B: mushroom and cheese omelette
S: veggies and hummus
L: leftover chili (didn't eat it yesterday...had heavy snack for lunch)
S: cheese stick if needed
D: mexican cass
Yesterday (Monday)
B: green magma with chia seeds; smoothie with kefir, blueberries, kale, almond butter, hemp hearts, cacao, bee pollen
L: salad with baked tofu and parmesan; caesar dressing
S: apple
D: sandwich with salami, goat cheese, arugula on pizza bianco (very thin sourdough type italian bread)
S: corn nuts
exercise: 30 minutes walk with lunges and sprints
Today:
B: same as yesterday plus a handful of peanuts
L: yellow lentil soup, 1/2 spinach pie, tabouleh salad
D: not sure yet!
exercise: reclining bike 30 mins.
Thursday - backwards day today
B: tabouleh salad, 1/2 spinach pie
L: red lentil soup
S: popcorn
D: I WILL resist pizza after the movies. Plan is to have a salad at home
Phase 1.5 is a name given by some of us here on the board, sort of a made up phase between phase 1 & 2, where you can eat somethings from the phase 2 menu but not all (for example, I can eat carrots & fruit... but still wont eat any grains)
Its not any part of the official South Beach lifestyle.... Alot of the people on the board like to use it as a transition between phases, but for someone like me who has a very hard time with breads, rice, pasta (even the whole grain stuff) it is easier to just avoid it (when possible) and stay on the so named "phase 1.5"
(I hope that explanation makes sense)
Thank you RiverGirl, yes you explained it well! I knew it wasn't part of the original South Beach because I have done South Beach before and knew it was phase 1,2,3. I was wondering what you all were doing on phase 1.5 and that makes since to me and thank you so much
morning! holding 2 pounds of water... could be worse I guess...
rode the Griffith Park Bike Loop yesterday after work...WOW! What a workout! Up and down hills and stuff - took over an hour but was so fun. TOM is playing games with me and refusing to show up on time...2 days late which is probably why the water weight. I'm in no mood to be bothered by it much, so moving on...
breakfast - leftover pressure cooker chicken breast in cheddar soup/rotel (about 2 ounces?) and zucchini sauteed in coconut oil
snack 1 - I brought cottage cheese and fresh cherries
lunch - tofu w/part skim shredded mozzarella and green salsa
snack 2 - stick of light string cheese
dinner - will be a salmon patty and steamed broccoli...maybe a salad made with baby spinach and coleslaw.
no bike ride tonight going to the gym for chest and back, so will try to get a little cardio in on the air trainer...but HATE it now it's so boring! Especially compared to riding my bike! *sigh* WhatEV...I'm off tomorrow - paid holiday at the temple. Shavout.