It's time for another week in South Beach land Come on in and share your menus, your struggles and your questions no matter what phase you are on.
What's working for you? What challenges are you having? Got some great tips and tricks to share? Join us in this thread where we deal with the day to day nuts and bolts of South Beach living.
My favorite tips:
Get those veggies in! 4.5 cups of real vegetables (I don't include iceberg lettuce in that list) really helps me stay on track and feel full.
Beans, I love my beans, at least one serving a day, sometimes more
Drink plenty of water. For me that's at least 100 oz a day.
My newest trick - add chia to my breakfast. Currently I'm using 2 T ground chia with my morning egg to make a pancake. It keeps me full until lunch, something I've never experienced before. It also keeps everything moving along and reduces bloat.
Today's plan, Phase 2 without grain:
B: chia pancake with chard, veggie sausage, rf cheese & hot salsa
L: green monster smoothie
S: not sure yet, maybe string cheese or kefir
D: grilled fish, asparagus, eggplant & squash
wine!
B. lf cream cheese, ww 1/2 bagel, 1 slice peameal bacon
L. green salad, HB egg and asparagus, strawberries
GrandBaby Shower: I'll pass around the goodies and avoid eating them unless there's a veggie tray
D. ??? but I will be mindful when I am at the dinner party. I'm hoping for a BBQ with lots of salads. I will NOT eat any of the rum cake I'm bringing
Breakfast: 2 egg omelet with tomato, red peppers, onions, 2% cheese, LF sour cream and salsa; 6-8 oz V8; 2 cups coffee with ¼ cup 1% milk and artificial sweetener
Lunch: Salad with lots of veggies; tuna and homemade Italian dressing
Snack: Apple with peanut butter - Vitamins
Dinner: Baby Back Ribs, Broccoli Salad
Snack: More broccoli salad (man… this stuff is good!)
P1.5
B grilled steak and veggies, 2 pork ribs, whoops! Coffee w truvia and 1%
L pb&j smoothie
S masala chick peas
D leftover steak with salad and rf feta
S edamame and cheese stick
Sunday - we had a LONG birthday party (unexpectedly long) with basically no OP foods. Ah well - did the best i could!
B: scrambled eggs, onions, green peppers, turkey bacon, V8
S: 1/2 avocado
L: triscuits, hummus, slice of lf cheese, 3 slices of roast beef, 3 tortilla chips, 1 in X 2 in slice of birthday cake
S: other 1/2 avocado (a bit much on the avocado, even though it was small)
D: salad - I can feel my nose twitching already given the size of the salad I need to eat . . .
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I've got several dinners ideas for the week, but, since I'm only cooking for myself right now, it will be a bit trickier than usual.
1. Chickpea & vegetable stew - Made on Tuesday. Always so yummy.
2. Spaghetti squash with vegetarian bolognese sauce & chicken meatballs
3. Ground turkey taco bake 4. Clean Eating chicken, spinach & ricotta quesadillas - made Monday. They were just okay.
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Today (Phase 2)
Wt: 160.6
B: PB & banana in a whole wheat tortilla; skim milk
L: Warm Tru Roots Sprouted Bean Trio mixed with RF goat cheese stuffed in a WW pita with arugula, spinach & cherry tomatoes.
Sn: 2T hummus and mixed veggie sticks
S: Leftover madras lentils with quinoa mixed with spinach and cauliflower.
Sn: Fresh berries & greek yogurt with a splash of SF vanilla syrup.
B: hard boiled egg and 5 oz V8
S: lettuce wrap with small piece chicken left over and half slice cheese (yum my favorite)
L: 1/2 pork chop over romaine
S: hummus and veggies
D: small sirloin with greek salad
Ultimatebea, so nice to see your picture. I keep meaning to tell you that I went to college with someone meant to be very famous in the ultimate world. His name (or nickname) was Skip and I don't remember his last name, but my school had no athletic teams but a championship ultimate team. This was SUNY Purchase circa 1984-1987.
I'm on Phase 1.5 today:
B: chia pudding with blueberries
S: edamame and nf greek yogurt
L: chicken/chickpea/zuccini salad, pickle
S: 15 almonds, 1 pc. smoked gouda, 3 olives, 1/2 pickle
D: chicken andouille sausage and mashed cauliflower
Not sure where I will be for lunch so a filling breakfast and solid dinner plan will keep me on track.
Phase 1.5, the choc. hemp powder is sweetened with coconut palm sugar and I'll probably have wine after dinner
B: PB chocolate Green monster with added chia
L: depends on where we are, probably a salad of some kind
S:string cheese if we are home
D: sauteed mushroom, peppers & "beef" chunks, sauteed greens
wine
Yesterday worked out pretty well. Dinner was pulled pork and green salad. I had my pork on half a ww bun. I'm up a bit this morning but know it's water weight so won't change the ticker.
B. strawberries, Fibre 1, yogurt
L. salad with greens, goat cheese, walnuts and strawberries
D. pork tenderloin medallions, mushrooms, red pepper, ww noodles, Swiss chard
1: cottage cheese w/ sf jam and stevia
2: "weekend glow" kale salad
3: red peppers and hummus
4: pasta sauce w/ lots of veggies, not sure what i'll be serving it over yet.
exercise: 60 min. zumba, 60 min. step class (teaching) + 30 min. step choreography prep. this teaching is whipping my butt. i'm so tired!
stomach is feeling a little upset this weekend due to a weekend of relative excess compared to what i am used to. let's hope a few days of high veggies and lots of water gets me back to normal.
On Plan Thread 6/26 - 7/2
Come on in and share your menus, your struggles and your questions no matter what phase you are on. 
