Journal de Rick Barlow, 29 janv. 20

Are you eating “only the soup” or is the soup just part of your daily intake? 

Hi. The soup is part of my daily. I start the morning with a high protein breakfast. Noon would be the soup and a salad and dinner would be soup and salad or buckwheat porridge. I try to keep all meals under 500 cals. and my daily just under 1500 cals. I just have to increase my activity big time to burn off more cals than I take in. I've started walking but its a struggle to do this at 4 or 5 degrees below zero and windy. Patience is a virtue. I'll figure it out yet. 

I’m right there with you! It’s way too cold here to be outside!!!  

I used to do Mall walking after my babies were born. Twenty times around my Mall (before the stores open), was 15 kilometres. A lot of people recovering from heart/stroke participated as well. It was excellent. But you walk briskly, and every 2 laps I'd stroll for a bit, then pick up my pace again. My kids are almost grown now, and I hate that I have to work to miss out on this fun activity. Check your larger malls, it was a mall-walkers group.  

Buckwheat porridge for dinner? That is very unusual. How did you decide on that? Do you put berries and walnuts in it? That used to be a favourite of mine for breakfast. 

Hi Aurora. My eating style,diet sounds negative to me, is unusual. I am very fortunate to be able to eat anything at anytime, IE: curried lentil soup for breakfast.(306 g for 85 cals). I try to have a good,high protein breakfast and then my next meals around 300 to 400 cals with a balance of protein and fibre as a goal.As for the buckwheat,it edges out oatmeal in nutrition and I just put stevia and 2% milk with it. I usually have a small bowl of fruit about 1 hour before going to bed. Seems to be working. I sure hope you will be successful in your venture.