Grilled Chicken with Soup at Mekong Cafe - Fast 800 Edition
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(Sorry for the lack of posts lately, first I broke my ribs, twice, then I got the flu and life got in the way. I'm back to regular posting, all things going well, or at least not terribly) So, I went on a diet. Apparently being chunky yet funky is not good for one's health according to my long-suffering doctor. Also none of my clothes fit. Yes, a calorie-counting food critic. It's positively Tartarusian. I know this is not the reason you are on a food blog, so I'll keep it brief. The Fast 800 diet was invented by a Dr. Michael Mosely, and is backed up by legitimate science, with doctors and medicine and stuff. It is basically intermittent fasting and is low calorie and relatively low-carb, high-protein. As the name suggests, the calorie limit per day is 800. That's not an awful lot. I'm doing it for 12 weeks and intend to drop 20kg, all things going according to plan. That means there are quite a few restrictions as to what I can feed myself. You're go