Not quite in the diet but a sort of Day one:

Brunch:

100 calories worth of cabbage, carrots, broccoli and the like in canola oil (since I've ran out of olive oil) with a hint of truffle salt and garlic salt.

Didn't finish but ate most of.

A mandarin: two bites, was too soft.

A cup of milk.

4 squares of dove dark chocolate.

Found an excellent website for the nearby farmers

I live in a fairly fertile region, not far from a river, in Northern California, and I know the area has a long history of orchards and farmland, even vineyards! I live right down the street from a few smaller ones but I did not know there were so many left today. Cheers to LOCAL! :D

What I can get apparently in January from local sources:

 

So I will have to go check out these local farms, I used to go more often as a child and now, I REALLY want to get back into local farms!

and a fun little recommendation from the show and 1940s of what the cook should and shouldn't do! ;) 

How to make up for those 4 meals a week "outside of the house"?

To keep me from wanting to die of boredom, food-wise, come Jan 1, I will be eating my 3 oz of sweets and making 3 delicious meals (even if they do not match the era, c'mon I am Californian I cannot completely abandon mexican and thai and the like!) AND eating out once-a-week whether it be Panera sandwiches, small portions of chinese or thai, or a hamburger.... That way, it will not all be Lord Woolton's Pie, (I can never eat SPAM sorry lol) weird British and US forties cuisine and the like! ;)

More information and a brilliant TV episode to relate to

I am STILL looking to find the 1940s House show about the family sent to live like it was 1940 online BUT for the meantime the Supersizers have not been removed from youtube! :)

http://1940sexperiment.wordpress.com/1940s-videos/the-supersizers-go-wartime/


Another image  of bread and fats and the whole shebang:

So essentially, tea is okay, NO coffee (good thing I am not a coffee drinker), LOADS of root veggies especially potatoes and carrots, a teensy bit of wheat bread, meat and sugary foods. Less fruit but I will be eating more fruit, it wasn't rationed and it did grow better in Cali than Britain so it doesn't go against my location really ;) and small amounts of dairy. Essentially a mostly vegan lifestyle that allots for small amounts of non-vegan foods and a lot of locally grown stuff which means I need to try my best to find the farmers that live near me!! ;) 

Prep for Day One

Hi there! I am "following" the fairly well known 1940s Experiment by Carolyn Ekins, which was very successful for her! http://1940sexperiment.wordpress.com/

Here is how the diet works:

Daily Exercise: about 1 hour (or more!!) of physical movement, cardio, and weights thrown in a bit. Yoga and dance are not bad ideas. This can be achieved at a gym or at home. I am doing both. 5 days a week at the gym and two days a week (my busy days) DVDs at home to equal a hour. My preference are classes and about 2 hours a day with 1 hr on 2 days at home for a total of 12 hours. I feel that this is sufficient for weight loss and health.

EXAMPLE:

Stretch, 5 min warm up at low to med pace for cardio to 20 mins at high pace and 5 min cool down at low pace, stretch, weights, yoga, qi gong or pilates or other, stretch.

Classes include (this counts as cardio): Zumba, Dance, Bike, Aerobics, ETC

Classes include (counts as other/stretch): Yoga, pilates, ETC

One, if at a gym, can do intervals for one hour or 30 minutes if a break is needed.

FOOD:

This is the big part since, for me, and most women 70% of losing weight is what you eat.

The mostly exact numbers are:

Weekly ration for 1 adult

• Bacon & Ham 4 oz
• Meat to the value of 1 shilling and sixpence (around about 1/2 lb minced beef)
• Butter 2 oz
• Cheese 2 oz
• Margarine 4 oz
• Cooking fat 4 oz
• Milk 3 pints
• Sugar 8 oz
• Preserves 1 lb every 2 months
• Tea 2 oz
• Eggs 1 fresh egg per week
• Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks

In addition to this a points system was put in place which limited your purchase of tinned or imported goods. 16 points were available in your ration book for every 4 weeks and that 16 points would enable you to purchase for instance, 1 can of tinned fish or 2lbs of dried fruit or 8 lbs of split peas.

For a modern person this means about (in one week):

2 slices of ham, 1/2 pound ground beef, 2 large slices of butter and cheese, 4 large slices of margarine (see examples in images below!) and 4 large slices in cooking fat aka oils for those whom do not use fat like spam or drippings, 6 cups of milk (so one a day pretty much), 8 oz of sugar(image ex below), 1/8 lb preserves a week, 4 cups of tea (this I am NOT rationing personally!), 1 egg per week and 3 oz of sweets (see image below OR appx. 4 fun-sized candies, give or take). 

 (sugar)

 (1 slice = 1 ounce)

 (amt of sweets in the chopped choco)

ANDDDDDD any amount of veggies and fruit! Go wild my dears! ;)

Wheat and Grains: I say limit wheat (following WW1 diet) to once a day (or better yet follow the two wheatless and two meatless days they had, with the other 3 being one meatless meal and one wheatless meal which is what I am TRYING to do!) 

Other Grains: Not so big a deal. Again if you have a wheatless day try to do oats and rice or whatever to only two meals which one veggie/vegan meal a day. This is best health-wise... This is NOT a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. YOU can make it one by substitution of meats and the like!! 

Don't forget to try to drink at least 60 oz of water! ( A min of 30 oz!) 

I think that is all for now! :)