On Plan Thread 7/2 - 7/9
 

It's time for another week in South Beach land :) Come on in and share your menus, your struggles and your questions no matter what phase you are on.

What's working for you? What challenges are you having? Got some great tips and tricks to share? Join us in this thread where we deal with the day to day nuts and bolts of South Beach living.

phase 2

b - ww blueberry muffin
l - italian salad (mozzarella, tomatoes and avocado, sprinkle of basil)will skip baquette everyone else is having.
s - pork shish kebabo, veggie shish kebabo, salad, blueberries and strawberries
glass of wine

Phase 2 (berries in smoothie, wine but no grains)
B: Chia pancake with chard, laughing cow & salsa, veggie sausages on the side
L: Green monster of the day
S: snap peas, radishes, string cheese
D: avocado gazpacho, bean burgers or beans & greens, tomato salad
glass of wine

exercise: it's a rainy day so probably no bike ride. 30m walk between raindrops, weights & crunches

ph1 (modified)
B: yogurt, coffee, Perrier
S: stuffed mushrooms (leftovers)
L: taco bake with NSA salsa and 100 cal guacamole
S: Zucchini Puffs
D: Meatball Casserole and a salad with tomatoes, cucumber, celery, lettuce and balsamic vinegar (no oil!)

Phase 2 again for me today.

B. Fiber One w/greek yogurt, blueberries, and peaches
L. weekend glow kale salad, (I'm in love with it! :)), quinoa/berry fruit salad :drool:
D. leftover veggie loaf (It wasn't that good, but I have a lot leftover, so I'm going to desguise it with melted mozzarella, basil & tomato, more kale salad
S. another helping of quinoa/berry fruit salad w/a dollop of cinnamon flavored greek yogurt and sprinkled with chopped toasted almonds

Dinners this week:
Zucchini lasagna
Falafels in pitas
Chicken & chickpeas with cauliflower over spinach
Ground turkey taco bake

BBQs all weekend makes it hard... pretty off-plan yesterday :( Yoga class cancelled and it just threw me off, so I had no exercise either.

Today I have to put some guidelines in place. (Duh. I say this like it is something I have just discovered!)

B - coffee with us soy milk
Yoga class
smoothie with Greek yogurt, cocoa powder, peanut flour
L - VERY cool - I just realized I have all the ingredients for the popular Weekend Glow Kale salad (except for hemp seeds, maybe I'll use chia instead? or nothing). YAY

S/D/dessert @ BBQ:
Veggies on the grill (peppers, zucchini, asparagus)
veggie hotdogs
whole wheat pita bread
fruit (peaches, cherries)
red wine
Tiny, I mean TINY, portions of the off-plan goodies if they look really tasty

Emma, I sub nutritional yeast for the hemp seeds in my kale salad, or just omit them completely.

Starting work tomorrow. Back to the real world :(

B: PB & B burrito with skim milk
L: 1/2 piece (~100g) bison loaf with millet. Cherry tomatoes, cucumber & hummus
Sn: Cherries, NSA drumstick
S: Zucchini lasagna, 8 chicken meatballs, kale salad.

ON VACATION!!!!

Saturday was a lot of food - mostly OP (except the goldfish crackers . . . sneaky little devils), but also mostly too much of it.

Sunday:
B: ff greek yogurt, sf jam
S: veggies, hummus
L: chicken salad, romaine, carrots, laughing cow
D: chicken cacciatore, extra veggies, small serving smarttaste pasta
S: ff greek yogurt, slightly frozen, splenda

Be well -

Sunday, July 3, 2011 - Phase 2

Breakfast: Oatmeal Pancakes; 2 slices turkey bacon; V8; 2 cups coffee each w/ ¼ c 1% milk and sweetener

Lunch: Chicken Crackslaw - Vitamins

Snack: Apple with peanut butter

Dinner: Salad w/ lots of veggies, turkey pepperoni and Italian dressing; 1 slice of WW Pizza w/ Turkey Pepperoni, Mozzarella Cheese, Red Pepper, Onion, Green Olives; Diet Coke

OK, 4th of July, and I will be surrounded by lots of food porn today. But I can do this if I have a plan in place. I WILL have a piece of my GD's famous Key Lime Pie, but otherwise I should be good. :)

B. Green Monster
L. Kale salad
D. portobello slider w/gorgonzola and carmelized onions (sans bun!), kale salad, 1/2 ear of corn
S. Key Lime Pie
Maybe a glass of wine to finish off the day

Phase 2
B: carrot cake smoothie
L: out, will find something OP
S: radishes :)
D: grilled portabellos, avocado gazpacho, raw kale salad
wine

exercise: lots and lots of walking

Cottage - did you see my update to the muffin recipe? they make very good burger buns

I could swear I posted here yesterday but can't find it. :shrug:

Today:
B. a strawberry, Fibre 1, flax meal, skim milk shake
L. 2 egg mushroom omelet with salad from the garden
D. broiled pork tenderloin, a couple of very small new potatoes with pesto, Swiss chard, sliced tomato

Duh! It was in last week's thread.

