Today was the final day of my BistroMD plan. My microwave will miss you, BistroMD.
Day 7 breakfast: "Jungle chicken" crepe with potatoes. I'm about 12 years old, I admit, because "jungle chicken" surely means it's going to jump up and do a tribal dance for me, no?
I am a newfound fan of crepes for breakfast. I may learn to make my own (something to add to the "33 in 2012," perhaps?) so I can keep coming up with new meal ideas. The chicken was mixed with onions, artichokes (also something I just found out I liked last year), goat cheese and pesto sauce. This actually ALMOST beat my beloved french toast for best breakfast.
Lunchtime brought me chili!!! I love chili. With a side of pudding! It was like southern lunch. It was delicious. My mom would be jealous - she is also a chili lover. She would like this more than I did because it has beans in it, which she likes but I only tolerate.
Dinner tonight was chicken stuffed with rice. On the side? Peas and carrots. This was my good-bye meal, I suppose. And I ate it slowly. The chicken was REALLY good. I liked it with the rice.
As I said, my favorite breakfast was the french toast. It was pretty awesome. Favorite lunch was a tough call between the chicken sausage and the steakhouse wrap, but I'm giving it to the wrap. Not the side of spinach, mind you, but the wrap was my favorite main course.
Dinner is always my least favorite meal of the day. Not just in this program but always. Because at the end of the day, you're always tired and in no mood to prepare anything. You might not be that hungry but know if you don't eat something at dinnertime, hunger will torment you by bedtime. So I guess the biggest benefit from this whole week was that my dinners require mo thought nor preparation.
My favorite dinner was the grilled chicken with orzo. Topped with goat cheese. There are two words in the english language that will always get me to eat something: GOAT. CHEESE.
Did you notice there was no spinach in the day 7 menu? It's almost like they were giving me a good-bye present!
I cannot thank BistroMD enough for sponsoring me in this little adventure. I've really enjoyed it. I felt so proud of myself all week and so pleased I was eating new foods. My "33 in 2012" is all about going outside of my comfort zone and I could think of no better way to start off the year than doing so with BistroMD. Their foods are "chef prepared, doctor approved" and it shows. They do not try to deceive you by advertising rapid, dramatic weight loss -- they approach it from a healthier perspective and while they assure you will shed pounds, they also promise it will not happen super fast, which is honest and true. For as little as $23/day, you can participate and that's a pretty rockin' price compared to some of the trendy mail-order diets out there.
Of course, I'm sure the BIG question is, did I lose any weight this week?
In fact, I did. I lost 3.6 pounds. :)
Here's to going outside of our comfort zones and being healthier, readers! Thanks again, BistroMD, giver of the spinach. ;)
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