mom4- LOL, a day horrendous like p1?! LOL, is it that bad? In all honesty I think the majority of us eat p1 plus fruit and maybe add a grain in here and there... but the majority is p1... The diet works if you stick with it- check out the SBD FAQ section- also the transitioning phases thread may help you out... I believe its called whats your combo or something of the sort... The meal plan in the book is just for guidelines, you don't have to eat exactly that is printed if its food you don't enjoy- just make sure you stay within the p1 foods:)


My meal plan for tomorrow...

B: coffee with almond milk
S: 1/2 lentil soup
L: big salad, maybe amy's gf vegan meal
S: carrots and hummus
D: gf, vegan appetizers at the party 2 glasses wine

Today I ate (phase 1.5)

B - 1/2 cup ff cottage cheese, 1 turkey bacon, V-8
L - apple and string cheese
S - nf plain Greek yogurt w/cinnamon, walnuts
D - veggi chili w/ turkey sausage
S - nf plain Greek yogurt w/cinnamon, walnuts

Oh no, what happened to the vegs? I don't see 4 1/2 cups here! Better job tomorrow.

Phase 2
Posting meal by meal today, since I haven't planned dinner yet (grocery shopping day)
B-spinach, mango, and strawberry smoothie w/ almond milk and cocoa powder
L-Spinach feta egg wrap, large coffee w/ skim milk
D-steak, roasted broccoli, spinach and mushroom saute
S-1.5 servings v8 with some Franks Red Hot :)

Phase 1

B: 2eggs w/ lf cheese and 2 mushrooms, veggie juice, and coffee w/ sf creamer
s: 15 cashews
l:1 6oz can of tuna mixed with 2tbsp mayo, herbs, salt, pepper, 1/2 stalk of celery
lots o salad with lotso veggies...2-3 cups, mostly lettuce with a light drizzle of ranch
s:cottage cheese and tomatoes with cucumber
dinner:fish, left over salad, and maybe some roasted veggies...not sure.
dessert:Almond Ricatta creme

Ok, so my dinner changed....don't know if this is good or bad, let me know.

Instead of fish, I had the left over roasted chicken (it was on day two in the fridge and my hubby wont finish the chicken, after the white meat is gone). I ate much of the meat on the bones, but not all of it. I avoided the fats and the skin as much as possible. Of course, it was all dark meat. Id say I ate about 1/2 a cup at most of the meat. Reason being...

I ate a cup of left over cauliflower mashed potatoes, and a heaping 1 1/2 cup of broccoli. And... I made one celery stick with a wedge of the lite swiss cheese spread (you know what I mean...lol).

I was filled before I began on the meat, but I did have the meat.

Any thoughts, or did I do alright. I had a strong craving for the chicken, so I went for it. Also, I didn't want it to go bad either. :o

Mom4, I don't see anything to beat yourself up about in your dinner.
Posting meal by meal again
B-Scrambled eggs with sundried tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, and cheddar, 1 slice WW Toast, 1 strip turkey bacon (DH made it, so a bit of butter was involved. I refuse to quibble when a man makes me breakfast in bed)
L-apple, spinach, and cheddar sammich on a sandwich flat
D-pork and veggie stirfry with peanut sauce

I just ate an entire eggplant.

Yesterday I ate (phase 1.5) Skipping again. Hopefully will do better today.

L - apple and string cheese
D - salso chicken with grn salad w/lots of vegs and Annie's lite dressing
S - 1 cup nf plain greek yogurt w/cinnamon, splenda, pecans

Yeah, I don't really do a snack in the morning. I usually have my coffee, then exercise. By the time I eat breakfast, it's getting close to lunch time, so no snack in there. BUT I often have two snacks between lunch and dinner, especially if we are eating late. I almost always include a "dessert" snack after dinner :) I think in general, once you have the guidelines down, you can tweak as you like to fit your life.

All that being said, I am UP a couple of pounds from my days away from home. I thought I could out-exercise my binge-y eating. Oh well.

Phase 1.5 NO grains.
B - coffee with soy milk
yoga class
Brunch - mediterranean salad (Romaine lettuce with shrimp, kalamata olives, tomatoes, peppers and a little feta cheese with vinaigrette) - at a pizza restaurant!
S - broccoli and orange pepper strips with hummus
S - 1/2 apple with lowfat cheddar cheese
D - veggie sausages with sauteed cabbage/carrots/tomato paste
dessert - nonfat Greek yogurt with raw walnuts and 1 tiny clementine

Today I ate (phase 1.5) Still having a problem getting all my meals in but am aware of it and trying to work on it.

L - Large green salad w/radish, onion, chicken, cucumber, edamame and Annie's lite dressing.
S - One cup Greek nf plain yogurt w/cinnamon, splenda, walnuts.
D - Mock pancakes w/sf syrup, 1 turkey bacon

I'm having a problem finding ff, lf or lite salad dressings that don't have some form of sugar in the ingredients. Any suggestions? I've also notice that the SB ranch dressing is getting harder to find. Wonder why?