Morning folks,

I'm just starting out on the Body for Life program and was wondering if a few of you would mind posting a typical day of meals - including portion sizes so I can get some good ideas.

I would REALLY appreciate it.

Thanks
Adena

Okay, I'll bite. I'm not good at portion sizes, I eyeball and aim for the BFL protein=palm, carb= fist. Here's today's menu...

7 am - 1/2 cup f/f cottage cheese with f/f yogurt
10 - 1 egg + 4 egg whites (extra large size), scrambled
banana
1 pm - 1 w/w tortilla with 3 slices of lean ham and raw baby spinach leafs with mustard and f/f mayo
4 pm - 1 homemade protein bar
6:30 pm - lean hamburger patty, mashed potato
9:30 - either a protein shake, or if I feel hungry I may have another sandwich (ie. white meat chicken or tuna)

I tend to vary my carbs depending on how hungry I am, which, not surprisingly, depends on how active I am today and how active I was yesterday.

I'm going alot by 'how I feel', avoiding hunger at all costs, making absolutely sure I don't go more than three hours between eating. I'm in C1, W8 so I'm starting to learn how to feel when I 'need' protein, when my blood sugar 'feels' out of whack. It's really nice to be so even keeled, foodwise.

Good luck.

PS. TallJen over at L&S website has a daily thread of her menus, check it out!

BethO

Thanks much for the response! I'll check out that link on Lean and Strong, sounds like it'll be great for ideas.

Thanks for the luck, I'm gonna need it.

Adena

Here's a typical daily menu for me...

Meal #1 - 4 eggwhites + 1 whole egg + 1/2 cup oatmeal (or apple)

Meal #2 - Myoplex Lite shake

Meal #3 - big Mexican salad with lots of veggies, salsa, chicken and pinto or black beans (the taqueria I frequent makes this special for me - with jalepenos! Delectable!!!)

Meal #4 - Cottage cheese (just under a cup) blended with vanilla extract and sweetener (Equal or Splenda) spooned on top of an apple which has been chopped up and microwaved until hot and bubbly

Meal #5 - Brown Rice veggie sushi (made with seaweed, cucumbers, carrots, Daikon radish - Draeger's just started selling brown rice sushi!) with a chicken breast or salmon filet on the side

Meal #6 - Myoplex Lite Power Pudding

BFL Note: MOST foods you can do palm/fist measuring; however, cottage cheese and eggwhites you need to measure with a cup, using protein grams (I subscribe to the 1 gram per pound of bodyweight for protein theory - so if you weigh 150 pounds, by that reckoning you should get 150 grams of protein a day, or 25 grams per meal...Beth, 1/2 cup of cottage cheese sounds kind of low - 13 grams of protein? You must be a tiny thing!)

I don't do Body For Life so I can't answer your question but I wanted to say "hi" and I'm glad you made your way over to this forum. Keep posting!

Meg

No Mrs. Jim, I just don't like cottage cheese very much and was working up to a bigger portion.

Thanks for the reminder, I should go up to 3/4 cup per am...

BethO

Beth - I wasn't a cottage cheese fan myself until I started blending in smooth and adding Splenda and vanilla extract (or Jello Sugar Free pudding powder or gelatin powder).

Try it that way - I think for most people it's those darn curds. Ew!

I find I also like my cottage cheese mixed with crystal light. It is tasty!
Jamie

I'm not sure I would enjoy a sweet cottage cheese. I like to sprinkle mine with zesty seasonings, and serve a dill pickle on the side.

I LOVE cottage cheese, curds and all, just plain. Occasionally I'll chop up a pear and mix that in...

That mexican salad will be a life saver for me, it sounds delish!

Also appreciate the info on the protein grams, I didn't know that..

Thanks MUCH for great response and all the ideas.. this IS a great forum!!

Adena

Hey Suzanne! How ya doin?

You Cottage Cheese fans might want to check out Krista's site - she has a WHOLE PAGE devoted to the stuff. If you don't like it sweet, try creaming it and adding tuna to it and tossing it in a salad or on a baked potato! There ya go!

http://www.stumptuous.com/cottage.html

ewwwww curds.........

yummmmmiiiiieee curds

i LOVE the stuff.... i wish i could eat it for all 5 meals every single day !!

Hi Adena - Late to the party, but here goes.

1. egg whites 4, 1 whole egg steel made w/ onions & mushrooms-cut oats or orange
2. CC & Granny Smith - blended smooth, with vanilla, Splenda, cinnamon OR no cinnamon and add blueberries
3. Chicken breast, grilled, potato, veggies
4. MRP
5. Steak, wild/brown rice, veggies
6. egg whites, squash

variations of above all week. Can't eat fish *snif so, I tend to eat a lot of chicken and steak.

Tonite on top of 3 romaine leaves I had:
1 tuna patty (see recipe section)
1/2 c brown rice
and steamed fiddle heads... sprayed with a shot of butter flavoured Pam ....