6:36pm - 1/2 cup Minute Rice with 2/3 cup steamed vegetables and 2 tbsp of VH Stir-fry Teriyaki Sauce

The whole meal had a fairly bland flavour. I am glad I added the stir-fry sauce or this would have been one of the most boring meals ever. I almost wanted to add some chicken, but decided not to because I want to reduce my intake of meat at the start to get the weight loss rolling. Usually, I use much more stir-fry sauce in my rice dishes, but the sauce is nearly all sugar and salt, so I am trying to cut back.

Why not remove it all together? Well, for me it’s better to have some of the flavour that I am used to and make small changes, than make drastic changes that I am unhappy with. I think that’s really the key to losing weight: be happy with the changes you make.

I doubt I could eat a dish like this every day, as the taste still leaves something to be desired. It was a fairly filling meal though, so it should tide me over until my evening snack.

I have to admit though that the most jarring part of this process will probably deal with taste. I am used to consuming food that pleases my palette, and so eating meals with little taste, or that don’t taste great is going to be difficult.

Meal Stats
1/2 Cup Minute Rice - 44g pre-cooked, 160 Calories, 5mg Sodium, 36g Carbohydrate, 1g Fibre, 4g Protein.
2/3 Cup Mixed Frozen Vegetables - 85g, 40 Calories, 30mg Sodium, 8g Carbohydrate, 3g Fibre, 2g Sugars, 2g Protein.
2 Tbsp VH Stir-fry Teriyaki Sauce - 30ml, 20 Calories, 200mg Sodium, 5g Carbohydrate, 4g Sugars.

That brings the meal to a total of 220 Calories. I consumed way too much sodium in this meal, and not enough protein. Adding chicken would have helped, but again, I want to limit my meat intake for the first week. The preparation time was about six minutes, and was very easy to clean up after.

I love simple, quick, easy to make meals.