I've tried a lot of different diets out there... but this one takes the cake as far as I'm concerned. I call it 'the rice beans and beans diet.'
Diet:
Organic Brown Rice: $2/bag
Black Beans: $0.8/bag
Green Beans: $3/bag
1 part rice, 1 part beans, 1 part beans. Then add tex mex, or other low/non fat seasoning. Add other vegetables or low fat meat to mix it up.
Not only is is amazingly effective for weight loss, but unlike other diets you don't feel so damn hungry all the time. Basically the black beans stabilizes the hunger - at least for me.
There's a few things I like about this diet:
It's so cheap that when I go 'militant' on this diet I spend almost no money during the week, as I ride bike/walk to work and don't eat out for food. It's kind of a weird feeling when your wallet has the same amount of money on Friday as it did when you started the week on Monday.
I can cook enough for 3-4 days in one session of cooking. Since the green beans are frozen they're easy, and then I make 3 cups of brown rice, and one bag of black beans and put them in Tupperware. When I get hungry it only takes 3 minutes (including microwave time) to have dinner served.
Losing weight is easy - like so easy, since this is essentially a negative calorie diet (as I understand it). If you stick to this for lunch and supper there really isn't even much need to be going to the gym a lot - the weight just falls off.
How to Cook the Black Beans:
I usually cook them in a rice cooker with the lid open after having soaked them for about 8h in the fridge (to reduce the fartiness power of the beans!). I let the water & beans come to a boil. Strain and let cool. I've found the beans taste much better when they are slightly crunchy than when they are mushy.
This isn't for everyone, and the recipe gets a bit bland, so I usually do it about 2 weeks on, 3 weeks off. Sundays are free days - eat whatever you like.
In the past I've tried: South Beach, Zone, Cabbage Soup, various detox diets and this bean diet is the only one I can stick to.
Now... if I could only convince DW to stick to it
Cheers guys,
Mitch
PS - if you want to give this a go maybe check with your Doc first. It worked really well for me, but I'd hate to recommend something that is incompatible with your body time. I can't see much going wrong - as this is WAY healthier than say a McDonald's diet, or 99% of the other convenience food we eat - but just be safe
Diet:
Organic Brown Rice: $2/bag
Black Beans: $0.8/bag
Green Beans: $3/bag
1 part rice, 1 part beans, 1 part beans. Then add tex mex, or other low/non fat seasoning. Add other vegetables or low fat meat to mix it up.
Not only is is amazingly effective for weight loss, but unlike other diets you don't feel so damn hungry all the time. Basically the black beans stabilizes the hunger - at least for me.
There's a few things I like about this diet:
It's so cheap that when I go 'militant' on this diet I spend almost no money during the week, as I ride bike/walk to work and don't eat out for food. It's kind of a weird feeling when your wallet has the same amount of money on Friday as it did when you started the week on Monday.
I can cook enough for 3-4 days in one session of cooking. Since the green beans are frozen they're easy, and then I make 3 cups of brown rice, and one bag of black beans and put them in Tupperware. When I get hungry it only takes 3 minutes (including microwave time) to have dinner served.
Losing weight is easy - like so easy, since this is essentially a negative calorie diet (as I understand it). If you stick to this for lunch and supper there really isn't even much need to be going to the gym a lot - the weight just falls off.
How to Cook the Black Beans:
I usually cook them in a rice cooker with the lid open after having soaked them for about 8h in the fridge (to reduce the fartiness power of the beans!). I let the water & beans come to a boil. Strain and let cool. I've found the beans taste much better when they are slightly crunchy than when they are mushy.
This isn't for everyone, and the recipe gets a bit bland, so I usually do it about 2 weeks on, 3 weeks off. Sundays are free days - eat whatever you like.
In the past I've tried: South Beach, Zone, Cabbage Soup, various detox diets and this bean diet is the only one I can stick to.
Now... if I could only convince DW to stick to it
Cheers guys,
Mitch
PS - if you want to give this a go maybe check with your Doc first. It worked really well for me, but I'd hate to recommend something that is incompatible with your body time. I can't see much going wrong - as this is WAY healthier than say a McDonald's diet, or 99% of the other convenience food we eat - but just be safe