Today is day 14 on the Nutrimost system for my hubby. Although some days he will only lose a fraction of a pound and on other days he will lose more than a pound. On the two week mark he has lost 20 pounds and although there still are times where he really wishes he could have a burger and some fries he has definitely found some new favorites.
Part of the Nutrimost system is that they give you recipes based on what phase of the plan you are in. During phase 2 (44 days of 500-800 calories per day) it was a little daunting in the beginning to figure out how to cook without any oils, butter, margarine....no fats. The one thing I have figured out though is that although oils make it easier to cook THEY ARE TOTALLY UNNECESSARY IN MANY RECIPES. Yes, that's right. Cook with the right pan using the right ingredients has turned out some wonderful meals.
Case in point, my hubby has always said that he did not "prefer" scallops....which in his terminology meant that he would eat it if served to him but he wouldn't exactly be happy about it. Well last night I made some Sea Scallops....pan fried (no oils using a ceramic coated pan well heated before cooking) for 1.5 minutes per side and during the last minute threw in some fresh minced garlic and one tablespoon of lemon juice. Done! They turned out beautifully browned and tender with a lot of flavor. We paired it with the recipe they have for ketchup (which is a ketchup that is also a great cocktail sauce) and using less than one tablespoon and a romaine lettuce salad with the Simple Girl Citrus Ginger Dressing (program recommended with no oils) and for dessert the Nutrimost recipe for Strawberry Sorbet. I've said it before....we are not hungry on this program! We don't miss the potatoes or rice or pasta that we would have included in the past for the simple fact that these meals fill us up and keep us filled up. Are they a little "plain jane"? Yes, because they are so simple with no mixed proteins, veggies or fruit however they are still flavorful because of the spices we are using with just a touch of some citrus for flavor only (too much counts as your fruit for the meal).
On Super Bowl Sunday we had the Nutrimost recipe for chili. Basically just meat, tomatoes and spices. Now tomatoes can go as either your fruit or your veggie and with our homemade chili we would also incorporate kidney beans, green peppers and onions we decided to treat the tomatoes as our fruit in the meal and add onions to the mix. Cooked everything on the stove top for an hour and wasn't satisfied with the flavor....very bland compared to our normal chili. Double downed on the spices, threw in a little bit of hot sauce (which replaced the flavor of the green peppers), cooked it for another hour and viola! We were both happy with the outcome.....so happy in fact that I'm making a big pot of it to bring over to my in-laws on Valentine's Day so they can try it and we can portion our servings out to meet the program requirements.
That's another thing.....I'm getting really good at eye-balling food and knowing approximately how much it weighs without getting the digital food scale out. I still measure it to be sure but I'm correct more often within a fraction of an ounce than I ever was in the past. Thinking about how big our portion sizes used to be compared to what they are now I don't wonder how the weight got packed on.
In following his diet with only the food part (not taking the supplements he has to in order to really get the metabolism pumped up) in the past two weeks I've lost a very respectful 6.2 pounds. His supplements help him to not be hungry until lunchtime (phase two you only eat lunch and dinner) whereas I am hungry within an hour or so of waking. The thing is I don't remember any time in my life including as a kid that I ever felt like eating before lunch and sometimes not until mid-afternoon. My metabolism is starting to get moving again just by eating and doing so in a healthy manner. Being in this phase is "resetting" some of our bad habits into good habits and killing off those cravings for chips, pretzels, Doritos as late night snacks. :)
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