Phase II

B: V8, 2 boiled eggs
S: RF cheese stick
L: Large salad, grilled chicken, guacamole
S: Skinny latte
D: Leftover grilled pork chop, asparagus, broccoli with Parmesan cheese
S: Almond butter

Dthefashionista - Looks good! You've got lots and lots of veggies and that is really the key to this plan :)

Had a ridiculous amount of off plan snacks that I'm not going to list. I am definitely a stress eater.

b-smoothie (crazy kitchen sink concoction with strawberries, banana, pumpkin, spinach, oats, and yogurt)
L-boca burger w/ turkey bacon, ww thin bun
d-yogurt marinated chicken in a ww pita with a big salad

I'm going to have to come up with a coping strategy for the stress eating. . .maybe I'll take some crystal light for my water bottle. Other suggestions?

1: skinny latte
2: hard boiled egg
3: Cinnamon Curry Tuna salad
4: Tilapia fillet with spinach mushroom saute
5: tomato juice

B: egg McMuffin, Scrambled egg.. only ate 1/2 the bread
L: Chicken, veggie, Beans
S: edamane
D: Grilled chicken, peppers, onions, lettuce, guacamole

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Phase 2

Breakfast: Green Chili-Cheese Casserole; V8; 2 cups Coffee with 1% milk and sweetener

Snack: Yogurt with 1/8 t lemon jello powder

Lunch: Spinach Salad with 2 slices turkey bacon (crumbled) and NF Feta Cheese - Vitamins

Snack: Apple with peanut butter

Dinner: Cottage cheese; celery, carrots and blue cheese dressing; 2 deviled eggs

Snack: NSA Fudgesicle

The key to whether things are ok on this program is to take a look at the ingredients list:

Ingredients
Vegetable Oil (Partially Hydrogenated Coconut or Palm Kernel and Canola, Hydrogenated Palm, Soybean, Cottonseed and/or Safflower)Corn Syrup Solids (Adds a Trivial Amount of Sugar)Sodium Caseinate (a Milk Derivative) Not a Source of Lactose)Natural and Artificial Flavors, Dipotassium Phosphate (Moderates Coffee Acidity)Mono- and Diglycerides (Prevents Oil Separation)Salt, Sodium Aluminosilicate, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium (Non-Nutritive Sweetener)Yeast.


Sorry to have to tell you... It's definitely not South Beach friendly. :(

Wednesday Phase 1.5
B: lf cottage cheese w/hot avjar and avocado
S: edamame
L: middle eastern combo platter - hummos, labney, taramonsalata, 2 grape leaves with lamb, broccoli and cauliflower + a whole wheat pita (on plan food, but way too much of it, but it was SO GOOD).
S: "kind" bar with almonds and apricots
D: 1 egg veggie omlette, salad with caesar dressing and parmesan cheese, an inappropriate amount (and totally unplanned for) of gouda cheese and a lf cheese stick. I binged on cheese. Couldn't stop eating the whole day really.

B ff yogurt, cottage cheese
L OUT...planned...olive garden, salad, 2 breadsticks, 1/2 bowl Pasta Fagioli, 1/2 bowl chicken gnocci
S nuts, peel cheese
D steak veggies

P2

1: oats soaked in almond milk and chia seeds, topped with 1/2 banana + 1 tsp. peanut butter; hot lemon water
2: "spa lunch" - hummus, carrot sticks, small bunch of grapes, 4 small spelt crackers
sn: tbd
3: grilled pork chops, mashed cauliflower, roasted tomato?

exercise: 60-75 min. strength and speed interval workout

I feel really good about my day yesterday. Here's what is planned for today:

B: greek yogurt w/sf blackberry jelly and Splenda, coffee w/ff 1/2 & 1/2 and Splenda
S: celery w/ natural pb
L: leftover taco frittata (turned out sooooo good!)
S: string cheese, sugar snap peas, v8
D: Fireside White Bean and Sausage Soup, salad w/veggies and dressing
S: If I need it...sf jello

Zeffryn, what are chia seeds?

MMckellen, what is avjar?

I'm looking forward to another great day! I feel so good!

zeffryn - just to make sure I read your oats comment correctly - do you not have to cook the oats if you soak them overnight like that? I have never been a fan of oats, but once we get to p2 that would be a great, portable breakfast for dh. He leaves the house at 4:30 to get to the gym at 5, then showers and goes straight to work, so need breakfast that he doesn't have to cook.

I am also wondering about chia seeds and what their benefits are?

Phase 2

B: shredded wheat and bran cereal, strawberries, nf milk
L: salad, hb egg, rf blue cheese dressing
S: veggies and hummus
D: spaghetti squash bake, roasted broccoli
S: nf greek yogurt, blueberries

Dang I had a feeling. I already had some today. I guess I'll be bringing my stevia and some milk in to work tomorrow. :( I love that darn creamer...probably because it's full of junk!

sorry, mika, i just saw your inquiry about chia seeds from yesterday.

Here is some info about chia seeds. I mainly use them to bulk up my oats or smoothies, and i find that drinking them in iced tea during the summer (it's hot in So. La!) helps keep me hydrated.

http://www.mychiaseeds.com/Articles/...aBenefits.html

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imagine - correct, no cooking involved. the soaking softens them up a lot. i like them soaked much more than i do cooked. i soak them overnight because it is easier, but sometimes, i'll make a bowl, let it soak for 5-10 minutes while I get dressed or something and then eat them. They aren't quite as soft, but still really good.