I saw the interest in menus, and thought that in addition to reading the old threads for ideas, it is always helpful to post current menus for accountablity, planning and motivation. Sort of like the exercise thread(or so you say )
so menu plan for me saturday is:
b-breakfast cupcakes
l-chicken salad on romaine
s- mozzarella, pepperoni
d-steak and garlic green beans
<groan> do you ladies REALLY want me to post my menu?????
ok. for a good laugh...
7:30 am 16 oz SF lemonade
9:15 am 25 gram protein shake made with chocolate whey protein, 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa, 1 packet sweetener, 2 tsp sf/ff chocolate pudding mix, 8 oz milk. mixed and poured over ice
10:30 am 2 tbs tuna salad, 2 very very very thin slices american cheese, and 3 crackers
16 oz water
1:30 pm 3 oz salmon, 1/4 salad [brought about 1/2 of that up], and 2 tsp rice
16 oz water
snack.. 1 tbs cheese log with nuts
1 sf lemon hard candy
2 chewable calciums and 2 flintstones chewables
dinner... i have no idea.. maybe lobster from last night and a little caesar salad. or maybe some cheese or maybe just a protein shake. although i'm behind on the protein.
ok ok ok. it'll be a protein shake and some food protein.
I am posting my food logs in a Word doc so I will just cut and paste here at the end of the day. I do eat fruit, but usually it is only in the form of a smoothie. I was craving some brie today so I ate it on a nectarine, so I guess that is cheating...I need to pick a diet, I just do whatever and that has to quit. I have managed to lose 3 pounds this week though.
B Fruit-N-Flax smoothie, no added sugar
S approx ¼ cup of mixed nuts
L Chicken salad sandwich on revolution roll, 2 roast beef cream cheese roll ups, nectarine and brie -- too much!
S small handful of mixed nuts at the movies. I wanted popcorn SO BAD
Oh goody! A menu thread. I really need this for inspiration. Keeping in mind that I'm still on Week I Atkins Induction, I don't branch out from the basics too much.
Today's menus (Saturday)
Breakfast
4 slices bacon
2 egg herb omelet with cheddar cheese inside
Lunch
Chicken breast sauteed in butter
Small mixed salad with oil/vinegar
Dinner
L.C. Recipe Cheeseburger Quiche (not bad and very filling)
Sauteed red pepper, onion and mushrooms (in butter of course)
S.F. Jello and whipped cream.
It's now 10 pm and I still feel very full. This is so amazing. I'm eating less food than I did on WW but it's satisfying me more.
Managed about 70 oz water today.
jennifer.. a nectarine and brie!!! sounds DIVINE!!!! and i'll share this with the wls folks, since we can't EVER eat fruit without protein. [and, by the way, neither did you, so that's really a good thing; don't be so hard on yourself!!!!] and since we can eat about 1/2 of a large nectarine, this will be extreme luxury!
in fact, i picked up some wonderful mango nectarines yesterday, and i'm going to the grocery store today. peachie. do you want to share?????
OK - I KNEW I shouldn't have posted my menu yesterday before I ate!! Here's how it ended up.......
B - 2egg cheese (american & Swiss) omelet in tons of butter
L - Atkins crab&cheddar souffle (good, but way too expensive!)
D - went to a diner!: large steak, brocolli and small salad w/ranch dressing
Snacks throughout the day: 1 oz sunflowerseeds and one of those Atkins slushie's that I made --- tasted good, but lots of trouble to make! AND, they don't "blender" well - dh suggested that I just eat the cubes! Gonna try that later today for a snack!
3 cups of black decaf at home // 2 at restaurant
eggs/bacon/sausage-did ok-till the 1/2 cup of grits-anyone have any input here? What kind of damage did I do?
L-small salad
D-grilled steak and salad
snack: 1 serving of the slushie ice cubes I made yesterday (don't know if I'll finish the whole thing, but am counting 1 serving; also, 2 small bites of the remaining atkins advantage bar........