Shmulik and his wife in the kitchen preparing a pepper dish
“When you crave something, it’s hard to control how much you eat.”
It’s time for another check-in with Shmulik! His weight loss is now at 47.5 lbs., but has slowed recently. From his starting weight of 332 lbs., he’s down to 284.7. Eric addresses the possible reasons for these mediocre results and discusses adjustments that Shmulik needs to make. Join us!
Spoiler: Next Week Shmulik has Amazing Results. Tune in Next Week for Sure!
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Your dynamic duo discuss Shmulik’s current exercise program, with Fridays off and a long workout on Saturdays.
- Shmulik’s big accomplishment: running for 2 km!
- Shmulik’s achievable running goals: increase from 2 km to 5 km
- Shmulik thinks his food portions are too big, but Eric is convinced that he’s eating too much of the wrong things
- Eric’s food advice for Shmulik:
- Eliminate ALL bread and ALL oil – let’s stop screwing around and get back to basics.
- Eat green vegetables, beans, rice, potatoes, and lentils.
- Season food liberally with salt, pepper, herbs, spices, and soy sauce.
- Try steaming or steam-frying with water or broth (Eric explains).
- Use fresh fruits for snacks.
- Focus on watermelon (CORRECTION: IN THIS PODCAST, I say that a half a watermelon is about 100 calories. That is not correct. Two cups of watermelon are about 100 calories. What I should have said is: don’t focus on calories. Eat a whole food, plant based diet, as much as you want until you are satisfied, and with light to moderate exercise, you will lose weight and ultimately achieve your optimal weight. Of course you can enjoy watermelon as part of a WFPB diet. Don’t worry about the calories, worry about the food. Thanks to the listener who corrected me on this point).
- Going 100% plants with NO oil and bread will maximize and jump start weight loss.
- Eric’s advice about using dates – basically don’t until you achieve your weight loss goal.
- Eric’s advice about meat substitutes.
- Favorite way to prepare tofu? Cut into strips, grill, then marinate in soy sauce and serve with rice.
- Eric advises Shmulik to experiment more with tofu and tempeh.
- Shmulik discusses the current problem with his dog, Red. He’s on the mend!
So Flavorful and So Healthy: Pasta and Alfredo Sauce Made from Cauliflower with a Smoked Cheese Flavor
Pasta with Squash and Smoked Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce
Ingredients
- Florets from 1 medium/large cauliflower
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 cup pine nuts (if unavailable or expensive, substitute 1/4 cup chopped cashews soaked overnight)
- Juice squeezed from 1 fresh lemon
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
- Sea salt as specified below
- Fresh ground black pepper to taste
- Pasta (I used Tinkyada brand organic brown rice penne pasta, package serves 6)
- 1 chopped zucchini or other squash of choice
Instructions
- Steam cauliflower florets to a softer consistency than normal, since you will be liquefying them in a blender.
- Separately steam squash al dente, cooked but still firm, then lightly sprinkle with salt and set aside.
- Cook pasta in liberally salted water according to package instructions.
- Place cooked cauliflower florets, water, nutritional yeast, pine nuts or cashews, lemon juice, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper flakes, 1 tsp sea salt, and black pepper in Vitamix or other high speed blender and puree until perfectly smooth.
- Mix sauce, pasta and squash and serve. Enjoy!
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