B: veggie omelet (mushrooms, zucchini, peppers and egg whites)
L: salad and chocolate Muscle Milk RTD (maybe warmed up, not sure yet)
D: chicken in crockpot with seasoning and roasted broccoli
S: if my clinic has them, IP BBQ chips, if not, cookie dough swirl bar
Location: Frederick Colorado (about 20 miles north of Denver)
Posts: 417
S/C/G: 265/see ticker/145
Height: 5'5"
B: IP RTD Chocolate mixed with coffee (heated) - YUMMY, just like a mocha
L. Boiled egg, 2 C cucumbers and celery, IP Wildberry Smoothie (2 Cups Romaine and WF Marshmallow Dip)
D - Chicken veggie soup (6 oz chicken, 2 cups of veggies - zucchini, mushrooms, green and red pepper)
S - IP RTD Chocolate mixed with coffee
B - Pure Protein frosty chocolate RTD; black coffee; tea w/milk
L - Romaine salad with yellow peppers, mushrooms, cukes, celery, banana peppers and homemade vinaigrette; Muscle Milk 100 RTD
D - Chicken breast, roasted asparagus, cherry tomatoes
S - EAS Carb Control dark chocolate RTD heated
Hi Newbierm! Looks like you're missing a couple of cups of veggies there? I count 2 cups of zucchini and you should be getting 4 cups a day (not necessarily 4 cups of zucchini, but 4 cups of veggies a day total).
P1 Reboot, Day 42 - Vegetarian, IP and Alternative mixture
B: 1 scoop Syntrax Nectar Vanilla Bean Torte with coffee
L: Romaine salad with 2c. cucumber, EVOO, ACV, EAS Carb Control French Vanilla
S: EAS Carb Control French Vanilla
D: Omelet with 1c. broccoli, romaine salad with 1c. cucumber, EVOO and ACV
Hi Newbierm! Looks like you're missing a couple of cups of veggies there? I count 2 cups of zucchini and you should be getting 4 cups a day (not necessarily 4 cups of zucchini, but 4 cups of veggies a day total).
It was 4 cups raw, after cooking I put them in 1cup containers.
Question: Some days my 4 cups of veggies have primarily come from my mixed green/field salad and baby spinach salads. It seems like these types of 'lettuces' can count towards the 4 cup total. I also add zucchini, pickles, peppers, mushrooms - but don't always get 2-4 cups of these - primarily add them to the above-said salads. I know I need to strive for variety but the ease of the salad mixes is sometimes the best choice.
Is this ok or am I mis-reading the P1 veggie info? Thanks!
Location: Frederick Colorado (about 20 miles north of Denver)
Posts: 417
S/C/G: 265/see ticker/145
Height: 5'5"
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Originally Posted by advocatemom
Question: Some days my 4 cups of veggies have primarily come from my mixed green/field salad and baby spinach salads. It seems like these types of 'lettuces' can count towards the 4 cup total. I also add zucchini, pickles, peppers, mushrooms - but don't always get 2-4 cups of these - primarily add them to the above-said salads. I know I need to strive for variety but the ease of the salad mixes is sometimes the best choice.
Is this ok or am I mis-reading the P1 veggie info? Thanks!
Lettuce is unlimited and should not be counted towards your 4C of veggies per day. Clinics vary on spinach and mixed/field greens. I don't eat mixed/field greens (too bitter) - my clinic recommends eating romaine as your lettuce. Regarding spinach, I was told that it counted as a veggie (so that is how I count it) - however I have seen others post on this forum that their clinics count spinach as a veggie.
Sorry not much help. I wouldn't use all your veggies as spinach/field greens (just my opinion), you need to get other veggies in too.
Last edited by ColoradoCarol; 02-11-2014 at 05:30 PM.
Question: Some days my 4 cups of veggies have primarily come from my mixed green/field salad and baby spinach salads. It seems like these types of 'lettuces' can count towards the 4 cup total. I also add zucchini, pickles, peppers, mushrooms - but don't always get 2-4 cups of these - primarily add them to the above-said salads. I know I need to strive for variety but the ease of the salad mixes is sometimes the best choice.
Is this ok or am I mis-reading the P1 veggie info? Thanks!
Lettuce that doesn't count is iceberg and romaine (that is the majority consensus, though some coaches do vary.) Use this "free" lettuce to bulk up your meals and fill you up (especially early in IP when more hungry). Also it has been noted that those that do eat 1-2 salads each day often have better losses (tho some do fine w/o them.) it also help keep thing moving yto avoid the Big C.
Field greens, etc and veggies added to salads count towards your 4 cups per day (measured raw.) Spinach is on the P1 sheet as a select veggie so it too counts (not sure why some coaches see it as free since it is clearly on the sheet with all the other allowed veggies that must be counted!)
