So here's the plan I'm running with for the time being:
1. 2 fruits per day (no fruit after 6pm) and it must be fresh or frozen (depending on the type of fruit, you can have different serving sizes so instead of going into all of that, I'll just say I pretty much keep it under 1 cup per serving).
2. 2 starches per day, I stick with either a piece of 45-calorie bread, 1/4 cup of brown rice, or melba toast
3. 4 vegetables per day (1 cup fresh or 1/2 cup steamed/baked). You can only bake with cooking spray. And only certain veggies (no corn and limited potatoes!)
4. 2 protein choices per day, either 6oz chicken/turkey, 4oz lean beef, or fish (but I don't like fish so I don't even go there). Or 4-5 oz of 1% cottage cheese. Or 2 eggs. However I told my dr about this whole eating plan thing and he suggested I add 1 more protein to my day, so now I'm doing 3 protein choices.
5. 1 fat (olive oil, lite butter, lite mayo) as long as all of it only equals 1 T per day. You can add the olive oil AFTER you cook, but not while you're cooking. Little tricky.
6. 1/2 t lite salt per day. Other spices (that don't contain salt) and Mrs. Dash are ok.
7. 80 oz of water (which I can NEVER do!)
8. 4 oz skim milk (I usually just add this into my coffee SINCE I CAN'T HAVE MY FRENCH VANILLA COFFEE CREAMER WHICH IS STILL KILLING ME)
So that's the jist. (Gist??) I lost 8 pounds in the first 3 1/2 days. I'm not even kidding. Then I stayed at that 8 lb loss for 2 days, then moved up to 9 lbs where I've been for the last 2 days. So yes, 9 pounds in one week.
So anyway, I may blog about this for awhile, so others who want to try eating healthy or just want some new ideas and inspiration can check it out. It would be easier (and lazier) to make a page on Facebook or just post it all on Instagram, but then that clogs up everyone's feeds. If I do it here, then only the people who actually come here to read my ramblings would see it.