Have read the thread and in many instances you guys talk about what you eat. However, I have not come across a clearly stated "This is what I would eat on an average day if I wanted to stay exactly where I am and maintain" sort of post. If it is there and I missed it, very possible...
I will look again, but if Gal could post again such an average day's food intake maybe it'd help to clear it all up; considering how little you guys eat, it'll be a few short lines of text anyways
But if you guys are busy and want to avoid duplication, no worries.
Thanks again to both of you
Hey man,
I'm doing the Gal/No One plan. Here's what I eat every day (except re-feed meals twice weekly on Thurs and Sun).
It's my "soup":
700g of chicken breast
2 cups of consomme stock
1 cup of water
1 onion
2 carrots
1 green pepper
500 ml of canned tomatoes
5 stalks of celery
about 1/2 cup of various spices (garlic, pepper, tumeric, fennel, coriander, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, salt, etc...)
1/2 cup of corn (sometimes)
1/2 cup of peas
1/2 cup of green beans
Put the chicken and stock and spices in a slow cooker. After four hours, shred the chicken, then add everything else. Leave on low overnight. Put in fridge in the morning. Eat it all later that night before bed. It's like 2 liters of food and I feel stuffed. But not much more than 1000calories.
I start the chicken simmering when I get home from work. Then before bed, add the other veggies while I'm eating what I made the night before.
It's the healthiest food you can imagine - chicken, veggies, spices and lots of liquid. Great for hydration. Great for the skin and hair and muscles and even bowel movements (which is usually problematic for me when I cut calories very low)...it works. And best of all, you feel real full - I defy you to want to binge after eating 2-3 liters of soup. If you can make it thru the day without snacking, this soup will be a welcome reward at night. Soup is the master of appetite control foods. And you can make it a little different each time with different veggies to suit your tastes and mix it up (like putting in egglplant, or whatever...).
Try it. It works. Fits perfectly with the Gal/No one plan.
It's kind of how No One does it. Dependable food portions, easy to make, easy to eat, and no fuss. I make a grand total of five dishes every day: a slow cooker pot, a knife, a spoon, a big bowl, and a cutting board.
I used to be a bit more liberal with my food choices (as posted earlier on this thread), but I've been trying the soup-only thing based on what No One has been talkign about. He piqued my interest and I thought "hell, what have I got to lose". He was right. It's a bit harder than what I used to do, in terms of enjoying variety. But it's also a hell of a lot easier in terms of disciplining myself. I'm all about easy food...I find prepping food to be tiresome and tedious now as I get older. I just want to get in, eat, and get out. I'm not finding as much pleasure in preparing foods as I used to.
Whenever I get home from work early enough, I just have some of the soup at dinner with the family. The kids think I'm crazy, but I tell them it's daddy's superman soup, and my son then says "ok dad...it's good to have muscles and have laser eyes..."