On plan thread March 13-20
 

Eating Phase 1, but may have some wine
B: leftover spagetti squash casserole, kefir
S: edamame
S: lf cheese, carrots, sugar snap peas
Early dinner: probably chicken paillard with broccoli rabe
S: roasted chick peas

Phase 2

B: cantaloupe blueberry smoothie (almond milk, smoothie infusion, chia & fruit)
S: string cheese
L: African lentil soup
S: apple
D: baked falafel, roasted asparagus, sauteed bok choi (cleaning the fridge!)

exercise: outside walk, hooping, PT exercises

Dinner plan for the week
Sun: Stewed lentils & tomatoes on brown rice & topped with a little feta.
Mon: Greek salad with chicken
Tues: Chickpea & peanut butter stew
Wed: Tuscan spaghetti squash
Thurs: Falafel in pitas
Fri: Turkey burgers with grilled zucchini
Sat: ?

Wt 168.5 :carrot:
Ex: 60 minute BodyCombat class
Vitamin & ω−3: Check
B: 1/2 Banana & 1Tbsp PB on a slice of toasted Ezekiel bread. 1/2 cup skim milk.
L: Taco salad from a bag without the tortilla chips with a couple of multigrain chicken tenders
Sn: Falafel (sample at Superstore). A bite of a banana. 85% dark chocolate square with 1tsp PB.
S: Stewed lentils & tomatoes on brown rice. Green beans sauteed with lemon juice & soy sauce.
Sn: SF Jell-O (strawberry, yuk). Cheese string. Orange.

Made it through the weekend on plan!

B: Porridge with 0.9% milk and handful of cranberries
S: protein shake made with buttermilk after my run
S: chocolate covered soya beans - out of fear I might not be eating enough to sustain my training programme.
D: Salmon fillet with spinach, grilled courgette and avocado salad
S: Apple with peanut butter

Exercise : 16km/10 miles in 1:46
Water : lots and lots of herbal tea because I still have a stinking cold

I am going to plug the calories into ************ for a few days to see how much I am getting, out of interest! I'll also lay off the hardcore running until I get rid of this cold, because after my run today I feel like poo.

I haven't posted here for a while because, as you can guess, my eating has been totally off plan. I think I'm going to buy the Beck book today. I know some of you have recommended it. I really need to try and figure out why I sabotage myself and also deal with my all or nothing mentality. I was going to do Phase 1 again but I'm going to see if I can just jump back in to Phase 2.

B: protein smoothie (nf milk,protein powder,green superfood,1/2 banana,2 strawberries,spinach)
L: salad, hard boiled egg, rf blue cheese dressing
S: veggies and hummus or an apple and laughing cow cheese
D: taco bake, salad
S: nf greek yogurt, blueberries

p2
 

1: plain no fat Greek yogurt, dark cherries, a little agave. a few roasted chick peas. coffee with cream
2: lentil vegetable soup, half an orange , radishes, lf cheddar
3: grilled pork loin, roasted asparagus , Asian coleslaw
4: small glass of wine, too many roasted chick peas and a 100 calorie dark chocolate bar

Water check
vitamin: forgot
exercise: 45 minute elliptical, 4 miles

This week starts my quest to get below 153. Let's get it done, body!

P2

1&2 (brunch): egg white omelette with spinach, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers and a bit of rf swiss; banana
3: vegetarian tortilla pie (made with ezekiel tortillas and black beans)
4: greek yogurt w/ cinnamon and splenda

Also, made my mashed cauliflower in the food processor last night. It was MUCH creamier. I used an entire head of cauliflower, 2 garlic and herb laughing cow wedges and 3 T. cottage cheese + salt and pepper to taste. It was awesome. My kids both ate a ton of it.

