PROTEIN BARS--GOOD FOR WEIGHT LOSS??
While crash diets are usually not the best idea, my view is that for a few days they won't do ya any harm. Was tired of not seeing the scale move much. Also frustrated with cravings and hunger.
Nutrition Express.com has a catalog with a large variety of protein bars. They vary significantly in price and nutritional content. I wanted a large meal replacement bar and planned to go several days eating a bar for each meal, with a lot of water, coffee with skim milk, or lemon juice between meals.
The idea was not to be tempted by "real" food that makes us want to eat MORE of it. The bars tasted so lousy that it was a "positive". What's for lunch? Same crappy bar you had for breakfast! What's for dinner? Same crappy bar you had for lunch! You get the idea.........
Last Friday was my first day. Then Sat. I was derailed by my sister announcing she had a coupon for JERSEY MIKE'S SUB SHOP and we were taking her granddaughter! Had a meatball sub. Had to start diet OVER. Managed to do 3 consecutive days, Sun. Mon. and Tues. just on bars.
Did it work? Hell yeah! Lost 3.9 lbs. -- almost FOUR POUNDS for 3 days of suffering! That's what I like to see! Seriously, these bars tasted SO bad I was nauseated. If I had a horse or a donkey that I loved, I wouldn't have fed it to them! But desperate times call for desperate measures.
The company is Nutrition Express. The brand of bar that I ate is Chef Jay's Tri-O-Plex. Flavor was Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, moist and chewy whole grain bar. They make it sound delicious, don't they? There is 30 gms. of protein and 6 gms. of fiber in each bar, plus good fats.
I wouldn't advise this for more than 3 days, but it sure jump-started this old lady's metabolism!
For those of you who are religious, consider this verse:
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
Nutrition Express.com has a catalog with a large variety of protein bars. They vary significantly in price and nutritional content. I wanted a large meal replacement bar and planned to go several days eating a bar for each meal, with a lot of water, coffee with skim milk, or lemon juice between meals.
The idea was not to be tempted by "real" food that makes us want to eat MORE of it. The bars tasted so lousy that it was a "positive". What's for lunch? Same crappy bar you had for breakfast! What's for dinner? Same crappy bar you had for lunch! You get the idea.........
Last Friday was my first day. Then Sat. I was derailed by my sister announcing she had a coupon for JERSEY MIKE'S SUB SHOP and we were taking her granddaughter! Had a meatball sub. Had to start diet OVER. Managed to do 3 consecutive days, Sun. Mon. and Tues. just on bars.
Did it work? Hell yeah! Lost 3.9 lbs. -- almost FOUR POUNDS for 3 days of suffering! That's what I like to see! Seriously, these bars tasted SO bad I was nauseated. If I had a horse or a donkey that I loved, I wouldn't have fed it to them! But desperate times call for desperate measures.
The company is Nutrition Express. The brand of bar that I ate is Chef Jay's Tri-O-Plex. Flavor was Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, moist and chewy whole grain bar. They make it sound delicious, don't they? There is 30 gms. of protein and 6 gms. of fiber in each bar, plus good fats.
I wouldn't advise this for more than 3 days, but it sure jump-started this old lady's metabolism!
For those of you who are religious, consider this verse:
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
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