Ask and you shall receive. This is a compiled list of all the things I ate in a week that helped me lose 10 pounds.
“Take one day at a time.
Today after all, is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
Before I we get started let me just say: I am not a nutritionist and I am not a health expert. I know that some people are going to look at this list and let out an audible “hell no”, but I’m just letting you know what worked FOR ME and if you want to do it let me know how it went for you. And with that being said, dunn dunn dunn dunnnn
The List:
Day 1 –
150 Calorie Smoothie with a handful of blackberries and raspberries, 5 strawberries, 1 cup of cashew milk and lots of ice for thickness
240 Calorie Light Progresso Broccoli and Cheese Soup
150 Calorie Smoothie with a handful of blackberries and raspberries, 5 strawberries, 1 cup of cashew milk and lots of ice for thickness
Total Calories – 540
Day 2 –
140 Calorie Smoothie with Carb Master cherry yogurt, a handful of blackberries and 1 cup cashew milk
240 Calorie Progresso Light Broccoli and Cheese soup
200 Calories worth of 10 whole pitted dried dates
700 Calorie Carry Out Salad
Total Calories – 1,070
Day 3 –
350 Calorie Smoothie with light strawberrry banana yogurt, strawberries, a banana, five dates, 1 cup cashew milk.
240 Calorie premade bag of quinoa and sweet potatoes
250 Calories of 2 eggs and 2 strips of bacon
300 Calories 15 dates
Total Calories – 1,140
Day 4 –
800 Calorie Carry Out Salad
150 Calorie Smoothie with light strawberry banana yogurt, strawberries, 1 cup almond milk and lots of ice for consistency
Total Calories – 950
Day 5 –
190 Calorie Smoothie made with 1 banana, 1 scoop chocolate peanut protein powder, 1 cup almond milk, a dash of cinnamon and lots of ice
900 Calorie Carry Out Salad
Total Calories – 1,090
Day 6 –
190 Calorie Smoothie made with 1 banana, 1 scoop chocolate peanut protein powder, 1 cup almond milk, a dash of cinnamon and lots of ice
130 Calorie Light Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup
190 Calorie Smoothie made with 1 banana, 1 scoop chocolate peanut protein powder, 1 cup almond milk, a dash of cinnamon and lots of ice
Total Calories – 510
Day 7 (cheat day) –
230 Calories of 5 mini tacos
320 Calorie cookie dough Halo Top
120 Calories Baked Lays Potato Chips
120 Calories Doritos
410 Calories of Cinnamon Toast Crunch with whole milk
Total Calories – 1,210
So there you have it. Now before you just exit out and say “nope, never going to do that” let me just give you a couple of tips.
1: Make a smoothie every day for your first meal. Instead of using regular yogurt, use the light yogurts to save yourself 50+ calories a day. Also, while making your smoothie use cashew milk instead of any other type. Cashew milk is only 25 calories a cup. Also, always add a lot of ice to make it feel like you’re eating more than you actually are.
2: Buy lots of Progresso Light soups. They have SO MANY. You’ll never get sick of them and the highest calorie soup they have is only 250 calories for a whole can.
3: Get your carry out salad, girl! But, if you are getting one just count it as 600-800 (or more) calories or more depending on what you have in there and what type of dressing you’re using. I always add chicken, have some type of cheese in there and I am most likely getting it with ranch.
For the takeaway from this post, just make sure you are eating 1,200 calories a day. Eat what you want, for me it was obviously a lot of smoothies, soups and salads but stay in your calorie goal. To lose weight you MUST be in a calorie deficit.
There’s only 120 days till summer people, so let’s get to work!
The Diet Diary 