As we gear up for the major change we have in mind for June with a No-Meat diet, I also consider some of the minor changes we can make. Can we inject whole wheat bread instead of white or potato bread? And why stop there... Whole wheat/oatmeal bagels (slamming!!), brown rice, natural sea salts, soy/rice milk, honey instead of sugar, and non-processed foods (canned or boxed) can be among the minor changes we can make.
To help set the tempo, Andre has developed a weekly goal schedule that will help guide us along. Let's try to stick to this the best we can. But please customize this as it relates to your indivudual goals.
Week 1: (June 1-June 7)
- Eliminate beef, chicken, lamb, goat, pork, etc.
- Fish and eggs still allowed
- Begin eating one more vegetable and fruit per day
- Add beans, tofu (and any other vegetarian foods) to each major entree
- Minimum 1 liter water per day; having water with each meal helps reach this goal
- Minimum 2 day exercise per week
- Same regimen as Week 1, plus no processed foods (canned or boxed...try your best, this is a hard one)
- I made a pot of green bananas, yams, sweet potato, and dumplings the other day instead of rice and it lasted for three nights!
- This is the deadline to come up with a couple of tofu/gluten recipes for the group
- Let us know what you tried and if you would recommend
- Min 2 liters water per day
- This is the deadline to come up with a couple of bean recipes for the group
- Let us know what you tried and if you would recommend
- Min 3 or more days exercise per week
- No eating after 10pm
Week 4: (June 22-June 28- Open Week)
- This week's focus will depend on how we do on the first three weeks
- We'll decide as a group how GREEN we want to get for this week
- But still no chicken, pork, beef, lamb, goat, or pork
- Dre calls this week HARDCORE WEEK...get ur gameface on
