Guidelines UnDiet Eating Plans

Protein Blast

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If you or a loved one are balking at the idea of dieting, or maybe you just don’t want to throw away all that meat and cheese in your refrigerator before starting your diet, then the UnDiet Protein Blast is just the thing for you. You’ll lose around a pound a day (sometimes more, sometimes less) on the Protein Blast. Even if you’re not interested in doing a full-on Protein Blast, it’s good  to know how to use proteins to your best advantage as there’s bound to be times when you don’t have control over your food choices (dining out, on a cruise, at a dinner party) and following the Protein Blast guidelines will often be your best choice to stay on track.

Eliminate All Complex Carbohydrates

Eliminate: grains starchy vegetables such as potatoes, corn, cooked carrots, peas, cooked beets

Separate Starches from Proteins

If I had to choose between a dish that contained rice and chicken and a dish that contained chicken and veggies, I’d choose the chicken and veggies. It’s a healthier choice and one that will continue to move me towards my weight goal.

Eliminate Sugars

You don’t want to have any sugar, even unrefined sugar on the Protein Blast and you want to limit your consumption of Nutrasweet. So even if  you don’t plan to use Protein Blast as your plan of choice you should read through it to be armed against the unforeseen.

First 7-14 Days

Try not to stay on Protein Blast any longer than two weeks. After one month many people stop losing weight. Eliminate all complex carbohydrates such as grains and beans, Fruits, starches (potatoes, carrots, beets, corn, sweet potatoes, yams, and popcorn), caffeine, and all sugars  (honey, white sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, fructose, date sugar, maple syrup, Nutrasweet, aspartame …) from your diet. Limit your vegetables to 10-20 grams of carbohydrates a day. Get yourself a Carbohydrate Counter as it is extremely important that you limit your carbs to 10-20 grams. What does that leave on the menu? Dairy, fats, meats. Don’t worry about the calories you’re consuming, DON’T COUNT THEM, EAT THEM! Don’t be afraid, Protein Blast really does work. For full documentation of a high-protein program check out Lose The Belly Fat. Protein Blast is the only plan that must be followed to the letter. Small deviations like drinking regular coffee instead of decaf, eating just a little bit of sugar … will sabatouge your metabolic response to the Proteins and fats you’re eating and you will not lose weight.

Beverages

The best beverage choice is plain, filtered water. While it’s not necessary to use filtered water to succeed with the Protein Blast, I suggest it here to give you a head start on the detoxification process that you’ll begin with the next stage of the UnDiet. You can also enjoy herbal teas, decafblack tea and decaf coffee (hot or cold). You may use whipping cream, in your tea or coffee, but not half and half or milk, and not more than six tablespoons of cream per day. Since I’m not crazy about the taste of plain water I usually keep a pitcher of tea such as Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger teas or Good Earth Caffeine Free Tea. Make sure to subtract the carbohydrates in your beverages (if any) from your daily carb allowance.

Day 8 or 15 through to your goal weight

Switch to the Basic UnDiet Plan or if you or your family need to ease into healthy foods like whole grains and pastas, you could go to the UnDiet Family Plan.

Recipes

Related Links

Sugarless Shoppe – sugar-free products with the diabetic in mind. Excellent selection, good prices.
The Grain & Salt Society – finally a source for grain-sweetened chocolate chips! Wide variety of other hard to find ingredients.
Nature’s Flavors – large selection of high quality, natural, and organic baking ingredients.

More Protein Blast information and recipes

The Atkins Diet – info on low carb, high protein diet, also link to Atkins products
Atkins Diet Revolution – what types of eating challenges this diet helps to overcome
Atkins Diet – book reviews, order books at discount prices

Step By Step

If you’d like help getting started with the UnDiet you’ll recieve an e-mail every week with a new UnDiet step, which will also provide you with tips, recipes utilizing that week’s step, and encouragement to keep on following through with previous steps. There’s no charge to give the Step-By-Step E-Mail Program a try. When you request one month of FREE UnDiet Steps you’ll also be added to the UnDiet Update list which will notify you when new recipes and info are added to this site.

Dessert Fruit Kid Friendly Recipes

Individual Apple Pies

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place sliced apples in a (well buttered) pie tin.

Sprinkle with a handful of unrefined sugar or any UnDiet-approved sweetener and (cinnamon, apple pie spice, pumpkin pie spice …).

Bake for 20-30 minutes until apples are soft. Roughly mash with a potato masher or fork right in the pie tin.

Scoop out the middle of one or more whole wheat bagels. Toast and butter. Or use thick slices of whole grain bread, or English muffins. You could also use whole wheat pitas or whole wheat tortillas. Heat and butter the inside of the pitas before stuffing with the cooked apples. Heat and butter the tortilla before rolling up around the cooked apples.

