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On Plan Thread - Week of Oct. 11
It's time for a new week of talking On-Plan! This is the place for South Beach meal plan and food support, encouragement and questions.
Anyone, from any phase (1, 1.5, 2, 3, etc.) can post, and those who are new to 3FC are especially encouraged to do so! This thread is for questions, sharing advice and strategies, and encouraging each other to stay on plan. It is not for chatting about daily life unrelated to this topic. Members have indicated that they would like to have chatting remain in the Daily Thread, so any posts that are off topic or chatty will be moved by the mods to the Daily. Because people from different parts of the plan are posting here, it'll help everyone if you indicate what phase you're in when you post. Thanks! While you may certainly find, from time to time, the need to ask for help after going off plan, remember that this thread is about staying on plan. When you share details of off plan foods you've eaten, it can upset, tempt, and otherwise frustrate other members, so please keep these details to a minimum. So, share with us: How are you staying on plan this week? |
This is my second day on phase 1, new to this. I did well yesterday. Today I had spinach quiche cups for breakfast, and a small handful of cashews.
I also had coffee and plenty of water. I am feeling a snack attack, I will resist it because I mean for this to be a true lifestyle change and I don'r need to be snacking in the late morning. I am not sure what is for lunch, I'll probably do a turkey and swiss roll up and perhaps some avocado, yum. |
DS has a dentist appt. this morning, so we're running crazy trying to get all of us out the door on time. I so wish I had gotten a sitter for DS2.
- 1: greek yogurt, blueberries 2: big salad (3 + cups veggies) topped with salsa and a crumbled black bean burger workout 4: pumpkin pie smoothie (greek yogurt, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, almond milk, ice) 5: maybe some scrambled eggs with spinach filled up my ipod with new music last night, so i'm pumped to workout today. exercise: 60 min. treadmill routine, 30 mins. strength training |
beloved, on South Beach, you're encouraged to snack mid-morning. I don't normally snack during the morning because I tend to have my breakfast around 8:30 and then lunch between 11:30 and noon. If you're hungry, you should eat, just make sure those snacks are SB friendly. A lot of us snack on cut veggies and hummus, roasted chickpeas and reduced fat mozzarella cheese sticks.
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Didn't have a very good plan for eating yesterday, ate way too late in the day. Weekends are always hard for me to stick to a schedule.
b'fast coffee w/sf creamer snack nf plain yogurt w/ splenda and pumpkin pie spice cucumbers wrapped in ham w/ lf cream cheese lunch/dinner bunless burger loaded with veggies eggplant casserole snack white bean turkey chili |
Phase 2
B - blueberry yogurt smoothie - might be with unsweetened soy yogurt. (I have to say, that stuff is weird. I wanted to be a supporter but I don't think I'll buy it again.) L - um, grilled tofu with sauteed cabbage. (Why do I keep making so much of this? It lasts forever...) Brewed white tea. S - broccoli and orange pepper strips with hummus S - tofurkey, cream cheese and roasted red pepper roll ups D - Soybean and onion curry on a bed of spinach (oh man, sooo filling) dessert - ??? maybe celery with peanut butter (For some reason that sounds really good.) |
Day 8 of ph.1
Feeling sooo much better yesterday and today(day 3 & 4 almost did myself and DH in). We have both stayed totally op and are doing so much better having done so. Last night I made the vegetarian chili with avocado salsa for dinner. Oh it was soooo good, you have all got to try this stuff(in the SBD Cookbook) I did add extra lean ground beef(DH can't live without his meat) and a can of crushed tomatoes, also I used 2 cans of beans because I could'nt see how 3/4 a can would feed 6. I have a question about the 2c. dairy allowed daily. I have always had a hard time drinking milk, but my DH seems to be loosing and feeling better by getting his in. Has anyone else noticed if they loose better or feel better if they get a little milk in each day? |
gelene, you can also use yogurt if you don't like drinking milk. also, i drink almond milk instead of cow's and count that towards my dairy.
emma- yeah, i'm not a fan of soy yogurt either. the aftertaste is funky! i really like coconut milk yogurt, it's SO rich and creamy without a lot of fat. |
Today is my day 7 of Phase 1...and I am feeling pretty good.
