My Six Week Summer Series

I'm finally doing it. I'm taking on the 6 Week Challenge in earnest. 

I've committed to begin a daily journal while following Dr. Furhman's 6 week plan.  My goal is to follow the plan well beyond six weeks, but I'm still calling it that and keeping my resolve to journal to the six week limit. 

Who knows, maybe I'll want to keep writing after that, but, for now, I'm taking a break from my normal blogging plan to walk through these six weeks with gusto! Okay, well, maybe I won't have much gusto, but I'm going to have to have something because I've got a three week vacation planted right in the middle of this challenge.

So, what is this 6 Week Plan?  Glad you asked.  Here ya' go...

I hope you can read that chart. If not, give it a google, I'm sure you'll find the same one and get the idea. 

So, the how-to on all this is basic for me. 

Breakfast: Breakfast salad (diced kale, strawberries, blueberries, half a green apple, ground flax seed, and about 1/2 cup raw oats (I'm allowing a portion of oats and an extra ounce or two of nuts for nursing).

Lunch:  Head of romaine or 2-3 cups baby spinach topped with legumes or raw cut veggies and nuts or nut-based dressing.  Fruit on the salad or on the side.

Dinner:  Legumes, two servings cooked veggies (water sautéed, roasted, grilled, or in soup), and one cup or less of starchy vegetable or grain. Fruit for dessert.

Following this plan allowed me to lose 60 pounds the year prior to my last pregnancy.  Looking it over again, I forgot that dried fruits were not allowed and that fruit was actually unlimited. That's VERY good to know. :) 

So, off I go, following the plan.  I'll be back tomorrow to give my thoughts on how I'm doing and what I'm eating.  Feel free to join in!! I love good company. :D