Pile the apple mixture on top of your bread of choice.

Tips

Healthy Beverages – What to Drink?

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Celestial Seasoningshas a large variety of herbal teas including roasted grains, chai teas & fruit flavored teas.

Cafe Altura Organic Coffee is grown on small family farms, hand-picked, washed in rainwater and dried in the sun. You can’t get much more natural than that!

Fruit Blooms has a nice selection of organic drink mixes. They are not sugar-free but many parents prefer these types of drinks to chemically sweetened drinks.

Rice Dream is a great resource for non-dairy, soy-free milks.

Silk Soy Milk beverages are the Cadillac of soy milks. If you want to move your family to soy milk this is the way to go.

Internal Cleansing

Body Cleanse – Isagenix Super Juice

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What’s In Your Internal Body Cleansing Super Juice?

Everywhere you turn there’s a new super juice body cleanse on the market.  Even popular juices are jumping on the bandwagon by adding a sprinkle of healthy ingredients to their regular products. This is reminiscent of the practice of adding nutritious ingredients to white bread, when what really needs to happen is to use nutritious ingredients in the first place.  Adding Vitamin B to white flour doesn’t make it healthy any more than adding acacia to a sugar-laden, chemical filled juice makes it healthy. Many other products have nutritious ingredients in them. With so many colon cleanse products to choose from, how do you know which to choose to cleanse smart?

When you’re ready to cleanse your body, look to see where you’re getting the most bang for your buck. Isagenix unique Cleanse For Life drink isn’t a one-trick-pony. Cleanse For Life is a complex blend of ingredients that support the body’s entire cleansing process (not just the colon), while nourishing you with essential nutrients as you’re cleansing your body.

Here’s how Cleanse For Life can support your overall health:

  • Provides antioxidant support*
  • Helps detoxify the body*
  • May support vitamin absorption*
  • Clinically shown to help with weight loss**
  • Supports liver health*
  • Helps balance immune system *
  • Supports heart health*
  • Helps protect body from toxins in the environment*
  • Helps improve performance under stress *

Drink one to two ounces of Cleanse For Life once or twice daily to keep on top of daily intake of toxins or to replace a meal to support weight loss or do a deep cleanse and get started on the road to better health and weight loss by choosing either the Isagenix Cleanse for Life 9 Day or 30 Day Programs.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

** As part of the Isagenix Cleansing and Fat Burning System.

Beverages High Protein Starches Vegetarian

More Recipes for Losing Weight – Creamy Rice Soup

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Here’s another one of our UnDiet recipes for losing weight that also works for a vegetarian losing weight and adheres to the principles of food combining. Call it a three-fer!

I love Trader Joes! They are my go-to source for quick and easy meals. A few choice purchases and I have the makings for several entirely different meals. I recently picked up a small tub of their Parmesan Artichoke Dip which has a cream cheese base. I spread it on top of a toasted piece of their whole wheat naan bread, then added some thinly sliced fresh tomatoes. Delicious! Then I had some dental work and couldn’t chew for a few days. I didn’t want the artichoke dip to go to waste so I mixed up this Creamy Rice Soup and I was in heaven!

Remember that I put amounts in my recipes to make it easier to give my readers an idea of what I’m doing, but there is no need to use exact measurements. A large spoonful can serve as a 1/4 cup measure, a coffee mug (which is usually what I use to serve soup in) holds about 1 & 1/2 cups, etc.

This is not a chicken and rice soup recipe though because that would be a bad food combination. See the notes at the end of the post.

Stir together and heat until very hot:
2 cups broth (I used french onion broth but any vegetable broth will do)
1/2 cup cooked brown rice or brown rice pilaf

Alternatively you could use 2 cups of leftover whole grain pasta or shirataki noodles.

Remove rice from heat and stir in 1/4 cup each of Trader Joes Artichoke Parmesan Dip and diced soy cheese. Grab a spoon and I guarantee you’ll be in heaven too!

You can also add more rice so that you have a stew rather than a soup.

If you are not a vegetarian losing weight you might be tempted to stir in some cooked chicken or turkey for a very hearty soup but it’s not a good idea when practicing food combining to mix a grain (the rice) with a protein (chicken or turkey).

I hope you’ll enjoy these recipes for losing weight for dinner tonight! And if you want to be prepared for those nights when you’re not up to cooking, pick up one or more of the delish brown rice mixes below.

