My mom is in town for the next 5 days so my menus will be kind of skewed. I do the best I can when she is in town and strive for maintenance beyond all else. Watching portions has always been hard for me, and it's always a test when I'm out of my element like this.

tummy is still kind of bugging me. it seems sensitive.
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1: chocolate cherry smoothie (protein, fro. cherries, spinach) - had about half, tasted weird.
2: had a romaine salad with grilled chicken
3: going out for mexican - planning on having chicken fajitas and just leaving off the tortilla.

Morning on planers. Let's all stay on plan and work toward looking a little like this :sklol:.

Yesterday was another good phase 1 op day for me and I am confident that today will be too.

B -Mock pancakes w/sf jam, 1 turkey bacon, V8 and decaf coffee w/sf creamer. Still don't understand how sf jam can be a phase one item when it contains fruit but what the heck, it's on the list and isn't causing me any cravings so I'm going to have it.
S - Nothing
L - 6 very thin deli chicken slices w/roasted garlic hummus, grn salad w/cucumber, tomato and balsamic dressing
S - Nothing
D - Roasted chicken breast, roasted broccoli w/ lf cheese, grn salad w/radish, tomato, mushrooms w/balsamic dressing
Dessert - 1 cup yogurt w/cinn and pecans

Zef - Acknowledging what you are facing with your mom in town is half the battle. Just keep it in the back of your mind and do the best you can.

Jyo and Zef - Thanks so much for the help on roasting vegs. As you can see, I had some for dinner last night and they were great! So much more flavor than steamed.

I stopped by Whole Foods a couple of days ago and picked up a couple of Annie's salad dressings. Haven't tried them yet but glad I have them in the house when I'm ready. I also looked at almond butter and was surprised at how expensive it is plus I read that it was 190 calories per serving which I thought was a lot. So I didn't buy any. Then when I came home, I looked at the natural peanut butter that I have been using and surprise :eek: it is 210 calories per serving. Who would have thought! I have so much more to learn.:?: but I'll get there.

I did much better yesterday getting my meals in but still need to work on the snacks too.

The old "I want to eat" feeling came back a little late last night while I was watching tv and I was so tempted but hung in there and didn't cave and felt so much better this morning. I'm learning that when those feelings come, they usually don't last too long and do go away.............

Here's hoping you all have a great on plan day today.

Hi everyone- day 4 on phase 1

B- veggie burger w/fresh salsa & lt crm chs
S- 15 almonds
L- lentil stew w/salsa & a dill pickle
s- celery & pepper strips w/spicy hummus
D- baked spaghetti squash casserole


Tracy :-)

P2

b'fast
coffee w/sf creamer
2 eggs, 2 turkey sausage links

lunch
tuna fish cucumber boats
white bean turkey chili

snack
persimmons

dinner
taco casserole w/lettuce, tomato, avacado and FF sour cream

dessert
SB PB cup

someone get this *$&Y@*@ halloween candy away from me!

uh oh...attack of the Halloween candy, Zeff!!! EEEEKKK!!!!

Run Zef Run :running:! Stay strong :strong: I know you can do it!

We need fruits in the house, sucking on limes is getting to me, lol! All is well on Phase 2 and I'm happy to be losing weight steadily!

I need to get serious here. This is ridiculous. We're going to a concert in the park tomorrow over the lunch hour and I think we're going to go to a deli with an awesome salad bar for lunch - I can get a salad that is good for me! woo. I can feel that I've been eating crap for less than two days. I can't believe I ate this way before and didn't have an issue with it.

Had mexican last night - bad idea. really is plaguing me this morning. i don't know if my tummy is stable enough right now to handle food.

I'm a little surprised to be the first poster on the on plan thread this morning because I know there are plenty of you out there working the plan. Guess everyone is just having a busy day.

However, I need to post my on plan meals right now and sure would love to see others as it is helping me so much.

Yesterday Phase one
B - Omlette w/mushrooms, tomatoes w/ff sour cream, V8
S - String cheese, cucumber
L - None
S - 1 cup plain yogurt w/cinnamon, splenda and pecans
D - Lean hamburger patty, roasted cauliflower, grn salad w/ balsamic dressing
Dessert - No bake cheesecake

I actually "ate" my dessert while making it because I kept licking the spoon. It is so good. The recipe made 12 cupcake sizes and I've frozen them for future use. What a good feeling to know I have them ready to go when needed.

Hope you all have a great op TGIF.
Later

Yep, dinner was a weird one. One of those nights of running around town all night. My snack after work was pretty sufficient, so I wasn't all that hungry after running errands...hence the cheerios.

@lamay....I need to make some of those cheesecake things. My husband was begging for cheesecake the other night...lol but...no cream cheese in the house right now. I need to make some to keep on hand for HIS cravings :p

P2

b'fast
coffee w/sf creamer
2 eggs, 2 turkey sausage links

lunch
taco casserole over bed of lettuce
pear

snack
triscuits w/canadian bacon and cheese
vienna sausage bites

dinner
cheerios w/1% milk

This may be a double post, but meh.

Phase 2
B-FF greek yogurt with vanilla extract and splenda, red pear
L-Flatout with kale, sf pasta sauce, and part skim mozzie
D-went a bit overboard at my fave mediterranean place, but MOST of it was on plan over doing

Phase II

NUTS (20)
Meat: 3 servings

For the first time since starting SB over two weeks ago, I didn't have anything planned for dinner tonight and got the most awful shaky nervous feeling of panic :yikes:...........if it was just me, it would be easier :rolleyes: but have to please DH (who as I've mentioned before is tall and thin) too. So after thinking and worrying :chin: about it most of the morning, I got online and took another look at recipes. Found one that sounded like something he would like and thank the higher power I had all the ingredients and it is on the stove cooking as I type! OMG, I feel so much better:cloud9:.

All I can say is, I'm so glad that I had at least planned ahead and had the right ingredients on hand!

Phase II

B: V8, 2 boiled eggs
S: RF cheesestick
L: Salmon, chickpeas, huge salad
S: Tall skinny hazelnut latte, carrots, hummus
D: Chicken breast, parmesan cheese, veggies
S: Almond butter