OK, I ended up making this last night: Zucchini quinoa lasagna. I cannot believe how good it was! I am so happy to find completely new things... the quinoa cooked in vegetable broth and tomato sauce with herbs and a bit of cream cheese added was so SO delicious! I think it would be perfect stuffed inside zucchini or peppers. Yum!

[Thanks to Rikki, I think it was, who posted a vegan black bean burger last week? That recipe - which also looks delicious - led me to this "Peas and Thank You" site, which I have been drooling over for days now]

Phase 2

B - coffee w us almond milk. Smoothie (yogurt, blueberries, nectarine, cucumber, lots o' bolted lettuce, splash of Torani sf vanilla syrup, psyllium husk).
L - leftover zucchini quinoa lasagna, side spinach salad
Ss - (on the road) Tofurkey rollups with light cream cheese, hummus with broccoli & orange bell pepper, celery with Laughing Cow light
D - grilled tuna, Grilled Zucchini Greek Salad (finally), cauliflower fried rice
S - pear with walnuts

I think I get this... we post what we had yesterday?

Phase 1
B: 1 egg (over easy, pam spray) & 2 cherry tomatoes
S: 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese
L: 4 slices of low fat turkey breast deli meat
S: 5 sticks of celery with a wedge of low fat laughing cow cheese
D: baked pork tenderloin stuffed with baby spinach, garlic, onion with a low fat cheddar sauce & a side of steamed broccoli & baked tomato
Dessert: 1/2 cup of low fat ricotta with a packet of sweetener & a couple drops of vanilla.

Lots of water

I see I need to add to my veggies at lunch so today I brought a cucumber. I'll slice it and wrap my turkey slices around the spears. I tend to love routine for breakfast, lunch, and snacks during the work-week so you won't see much variation there. If food is something I have to think about, I tend to lose steam. My go-to snack at work tends to be a stick of low fat string cheese. I never used to eat breakfast prior to SB so 1 egg is about all I'll consider doing in the mornings before work. Maybe a scrambled egg with 1/2 cup of baby spinach would be an easy and yummy way to get the veggies in there... See I'm not entirely inflexible! This is probably too long of a post for here... I'll stop now.

B: V8, protein bar
S: yogurt and fruit
L: Trio from Corner Bakery - chicken salad, salad, edamame salad
S: almonds and tomato/mozz salad
D: chili salad (chili on top of a salad)

Emma- I have been wanting to try that quinoa lasagna! Looks sooo good. I love peas and thank you. I have been thinking about getting her cook book!

zeli-You can do it whichever way you want. I sometimes put yesterdays meals in, but mostly I do my plan for the day!

That said:
W: rest day, my knees are nagging me.
V:2 Alive!

Drinking Pink water all day!
B: Steel Cut oats
S: green drink(Kale, pinapple, water)
L: leftover mushrooms, peppers, and onions, black beans over arugula
S:cucumber dill salad
D:I am thinking Quinoa zuchinni lasagna now!!! We'll see ;0)

Phase 2

B: coffee w/ff 1/2 & 1/2 & splenda & eggs w/veggie sausage & laughing cow wedge
L: salad greens w/canned salmon, tomatoes, boiled eggs & caesar dressing
S: canteloupe & honeydew
S: ww pretzels w/hummus
D: spaghetti squash pizza w/side salad

zeli- I post my meal for that day and edit as I go if something changes...

p1.5
1: 2 fried eggs w spinach and cheddar on ww/flax seed/fiber sandwich thin, 2 iced coffees w splenda and lt cream
2: choco/pb/banana meal shake
3: chicken and chickpea tikka masala over kale and red bell pepper, cantelope
4: nf plain greek yogurt w strawberries and homemade granola
5: cottage cheese and popcorn

Phase 1
B: Hard boiled egg, nonfat/skinny latte (my coffee machine broke! So sad.)
S: Cottage cheese with 1 whole tomato
L: Coconut Curry Shrimp (leftovers from last night- YUM. Almost don't miss the rice with the mashed cauliflower standing in.)
S: Serving of almonds
D: Glow salad with oven baked chicken

I have a question: does agave count as a sugar substitute?