B: 1/4 Ricotta Cheese mixed with 1 egg, 1 packet Splenda, 1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice and 1 turkey sausage patty cut up. Top with 1 tsp SF Maple Syrup. Micro for 2 min and you have a homemade Mcgriddle. L: Salad with 1/2 grilled chicken breast with 2T Newmans Ceasar Salad dressing with cucumbers, roasted chickpeas, 1 cheese stick cut up and a boiled egg. D: Tonight we are going to have Taco's with ground turkey and while the family uses traditional shells, I will use a lettuce leaf. :) Snacks are Hazlenut Decaf Tea with Splenda w/Fiber Packet, Creamer (counting towards dairy). I have found this easier for me to do this time. I think because I am now working full time so I don't have the temptations at work that I do when I was at home mom. I took my daughter out to eat this weekend, had a burritto and just felt SICK, it was a good thing for me to feel so I remember what the bad stuff is doing to me. Have a great SB day ladies!!! |
B-Chocolate PB oatmeal
L-Almonds, laughing cow, v8 (purchased at a gas station because lunch was in the fridge :() D-SBD meatloaf, creamed spinach, sweet potato, laughing cow |
Phase II
B: V8, 2 boiled eggs S: RF cheese stick L: Large salad, black beans S: Tall skinny hazelnut D: Amy's Lowfat Black Bean Chili S: Almond butter |
1: blueberry smoothie (blueberries, 1/4 banana, greek yogurt, spinach, almond milk); 2 slices turkey bacon
workout 2: broccoli cheese soup (phase 1 recipe, some variation) 3: rf cheesestick 4: ww tortilla stuffed with lean turkey, tomato, lettuce, hummus, a few kalamata olives, cucumber and sprouts; big salad (basically the same stuff as on the wrap sans turkey and more lettuce) 5: fat free vegan cherry "ice cream" (frozen banana processed in the food processor with a couple cherries) exercise: 60 minute treadmill, maybe some yoga this evening. |
phase 2
b- smoothie water/chia seeds coffee/almond milk s- ls v8 cheese l- large salad/dressing 2 hb egg whites water s- apple s- turkey potatos turnip sm bit of cran sauce its our thanksgiving dinner today s- tea |
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Phase 2: (hmm today looks a lot like yesterday. I ate dinner for lunch and then all the rest of my plans went to heck :p) B - coffee with almond milk walking, yoga Zeff's blueberry smoothie - eta: no yogurt, so this is for tomorrow. Today: 1/2 cup nonfat cottage cheese with 147 g (random, but that was the serving size) organic strawberries and cinnamon L - grilled tofu with cabbage... <sigh>, brewed white tea S - broccoli and orange pepper slices with spicy hummus S - tofurkey roll ups with cream cheese and roasted red pepper D - Eggplant lasagna, big green salad, some other veggie? dessert - 1/2 a honeycrisp apple and some raw walnuts |
Phase 1
Hmm, For breakfast, scrambled eggs with cheese and spinach Snack, cashews (yum) Lunch, turkey roll ups with swiss and avocado I'm planning phase 1 moussaka for dinner :) |
emma, i love that the honeycrisps are in now. i look forward to apples SO much.
how was the smoothie? have you ever put palm sugar in your smoothies? it gives it a rich, sort of molassesy flavor that i'm really starting to dig. negligible calories in a half teaspoon as well :) |
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i love "covering up" veggies with fruit in my smoothies. a big ol' handful of spinach doesn't taste like much in a smoothie and it really ups the fiber in the smoothie.
palm sugar has become my go-to sweetener. it's low glycemic (i think lower than agave, but i could be wrong) and tastes better to me than agave. i love the rich taste of it. I need to get to making yogurt again. The crockpot that I used for making yogurt (I use my crockpot every day so I need multiples) broke so I am down to one. |
P2
b'fast coffee w/sf creamer egg starts w/ lf cream cheese lunch white bean turkey chili WW bagel thin w/ lf cream cheese snack 4 small clementines handful of almonds and lite string cheese dinner bellini drink (not SB friendly) enchilada w/ WW tortilla & lf sour cream snack 1 oz bag of peanuts |
B-Pb oatmeal
L-Kale, sweet potato, and lentil soup (mmm) D-Stirfry with sirloin, bean sprouts, zucchini, and green pepper |
I ended up not having time for my planned meal, so I made spaghetti for the kids, and I had the sauce (homemade, so no sugar) and just had the sauce. Plus I made some of the cauliflower "mashed potatoes."
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Ah, rushed morning today! kids have a playgroup halloween party to attend this morning and i have too many things to do for it still.
