Fat Fast Meal Planner Day 1

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Ahhh the fat fast.  I've heard quite a bit about it throughout the low carb world.  This short 3-5 day meal plan is supposed to jump start weight loss, throw you off of a plateau and put you into deep ketosis.  When I first heard about it, I had heard that you pretty much eat macadamia nuts and plain cream cheese all day for 5 days.  Blech!  Not that I don't like those two items, I just can't imagine eating it all day long for a couple of days straight.  I quickly dismissed the idea of ever wanting to try the fat fast.  However, I recently came across this article on Carb Smart by Dana Carpender along with her subsequent articles on the progression of her Fat Fast linked at the bottom of the Carb Smart page and quickly changed my mind.  Dana has recommended a multitude of foods to help come up with the 90% fat and 1000 calories per day that is optimal for the fat fast.  You are supposed to eat 5 small mini-meals a day to achieve this.  I sort of broke it out into 6 only because I started with coffee every morning, but still maintained my approximately 1000 calories per day.

I will post each day with my meal plan, nutrition information along with fat %, etc.  I use fatsecret.com for my tracking and calculations.

So off we go!

Day 1 Fat Fast Meal Plan:

Fat Fast day 1: 1036 calories 100g fat 7.97 net carbs – 6% carbs, 88% fat, 6% protein

o   Coffee with ¼ c whipping cream 108cal, 93%fat

o   3 slices bacon 114cal, 63%fat

o   Half avocado with 1 tsp olive oil, 1 tsp lime juice, salt and pepper 185cal, 87%fat

o   1 oz macadamia nuts 204cal, 95%fat

o   2 oz cream cheese 198cal, 90%fat

o   2 servings sugar free jello with ½ cup whipped whipping cream 227cal, 88%fat

This plan worked out well for me today.  The worst part was eating the plain cream cheese.  I put some dried chives, salt and pepper on it.  I tried to pretend that it was just a thin bagel with mounds of cream cheese but I didn't fool myself.  The rest of the day was fine.  No issues and no urges to cheat.

**Fat Fast Day 2: Fat Fast Day 2 Meal Planner
**Fat Fast Day 3: Fat Fast Day 3 Meal Planner
**Fat Fast Day 4: Fat Fast Day 4 Meal Planner
**Fat Fast Day 5: Fat Fast Day 5 Meal Planner