 

 

Dessert Recipes

Sugar Free Sweetened Condensed Milk

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I haven’t been able to find sugar free sweetened condensed milk in any store so I was ecstatic to come across this recipe for an easy way to make it.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1 1/3 cups powdered milk
  • 3/4 cup Splenda granular
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir milk powder into cold water until dissolved.

Microwave 1 minute or until steaming. Stir in sugar and vanilla.

Cover and chill in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup 219g

Recipe makes 1 & 1/3 cups)

The Splenda granular is not included in the calculations below:
Calories 643
Calories from Fat 307 (47%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 34.2g 52%
Saturated Fat 21.4g 107%
Monounsaturated Fat 10.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 124mg 41%
Sodium 476mg 19%
Potassium 1706mg 48%
Total Carbohydrate 49.6g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g 0%
Sugars 49.6g
Protein 33.7g 67%

Dessert Kid Friendly Recipes

Quick Fudge

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Next time you’re hankering for a quick fix of chocolately deliciousness, this microwave fudge will have you in rapturous ecstasy.

Melt in microwave or over double-boiler:

  • 12-oz bag grain-sweetened chocolate chips
  • 8 oz grain-sweetened peanut butter chips (or additional chocolate chips)
  • 1 can SF sweetened condensed milk or ?cups from recipe

Stir in:

  • 2 cups or 4 handfuls toasted nuts
  • 1 cup or 2 handfuls raisins or other dried fruit (optional)

Press into lined pan and place in fridge until semi-hardened. Cut into squares and allow to fully harden.

Beverages Kid Friendly Recipes

Cocoa Milk

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Use a blender to mix nondairy milk with cocoa or carob powder. I’ve tried both stirring with a spoon and using a wire whip but a blender or battery operated whisk works best to eliminate lumps and give the milk a nice froth. I sometimes blend up a big batch and pour it into a pitcher that I keep in the fridge. This way it’s ready for a quick drink, or to heat up for a nice hot cocoa in the morning.

Taste and if needed sweeten with one of the following sweeteners:

  • agave nectar
  • honey
  • Stevia
Kid Friendly Recipes

Starch After-School Snacks

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Serve up these after-school snacks and your kids will be running home from school to snap them up!

Hummus

Serve any of the following as dippers:

  • bagel
  • whole wheat pita bread
  • pita chips
  • whole wheat tortilla chips
  • corn tortilla chips

Pudding Cake

In the morning line the bottom of a square cake pan with graham crackers. Cover with any flavor sugar-free pudding, then a layer of graham crackers, then pudding until the pan is filled, ending with a layer of pudding. By the time the kids come home you’ll have a delicious cake for them to snack on. And it doesn’t need to be frosted!

Bagels or English Muffins

Topped with:

  • soy cream cheese
  • peanut butter
  • jam, sugar free
  • cooked pureed Fruit
  • mashed bananas mixed with an UnDiet sweetener
  • butter
  • butter and/or honey, sprinkled with cinnamon
  • honey
  • hummus

Individual Apple Pies

Grilled Cheese  Sandwiches

The quickest way to make this sandwich is to melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Place bread slice(s) in pan, top with nondairy cheese, then second bread slice. Add more butter if necessary when turning to brown other side.

Add one of the following between the bread slices:

  • sliced apple
  • sliced pear
  • sliced tomato
  • frozen, thawed & squeezed dry spinach
  • steamed cauliflower, chopped

Pigs in a Blanket

Wrap whole wheat dough* around soy “hot dogs”. Bake according to dough instructions. You could also place some nondairy cheese between the biscuit and dog before rolling.
* Trader Joes and many other markets carry whole wheat pizza and bread dough that work nicely for this recipe.

Ready To Eat

  • popcorn
  • dry breakfast cereal
  • whole grain, sugar free breakfast cereal dry or with nondairy milk
Fruit Kid Friendly Recipes

Protein After-School Snacks

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When you’re stumped for a healthy Protein-based after-school snack that your kids will actually eat, try one of the suggestion below.  They’ve all been tested on kids and friends of kids, nephews and nieces and passed. By “passed” I mean that they ask for more. That’s the kid version of a “thumbs up”.

Scrambled Eggs

Serve plain or mix eggs with any of the following:

  • shredded cheese
  • cream cheese
  • try sneaking in some shredded or diced veggies or Fruit, just stir them into the eggs after removing from heat

Apple Sandwiches

Slices of apple topped with slices of any of the following:
cheese
nut butter
cream cheese sweetened with maple syrup, honey or agave nectar

Veggie Sticks

Serve any of the following as a dip:

  • any creamy Protein dressing
  • creme fraiche, sour cream or yogurt with a little of their favorite mulit-seasoning stirred in

Fruity Yogurt

Maple Pudding