Yes, it does. And don't forget that a tablespoon of agave also has 60 calories.

ph 2/3
b-oatmeal with greek yogurt, applesauce, and cocoa powder
l-roasted veggie and goat cheese pasta, leftover lemon cabbage, cherry pie lara bar
s-peach
d-lemony green beans, leftover vegtastic meatloaf

P2

1: smoothie (coconut water, berries, spinach, lemon, ginger, protein powder)
2: greens and beans
3: almond milk yogurt with walnuts
4: chicken and white bean enchilada (filling only) over spinach

exercise: 2 mile warm-up on treadmill, 60 min. cardio class, upper body strength training

Phase II
B. boiled egg, ww toast, an orange
L. tomato, onion and olive paste in a roll, raw peppers, blueberries, skim milk
D. eggplant/tomato/cheese casserole, spinach salad, yogurt

8/24 : SURPRISE OLIVE GARDEN DINNER ON PHASE ONE :stress:

Husband found out about Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Bowl being back, so of course he really wanted to go... Here are the results of yesterday, my Day 3:

B: 1 egg, 4 cherry tomatoes
S: 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese
L: Cucumber spears wrapped in Lean Turkey Deli Meat dipped in a tablespoon of balsamic vinaigrette.
S: celery sticks & low fat laughing cow
D: Olive Garden : Salad without croutons & dressing on the side. Grilled Salmon with a side of steamed broccoli

No Dessert - Lots of water.

I'm so glad I stuck to the plan. I feel really great today!

Good for you! You made good choices!!

Yesterday for me fell apart around lunchtime. A neighbor came over with a family emergency, her sister died. :cry: I helped the rest of the afternoon with her kids, it was a very stressful and heartbreaking day. Dinner wasn't as planned, it was a quick eggs and waffles dinner.

B: Coffee w/cream & Splenda
egg, asparagus, LC cheese casserole, 2 Morning star sausage links
S: Green Monster
L: 2 HB eggs with hummus instead of yokes - natural PB + SF jelly on 1 light bread + almonds - SF yogurt
S: V8
D: Chicken + Broc + salad

WATER! Doing good on the water intake!

No stress needed - you did great!!! I too had an odd dinner last night - made me bloat but WATER WATER WATER today!

B: coffee, V8, protein bar
L: hummus, cucumbers, red bell pepper, turkey, cheese stick
D: Whole Foods: Salad from salad bar, brown rice chips (learned I can't have this in the house and overate), mozzarella

Didn't post yesterday (one of THOSE days) but stayed on plan.

Today is Ph1 D5 and the menu is:

B: 2 small ricotta muffins
S: Cheese stick
L: Tuna salad with light mayo over lettuce and tomatoes
S: Yogurt
D: ??? Something Porky. I have class for three hours after a nine hour work day so DH is manning the kitchen and handling the kids. :D

Thanks all! It was tough. I love pasta... and the bread-sticks there... nummies.

8/25 : P1 : Day 4
B : scrambled 1 egg with 1/2 cup fresh baby spinach
S : celery sticks w/ LF Laughing Cow
L : turkey cucumber cheese wraps
S : 15 pecans
D : salad:baby spinach, green beans, celery, sliced tomato & chopped pork tenderloin

P1, Day 4

B - coffee w/ us almond milk & splenda, spinach smoothie
L- roasted chicken over a salad
S - plain yogurt w/ splenda & vanilla with slivered almonds
D - taco salad
S - tea

I also have some broccoli & hummus that I brought to work just in case I want to snack.

I see a lot of menus with almond milk which I love! Has anyone tried making their own?

Re-started modified PH1.5 on Sunday (I'm still nursing an 8month old and low card really affects my milk supply).
8/23
B- homemade low fat ricotta+ splenda + coffee
S- mozarella
L - omelet w/tomatoes and onions, 1 slice rye bread
S - chummus w/carrots
D - felafel balls, salad

8/24
B- cottage, cofee
S- mozarella
L- don't remeber
D - veggie/chicken stir fry

I've never tried making my own almond milk... I wonder if it would be more expensive since almond milk is fairly cheap...