- 1: lara bar, 1 slice turkey bacon, lots of water 2: edamame saute? workout 3: quinoa veggie confetti casserole, salad 4: "ice cream" - frozen bananas processed with some cocoa powder, frozen until solid |
phase2
b- cereal,skiim milk, banana coffee s- yogurt water/chia seeds l- greek salad water s- apple cheese s- turkey steamed carrots salad skim milk s- tea |
b'fast
cold espresso w/ ff 1/2 & 1/2 and sf coconut 2 eggs w/ LF cream cheese lunch homemade refried beans ham sandwich on WW sandwich thin w/lettuce, tomato and onion snack 4 small clementines soynuts dinner hamburger on WW sandwich thin w/tomato and onion butternut squash chips w/ SB ketchup |
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I think I might try freezing the banana. |
freezing the banana will make it nice and creamy. I usually buy a bunch of bananas and cut them up, freeze them on a cookie sheet and then put into a bag. about a cup is a full medium banana.
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Phase II day three
I'm staying on plan and I have added a fruit back in which has been great. B: 2 eggs scrambled & two strips turkey bacon v8 juice and coffee S: a few almonds L:3/4 C. brown beans S: Nectarine D: Not sure yet If some one looks my menu over could you let me know if i'm doing ok on this. I lost 6.6 so far :-) |
SouthernJudy - I'd make sure you're getting in the 4.5 cups of veggies. I make sure each snack has some, even if it seems random to add them. The other thing I've found great is some of the phase 1 soups are really veggie heavy so you're not always snacking on nothing but raw veggies.
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@ Emma and Zeffryn....do you use raw spinach....frozen spinach...for your smoothies? Sounds like a great way to get that spinach in there! :)
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SouthernJudy, I think it gets easier and easier to add veggies. I went thru my veggies in the fridge today so I don't waste anything. (thats how the cauliflower ended up in the smoothie!) I had extra cabbage, so I steamed it and added a serving with my lunch salad which was already veggie loaded. |
I use fresh, though I have used frozen in a pinch.
Bah. I need a vitamix. |
B-Steel cut oats with cocoa, cinnamon and agave
L-Stuffed peppers (stuffed with ground beef, brown and wild rice, tomatoes, and mozzerella) D-Brinner FTW! Veggie scramble with 2 eggs, turkey bacon, 1 slice of ww bread with brummel and brown S-apple and laughing cow |
UNT - LOL @ Brinner. My husband and I call it that too.
-- 1: chocolate cherry smoothie (choc. protein, almond milk, frozen cherries, spinach) 2:leftover quinoa with veggies over spinach 3: coconut lara bar 4: half banana w/ peanut butter 5: family is having red beans and rice while i go to yoga. i'll scrounge after the gym. |
he he....never heard of Brinner before...I'm gonna have to use that one ;)
b'fast coffee w/sf creamer 2 eggs w/ LF cream cheese lunch homemade refried beans eggplant casserole snack nf vanilla yogurt dinner chicken taco bake WW tortilla chips and salsa homemade refried beans I need to add more veggies....argh. All the beans I've been eating the last couple of days are really starting....to....um....er.....effect me!! lol My poor family ;) |
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1: chocolate cherry smoothie (choc. protein, almond milk, frozen cherries, spinach) QUOTE] Thanks for listing the ingredients....I'm getting ideas!!! :p |
I've stayed OP even though I have been going through this post accident aftermath. Today though, I ate leftovers for breakfast and lunch (trying to muster up the energy to cook) and almonds and string cheese for a snack.
I did (do) have the urge to snack though (on bad things) but not a huge urge, it feels more important to stay on this roll :) |
iyoyo - the chocolate cherry smoothie is my favorite. it tastes so decadent. it's even better with frozen tart cherries, but I can rarely find those. I use one scoop choc. protein, 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/2 cup frozen cherries and a giant handful of spinach. yum! I like to have them for dinner during TOM when I'm having massive chocolate cravings.
Beloved - great job staying on plan! that is some dedication, girl! |
Hello everyone, Day four of Phase 1 for me. The first couple of days were pretty hard as I kept thinking about all of the wrong things that I've been eating. But that being said, I'm on track and doing alright except I'm having a hard time getting the snacks plus all three meals in. I also need to improve my planning.
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I have tart cherries in the freezer, I think I'll try that, Zeff! B-Smoothie(peach/protein/greens powder/ginger/spinach/cilantro L-lots of veggies salad, serving of Thai trail mix, sauteed shaggy mane mushrooms S-yogurt and sprouted toast w/hummus smoothie(raspberries, chia seeds, spinach, broccoli) D-Pasta and cauliflower casserole, salad S-honeycrisp apple w/almond butter |
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