Carrying over from the weekend thread
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Originally Posted by the wonder cat
I was told (and have seen others here say they were told the same thing) to eat within one hour of waking. I don't always get that accomplished, but I should at least aim for eating within an hour after waking up. Ask your coach.
yes, tomorrow is a new day! a fresh start each morning to refine our new habits.
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wonder cat ^_^ what a great thought to start the day!
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Originally Posted by bbrown655
Hi Everyone - My name is Beth and I just started IP on Wednesday. I am shocked by how great I feel - I have had more energy in the last two days than in the last two months! I am wondering how people mix up the food as to not get too bored. I have the chicken soup but am looking for ways to jazz it up a bit. I saw Jordanna's post about suggestions and that was really helpful. I am having family pictures taken on December 10th, so I am really motivated to drop some lbs before that. Any tips on working the plan would be great, looking forward to getting to know all of you.
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Beth There are a couple of places to look: the
recipes threads and a few ideas in "
fun with packets" thread.
I really liked the taste of the soups so didn't do much to them. Some people use the soups as a sauce (gravy?) over vegetables. You could add hot sauce and cilantro to have a Mexican flavour; basil, garlic and a bit of tomato paste to get a more Italian flavour. Think about flavour combinations you like and you can probably find ways to recreate that using the herbs, spices and flavourings.
Interesting accidents occur, so be open to a little adventure:
Someone posted about using Walden Farms chocolate syrup by accident on a chicken breast -- she meant to get the barbecue sauce out of the fridge. Two of us thought -- add some chili sauce and you've got a Mexican mole sauce.
I made an omelet one morning; I usually added one whole egg to the mix for the extra sustenance (5-6 hours from breakfast to lunch). I thought it looked different -- no fine herbs but didn't check the packet until after I had poured it in the omelet pan. Packet was chicken soup! It took a little longer to cook. However, I actually really liked it and did it intentionally a couple of times.