Brunch: cinnamon omelette
S:greek yogurt, 15 almonds
D: chicken cheesesteak saute, mashed cauliflower, sauteed spinach

Kids are still sick. Woke up not feeling so hot myself.

1)Chia Fresca
2)Smoothie (spinach, carrot, ginger, chia gel, coconut milk, banana, dates, blueberries, cherries)
3)Grilled tuna, veggie stirfry, salad
4)Fruit or fruit sorbet

Hope for recovery, that sounds like a delicious chicken salad. Avocado is considered a healthy fat on this plan so good call! :-) Sounds yum!

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My breakfast was sooo delicious this morning. I love having egg and cheese on sandwiches.

B- 2 eggs, cheese, and 2 slices turkey bacon in a whole wheat flat out wrap, (eggs & turkey bacon cooked in smart balance)
S- celery and SF natural PB
D- Lean cheeseburgers (Mine with fat-free cheddar, homemade SBD ketchup, mustard, tomato, onion, on lettuce)
Roasted yellow squash and onion (Check recipes for simple and easy recipe I found)
S- salad dressed with vinegar and seasonings
Dessert- fudgesicle

Although I had my nut portion today, I did mix in a small amount of almond flour with the ground beef. I usually use flax seed but it makes the beef taste funny to me. And it was a small amount, so divided up between 6 burgers, it wouldn't effect much, I don't think. Reason why I'm saying this is because the burgers were delicious and they held together beautifully so I'd highly recommend almond meal/flour for stuff like that. I also mixed in an egg, garlic salt, pepper, and lawry's seasoned salt.

Thank you for the support Fat Melanie (why fat, you are doing something about the problem, so you are living the solution, you don't deserve to call yourself that way) Yeah I am glad about the avocado! I had peanuts for tea time and I made a cake - 4 eggs, half a can of some chilli red beans, cacao, cinnamon, a bit of milk. It tasted weird, I blame it on the chilli, my next cake idea is going to be along the lines of chick peas and peanuts with eggs and cacao or coffee. For dinner I had a salad, veggies - baked courgettes and mushrooms with tomato and thyme and barbecued chicken.

I also made some barbecued beef meatballs with cumin, onion, black pepper, parsley, eggs. They are delicious and I am going to have that tomorrow for lunch with a salad.

I have to admit that I ate something naughty today - a small spoon of some low sugar peanut butter. Or was it naughty, I don't know... But I am not beating myself up, I am work in progress, I can't be perfect. I know I am moving forward with my new eating habits. I also had a lot of cacao, I haven't eaten chocolate for 2 months and I realised how much I missed with this cacao today, I am allowed to have cacao right, this one has no sugar in there.

Hope - for those cakes, try white beans (great northern, cannellini). They seem to have the most neutral flavor.

as for the peanut butter, i don't know about the low sugar. try to aim for natural peanut butter where the only ingredients are oil and peanuts (and sometimes salt). Cocoa powder is fine.

phase 1.25

breakfast- cottage cheese, almonds
s- watermelon, cheese
L- 1 min chocolate "cake", coffee
S- BBQ'd lean meat, large non starchy veg salad

Phase 2 maintenance
B: huevos rancheros (my own version) with sauteed zucchini
L: flatout with laughing cow and tomatoes (I used to love tomatoes and cream cheese), zuccini salad, morningstar burger
S: 1/2 package of dark chocolate espresso beans (less than 100 cal), blueberries
D: grilled stuffed zucchini with gimme lean stuffing (thanks for the idea Schmoodle!), grilled eggplant with fresh mozzarella, tomato slices, basil & evoo
S: wine?

exercise - going for a walk!

yep. feeling like crap today.

B: smoothie (whey, almond milk, banana, strawberries, blackberries, spinach)
L: was supposed to be beans&greens, but ended up being a chocolate cheesecake smoothie. it's been one of those days.
S: 3 oz. grilled chicken, mashed cauliflower, spinach
S: greek yogurt + 15 almonds

Badbadbadbad me. 11AM already and I haven't had breakfast. I think I'll go make on of those cc smoothies we've been discussing. Otherwise:

L: marinated veggies, baked beans, tomato juice
S: skim latte, string cheese
D: London broil, salad, marinated veg
S: ricotta creme

Gonna need a LOT of water today too.

B- cottage cheese and almonds
L- portabella burger, spinach salad
s- chocolate "cake", coffee, cheese
S- BBQ 'd chicken breast, broccoli salad

I haven't done this for a while.

phase 2 (kinda sorta 1.5, not sure what to call it)

B-steel cut oats, coffee with ff half and half
L - salad with grilled chicken, feta, tomato, kalamata olives, red onion, and cucumber; sf pudding
S - grapes, string cheese
S - cottage cheese
D - boca burger topped with marinara sauce and rf mozz cheese; salad

Thank you Hope_for_Recovery. I appreciate your kind words. :-)
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B- leftover lean burger on lettuce wrap with tomato, onion, cheese, mayo, and homemade SF ketchup.
S- SF peanut butter
L- 2 eggs scrambled in smart balance, 1 can (3.5 servings) turnip greens with vinegar and garlic salt/pepper, and v8 juice
S- lowfat milk
D- Lime Garlic salsa Chicken, steamed green beans, (not sure yet if I'll have a whole wheat side or not. Contemplating some WW couscous .)
D- 1 SF fudgesicle

For newbies, my menu shows you can mix it up if you want. Have leftover dinner for breakfast, and breakfast for lunch. Doesn't matter, as long as you are OP.
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Wanting to start some exercise tomorrow.

b - oatmeal with pb and almond milk, blueberries
l - zucchini soup, small salad
s - lf laughing cow
s - lighhearted cesaer salad with grilled chicken breast
s - decaf green tea and almond butter