Week 1 Day 1 Starting the diet with ong choy

In retrospect, this was probably THE hardest day of the whole diet. The day when your inner voice whispers: how will I ever survive with only 500 calories??? Well the truth is most of us have enough fat stored to keep us going for that "light" day. So be brave and take that first step!

The vegetable I used for the day's meals is an asian green vegetable called Ong Choy (apparently translated as "water spinach" or rau muong in vietnamese).

How to cook ONG CHOY to keep it low calories:
- wash your ong choy and cut it in 3-4 inches (10cm) long pieces.
- boil about 2 cups of water with a dash of salt, and place in your ong choy for roughly 1-2mn until lightly soft. Take out the ong choy and preserve the water (you can use it as a soup).
- in a non stick pan, saute 2 minced cloves of garlic and add in the ong choy. Stir well for 30 seconds and it is ready!

Breakfast: Approximately 53 calories
- half a banana

Lunch: Approximately 278 calories
- Ong choy cooking broth
- 200g (7 oz) of ong choy
- 150g (5oz) of grilled firm tofu

Dinner: Approximately 185 calories
- 100g (3.5oz) of ong choy
- 150g (5oz) of grilled pacific salmon fillet

Total for the day: 516 calories. Bon Appetit!