I've been on Prednisone for Psoriatic Arthritis and although the arthritis has settled, I've put on about 5k. They are weaning me of the Pred. so I'm back on the diet track.
Here's my new idea: my Nickles and Dimes diet.
I'm going on a 1200 Kcal per day diet, which is ok for an over 60. I always have a big bowl of loose change on the counter.
I bought a new copy of Alan Boroushek's Calorie Counter book, went through all the foods I normally eat and made a list with calories next to it : e.g. egg 80, mandarine 40 etc etc.
I have a small cup, and pay myself exactly 120 cents per day in five and ten cent coins that go into the cup. If I were on a 1500 kcal diet I'd pay myself 150.
Each day I buy food from myself. Edit: the sheet is set out like a menu / price list. A 10 cent coin buys 100 kcal, a 5 cent coin buys 50 kcal. Apart from dairy the food is basically "Paleo" style, meat, fish, fruit, veg.
As well as the listed foods there's a free list that consists of broc, kale, zucchini, garlic etc - most of the green veg, which are unlimited.
I'm also going alcohol free for a while, will report. If it works I might write a diet book, every other cnt seems to be doing so.
Also there's a rule that any coins left in the cup roll over so I can have a "savings account" on the side to buy goodies like an extra steak further down the track. So far I'm 15 cents ahead and quite full after dinner.
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Edit: and a good powerwalk every day of course now that my knee works.
