On Plan Thread 8/22-8/28
 

Another week of sharing our menus - a great place to get ideas!

Phase II
B. Green Monster - chard, strawberries, etc
L. ww Italian roll filled with tomatoes, onions, black olives and some feta, milk
D. stir-fried peppers, onions, beef over ww noodles, a nectarine

Phase 1.5
B:flax pancake with chard, veggie ham, salsa & rf cheese
L: kale salad, salmon (bought some single serving portions that are great for salad topping)
S: 100 calorie almonds
D: spiral zucchini with pesto, fresh edamame

exercise: hoop, weights

Phase II -

B. Strawberry/blueberry green monster
L. Edamame, cherry tomato, and avocado salad, orzo salad
S. Greek yogurt w/chia
D. vegetarian taco bake over romaine salad
S. SBD peanut butter cup dessert

Morning!

1: smoothie (coconut water, frozen berries, spinach, kale, lemon, ginger)
2: weekend glow salad with spinach instead of kale
3: almond milk yogurt
4: summer veggie soup over spinach

exercise: 2 miles on the treadmill, 60 min. zumba (teaching), 60 min. step class (teaching)

It's going to be a hard week. Kitchen is pretty much packed away!

B: Peach Green Smoothie (actually didn't like it at all - no more peach and spinach!)
S: peppers and hummus
L: kashi pizza

I ate the whole thing. So I didn't eat dinner and wasn't hungry to. Darn packing!

Good Morning!

E: C25KW4D1
V: 2 Alive!

B: Green monster(Kale, pineapple, peach, water)
S: grapefruit
L: Chili over arugula salad, roasted Corn cut off the cob
S: dry roasted wasabi edamame
D: carrots and celery sticks with ff hummus

Off with the kids last week, need to get back on schedule! Few days of Ph1 - 1.5 here
Scale is being nice, up a tad, but hoping that resolves quickly with being back on plan

B: Coffee with lt Cream & Splenda, 1.5 egg, asparagus, LC cheese casserole, 2 Morning star sausages
S: Green Monster - Spinach, almond milk, chia, flax, banana (not ph1)
BabyBel cheese round
L: Beef hot dog (no bun), three bean salad, carrots w/hummus, Jell-o
S: Iced Coffee w/SF caramel syrup - Turkey Pepperoni and lf cheese slice
D: Grilled Chicken Cesear Salad with tomatoes, parm curls, Cesear dressing
jell-o, grilled peach (not phase 1)

Lots of water!!

I'm just marking a spot....trying to get ideas. This is my last few days on Phase 1.
I find that I'm getting tired of the veggies. But sticking with it no matter what!
Going to check the recipes thread for a decent smoothie idea with all veggies. (Anyone here have one they like?)

hey missfit, as far as a smoothie with all veggies...i haven't tried one that I like, but what about preparing them a different way? there are a lot of us that eat the weekend glow kale salad from the Oh She Glows blog -- it has tons of veggies and is very yummy and filling. It's easy to make ahead too. If you've just been steaming your veggies, try them grilled or roasted.

The Spaghetti Squash and Chard Gratin from Kalyn's Kitchen blog is really, really good too :)

Thanks! I'll look at those. I was thinking of the smoothie idea for a quick breakfast. Mornings are hectic getting kids off to school, so something quick like that would be nice. Thinking about looking at an unflavored protein powder today when I'm out. But I don't want to waste my sugar free calories so early in the day either. I'll keep looking.

Also- I have a question, it may be answered somewhere else, but are lemon and lime juices off limits? I notice they are included in some of the recipes but I keep being afraid to add them to water or anything b/c I'm just not sure.

So far today:
B: 1 hard boiled egg, fat free skim milk, non fat milk with coffee
S:sliced whole tomato with 2 TBSP low fat cottage cheese
L: 1.5 cups black beans with tsp fat free sour cream,1 cup bell pepper slices

p1.5
1: toasted cheese and tomato on ww/flax seed/fiber sandwich thin, iced coffee w splenda and lt cream
2: choco-pb meal shake made w almond milk
3: chicken and chickpea tika masala, kale/tomato/red onion salad
4: yogurt w strawberries and homemade granola

No way! They are totally usable and ON PLAN! Add away!

I have gotten a ton of ideas from just reading these menus. I have been making smoothies with yogurt (usually w/ protein powder if it's regular yogurt, but not with Greek yogurt), something sweet (usually half a banana but for Phase 1 I add sugar free Torani syrup or stevia), something flavorful (berries or peaches usually but often cocoa powder in Phase 1) and something green (spinach, kale, and recently I have been adding my bolted lettuce from my garden - very stiff leaves. Also I have been loving cucumber recently). I haven't had one yet that I didn't like, though the one I had on Friday was a bit weird. Too much of that lettuce made it bitter and I had added chocolate milk (with sugar, boo, but it was all there was), with peaches. Kinda weird, very bitter lettuce-y. Also once I pretty much stuffed the blender full of spinach leaves and that one was a little too much spinach flavor. But in general it is hard to go wrong. (Surprisingly. I was very suspicious of spinach in my chocolate berry smoothie!!)

