Week 5 Day 1 About getting a doctor to supervise your diet

Alright, so after a full month on the diet, I had great results on the scale. Now according to Dr Mosley, the loss of weight should only be considered "a bonus", and the real benefit of fasting is that it improves your health. Well, like I've said before, I was already pretty healthy except for being a bit on the chubby side and borderline anemic. But I decided to run some blood tests just to see if there really was an effect (not the big fancy ones like you saw in his movie which are a bit expensive, just the regular ones).

The results: all counts (sugar, cholesterol, etc.) went down (good!)... including iron (bad for my anemia!) although still not down to a critical level. So looking back at my diet over the last few weeks, I realized I had cut down on most iron rich red meats because they are higher in calories and don't stretch as far to make me feeling fuller longer... So I had two choices: 1- make sure I get a lot of iron rich foods in my diet on non fast days to compensate, or 2- get creative and find some lighter ways to get iron intakes. Well, I did both. But just to be on the safe side, I also added a multivitamin on Fast Days. So please consult your doctor and/or a nutritionist to monitor your progress through this journey and have them tailor the diet to your personal needs!

Menu Week 5 Day 1:

Breakfast: approximately 41 calories
- lemonade: juice of 1 Meyer lemon + 2 packs of stevia + water to taste
- 1 korean rice cracker

Lunch: approximately 215 calories
- 2 cups of baby spinach
- 1 tsp olive oil balsamic vinaigrette
- 1 sliced date
- 8 grape tomatoes, each cut in 2
- 2oz filet mignon, sliced in mouth sized pieces

Dinner: approximately 242 calories
- 3 cups of baby spinach
- 1 tsp olive oil balsamic
- 1 sliced date
- 9 grape tomatoes, each cut in 2
- 2.3oz filet mignon

Total: 498 calories