kg in 9 weeks. I go back to see the GP on Thursday and I hope that I will be clear of Type 2 diabetes then.
This is the way I intend to continue. Thank Michael for your inspiration.
Jim