Monday, April 18, 2011 Phase 2


Breakfast: Ricotta waffles w/ SF syrup; 1 c 1% milk; 2 cups coffee each w/ ¼ c 1% milk and sweetener - Vitamins

Lunch: Chili with leftover V8 from breakfast

Snack: Apple with peanut butter

Dinner: Pepperchini Pot Roast; Green Beans; Black Beans with onions and red peppers

Snack: SB Friendly Lemon Torte


I weighed in and was down two pounds... it wasn't my official weigh day, but I'm taking it anyway!

Phase 2

B - Black tea with 2% milk. Split pea "stew" with 1 egg. Veggie sausage.
L - Black bean soup (from Trader Joe's; very liquid with no whole beans left). Cup of green tea.
S - orange pepper slices and broccoli florets with olive hummus
S2 - Taking a banana & pb wrap with me when I go out for the rest of the day.
Walking, walking. And maybe a yoga class.
D - Giant green salad with... TJ's Goddess dressing (Thanks for the reminder, Mmc!) and some leftover cooked tuna.
dessert - Greek yogurt with mixed berries.

P2

running short on time this morning. alarm didn't go off and I woke up 30 minutes later than I usually do. Also discovered that the kids drank the last of the milk last night, so soaked oats were out of the question (boo!).

1: 1 slice ww toast, 1 t. almond butter, 1/4 banana
2: massaged kale, sliced carrots, cucumbers with thai peanut sauce; cantaloupe
3: grapes and greek yogurt
4: buckwheat tabbouleh, veggies and hummus

exercise: 60 min. pilates, 45 min. yoga

Massaged kale salad with your thai peanut butter sauce has become one of my absolute favorites. If kale came pre-washed/chopped I would eat it every day! What kind of kale do you use?

Phase 1.5

B - protein smoothie (2 scoops protein powder, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, spinach, banana, 1/2 cup water, truvia)
S - laughing cow wedge with 1/3 apple.
L - hb egg, v-8
S - 1 cup nf plain Greek yogurt w/sf jam, 1/2 oz pecans
D - leftover spaghetti squash deep dish pie, grn salad
S - ?

Shelf - whatever kind I can get. Usually just the curly kind, but once in awhile, I can find dinosaur kale. I usually make a huge bowl of massaged kale at one time, and then eat on it for a few days. I <3 it!

OK, can someone please tell me what 'massaged kale' is and can I also have the recipe for the Thai peanut sauce? Do you just take all three veggies and toss them with the sauce like a salad?

RECAP:
Sunday: Was good not going to list and take up time.
Monday: Ate a ton of OP food... I just couldn't get full then I ate some full fat cheese because we were out of lf. UGH! No bueno.

4/19:
B- 2 eggs 1 piece lf ham
S- lf plain yogurt w/ vanilla, stevia, and cinnamon
L- Chx breast w/ salsa and lf cheese, green salad w/ lf ranch
S- ss peas
D- Grilled burgers topped with tomatoes, grilled onions, pickles, mayo and mustard, wrapped in red leaf lettuce, steamed broccoli
S- NSA fudgicle.

Also had 2 cups coffee w/ splenda and fat free 1/2 & 1/2.
128 oz water so far

Phase II

B: Veggie omelet with RF cheese, V8
L: Turkey, avocado, carrots, hummus, RF cheese
S: Skinny latte
D: Pork tenderloin, broccoli with Parmesan, sauteed onions, pepper, mushrooms
S: Almond butter

b-spinach, froz banana, yogurt, oats and cocoa powder smoothie
L-quinoa risotto w/broccoli and spinach
s1-oops
s2-ww bread w/ peanut butter
d-boca burger w/turkey bacon on a flatbun, 1/2 roasted sweetpotato (in "fry" form)

I also want to know about the massaged kale and sauce.

Wednesday Phase 1.5 eating normal (started trying to eat light, but impossible when at home with sick child)
B: scrambled egg with some black beans
L: hot and sour soup, 1/2 cup brown rice, broccoli with garlic sauce (they made it without sugar/oil for me!!) small cheat with about 10 crunchy noodles and a fortune cookie. My friend from work came over for lunch to keep me company with my son.
S: roasted chick peas, pork rinds (being honest here), wine
D: 1/2 cup of brown rice and balance of broccoli left over

LOL...me too!! Swedish massage? Hot rock massage? Kale massage?

I think "massaged kale" means that you kind of run the kale through your hands to get the crispness out of the leaves and stem.
(The term does sound kind of kinky, though, doesn't it? )

MMC et al - Massaged kale is a way of breaking down the cells in the leaf so that it is more easily eaten, but not cooked so that it retains all of its nutrients. I usually just put a tsp or so of sesame oil on top of a big bowl of chopped kale and go to town, "massaging" the leaves. crunch them up in my fingers. It takes 2-3 minutes.

For my peanut sauce, I don't really measure so bear with me. 1 T. peanut butter, dash of soy sauce, dash of rice vinegar, small squirt of sriracha, and a teensy bit of agave. mix together, adding hot water in small doses to make it easier to stir/pour.

It is kind of tough to toss with the salad like regular dressing, so I just kind of plop some on top and drag my kale through it.

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P2

1: oats and chia seeds soaked in almond milk, topped with 1 tsp. almond butter, blackberries, 1/4 banana
2: massaged kale and carrot salad w/ thai peanut dressing; cantaloupe
3: carrots, hummus and brown rice cake topped w/ almond butter
4: vegetarian taco soup

exercise: 60 min. treadmill (12 different songs + 12 different activities during those songs = calorie torcher!)

nut butter heavy today it's so good!

Protein powder users: What kind do you buy? I want to start making some smoothies, and was totally clueless about what kind of protein/smoothie supplement to be using.

Wt. 163.2... definitely peed off the pound difference from yesterday!

B: Leftover curried chickpea & veggie stew
L: Cafeteria ?
S: Out with friends.. I'll have a salad that probably won't be entirely on plan.
Ex: Missed the exercise boat again today.