Perfect Meal Plan Followup

Last weekend I whipped up what I'm referring to as the "Perfect Meal Plan", which refers to its lack of cheese (excepting cottage), sugar, butter and egg yolks plus a healthy variety of nutrients and food types.  I mostly followed this meal plan for six days.  (Sometimes you need to eat your child's cheddar bunny crackers.)

The Results

I lost 4 pounds in 5 days.  (I forgot to weigh myself day one.)  I wouldn't say I felt like a million bucks, but I definitely felt more even keel and it was easier to get up in the morning.  Overall I'd call it a success.  I'm definitely going to try it again with a new meal plan next week.  My new goal is to do this 6 days per week for 6 weeks and see where it gets me.  I'm going to spend a little less time focusing on getting every nutrient as high as possible as it just takes too much time.  I'll have to rely on variety from week to week to balance that out.

Meal Plan Review

See original blog post for recipes.  Note that I'm usually a very repetitive eater as meat-eater husband won't eat anything I eat.  I'm used it having the full 4 to 6 serving recipe all to myself, so if I don't mind eating a recipe many days in a row it passes the test for me.


Sunflower-Raisin Oatmeal - The raisins were delicious and I ended up doubling them the last couple days.  I added a lot more sunflower seeds than the original recipe to up the niacin, but it was a bit of an overload.  Overall a tasty meal and very filling.  I did not mind eating it 6 days in a row. 

Janelle's Baked Eggs - I've made this many times before, but never actually measured things so the recipe I posted guessed on ingredients.  It was not nearly as good this week, but I think that is due to two problems.  One, I was using my 9x13 pan for something else so I made this in an 8x8 pan for thicker eggs.  Thinner is definitely better for whatever reason.  Two, I grabbed an Egg Beaters brand egg white carton since I was already at Fred Meyer and they don't carry my normal Lucerine brand.  I new this was a mistake the minute I saw a yellow substance some out instead of the clear egg whites.  Bleh.  I made a second batch halfway through the week following my own instructions and using my normal brand to much better results.


Black Bean and Corn Salad - Yum.  That's all I need to say.

Olive Oil and Herb Biscuits - Good flavor but very dry.  I'd have to find a way to add moisture if I ever made these again.  They did not expand at all and the baked picture below looks almost exactly like the dough.

Zucchini with Quinoa Stuffing - Pretty.  Tasty the first day, but BORING by day 6.  I was so tired of zucchini I kept eating less and less until I wasn't eating any of it at all.  The almonds and sun-dried tomatoes were a great addition, but if your bite didn't have a lot of them it was just...boring.  Not sure I'll make this again.

Roasted Veggies - This was definitely my favorite recipe of the week.  The sweet potatoes were delicious.  I used it as motivation to make it through the boring quinoa. 

Strawberry Peach Popsicle - I couldn't find sugar free coconut in my grocery store so I ended up using light coconut milk instead of regular milk.  They were very tasty, but only the tip of the popsicle was creamy.  The rest was icey.  If I make these again I would probably use full fat coconut milk.  They certainly passed my toddler's taste test as she stole most of them for herself.