Ph1(mod)

B: scrambled egg, Canadian bacon, LS V-8, coffee
S: veggies and Spinach Artichoke Dip
L: Crack Slaw
S: Sweet Pecans
D: Garlic Basil Shrimp

Swimming as exercise (constant motion)

Phase 1 Week 2 - weighed in this morning...down 3 lbs for the first week!! woot!

At a bbq yesterday, gotta say I'm really proud of myself! The only off plan thing I had was a bacon wrapped pepperoni thingy that had brown sugar in the sauce that it was in. But, they were small and I only had two :) Gotta say though, I was VERY tempted by all the fruit that was there!!!

Here's my food for the day....it's just all a big mush ;)

handful of mixed nuts, veggies, turkey wrapped pickled asparagus, bratwurst, chicken, pulled pork, onion salad, celery w/laughing cow cheese wedge, sf jello w/sf cool whip, almond "crackers".

phase 2

b - oatmeal with blueberries, almond milk
l - soup with a slice of ham and goat cheese
s - yogourt and raspeberries
s - leftover pork and salad
s - almonds

P2-ish
L turkey, sprouts, tomato, wedge laughing cow in 1/2 ww pita
S bite of something off plan
D taco salad w ground turkey and veggies, fruit salad
S something else off plan

Monday - mostly on-plan anyway . . .
B: scrambled eggs with onion, peppers, tomatoes
S: ff greek yogurt, sf jam
L: chicken salad, more romaine lettuce, celery
S: sf soft serve (it IS the beach, after all . . .)
D: steak, salad, small ear of corn

Be well!

Originally Posted by CyndiM:
Cottage - did you see my update to the muffin recipe? they make very good burger buns

No, I didn't see the update, but I bet they would make great burger buns. I'll have to try it! :)

Monday, July 4, 2011 - Phase 2

Breakfast: Ricotta waffles w/ SF syrup; 1 c 1% milk; 2 cups coffee each w/ ¼ c 1% milk and sweetener

Snack: V8; 5 triscuts; 1 pkg LC Cheese

Lunch: Salad with lots of veggies, tuna, and Italian dressing

Snack: Apple with peanut butter - Vitamins

Dinner: Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki, cucumbers and carrots

Snack: Popcorn (100 cal pack); Diet Root Beer

Tuesday Phase 1.5
B: chia pudding w/u.s. vanilla almond milk and mango
S: 15 almonds, carrots
L: split pea soup w/ham, slice of sourdough bread
S: none
D: 2 gardenburger portobello burgers

rather a carb heavy day...

Phase 2

B. Quinoa berry fruit salad w/yogurt
L. kale salad
S. yogurt w/chia
D. leftover portobello burger, kale salad
S. nsa fudgesicle, ONLY if I feel I need something while everyone else is enjoying ice cream cake

I was totally off plan the entire weekend, but I'm back on track today.

B: oatmeal, strawberries, chia seeds, nf milk
L: protein smoothie (us choc almond milk, protein powder, 1/2 banana, spinach)
S: peppers and hummus
D: shrimp salad, 1 T rf blue cheese dressing
S: nf greek yogurt, bluberries

Phase 2 - Day 1 of Week 6. But I'm doing Phase 1 for 3 days since I got off track for a bit.

B: Atkins shake
S: Pepperoni crisps
L: 1 slice italian pie (squash crust pizza) & salad pack
S: V8
D: eggplant "lasagna"
S: NSA fudgesicle

Exercise: Cardio - run around complex

Phase 1 - Week 2

B: coffee w/sf creamer
S: almond "crackers" w/ laughing cow cheese wedge
L: turkey chili
D: hamburger on flax "bread" w/veggies, pan fried veggies & onion salad

Really need to get on the exercise bandwagon or I'll never reach the goal I posted!

