Dollar Tree Diet- Day One

Breakfast was good. I prefer something light in the morning to get me going, and preferably something sweet. I took some of the mango chunks, a banana, and a cup of milk to make my smoothie. It was awesome, and kept me filled until around 10:30am. You could spend $5- $8 on a smoothie just like this at a fresh smoothie shop. I spent about $1.50… if that.

Then there was lunch, which I kinda just snacked on all day. The thing about whole grain brown rice and beans is that they are filled with fiber and therefore very filling. Needless to say, I did not get hungry. However, there is a downside; and that is: I may have miscalculated just how many freakin' beans I would have every.... single.... day. The picture doesn't do it justice, but this was a massive bowl of beans. I soaked them for about 10 hours overnight before I cooked them for an hour and a half in the morning to prepare them.

There were so many beans, that I was able to snack on these until about 7:00 pm. I am more accustom to a large amount of fiber daily than most people, but I can see how this many beans could really mess you up if you were to jump from 5 grams of fiber per day (the average for the American adult eating a highly processed diet) to nearly 150 grams.

In my defense, when I was shopping, I was worried about making the math work so that I got adequate calories and an adequate macronutrient distribution. Since there were few good meat choices, beans it was. 

Lastly, for dinner I had stir fry made of peppers, onions, and broccoli; and a little later I scrambled two medium eggs with all my leftover stir fry, beans, and rice. It was not glamorous, but it got the job done. Altogether I probably came in at around 1800 calories for the day.