OK - looking to get back below 170 . . .last three days for Phase 1 - tempting to stay on until the end of the week. We will see!
1) T peanut butter, V8 juice
2) 2% cheese crumbles
3) grilled chicken, sauteed veggies
4) peanuts
5) turkey meatballs, broccoli, salad
6) 2% cottage cheese with sugar free jam

Water - yep
Exercise - ULTIMATE!

You can do it!! I finally got below 170 [again] this weekend! :broc:
Giv'er!

Week 1 of Phase 2 (last day of Week 1). Probably my worst day so far. But I've known all week we were going to a hockey game and then out to dinner, so I tried to be as good as possible. Skipped the snacks because there's no real friendly food at sporting events.

B: Two lightly fried eggs, two strips of real bacon (oops!), cheese
L: 3 non-breaded buffalo wings, all the celery on the plate, a little bit of ranch, and 1 Guinness
D: Shrimp and broccoli garlic stir fry, chicken satay skewers
Exercise: Walked around the city for 30 minutes in the nice weather
Water consumption: Remains terrible due to twisted addiction to Diet Dr. Pepper

OK... jumping back into this thread... accountability is a good thing.


Sunday, March 13, 2011 (Day 15) - Phase II/1 fruit

Breakfast: 2 egg omelet with tomato, red peppers, onions, 2% cheese, LF sour cream and salsa; 6-8 oz V8; 2 cups coffee with ¼ cup 1% milk and artificial sweetener

Snack: Yogurt with 1/8 t SF lemon jello powder

Lunch: Taco Salad with lots of veggies, avocado, black olives, LF sour cream and salsa

Snack: Missed

Dinner: Chicken Adobo with steamed broccoli and raw carrots

Snack/Desert: SB Friendly PB/Choc ‘Ice Cream’


I was supposed to have an apple and peanut butter for a snack this afternoon, but my schedule got thrown all out of wack with the time change today so I didn't have lunch until about 2:30 or 3:00... No need for a snack when dinner is 3 hours later. The good thing about it is that since I didn't have peanut butter this afternoon, I was able to have my most favorite PB/Choc 'Ice Cream' tonight instead of my originally planned NSA Fudgesicle. :love:

I need this accountability too so here goes:

B - Decaf coffee w/sf creamer, 2 scrambled eggs w/lf cheese and 1 turkey bacon
S - none because bf was late because of time change.
L - Salad with lots of vegs, chicken and no calorie blue cheese dressing
S - 1 tsp almond butter
D - 2 Smart veg dogs and salad w/lots of vegs
D - nf greek plain yogurt w/sf jam, truvia and walnuts (portion was to big though)
Believe it was all on plan but need to watch the yogurt portion in the evening as it is getting too large.

Monday Phase 1
B: egg casserole, avocado, kefir
S: edamame
L: hot and sour soup with some wonton soup mixed in and cheated by having crunchy noodles
S: lf cheese, sugar snap peas, carrots
D: beef stew over broccoli

Phase 2 -

B. oats soaked in almond milk w/sliced banana & walnuts, drizzle of maple flavored agave
L. big veggie salad w/chickpeas, feta and avocado
S. apple and yogurt
D. quinoa casserole

Yesterday...P1
B eggs, veggies, lf cheese
L chicken veggie soup
S nuts (while everyone had dessert and coffee)
D Salad, beef (chuck roast)
S sf fudgsicle, nat PB

B: Oats & Holy Crap soaked in almond milk with 1T walnuts & 1/2 banana.
L: Quizno's mesquite chicken on WW (small) and 1/2 bowl of soup with 2 crackers.
S: Greek salad with chicken.
Ex: Likely none today.

B: Yoghurt with sugar free jam
S: Orange (wanted to eat nuts with it but had no time at school!)
L: Halloumi and grilled veggie salad (out with friends, yum!)
S: Orange and cheese
D: Curry soup with loads of veggies and side salad
D: Apple with peanut butter

Exercise: 40mins cycling + Pilates DVD
Water: Enough

B: 2 eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, tomato juice, coffee with milk
L: leftover cabbage and white bean concoction
S: skim latte, red lentils
D: chicken bouillabaisse, salad
S: NSA fudgesicle, skim milk if hungry

Today's plan:
B: 1 slice turkey bacon, V8, lf cheese stick
S: pistachios
L: chicken cacciatore, broccoli, NSA fudgy thing
S: cauliflower in humus
D: no idea . . .

