Get Ready to Diet
Today I’m going to talk about transitioning from the 2-Weeks Quick Results Diet to the Round Diet. If you have The Round Diet book, read Round 7.
If you are Coming from the 2-Week Quick Results Diet
Ease into eating any fruits — start with blueberries or unsweetened applesauce.
Drink lots of water and go for a walk in the morning and do some other form of exercise at home (see videos below).
Go food shopping on a day like a Sunday so you have all the ingredients and baggies or containers for snacks and lunches on the go.
All Round Dieters — Prepare food in bulk on a Sunday
Broil or bake a bunch of chicken, chop cabbages and lettuces, mix them, and then store the mixture in a container in the fridge for salads during the week — like a chicken salad. Make snacks ahead of time and store in baggies or small containers. If you are doing this with your daughter, a friend or just by yourself, have fun making containers full of ready-to-eat or heat food. Feel very organized and proud of yourself for eating healthy and taking care of yourself.
It’s time to get prepared and choose what you will eat for the week. You get to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks every day! If you want to get the complete effect of Round eating, you should read my book. If not, you can probably find the same information somewhere on my blog.
On this blog you can also find a free day-by-day 28-Day Round Diet, where you will find links to each day. I’ll show you what to eat and other habits to change so that you can be a more well-Rounded eater.
PICK YOUR SNACKS AND MEALS
SNACKS
Eat 3 snacks a day
Choose snacks for each day from the below list. You will eat these between meals.
1 apple or banana or peach or orange, or
1/3 cup blueberries or 1/3 mango or ¼ cantaloupe or 1/3 cup berries or 15 grapes, or
12 almonds or 6 walnuts or 8 olives or 1 hard-boiled egg, or
Handful of mixed vegetables, like celery, carrots, cauliflower, bell peppers, green beans, cucumbers, or mushrooms, or
1 ounce dark chocolate, 6 raspberries, 1 pecan and 1 glass of water followed by a candlelit bubble bath — a most relaxing way to eat dessert, or
1 glass of white wine or a white wine spritzer (white wine and plain soda on the rocks with a squeeze of lime)
Those of you just coming of the 2-Week Quick Results Diet might be looking forward to a glass of wine, but remember that 1/2 a glass might be plenty at first. If you do decide to drink a glass of wine, it can be you last snack of the evening. You can drink red or white wine, along with a white wine spritzer. Save the hard liquor to very special occasions, and not while you are on the Round Diet — you will be in healthy eating maintenance mode soon enough.
BREAKFAST
Choose one Round meal
1/2 cup oatmeal with 2 chopped walnuts and 10 raisins, or
2 poached or boiled eggs with 2 slices tomato, or
2 egg omelet with 1 ounce lean beef or ham, or
2 ounces tofu with 1/2 cup snow peas, or
1/2 slice whole grain toast with 1/4 avocado and a squeeze of lemon
LUNCH
Choose one Round meal
Spinach salad with 1/4 avocado, 1/2 red pepper and 1/2 tomato, or
Chicken salad with celery, cucumber, 1/2 shot glass sliced almonds, or
Dark lettuce salad with crumbled egg, 1/2 red pepper and 1/2 tomato, or
Light lettuce salad with 3 ounces tuna, celery, 1 tablespoon red onions, 1/2 tomato
Add lettuce, cabbage, radicchio, spinach, greens, celery, chives, and sprouts to any meal. Chop it up ahead-of-time and store the mixture for salads later in the week. make a bed of salad on a plate, add fish or chicken, and top with diced fruit and a sprinkle of fresh herbs like cilantro.
DINNER
Choose one Round meal
3 ounces salmon with 1 cup sliced asparagus spears and any leafy greens, or
3 ounces lean beef with 1 cup green beans and any leafy greens, or
3 ounces halibut with 1 cup broccoli and any leafy greens, or
3 ounces chicken with 1 cup cauliflower and any leafy greens, or
3 ounces lean pork with1 artichoke and any leafy greens, or
3 ounces tofu with 1 cup of bok choy and a handful of snow peas
Add lettuce, cabbage, radicchio, spinach, greens, celery, chives, and sprouts to any meal.
Add 1 or 2 shot glasses of brown rice to any meal.
Try hot sauce, mustard or salsa for spice.
Good luck! Until next time!