Phase 2
B - Coffee with us almond milk x 2. Something :censored: (got up too early and was feeling jittery from all the coffee). Smoothie (yogurt, wild blueberries, cucumber, bolted lettuce, splash of Torani sf vanilla syrup, psyllium husk)
L - Leftover zucchini quinoa lasagna. Green salad on the side. us iced black tea.
Ss - Tofurkey rollups with light cream cheese, hummus with broccoli & orange bell pepper, celery with Laughing Cow light
Walking, YOGA! I NEED it :yoga:
D - (OMG the menu I have been planning for three days, keep getting waylayed at dinner time. Can you tell I'm not that excited about fish?) - grilled tuna, Grilled Zucchini Greek Salad , cauliflower fried rice
S - pear with walnuts. Square of dark chocolate.

p1.5
1: iced coffee w lt cream and splenda, fried eggs/spinach/cheddar on ww/flax/fiber sandwich thin
2: green monster (almond milk/greek yogurt/frozen banana/strawberries/choco protein powder/kale/peanut butter), cheesestick
3: pecan chocolate zucchini bread (kalyns kitchen) with glass 1% milk
4: stuffed peppers (red bells stuffed w lean ground beef/onion/spinach/garlic, topped with cheese)
5: maybe another piece of that zucchini bread ;)

The recipes I've found online don't seem like they'd be too expensive especially if bought in bulk. Most call for 1 - 1 1/2 cups of almonds per 4 cups water.

I might try it and see and also try to calculate the cost difference.

ETA: One site also recommends using the leftover by product in place of almond flour in baking. Could be a nice 2-fer if it works!

so...i'm being courted by another gym in the area. *exciting!* i'm meeting with the owner and manager tomorrow morning. eeeeeeeeeeeeek!

Cool! Please report in when you try it. I am interested now and had never thought about it before... I hadn't thought about that you add water, I was just thinking it was ground up almonds (duh). It might end up being cheaper. A recipe I just looked up used 1 cup almonds to 7-8 cups water! Plus it would be less waste. I recycle the boxes they come in but still. Bulk almonds would be way better.
Now I want to try this, sounds like fun :)

I make almond milk frequently. It's really easy, you can control the ingredients, and you are left with almond meal to use in other recipes. I usually just stick to almonds and water in mine, but you can add vanilla extract and cinnamon and can sweeten it with stevia or whatever you want. Good stuff!
So far I have used the almond meal for:
Coating for oven "fried" chicken
Adding some crunch to overnight oats or smoothies
Homemade lara bars
Mixed with my facial cleanser for a gentle facial scrub
When I calculated the cost it seamed theoretically to be about half of what I was paying for the premade stuff, and it is way less packaging. I say theoretically cheaper because my hubs keeps eating the almonds :)
Alright, I'll shut up about that now. On to the menu:

b-ww toast with almond butter, cocoa powder, and mashed banana
l-cilantro-lime hummus in a ww tortilla,lemony green beans, a couple of bites of a disappointing peach :(
d-tofu and mushrooms in tj's curry simmer sauce over brown rice, salad with espresso balsamic dressing

Didn't have time to post this morning but stayed OP today!!!

W: C25KW4D1 finally completed without stopping! Oy. Calling it day 1 even though its 3
V: 2 Alive Multis(I need to reorder too!)

B: Green Monster ( Banana, Kale, Pineapple, blueberries, water)
S:-
L: bits of this that all over salad (quinoa sesame scallion salad, tofu carrot ginger salad, and Yummo Kale Salad!)
S:- 100 cal TJ's dark chocolate bar
D: WW wrap with vegan pesto tofu, arugula, tomato, and red bell pepper. side of nutritional yeast veggies.

Need to drink a couple more glasses of water before bed! Tomorrow is WI day!

P2

1: coconut milk yogurt w/ walnuts and frozen berries
2: have a job interview then meeting a friend at chick-fil-a -- bringing a smoothie
3: red peppers and hummus
4: grilled ww pizza with lots of veggies and chicken italian sausage
5: sorbet

exercise: 2 mile warm-up, 60 min. strength training class

Today is my first day on Phase 2! I wouldn't even let myself plan my meals yet though because I didn't want to cheat.
So for breakfast I had a whole wheat waffle with 1/2 tsp of peanut butter and 1/2 tsp of sugar free preserves.
I'm just so happy to have gotten to Phase 2. :)

Phase II
B. ww English muffin, 2 LAughing Cow Light, sf jam, a peach
L. tomato, onion and olive paste in a roll, raw peppers, blueberries, yogurt
(Yes, the same as yesterday but ti's a short season)
D. Chicken BBQ and I sure hope there are real salads instead of macaroni, potato or Jello ones! I can easily avoid the fake cheesecake dessert.

