Could You Eat Like Zach For A Week?
Posted 8 years ago - Apr 17, 2017
From: BekahAfter Producer Zach found out that he was a type 2 diabetic, he decided to take matters into his own hands in an attempt to reverse his disease. Over the course of 9 months, he lost an impressive 80 pounds!
He might kill me for using this picture.
His plan obviously worked, so for week #3 of the "," I decided to give it a shot.
Looks appetizing, doesn't it? It wasn't as bad as it looks, but it definitely wasn't the fluffy blueberry muffin I was hoping it would be, but the next one will be better, and I did forgot to add my testosterone supplement. You can .
Taking the Thought Out of Dieting
The best part of Zach's plan is that it relies heavily on pre-packaged meals, which excited me after 2 weeks of cooking 95% of my meals at home. One surprising side-effect of this month of dieting has been the amount of extra dishes in the sink. It's good that healthy eating forces you to cook for yourself, but I haven't loved running the dishwasher so often. Before starting, I received a crash course in how to properly execute the plan from Zach himself. Here are the basics:I knew that the food was going to be....different....after watching Zach eat it, but I wasn't sure what exactly to expect. Things started poorly when my very first meal exploded in the microwave.
- 5 Pre-packaged meals a day from a service, specially designed to be high in protein and contain what your body needs (services that do these, like Nutrisytem or Medifast, are expensive but work for a lot of people)
- One homemade meal a day consisting of a lean protein and veggies with as dessert for my anxiety.
- Eat your meals slowly over the course of 20 minutes (This may be the most impossible of all tasks)
- Lots of extra water
- Absolutely NO carbs whatsoever (I think smelling carbs might even be a crime)