Need to run today!

B - 2 eggs over easy on a bed of wilted spinach.
L - Chicken salad on spinach with tomato onion and black olives.
S - Celery with PB.
D - A little bit of dad's famous chili with a salad.
And I think I'll treat myself to a sugar free Popsicle tonight for dessert! =D

I've been up for an hour and I've already gotten 23 oz of water down!

wt: 153.4

1: 1/2 c. oats w/ chocolate cherry spinach smoothie "sorbet"
2: salad with spinach, grapefruit sections, a bit of shaved parmesan (1/2 oz.), vidalia onion and vinaigrette made from the grapefruit juice, balsamic vinegar, olive oil and stone ground mustard
3: "apple crisp" truffle (dates, nsa dried apples, a bit of apple sauce, cinnamon, pecans)
4: greek tilapia florentine; roasted jerusalem artichokes and fig balsamic glazed golden beets

exercise: 40 min. cardio circuit, 20 min. sprints

Phase 2

Pretty much the same as yesterday.

B: protein smoothie
L: salad, hard boiled egg, swiss cheese, rf blue cheese dressing
S: apple, laughing cow cheese wedge
D: leftover taco bake, salad, avocado, rf sour cream
S: yogurt, blueberries

p2
 

1: eggs, roasted veg, 2 chicken sausages coffee with cream.
2: banana with almond butter, celery with cream cheese, deli ham
3: on plan chili, 2 off plan sangria, off plan chicken bites ( super fun and necessary night out with the girls!!)

Water: not enough
vitamin: not today
Exercise: deferred. Horrid weather out and 2 hours in was not something I could bear. I did get dh to drive the half marathon course with me though.

Phase 2 - and trying to get my appetite back
B. Hot Cross Bun, sliced orange
L. salmon salad sandwich on 2 ww toast, pickles, mango in yogurt
D. chicken primavera (a frozen dinner) with 3 oz. extra chicken added, spinach

Zeff, may I assume that you steam the cauliflower until tender first or do you do the above raw? Also, some of your recipes sound so good, would love to come to eat at your house :).

I'm running way behind schedule today thanks to the time change and as a result am having a hard time getting my three meals in. Hopefully will make it even if the timing isn't the greatest.

Crack slaw w/chicken tonight for dinner.

Hey everyone! I have been eating too much and not the right things for a while. I start the day healthy, but always fail *epically* I've done the SBD before and plan on starting tomorrow.

I would really appreciate support. I've really lacked motivation as of late. Almost every day I say "this is the day" but I never do anything about it. I'm hoping to lose 15 pounds. (My stats are not right. I currently weigh 140 lbs.)

Thanks,
K

T&T - yes, steam the cauliflower first!

Madrid - try to get about 60% of your calories in the first two meals of the day. It will help stave off the hungry monster in the evening.

Phase 2--now using WW points plus

B: 1 slice ww toast with natural pb, banana, coffee
L: salad with romaine lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, sunflower seeds, 1 hardboiled egg, 1/4 cup cottage cheese (as dressing)
S: WW toffee crunch bar
D: tuna salad (tuna mixed with low fat mayo, celery, red onion) on romaine lettuce leaves, tomato slices, a few sun chips, green tea

All day--lots and lots of water
Workout--trimming back rosemary bushes for about an hour (my arms are already sore!), weeding the flower bed, and 1 hour Zumba class.

Phase 1.75 (Week 2, phase 2) - had to snack on lots of SF sweets today!