P1, Day 5

B - coffee w/ us almond milk & splenda, spinach smoothie
L - black bean soup, broccoli & hummus
S - plain yogurt w/ splenda & vanilla with slivered almonds
D - breakfast for dinner - eggs scrambled w/ shredded zucchini & feta

8/26 : P1 : Day 5

B: 2 egg omelet w ff cheddar & spinach & sliced tomato
S: celery sticks & lf laughing cow
L: pork tenderloin & cucumber
S: raw green beans
D: sirloin steak and steamed veggies

Today is the husband's bday... there will be Long Island Ice Teas and Star Wars themed Cupcakes tonight... of which I will have none. :nono:

Looking at that bean thread, it seems like I need to add them into my mix somewhere...

B: Coffee with lt cream & Splenda, Green Monster with spinach-banana-almond milk
S:
L: Refried bean soup - YUM!! (Can low sodium Progresso Tomato soup + can refried beans + little chicken stock + 2 diced banana peppers). Who knew!!
S:
D: Parents are coming, and they are brining dinner. I have a big salad made... just in case!

p1.5
1: iced coffee w truvia and lt cream, scrambled eggs w shredded zucchini and cheddar, 2 slices pecan choco zucchini bread w nat pb (this stuff is dangerous!), glass 1% milk
2: mixed berry choco cheesecake smoothie
3: leftover pepper stuffing over baby spinach w shredded cheese
4: chickpea tikka masala

Very planned out today since it's the last night in the old house and we have no way of making anything "real" :lol3:

B: Lara bar, coffee (are these ok for Ph2????)
S: Fruit
L: cheese, turkey, olives, cucumber (picky platter)
D: Kashi pizza (split with DW), salad

B: Ricotta muffins with a dab of cool whip
S:
L: Gyro (filling only), side of sauteed squash/zucchini
S: Yogurt
D: To Be Determined as we're kid free for the night :carrot:

Phase II

B. Strawberry/Peach green monster
L. Greek yogurt w/chia
S. luscious fresh-picked local peach :drool:
D. rockin' homemade pasta sauce (tomatoes, peppers, onions & basil, all fresh from the garden) with lots of garlic, of course, over ww pasta
S. SBD chocolate fudge blizzard

First time doing this but I thought it may help nip anything wrong I am doing that I am not aware of. Also, i'd love to get your opinion - i read in the book you could start on p2 - my diet has really been clean and nothing processed and i was consuming only carbs through veg. Beacause of this I wonder if it would be a good thing to do P2 (ive only been on P1 for 5 days) I would like to add a svg of fruit to my shake and perhaps quinoa, 1/2 to a meal. What do you think? Anyway today...

B: 1 hard boiled egg, some version of the Green Monster that was P1 appropriate - 2 handfulls organic spinach, 1/2 c almond milk, 1 tsp bp and a bit of torani SF vanilla wtih ice.
S: Leftover Moroccan chickpeas with spinach
L: Green monster - used swiss chard and as above without PB.
S: 1 slice of lf swiss and cucumber with a little hummus
D: 4 ounces grass fed organic beef tenderloin and a few cups of Weekend Glow salad (Yum, but minus raisens and the few other things that are not allowed P1)

No time to post this morning... but I had a pretty good day!

WI -1lb :0)
W: rest day
V: 1Alive multi
B: coffee, I am so used to just having a green monster in the mornings that I left and didn't even realize until a couple hours later that I didn't eat breakfast... i was so hungry! wont make that mistake again!
S: peach
L: ww wrap with pesto and buffalo tofu, spinach, mushrooms, cucumber, red pepper, kale salad
S: 50 cal 73%dark chocolate
D: leftover broccoli mushroom tofu with brown rice.

drinking lots of water! I need to run tomorrow morning!

Phase II

B. Monster with strawberries, egg, flax, etc
L. ww pita pizza, a peach and yogurt
S. cheese and V8 to hold me until dinner
D. Wedding BBQ - should be OK but I'll watch the wine very carefully since I'm driving

Planning the whole weekend with power and no power options :)

B: chia pancake with chard, cheddar & salsa
L: either daikon pad thai or green monster
S: fruit - peaches if I can find a bushel or some of the yummy melon from the farm stand
D: grill night - eggplant, peppers, & yellow squash, halloumi, fish for me & veggie burgers for DW

Sunday:
same B & L options but dinner will be a pot of tuscan white bean soup either in the crockpot or on the stove

exercise: today there will be lots of yard clean-up and lawn mowing. tomorrow either I'll treadmill or hoop