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Dieting the Rice Diet Way 3/25/2007 3:25:21 AM
I think I’ve been on every diet known to man and invented some myself. This week has been the start of my Rice Diet. Yes, there is such a thing and from what I understand it’s been around forever. Though, I only heard of it last year, when I happened to read an issue of Woman’s World (3-21-06). Just Google Rice Diet and you’ll find the links for sites and books.
Does it work?
YES!
However, it’s not always the diet that fails, but the dieter. I like eating and I enjoy the really good stuff that has sugar & fat in it. Those are the flavor additives to things like milk chocolate.
How does it work?
Basically, you eat three meals a day, limiting them to whole grains, starch, fruits, vegetables & a little non-fat dairy. One day a week you have protein.
My days don’t vary in menu. So for a visual, here are several of my meal menus.
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Breakfast – 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 2 teaspoons all fruit jam, 1/2 banana, 8 ounces non-fat milk
Lunch – ½ cup brown rice, 1 cup fresh green beans, stir fried with non-stick spray, 2 cups watermelon
Dinner – 1 small baked potato, sliced onions, peppers and mushrooms stir fried with non stick spray then when starting to brown add water to make a brown juice & use on potato, ½ banana
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Breakfast – ½ cup high fiber cereal w/ ½ cup non-fat milk, 2 cups cantaloupe
Lunch – 2 slices whole wheat bread w/ 1 egg omelet and a squirt of ketchup, 1 apple
Dinner – ½ cup brown rice mixed w/ ½ cup low-fat salsa, 2 plums
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The claim is you can lose up to 40 pounds a month! Yet, I haven’t gone a month to prove. I slip off track and occasionally have ice cream or chips or something. You also have to exercise to get the high number. Still, last year I lost 15 pounds in a month and this week, I’ve lost five pounds in 5 days.
If you have a successful diet, I’d love to hear about it.
