viv wrote:She says that she gets all her veggies from some discount place (can't remember the name).
I think it was a produce liquidator. Everything she buys is only $1 - the gigantic OrganiGirl boxes of spinach and kale, the 2 gallon (or more?) bags of shredded carrots, etc. That one box of OrganiGirl alone is $7.99 in my local stores! I envy her prices!
But to be honest, for many people (including me) that diet is difficult to follow with all the buying, prepping, chopping, carrying giant containers around etc.
And she has to cart all that on a train every day, especially on the days where she teaches in the evening and has all of her meals at work.
It would seem to take over your life
She used to do one video a week, her Weigh In Wednesdays, but a few weeks ago decided to "step it up" and do at least one video a day, each day with a different theme. While I appreciate her commitment - and the Friday Foodie recipes - she must be thinking of food - and eating - almost every waking hour. That salad alone would take me hours to finish! I'm a really slow eater. She's lucky she has a job where she can eat like that. When I worked full time I was lucky if I even got to lunch twice a week, and when I did, all we were allowed was 20 minutes! Not even enough time to get down to the cafeteria and back, and we weren't allowed to keep food in our lockers or eat in the break room.
How easy is McDougall Diet in comparison? Just pop a large potato in the microwave, add an apple or some raw carrots and call it lunch!
I finally got the whole family eating this way - oatmeal for breakfast (Even though Chef AJ is now referring to oatmeal with fruit Oat Cake and advising against it), either a potato or rice - or on whole grain bread, in hubby's case - and veggies for lunch, and dinner is as simple as rice and veg, potatoes and veg, sweet potato and veg, and once a week, whole grain pasta and veg. Add a simple McDougall gravy or pasta sauce and done. We're finally eating like Mary McDougall shows in the Meal Planning video in the Quick Start Guide above:
https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/programs/mcdougall-quick-start/Not to take anything away from Heather, she is wonderful and I will continue to check in with her.
I could never do what she does, that's for sure.
She seems to be thriving doing it this way, but that's also a lot of weight to lose in so short a time, almost 200 pounds in less than a year, averaging 4 pounds a week. She already said she had to see someone (therapist?) because she had lost so much weight so fast she didn't recognize herself in the mirror.
I hope she has the strength to avoid all the temptations this holiday season. Last year she didn't and regained 60 pounds form Halloween to New Years. I noticed in her last few cooking videos she's been nibbling on everything she cooks - a cookie here, a handful of veggies there - instead of making the food and just displaying it. That's a dangerous habit for a self-proclaimed food addict to get into.
She is now 16 pounds from her final goal of 120. All that excess skin probably adds up to that much or more, so unofficially I would say she's there already. But I'll continue to cheer her on.