I woke up one morning this week with a bright idea. Before I get into what the idea I want to set up the scenario. I have a lot of clients that I have worked with in the past that are looking to lose weight, and it has become a huge epidemic in the country. So it is something that I want to continue to learn about, and educate myself on because the industry is moving toward helping weight loss clients more than ever, if it hasn't already arrived there. Anyway, one of my rules of fat loss which I can't say I came up with myself because I got them from someone that I get a lot of education from, Alwyn Cosgrove, is eat a vegetable/whole food at every meal. I have always maintained the idea that it is damn near impossible to overeat if you eat the proper foods. Now, it has always been a theory of mine because I can honestly say I have never struggled with my weight, nor had to watch what I eat to lose weight. I constantly tell my fat loss clients, that you can have as many vegetables as you feel necessary to fill you up, and you could stuff yourself to the border of gluttony and still wouldn't go over your calorie limit.
So, I'm sure you are wondering by now get to the darn point, what was your bright idea. My bright idea was to eat 1000 calories of broccoli in one day and see how I feel. I can honestly say that I thought to myself, 1000 calories no problem. So I looked it up on calorieking.com, just how much I'd have to actually consume. I get this statement a lot "I eat really healthy, a lot of vegetables and salads! I barely eat anything! I stay between 1200-1400 calories a day" A lot of the time I give people the benefit of the doubt, and believe them without really thinking how much salad that really is. I know now that statement is bologna and here is why. To eat only 1000 calories of veggies you would have to eat 6 pounds of broccoli. 6 freaking pounds. Even with that daunting number, I set out this morning to do it. I bought two 3 pound bags of the stuff and started cooking. I didn't eat anything else for the rest of the day. NOTHING. I couldn't even finish one stinking bag. It's 11 pm at night in NJ, and I'm still not hungry. I estimate I have eaten 400 calories tops, for the day. I haven't had a meal since 5 this afternoon. I give up. I don't want anything to do with food for the night. I believed I could finish, but I've raised the white flag.
So, what does all this mean? I've come up with a few conclusions.
1. Instead of those stupid detox diets (lemonade, cayenne pepper, whatever), eat broccoli for a whole day. You'll drop weight like crazy I'm sure. Obviously I would add some protein, and fat in there but you'd be good to go, and probably not hungry
2. I stick by my "theory" that you can't overeat veggies. Maybe I just got sick of broccoli, but still I couldn't eat 1000 calories of veggies and still be hungry. I looked at other foods to try, and a pre-made spinach bag is like 40-50 calories, for the ENTIRE BAG. 1000 calories would be 25 bags of spinach. GO AHEAD and over eat that.
3. Vegetarian diets don't suit me well. I need meat, and more calories. I played tonight and I feel awful right now since I didn't eat very much. Granted I could have had more nuts and things like that but I will stick to my meat any day
4. Mix in some veggies, the fiber will keep you full for hours; possibly even 6 like it did me.
5. After eating that much broccoli, I smell like broccoli, I'm burping broccoli, I'm sweating it out. My breath wreaks, just make sure you don't do this diet and go on a date. You'll never see her or him again.
6. If you eat clean, and limit your processed foods overeating is tough. It would almost be safe to say, try that as a diet first, and see if you lose weight, then count calories later. Just make sure you mix up what you eat, meaning proteins, fats, and vegetables as your carbs.
7. Don't ever tell me you eat 1200 calories of vegetables and salads, I'll slap you. Granted the number of people in the study was 1, I have a firm belief that others will run into the same problem.
8. I'm done with broccoli for a few days, or weeks! It's hard to gain weight when you are full of fiber.
If anyone else gives this a try, leave a comment and let's get your take on it. For now, Adios
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