Today, using up random stuff in the fridge. Let's see what I can piece together.

Phase 2 - lotta fruit but no grains

B - coffee with lf milk. Smoothie with yogurt, 1/2 banana, nectarine, cucumber and lettuce.
L - pizza toppings on giant zucchini rounds, simple kale salad (with a cashew vinaigrette from Appetite for Reduction). Black tea.
S - carrots with spicy hummus, celery with Laughing Cow light, hard boiled egg.
S2 - the first of the pears from our tree, a handful of mixed nuts
D - grilled tuna with green beans, Grilled Zucchini Greek Salad, cauliflower "fried rice".
dessert - sugarfree white chocolate pudding with blackberries :D

I freeze my bananas, usually cut in half or thirds, depending their size. When adding them to smoothies they add great flavor and freezing them makes your smoothie cold and thick!
I also swear by DaVinci SF syrups. You can get them online in sooooo many flavors. The cookie dough one is amazing!

YUM!! What do you do with this one? I need to reorder my pumpkin flavor and might have to try this one too!

I add it to milk and ice in a blender (sometimes with mini semi sweet chocolate chips) and it tastes just like a milkshake!

b-overnight oats w/berries and almond butter
l-roasted veggie and goat cheese pasta salad, figgy ball
d-roast beef with tomatoes, lettuch, and sprouts on ww, really big pickle

up all night with a sick child. blah. he seems ok this morning, though.

P2

1: strawberry cheesecake smoothie
2: spinach salad
3: almond milk yogurt
4: pesto chicken over a spinach salad

exercise: yoga (teaching), zumba

B: coffee with lt cream and Splenda
Overnight oats with 1/2 banana, almond milk, chia seeds, flax
S: Missed it
L: Salad with tomato, cuc, turkey pepp, sunflower seeds, shredded moz cheese, oil/ving spray dressing
S: Cheesecake smoothie: Cottage Cheese + Almond Milk + Splenda + SF strawberry jelly + ice = YUM!!
SB nut mix
D: Italian Turkey sausage in homemade sauce with WW pasta, spag squash and salad
S: Frozen grapes and warm milk

water, water, water

Good Morning!

Lindsey- I have to know what you put in the cheesecake smoothie :)

W: C25KW4D1-attempted again. no bueno. finished about 3/4 then walked the rest...and then some. *sigh*
V: 2 Alive! Multis

B: Purple monster(Kale, blueberries, pineapple, carrots, water)
S: kale salad(Kale, 1tsp tahini, lemon juice, nutritional yeast)
L: Whole paycheck(salad bar)
S:-
D: black bean and veggie bake over salad
D:-

Ph2 but not hungry at all today. I was worried about the carb monster!

B: coffee, fruit (and not much of it)
D: turkey, cheese stick, bell pepper, tablespoon of hummus

After the earthquake today, I did not eat at all. Finally home though. Oye!

Rikki - cottage cheese, strawberries, coconut milk, stevia, vanilla extract and a few ice cubes. it's a decadent breakfast :)

So, today lunch was planned, but not very well. I didn't chop veggies the night before like I usually do, so when lunch rolled around, i was exhausted and didn't do it. I ended up eating a serving of the pasta frittata that I made for my boys (ww pasta, turkey meatballs, broccoli and zucchini in the sauce, and cottage cheese). It wasn't the worst thing I could have done, but I always feel better when I have salad or something light in the afternoon. I'll be skipping the pasta at dinner.

Sounds good! Thanks for posting the recipe. I might give that a try.

ETA: Instead of my Green Monster, I gave this a try.
I didn't have fresh strawberries on hand, so I tweaked it a little.

Cheesecake smoothie: Cottage Cheese + Almond Milk + Splenda + SF strawberry jelly + ice = YUM!!

I could explain in great detail why I didn't stick to my plan yesterday and consequently had a crap eating day - but it all boils down to having a surprise super-busy day and not planning ahead for that. Moving on...

Oh and I have so much overload of cucumbers, zucchini and now pears that it is stressing me out :dizzy: I have been freezing some cut up cukes for smoothies and shredded zucchini for bread but the freezer is FULL now.

Phase 2, no grains, almost the same plan as yesterday.
B - coffee with lf milk. Smoothie (with yogurt, blueberries, nectarine, cucumber and lettuce. And psyllium husk)
L - pizza toppings on giant zucchini rounds, simple kale salad (with a cashew vinaigrette from Appetite for Reduction). Iced black tea.
Ss - celery with Laughing Cow light, yogurt with sf pudding added (serious chocolate craving!)
D - Quinoa zucchini lasagna with fresh-picked green beans and cucumber-yogurt salad.
dessert - Pear from our tree, a handful of raw walnuts

EmmaD - check out this Zucchini Bread Oatmeal recipe. Might help with your overflow!!

http://ohsheglows.com/2011/08/22/

This is on my recipe to-do list

Hello everyone.

