Starting the thread in order to plan ahead for my first day of the "reduce grain consumption" experiment...let's see how I do!

B - Egg whites w/ turkey bacon, bell pepper, onion, and zucchini, nectarine
S - Deli turkey rolled with laughing cow, pickle, grapes
L - Roast chicken breast, green beans, mix of roasted butternut squash, potato, and a little onion (leftovers...the potatoes would otherwise not fit with the new plan...)
S - Greek yogurt w/ berries
S - Broccoli, carrots, cucumber and snap peas with 2 tbsp hummus
D - We're gonna call it "Taco Bake" - extra lean ground beef, sauteed peppers, zucchini and onions, pinto beans, baked and topped with a little bit of cheese...plus a side salad.
S - Apple w/ PB

E - 40 min Tae Bo, 40 min BL Cardio

Good luck, Amanda!! Your menu still looks very tasty.

My swallowing issue is MUCH improved, but I still have a hard time with big pills. I think most of it is in my head. I have been wanting to take a multivitamin every day, but it's been tough. I tried using a pill cutter, but the sharp edges were just as problemmatic as big pills.

I found some very tasty chewable multi vitamins at the Vitamin Shoppe today! Yay!

Monday's plan

B - 4 oz of fresh blueberries (on sale!), Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey

Lunch - the last of the roasted vegetables (carrots, roma tomatoes, sweet potato, onion, garlic, green beans, brussel sprouts, red pepper) over 1/4 cup whole wheat couscous (measured dry), with a little spicy stir fry sauce mixed in

S - orange

S - little container of sweet pickles, string cheese

D - chicken cacciatore with broccoli over polenta

Hi guys!!

New week to stay on plan!!

Today:

kashi heart cereal, skim milk (1/2 pint), 2 eggs omelet with veggies and a sprinkling of cheese

greek yogurt & fruit

leftover salmon, perhaps with beans or a small potato

more greek yogurt! (yes I made it to Trader Joe's this weekend!), pecans, fruit

dinner: egads!! Dunno....protein and veggies

1 hr gym

protein shake

Beautiful morning today. I might go for a run just for fun. Or I might not!

Amanda~reduce grains is what my doctor suggested. I may go back to that next week because what I'm doing now isn't making any difference.

E~45 minutes treadmill
B~banana "burrito", four dates
S~grapefruit (if I'm hungry)
L~Smart Ones entree, apple
S~yogurt
D~chicken cordon bleu, steamed broccoli, rice

I think I'm going to, in the spirit of the grain reduction, go all out and get rid of my piece of toast and replace it with fruit. If it makes me really unhappy, I can always bring the toast back tomorrow.

Amanda, do you want to borrow my book? I personally don't agree with everything it says, but the doctor is an advocate of no grains (but does cave into La Tortilla ww, low carb tortillas and steel cut oats, but that's about the extent of it).

Well, if my 2 week experiment works, I may want to investigate that...just to give myself more ideas on what to do. I'm rather skeptical that ANYTHING will work on this body at this point (hopelessness has set in!) so let's see what happens before getting invested. What is the book called?

The book is Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution. Just think paleo diet and you've got the gist of what he suggests.

Monday:
B - raisin bran, milk
S - apple, banana
L - leftover turkey tamale pie
S - minneola
D - pasta w/spinach and blue cheese, garlic bread
Total - 1609
Exercise - none

Home sick from work - temperature 99.7. Just had a huge cup of thera flu with an ungodly amount of honey. Calories schmalories. Going to eat the leftover pinkberry yogurt in a bit, it will feel good on my throat. Glad dinner is made for tonight. Probably going to wuss out on putting it over polenta. Microwave brown rice sounds about right.

No working out, ha! everything hurts, head, glands in my throat, hips (hips!). Going to let the velvet theraflu hammer kick in and go collapse on the couch.

Oh no, Glory! Feel better soon!

Oh, poor Glory. I hate being sick. Take care and get well.

Today's plan is right on - so far A little carb heavy due to the leftover pasta salad I need to finish up. I'm encouraging DH to eat a lot of it.

B - cheerios with strawberries and walnuts (.5 oz) and skim milk; slice of ww toast
S - ff latte
L - leftover satay chicken pasta salad
S - lemonzest luna bar (10g protein; 26g carb; 180 cal)
S - cottage cheese with strawberries (they were going by fast)
D - grilled salmon, broccoli, spinach salad

Exercise: 30 min HIIT cardio

Ugh up to 102. Going to drink a big thing of odwalla tangerine juice. Every hhing hurts

Bed, Glory! Off to bed with you...NOW!

First reduced-grain day down. My dinner was REALLY good...but I kept thinking about how good it would be with chips. Ah well! I can do anything for 2 weeks, right?

Planning for an OP day tomorrow:

B - Scramble w/ egg whites, bell pepper, onion, squash, and turkey bacon, sliced nectarine
S - Deli turkey w/ laughing cow, pickle spears...grapes
L - Leftovers - Taco Bake w/ pinto beans, ground beef, and veggies...salad
S - Broccoli, carrots, and snap peas, hummus
S - Greek yogurt w/ frozen blueberries
D - Grilled beef skewer, roasted acorn squash half, broccoli
S - Apple and peanut butter

E - 60 min on the step, 60 min strength training circuits