B- Two eggs
s - 15 peanuts, sugar free jello
L - Artichoke and cucumber salad, no sugar added fudgsicle
s - 1 babybel, 1 apple
D - 3 turkey wraps (turkey, tomato, cheese, dijon mustard in a lettuce wrap), sugar free popsicle, 1.5 glasses of red wine

On track... :carrot:

Monday, March 14, 2011 (Day 16) Phase II/1 fruit

Breakfast: Ricotta waffles w/ SF syrup – 1 cup 1% milk, 2 cups Coffee with 1% milk and sweetener - Vitamins

Snack: none

Lunch: Chili with V8 from morning snack

Dinner: Game night early dinner – Crockpot Chipotle Pork Tenderloin with green beans

Snack: Apple with cashews (at game)

Snack: NSA Fudgesicle

Yesterday....P1
B HB egg, V8
S nuts, lf string cheese
L salad with beef
D chicken, broccoli
S sf fudgsicle, 1T nat. PB

Tuesday Phase 1
B: kefir, egg casserole, avocado
S: tbsp. of almond butter
S: edamame
L: what I didn't eat yesterday - leftover spag squash casserole with broccoli and cauliflower alfredo, hard boiled egg
S: carrots, sugar snap peas, lowfat cheese
D: andouille chicken sausage with arugula
S: peanuts

P2

wt: 153.0 (argh!)

1: pre-workout (vitamins and 1/2 cliff bar)
2: scrambled eggs, lemon greek yogurt (can't decide whether I like this flavor, kind of bitter-ish)
3: spinach & grapefruit salad; almonds
4: "apple crisp truffle"
5: bbq chicken sandwich (crockpot w/ homemade sauce), ww bun dressed with spinach, broccoli slaw

exercise: 40 min. kickboxing, 60 min. pilates, maybe biking to soccer practice

Phase 2

B: Yoghurt and sugar free jam
S: Walnut and orange muffin (homemade, low G.I.)
L: Bowl of curry and tofu soup
S: Nuts and peanut butter + dried cranberries and Maya Gold chocolate.
D: Chili con carne with lf cheese

B: 2 eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, tomato juice, coffee with milk
L: leftover cabbage and white bean concoction
S: skim latte, red lentils
D: omelet stuffed with leftover eggplant in tomato sauce and mozzarella, salad (realize now I should have skipped the breakfast eggs)
S: NSA fudgesicle, skim milk if hungry
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Phase 2

B: baked pumpkin oatmeal, nf milk
L: salad, leftover taco bake
S: apple, laughing cow cheese
D: chicken burger (no bun), veggies
S: greek yogurt, blueberries

Phase 2
B: Ezekiel toast with 1T PB & 1/2 banana.
L: Leftover Wendy's Chili on cauliflower
Sn: SF Jello. Small turkey wrap.
S: Leftover spaghetti squash.
Sn: SF jello
Ex: None

Argh, trying to figure out why I am not sticking to my plan very well. Not eating off-plan foods so much (mostly because I have nothing in the house to go off plan WITH :rofl:) but having kind of an aversion to veggies. It's weird. Just something I have to sort out.

Phase 2
B - coffee w/ unsweetened almond milk.
Late B - Whole wheat orzo with white beans & veggies.
L - Lentil veggie soup with spinach. Low sodium vegetable juice
S - mozzarella stick. Freeze-dried pears. (not together)
S2 - don't know yet. Have to investigate the fridge.
D - poached eggs on Greek yogurt with garlic and lowfat feta cheese (variation on a Turkish dish), roasted peppers, sundried tomatoes. Green salad with flaxseed dressing.
dessert - nsa hot chocolate

Day 1, Phase 1

B: slim fast
L: celery with peanut butter
D: lettuce wraps with turkey, cheese
S: cocktail shrimp, SF hot cocoa

I realize slim fast is not allowed, but it is Optima with not that much sugar or carbs, and I was in a hurry. No time for eggs. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.