I'm on phase 1 day 3. I have the book (this is round two after falling off in March :o ). Feel free to let me know if you see anything I'm doing wrong or could tweak.

B: Breakfast casserole (eggs, green chiles, onions, cheese, chicken)
S: Missed due to late breakfast
L: String cheese, Soup (Cabbage, ground turkey, tomatoes, chickpeas), SF Jello Cup
S: Handful Turkey Pepperoni
D: Crock pot pork chops with peppers, onions, tomatoes, black beans w/ side salad
S: Maaaaaaybe a SF Jello

Day 2, P1

B - spinach smoothie, coffee w/ us almond milk & splenda
L - black bean soup w/ 2T low fat sour cream
S - sautéed zucchini & summer squash with spaghetti sauce and a little LF mozzarella
D - taco salad
S - brownie bowl

p1.5
1: toasted chicken salad and cheese on ww/flax/fiber sandwich thin, iced coffee w splenda and lt cream
2: choco meal shake w 1%, cherries
3: spicy black bean veggie burger on salad (baby spinach, tomatoes, red onion) w evoo and red vinegar dressing, iced coffee w splenda and lt cream
4: choco/pb/banana/ meal shake w kefir

Thanks again for mentioning this! I didn't have everything for the "glow" salad, but the one I made was still absolutely delicious.
And since you gals told me I can have lemon/lime juice my salad dressings are much yummier!

I'm SO ready for Friday to get here so I can move on to Phase 2. (Especially reading some of your menus!)

B: v8 juice with psyllium stirred in, hard cooked egg, turkey sausage, string cheese, tea with nonfat milk
S: Tea with nonfat milk
L: Ham and cream cheese roll ups; dill pickles; Hansen Diet Rootbeer
D: Broccoli Slaw (made SB way) with garbanzos and shredded cheese
S: Tb of peanut butter if hungry

ooh, sounds good! Thanks!

I had been making a chocolate zucchini bread and found myself just eating piece after piece of it... my new plan is to make a whole bunch and gift it all away :)

Mmmmm...had this for supper. Took leftover marinade and basted portabellas, and kabobs of yellow squash, zucchini, and onions. Delish!!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/london-...ii/detail.aspx

b-overnight oats w/ carob, greek yogurt, and cinnamon
l-ww goat cheese and roasted veggie pasta, figgy ball
s-larabar
d-roasted cabbage with lemon (from Kalyn's kitchen), super vegtastic meatloaf

I wish I'd have remembered to soak some oats for a nice bowl of oatmeal on this chilly morning. It's getting to be that time of year again.

B. 2 spelt cakes with sunflower seed butter
L. orzo salad over romaine
S. Greek yogurt w/chia
D. fake Buffalo "chicken" on a big salad
S. nsa fudgesicle

cottage, i'm jealous! it's still hotter than blazes down here. i'm ready for fall.

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P2

1: almond milk yogurt w/ chia seeds
2: "spa plate" - hummus, cut veggies, 4 spelt crackers, small handful of grapes
3: tbd
4: either spinach salad or green monster

exercise: 4 miles + upper body strength training

B: blueberry, spinach, banana, peach smoothie with homemade granola
L: leftover london broil, cheese stick, cut up veggies
S: apple
D: chili

Exercise: some kind of run. If I'm lucky, on a trail!

Phase II

B. Smoothie with Fibre1, ground flax, egg, blue berries, POM and spinach
L. A tomato stuffed with brown rice and olives plus a bit of panko, spinach
D. Tilapia in orange & mango sauce, green beans, more spinach, two small new potatoes, a glass of white wine (as a reward for eating fish!)

Day 3, P1

B - spinach smoothie, coffee w/ us almond milk & splenda
L - black bean soup w/ 2T low fat sour cream
S - broccoli & hummus
S - I'm feeling really hungry lately in the afternoons so I planned another snack of plain yogurt with splenda & vanilla and some slivered almonds on top
D - roasted chicken (in crockpot now!), salad, and sautéed zucchini & summer squash with spaghetti sauce and a little LF mozzarella
S - brownie bowl

B: Coffee w/lt cream & Splenda
Egg, Asparagus & LC cheese casserole + 2 Morning star sausages
S: V8
L: chicken, chickpea, asparagus, tomato, feta & (trace amt) orzo salad with lemon/basil dressing
adapted from: http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/or...asil-dressing/

S: Green Monster - Almond milk, spinach, banana, chia & flax
D: Greek style chicken + veggies
S: frozen grapes


Need to increase the H20 today