Saturday's plan

B - oatmeal w/ walnuts
(no snack; got up late)
L - sliced chicken on two cups salad greens, carrots and bell pepper slices, green goddess dressing
s - yogurt, tangerine
d - butternut squash (chopped -- bought that way!), spinach, sliced zucchini sauteed in olive oil

Originally Posted by CyndiM:
girlenblue- I've read that ihop put pancake batter in their omelets which would make them not Beachy. Do you know if that's still true?

I was heartbroken when I read the menu at IHOP last night. You were right about the pancake batter in the omelets CyndiM. I had the grilled sirlion tips with grilled mushrooms & onions, and a side salad instead.

Sorry about that, girlenblue -- there are traps everywhere!

I was just rereading this thread and saw the suggestion to post about challenges, etc. I'm still working on the most basic thing of all: planning and then executing the plan, AND having back up plans. I still haven't made this a routine, but it's not for lack of trying :)

I have 2 weeks off (or at least working from home instead of teaching) coming up over Christmas, and plan to use those weeks to work on cooking (I'm long out of the habit of really cooking and not reheating something) as well as planning. For most people the holidays are very difficult but as I have no family and don't do holiday feasts, I always use this time to regroup.

Beachgal, a belated congratulations to your meeting another mini-goal. You are really an inspiration!

My first day off since I started South Beach and I was completely unprepared. When I have to work, I plan my meals the day before but because I knew I was off today I figured I'd just play it by ear. BAD IDEA

B: It was 3 a.m, and I was working security at IHOP. Sirlion tips w mushrooms & onions, and a side salad (And a 16 oz sugar free Redd Bull - not sure if that's okay but I had been up for 22 hours)
L: Woke up at 1 and had boiled egg, 2 pcs low sodium bacon, 6 oz low sodium V8, 16 oz water
S: raw veggies (sugar snap peas, yellow bell peppers and cucumbers) and 2 tbsp. I threw some veggies in a Zip lock bag and the dip in a jello shot cup (left over from my birthday party in Aug) and threw it in my purse before I left the house today
D: Ran around all day, and I'm not really hungry. I was craving something sweet so I had 1 cup Cottage Cheese w 2 tbsp of Hershey's SF strawberry syrup.

I'm sure I should have had more food but I'm just not hungry. I'm about to jump on the treadmill for 30 minutes then call it a night.

I ended up eating those darned leftovers for lunch and that was all I ate all day, worked out after work 45 minutes again! Yeay me! and came home and had 1/2 a serving of brown rice pasta with lots of veggies and some rf provalone on top- so good! and filling and soooo bulked up with veggies!

Feeling great! So good to be back!

Tomorrow may be more of a challenge for me too-girlenblue- I have a harder time when I am off work! SO, my plan for tomorrow is to keep myself busy! I have pulls to put on my cabinets in the kitchen, need to do a bit of xmas shopping with DH... and I am thinking maybe I will play the wii fit. too cold to be outside here!

Yikes! What a day this is turning out to be. I haven't eaten anything I'd planned so far today, but thankfully I had OP stuff to substitute with.

I am going to be surrounded with junk food at the Kids' Party and after the concert. I've got my water and nuts packed and I'm going to squeeze a walk in shortly so I won't be tempted - I won't want to 'undo' the work. ;)

B - V8 and a cheese stick
S - yogurt
L - oatmeal, milk
S - nuts and water, sf cinnamon gum
D - 3 bean salad for sure (what I'm bringing with me) and whatever other lean meats and veggies I can find on the buffet.

OH, modified p2 btw...
Today lack of planning hasn't been the best for me but I didn't do too bad!
B/L(got up late): small red potato and 2 eggs
S: hummus and grape tomatoes
D: taco salad with refried beans, avocado and a tablespoon of sour cream, 3 tablespoons leftover rice

Plan for tomorrow, I have to work! not a normal monday for me! I will know how the rest of the world feels ;0)

B: coffee, grapefruit
S:
L: leftovers (veggies with 1/2 serving brown rice pasta)
S: carrots and tomatoes with hummus
D: bean soup