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Day 1 was a successful one in terms of being gluten-free by totally avoiding bread, pasta, crackers, and the like. I’m doing this diet because I feel better when I don’t eat wheat products, with weight loss also desired.
Day 2 was very similar to Day 1, but there was less variety. I ate six smaller meals, rather than three big ones and it was easy to plan a menu that did not include any wheat products. Something else I’m doing in addition to eating gluten-free, is fasting for 12 hours from 8 pm to 8 am daily, in an effort to boost weight loss.
Honoring National Hamburger Day, an annual day celebrating America’s most iconic food, I fired up my Weber Kettle and grilled some up. When I grill, I also batch cook to take advantage of all that charcoal heat, so in addition to grilling a dozen burgers, I put some brats and chicken on the fire in prepping meals for the next 3 days with some leftover to put in the freezer.
Day 2 Menu:
| Meal | Time | Description | Calories | Protein (Grams) | Carbs (Grams) |
| Breakfast | 9am | Steak, two eggs, cheese | 650 | 60 | 4 |
| Snack | 11:30am | Tuna and cheese | 150 | 18 | 4 |
| Lunch | 2pm | Two burger patties w/cheese | 750 | 38 | 4 |
| Snack | 4:30pm | Brat | 193 | 8 | 2 |
| Dinner | 7pm | Two brats | 386 | 16 | 4 |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | Total intake | 2129 | | |
| | | Minus calories burned | 500 | | |
| | | Net caloric intake | 1629 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | Water count | 5 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | 140 | 18 |
On a bit of a carnivore day, I consumed a nice amount of protein (140 grams), and minimal carbs (just 18 grams!) and didn’t miss eating any wheat products, not even a couple of buns for those burgers. Lacking some veggie and fruit intake, I’ll have to remedy that on Day 3.
Think about how many more calories I would have consumed by eating hamburger and hot dog buns with those burgers and brats. There’s the added grocery expense of those items too.
Stay tuned for Day 3, which will include a product review!
$pend Wisely My Friends…
~ Mike
Related: A Bachelor on the Cheap Challenge: Going Gluten-Free For Good
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The Bachelor on the Cheap Gluten-Free Diet Challenge 2023 – Day 2 – Bachelor on the Cheap
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Day 2 was very similar to Day 1, but there was less variety. I ate six smaller meals, rather than three big ones and it was easy to plan a menu that did not include any wheat products. Something else I’m doing in addition to eating gluten-free, is fasting for 12 hours from 8 pm to 8 am daily, in an effort to boost weight loss.
Honoring National Hamburger Day, an annual day celebrating America’s most iconic food, I fired up my Weber Kettle and grilled some up. When I grill, I also batch cook to take advantage of all that charcoal heat, so in addition to grilling a dozen burgers, I put some brats and chicken on the fire in prepping meals for the next 3 days with some leftover to put in the freezer.
Day 2 Menu:
On a bit of a carnivore day, I consumed a nice amount of protein (140 grams), and minimal carbs (just 18 grams!) and didn’t miss eating any wheat products, not even a couple of buns for those burgers. Lacking some veggie and fruit intake, I’ll have to remedy that on Day 3.
Think about how many more calories I would have consumed by eating hamburger and hot dog buns with those burgers and brats. There’s the added grocery expense of those items too.
Stay tuned for Day 3, which will include a product review!
$pend Wisely My Friends…
~ Mike
Related: A Bachelor on the Cheap Challenge: Going Gluten-Free For Good
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If you appreciate the article you just read and want to support more great content on BachelorontheCheap.com, you can help keep this site going with a one-time or monthly donation. Thank you so much for your support! ~ Mike