The Starbucks Diet
There’s a furor (or frenzy) brewing about a woman who claims that she’s lost a whopping 80 pounds by eating at Starbucks exclusively.
Alexandra, Va., resident Christine Hall, a 66-year-old law librarian, lost the weight over a few years and kept it off by dining on Starbucks’ breakfast and lunch meals.
In 2009, Hall weighed 190 pounds, and wanted to donate a kidney so she changed her eating habits; today she’s 78 pounds lighter because of her meal plan that includes a bistro box, wraps, panini for lunch or dinner and oatmeal and black coffee for breakfast.
Dieticians caution that the lack of variety and the expense involved would not make this their eating plan of choice.
Eat Like Me blogger, and dietician Sarah-Jane Bedwell, offers this meal plan:
- Starbucks perfect oatmeal (140 calories, 2.5 g fat, 25 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 5 g protein without toppings). Bedwell recommends adding dried fruit and nuts.
- Chicken and hummus bistro box (260 calories, 7 g fat, 25 g carbs, 5 g fiber, 20 g protein).
- Spinach and feta breakfast wrap (290 calories, 10 g fat, 33 g carbs, 6 g fiber, 19 g protein).
- Roasted vegetable panini (350 calories, 12 g fat, 48 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 13 g protein).
- Strawberry blueberry yogurt parfait (290 calories, 4 g fat, 57 g carbs, 3 g fiber, 10 g protein).
