Monday, February 5, 2018

Military Diet, Day 1: A New Beginning

The Military Diet is my favorite diet.  Every time I have tried it, I lost several pounds.  It isn't easy, it takes discipline.  So here goes, I will document what I eat, and the cost for 3 days.  I'm going to buy everything I eat just for this, and so I can determine the exact cost and calorie count.

This is way too much detail and nobody cares, but I would be interested if someone else put this much detail up, and besides it holds me accountable.

Starting weight: 235.8 lbs

Day 1 - Purchase #1, King Soopers
1-lb box of saltines with 160 crackers (12 calories per cracker), $0.99
Rockstar sugar-free (0 calories), $1.25
Tuna w/oil, 5 oz (140 calories), $0.79
Jif To Go Peanut Butter with 8 cups, (250 calories per cup), $2.99
large Grapefruit, 1.24 lbs @1.29/lb (9 calories per ounce), $1.60
Total cost, w/tax, $7.72

Day 1 - Breakfast
6 crackers: 72 calories
1 cup peanut butter: 250 calories
1/2 grapefruit:  72 calories
coffee with creamer: 10 calories
Total:  400 calories

Day 1 - Lunch
7 crackers: 84 calories
Tuna: 140 calories
Total: 220 calories

Day 1: Snack
This wasn't on the menu but I was so hungry that  I made more crackers and peanut butter and the other half of the grapefruit.  400 calories

Day 1 - Purchase #2, Safeway
Cottage Cheese (16 oz), $ 1.99
Ice Cream (Haagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche, 3.6 oz), $1.17
Chicken & Vegetable pouch, $4.99
Yogurt, $0.75
Bananas, 1.85 lbs @ 0.69 = $1.28
Green beans, 1.98 lbs @ 2.49 = $4.93
Gala apples, 1.16 lbs @ 1.49 = $1.73
Total cost w/tax: $16.84

Day 1 - Dinner
Chicken breast (6 oz):  320 cal
Green peppers (1 oz): 20 calories
Green beans (1 lb): 60 calories
Olive oil and butter sauce: 400 calories
I skipped the ice cream and fruit since I ate so much else.
Total dinner: 800 calories

I roasted the chicken breast and green beans. The butter certainly wasn't on the plan, but it made it a gourmet feast.  I had to force myself to finish all the green beans.

Total for the day.  1820 calories

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