You don't have to have meat to have protein. A lot of us are vegetarians, or close to it. Think beans, lentils, tofu, etc.

dairy, on South Beach is considered yogurt and milk - not cheese. cheese is a whole different animal and restricted as such. try for 2 cups of low-fat or fat-free yogurt or milk per day.

Thank you Zeffryn! That helps alot.

Phase II

B: V8, veggie omelet
S: RF cheese stick
L: Salad with chicken, black beans and a little guacamole
S: Tall skinny hazelnut latte, carrots, hummus
D: Amy's Lowfat Black Bean Chili
S: Almond butter

Phase 1.5 (no grains)

B - 1 HB egg, 1 turkey bacon, V-8 and decaf coffee w/sf creamer
L - apple and lf string cheese
S - 1 cup Greek nf plain yogurt w/cinnamon, splenda, walnuts
D - Small lean hamburger patty, roasted butternut squash w/cinnamon, garlic bussels sprouts, lrg grn salad w/radish, onion, mushrooms, cucumber, tomato and lf ranch dressing

Dinner was so good tonight! Proud of myself....

P2

1: 1/2 banana w/ almond butter
exercise
2: string cheese
3: big ol' salad
4: almonds
exercise
5: chili, salad

Going to be eating out this afternoon/evening so will edit later to post how I did. Should be fine though as I picked the resturant and it has a wonderful salad bar and I'm taking my own salad dressing. May or may not add a steak or fish. Will see.

Ph2

B: Was running 15 min behind this morning, so only 8oz V8 and green tea
S: LF cheese stick and WW crackers
L: Leftover homemade veggie soup, salad with tomatoes and cucumbers, LF cottage cheese, and LF dressing
S: Peanuts
D: ??? - Not sure yet since Chris usually cooks. Probably either WW pasta or brown rice with sauteed onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms (in EVOO.) Another salad with tomatoes and cucumbers, with LF dressing.

Of course if he doesn't feel like cooking, I'll have leftover steamed veggies and a Morningstar Farms Turk'y Burger, along with my salad and LF dressing.

I didn't make the pumpkin vinaigrette salad yet, but soon. As I tend to do, I am combining 3 or 4 recipes. Most call for pumpkin seed oil, which I don't have so I'm going to see if I can find it.

I made instead a delish broccoli/avocado salad (Williams-Sonoma Salads recipe: ~ 1 lb blanched broccoli florets, 1 cubed avocado, 1/2 c. toasted pecans. Dressing was 1T dijon mustard, 2T fresh lemon juice, 1T chopped flat-leaf parsely and 4T olive oil. YUM)

Also I made a warm spinach salad, which was probably NOT SBD-friendly as the sauce was made with 1 cup whole cream. The kinda good news is that I cooked the spinach instead of wilting it and the water from the spinach diluted the sauce so that most of it remained behind in the bowl.

Will post pumpkin seed salad soon!

Will not post my menus from the last few days. I'm in a fog that I just can't shake and it's not leading to good choices Still staying calorically reasonable but I need to myself into gear. I'm pretty sure my resolve just shut down since there is no chance of me making my goal and I just feel defeated. Silly, and at least I recognize it, but gotta get the healthy menus cranking again.

Aw, Emma. Sorry to hear that you're feeling defeated. You know what you need to do, so I'll refrain from saying it. Hope you get to feeling better soon! You're so close to goal *hugs*

Phase 2
B-green smoothie
L-WW bread w/roast beef and lots of veg
D-carnitas burrito in a flat out

First off, this is for you Emma. I have read almost every one of your posts for the past month or so and I have been both encouraged and inspired by your accomplishments so pull up your bootstraps girl and find that place again that has made you so successful. I've got faith in you!

Now for me. I posted earlier today that I was eating out this afternoon with a friend. I want you all to know that I ate completely on plan. Had a nice big old salad with every on plan veg that I could find plus hb egg, beans and topped it off with vinaigrette dressing and ice tea. It was just the best ever feeling knowing that I wasn't going to fall off the beach. An hour or so later, we walked out of there and I was walking on air. Completely enjoyed visiting with my DH and friend and did not miss eating myself into a coma. Proud of me, myself and I!

AWESOME job, T&T! I know exactly what that feeling is and it's wonderful!

DH is on final test number 5 out of 6. I can't wait until he is finished. He's crabby and mama needs a pedicure.

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p2

1: banana w/ almond butter
workout
2: black bean burger patty, salad
3: greek yogurt
4: beef stew, salad

That's very sweet, thanks! I try to be really positive and focus on things I can control, but I have felt surprisingly discouraged and unmotivated lately. Time to shake it off. I will start with today

VERY cool! I remember this feeling ... "walking on air" - LOVE it!

So here goes. After a few days of winging it, an actual plan.

Phase 2

B - coffee with fat free milk. Muffin in a Minute with mixed berries (forgot I had that mix in the fridge! yum).
S- veggie sausage with low sodium V-8
L- More lentil soup that I froze. With Greek yogurt. A cup of cinnamon vanilla tea.
S - broccoli/orange pepper with spicy hummus
D - Butternut squash mac & cheese that I didn't make last night since I didn't have any milk. Big ol' green salad. Stewed green beans that my hubby made last night.
dessert - greek yogurt with raw walnuts and a clementine

OK if I eat all of that: 1419 calories; 44 g fiber (whoa); 41% carbs 37% fat 22% protein

Phase 1.5 (no grains)

Just made Fireside white bean and sausage soup in the crockpot and have plenty of on plan food for B and L so now I can get on with my day and not even worry about what I'm going to eat. Plus I have leftover salsa chicken breasts in the freezer in case of an emergency. What a great feeling.

By the way, the scale is tormenting me! So close to my year end goal that I can reach out and touch it! Can hardly wait for the sixties!

Just made one of my favorite lunches: a morningstar farms spicy black bean burger (p2 because of the corn), romaine, tomatoes, red bell peppers, cucumbers and salsa as the dressing. fast, easy and REALLY yummy. I'll be having these for the next few days

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P2

1: ezekiel toast with .5 tsp almond butter, yogurt
workout
2: "taco" salad with lots of veggies and a cut up black bean burger; clementine
3: cucumbers and celery with laughing cow
4: deep dish spaghetti squash pie

exercise: at least 60 min. treadmill