P 2 ish

B--mock pancake topped w/ plain yogurt and sliced half peach.

s--small green salad w/ ranch dressing.

L--Chili with beans, lean turkey sausage, and broccoli slaw.

s--Light coconut milk w/ 1 tbsp hemp powder and packet green tea.

D--Cabbage soup w/ lean turkey sausage and tomatoes in it.

Went for an hour long walk--maybe 40 min 3 mph and 20 min <3mph.

Phase 2
b-half a ww bagel w/ almond butter
l-ww pita pizza w/spinach, cottage cheese, a bite of a homemade lara bar
d-vegtastic scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, ww toast

Ph 1 Day 5 (modified for processed food allowance)

B: egg beaters, mushroom & spinach with 1 piece turkey sausage and coffee
S:V8 and diet Snapple
L: tablespoon spinach artichoke dip, roasted red pepper hummus, 1/3 cucumber, 1/4 orange bell pepper, 1 stalk celery, 3 slices 99%FF ham, lettuce, 2 dill pickle slices, 2 pepperonchini peppers
S: edamame with sea salt
D: turkey burger (no bun, 3 oz) with SF Ketchup and dill delish, 1 slice of RF cheddar and 1 turkey hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut (no buns), pickles, grilled bell peppers
D: peanut butter cup (don't usually have dessert but I deserve it after avoiding all the temptations today!)

P1.5
B egg salad in 1/2 ww pita
S almond butter and raspberry preserves smoothie w almond milk
L salad bar salad
D refried beans w rf cheese and hot sauce
S peach

had a very off plan weekend and am hosting a brunch tomorrow where it will be mainly on plan foods, with the exception of a dessert... Think I might hop back over to p1 for a week starting thursday...

Phase II
B. ww skinny bagel with lf cream cheese, strawberries
L. a hot dog! I was stuck at the diner and there was no other decent choice. Their salads suck!
D. BBQ marinated chicken breast, chard, sliced tomato, raspberries and ricotta cream

Tuesday: Staying with P1 (low cal day to start off the week)

B: egg plus extra white, coffee with LF milk and splenda (125 cals)
L: 1/2 cup ff plain yogurt with 10 cashews and SF syrup (175 cals)
D: veggie soup (100 cals)
S: Milk: 100 cals

Total cals: 500
Exercise: 1 hour on treadmill

B: PB & B burrito; skim milk
Sn: Cherries & babybel light
L: Turkey burger
S: Zucchini lasagna with chicken meatballs

B: ff greek yogurt, sf jam
L: lettuce wrap up, ham, turkey, cheese
S: grapes
D: well, to be honest: lobster, crab legs, fried shrimp - had to be 3 lbs of seafood . . .

Be well!

phase 2

b - oatmeal with blueberries and almond milk
l - soup with a slice of roast beef and piece of cheese
s - yogourt and almonds
s - grilled tuna steak, stir fry veggies and salad

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - Phase 2

Breakfast: 1 egg; 1 slice turkey bacon, Grapefruit, 1 slice WW toast, V8, 2 cups coffee each w/ ¼ c 1% milk and sweetener

Lunch: Leftovers (Bean Soup) and carrots

Snack: Apple with peanut butter; vitamins

Dinner: Pepperchini Pot Roast; Black Beans with red peppers and onions; green beans

Snack: Lemon Bean Cake

Wednesday Phase 2
B: chia pudding made with us almond milk and mango
S: carrots and 15 almonds
L: chick pea/zuccini/ham toss up
S: not sure
D: steak and kale

exercise: 30 mins. rebounding, 10 mins. arm weights

Phase 1.5

B. Fiber One w/blueberries, sliced peach & yogurt
S. iced nonfat soy latte
L. kale salad
S. greek yogurt w/chia
D. grilled veggies topped with a sprinkle of feta
S. nsa fudgesicle

Ultimate bea - I am soooo jealous!!

B: turkey roll up w/cream cheese, cuke, onion, pepper
S: veggies, cheese stick
L: black bean and corn salad with quinoa
D: large salad

The scale was very scary the other day, I really need to keep myself in check. Gotta switch those brain waves! Yesterday went pretty well...didn't snack much, didn't eat the kids' food as they ate, blah, blah, blah.

Phase II
B. fibre 1, strawberries, yogurt
L. "pate" (chicken liver leftovers) celery sticks and pepper strips, a single slice of ww rye bread, glass of skim milk
D. chicken breast again, maybe as crack slaw, raspberries, blueberries and kiwi