Maintenance and reintroduction

So once you complete the 40 days, there is a slow re-introduction of food to make sure you don't put the weight back on. I discussed this "plan" with my doctor since it is geared towards maintaining current weight. I don't want to maintain this weight. I want to keep losing. So in short, she basically said "some lose during the 6 weeks but not much" and I have to maintain my metabolism otherwise, the weightloss will not be significant during round 2. I didn't quite understand exactly what she meant but said OK and left.

I am excited by the amount of food I will be eating LOL! It's a 1500 calorie diet which for most is low but coming from 500 calories, it's a FEAST!

First things first: I get breakfast now! Woot!

I will still follow a strict regimented diet for weeks 1-3; week 4 brings more food and the start of reintroducing foods that are not on the list. I will have to continue to weigh myself daily because if I gain 2+ pounds, I have to follow a different protocol for the day. That being said, BFF's twins turn 1 next week and their party is Sunday. Thankfully BFF is on a diet as well and will be having "good for us" food. Not necessarily on my exact list but close enough..and I will definitely be having 1 cupcake..maybe half LOL!

Ok so menu for Week 1-3:

Breakfast:

2 eggs with 1 cup of veggies-omelet styel or scramble with butter!); 1 Melba toast/rice cracker; fruit- 1/2 cup berries, apple, pear, orange, or 1/2 grapefruit; Tea or coffee in any amount-no sugar but Stevia is allowed.

Lunch/Dinner:

4-6 oz veal, very lean beef, chicken, white fish, or shellfish-all visible fat trimmed, grilled or broiled with no added fat, weighed before cooking; minimum 2 cups of veggies-asparagus, artichoke, beet greens (ugh), bell pepper, bok choy (no thanks), broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chayote (wth?), collard greens (umm..no thanks), cucumbers (technically a fruit so I laugh), dandelion greens (again, wth?), fennel, kale (gross! used for garnish not eating!), kohlrabi (um, huh?) (ugh), leeks (by themselves-no thanks, lettuce (yippy more salad), mustard greens (can only imagine), onions, parsley (again, garnish!), spinach, summer squash (YES! LOVE!!), swiss chard, turnip greens, zucchini (YES! SECOND LOVE!); 1 Melba toast/rice cracker; Fruit- apple, orange, 5 strawberries, 1/2 cup berries, 1 pear, 1/2 grapefruit

*Can use olive oil, coconut oil or butter. 1-2 TBSP to cook with or use in a salad dressing. Other salad oils as an option are udos oil (huh?), flax or safflower oil

Snack-YES! I get a planned snack not seperated from other meals!

One fruit: apple, orange, 5 strawberreis, 1/2cup berries, 1 pear, 1/2 grapefruit

-OR-

5-10 nuts: almonds, pecans, walnuts or 3 TBSP flax seed or 1 TBSP of nut butter (yum!) or 3 TBSP hummus or 1/2 avocado
*Unlimited veggies*

After Week 3, dairy and more complex carbs are added-can't wait!