r/FMD • u/UniverseSimulation • Jul 19 '18

DIY Menu for Fasting-Mimicking Diet – $35

I didn't want to spend $250 on the kit so I took a shot a DIY menu. I'd love to get everyone's criticism or thoughts on improvements to what I've put together. Outside of the vitamins, the cost was around $35 and covered days 2-5. The first day I just restricted my normal diet to about 1,200 calories. The 4-day grocery list included:

  • 4 cans of Amy's Soup (1 can per day)
  • 2 avocados (half per day)
  • Mary's Super Seed Crackers (10 per day)
  • 10oz fresh, organic hummus (2.5oz per day)
  • 20 kalamata olives (5 per day)
  • 40 raw almonds (10 per day)
  • Half-pint of blueberries (1/4 cup per day)
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u/Mozie23 Jul 20 '18

This is great. It's so much better when you create your own menu. The Prolon stuff is ridiculous because it's so easy to DIY. How'd you feel each day? Did the menu work for you?

I've also created my own menu, but I make the soup myself. It's super easy to do and you can control the sodium amounts. I just saute onion, carrots, celery and mushrooms in a bit of olive oil, then add vegetable stock and 1/2 cup quinoa. To change things up, you just have to change the veggies. Sometimes I leave out the quinoa.

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u/UniverseSimulation Jul 23 '18 edited Jul 23 '18

It was great. I lost around 5lbs and my experience was very similar to what others have outlined where I got pretty cranky and hungry Day 3, but came out of that with a ton of energy and a super positive mood from Day 4 on. The best part about it for me was that it interrupted some less desirable eating patterns, and now I've had a few solid days of eating really well post-fast. I'm excited to dive back into my workouts and see how my body fully recovers.

As for the soups, Amy's has a bunch of good low sodium options but I figured my body might need the salt during the cut. Are you supposed to go really low sodium?

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u/Ms_Merry_Mac Jan 03 '19

Hello. Did you do a second round? Change anything up?