Tuesday, June 15

Groceries, get ready, on your mark, get set… GO!!


Every time I've done Fat Smash, one of the first questions is, what can you eat?? They look at you like a possessed monster from out of space when you say, well it's kind of like a vegetarian diet for 9 days. Immediately their jaw drops, their eyes roll and they start backing away from you like you've just encountered contact with an alien and contacted some unknown case of meningitis. Anyway, for the open minded folks..


Here is a list of things I HAVE to get before starting Fat Smash

  • Eggs

  • Liquid Egg Whites

  • Simply Smart Fat Free Milk

  • Chobani Plain Non-fat Greek yogurt (blue label)

  • Trader Joe's Brown Rice

  • Trader Joe's Quick Cooking Steel Cut Oats

  • Trader Joe's Quinoa

  • BEANS!! (Kidney, Black, Pinto, Pigeon Peas and Chick Peas)

  • Morning Star Farms Sausage Patties

  • Morning Star Farms Bacon

  • Quorn Chik'n Tenders

  • Quorn Naked Chik'n Cutlets

  • Quorn Meatless Meatballs

  • Quorn Turk'y Burgers

  • Quorn Beef Style Grounds

  • House Foods Shirataki Noodles (finding these can be difficult, I've always had luck buying them at Whole Foods, and they're cheap!)

  • Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese (Mozzarella, Cheddar and Monterey Jack)

  • Hunt's Roasted Garlic Diced Tomatoes

  • FRUIT – Any and All (with the exception of avocados)

  • VEGGIES – STOCK UP, These are your friends, well, with the exception of white potatoes of course (damn you white potato!!)

  • Sweet Potatoes.. Yes I know it's a veggie and it belongs with the "VEGGIES" list 1 jump above this line, however sweet potatoes truly get their own recognition because they're:


    • A carbohydrate you can enjoy on this diet

    • Full of vitamins

    • A perfect accompaniment to meals

    • A food that can take on savory or sweet flavor

    • Delicious as fries when you need that crunch, or when you have the urge to cheat

Herbal tea is on the list, do I drink it? No.

I do drink a cup of coffee in the morning with simply smart fat free milk and a drop of 2 of stevia (sweetener from a plan that's been used for 20+ years in Japan), its calorie, fat, ____, _______ and __________ free. This is my vice! Coffee is needed in the morning, coffee is my friend and coffee saves lives of the people at work who want to entertain conversation first thing in the morning before a cup. I only have a cup a day therefore I feel (and co-workers rejoice) that a cup a day is A-OK!


Items to Avoid

  • white rice

  • meat, fish

  • cheese

  • bread (all types)

  • raisins

  • nuts

  • dried or preserved fruits

  • candy, popcorn

  • chips

  • ice cream

  • alcohol, juice, soda (regular or diet), coffee and all coffee drinks, sports drinks, milkshakes

  • whole eggs or yolks

  • fried foods

  • fast foods

So now you've got my list, most times I pick up everything at once so I'm not trekking to the store for 9 days, getting the urge to buy junk food that screams out from the shelves, but do as you wish and in amounts you need to work for you!


Good luck!

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