On Plan Thread: August 27-September 2, 2012
 

Here's to another week on plan!

Starting a new rotation this week! I'm not sure how i'm going to find it but i suspect it will be considerably busier than the last!

Wt: 172.8 :eek:-- that's the weekend bloat catching up with me.
B: The last of my stuffed peppers
Sn: Babybel & V8 if there's time
L: Turkey chili and cauliflower
Sn: Pistachios
S: Spaghetti squash deep dish pie
Ex: Gonna try starting the Insanity workout series today!

Ph2

Ex: jog around block
B: Edge shake, coffee w/ sf creamer
L: leftover taco stuffed bell pepeprs
D: whole grain pasta with turkey meat sauce
S: light yogurt and kiwi

Today - well, so far -

B: turkey bacon, scrambled eggs with onion, green pepper
S: almonds
L: created thing: mushrooms, chicken, peppers, onion, diced tomatoes
S: ff greek yogurt, splenda
D: chili, salad, lf cheese
water, water , water

Here we go!!

Looks like Phase 1. Also doesn't look like much food but all the portions are quite large; more than 4.5 cups of veggies for sure.

B - Mocha Greek yogurt shake with spinach; coffee with us coconut milk
L - Giant romaine lettuce salad with olive oil/apple cider vinegar and 2 hard-boiled eggs. Tomato salad with fresh basil. Brewed white tea.
S- not sure yet, might involve some roasted nuts... mmm...
D - salmon burger, cauliflower "rice", cucumber/dill salad

Exercise: who knows...

Wt 171.4
B: Greek yogurt with SF jam & peanut butter
Sn: Unsweetened iced tea. Babybel & V8
L: Spicy black bean patty with a cheese slice and tomato.
Sn: A few turkey slices and a laughing cow wedge.
S: Hearty Mexican salad (from a Chipotle-style restaurant)
Sn: Protein muffin
Ex: 40 minute Insanity workout

back!
 

Im back after several weeks of parties and bbqs... and while I cant say I was very beachy, I did manage to moderate and not gain back more than 2 lbs of what I had lost, which considering the onslaught of gatherings I had to attend, I am actually quite proud of myself.
At any rate starting back on phase 1(ish) to readjust myself to the beach.

Todays menu:
2 eggs poached topped with homemade salsa, rf cheese & green onions
a cup of skim milk

1 oz of cashews
2 celery stalks

Chicken caeser salad
a cup of skim milk

Thats all I could manage today, as my stomach was upset.... well that and a gallon of tea.
Hopefully tomorrow is better.

Wt 171.4

B: protein muffin x 2
Sn: Babybel, cake pop
L: Spaghetti squash pie, some caesar salad, and some marinated vegetable salad.
Sn: Cake pop :devil:
S: Orange beef & broccoli, spinach
Ex: 40 minute Insanity workout

I am up 3 lbs after an August of binge-iness. grrrrr. It's like I'm half completely on plan/half out of control eating junk. Gotta reel it in! Three more days in August...

Phase 1

B - coffee with us coconut milk; half of it used in a spinach creme caramel mocha smoothie made with Greek yogurt.
L - weekend glow kale salad, except I am missing some of the ingredients (avocado/carrots/raisins). I think I will add some baked tofu to this, since I appear to only lose weight when I increase protein. Cup of white tea.
S - homemade cocoa-roasted soy nuts
D Attempting to make a lowfat/high protein "cream" of broccoli soup. Could be a disaster! Big green salad on the side with lemon juice/flaxseed oil vinaigrette.
dessert - none? cup of tea maybe

Hey, what recipe do you use for these?
I have had some real bombs in this protein muffin/bar/ball arena ... but I am always happy to try again!

Hey Emma,
I used Little b's recipe. They're P2 compatible, pretty dense, and not too sweet. They weren't so amazing I wanted to eat the whole batch or anything, but they weren't bad at all. My BF (who does not watch what he eats) thought they were awesome. I'd use a food processor instead of a blender, though, as mine didn't mix very well.

Cool, thanks - I checked it out. She lots of protein bar/muffins etc. Great resource.

Also - I just found on that site about freezing pureed spinach to add to smoothies - brilliant!

Wt 171.4 -- i'm not usually one to get hung up on scale numbers (which is why I'm ok weighing daily) but I'm kinda sick of this number ;)

B: Protein muffin x 2
Sn: Babybel
L: Leftover beef & broccoli
S: Spaghetti squash with meat sauce.
Ex: 40 minute Insanity video

Shelf, I commiserate your number annoyance. I finally just broke my stint at 170.6 for a few days - got down to 169.4 this morning.

Ph2
B: Edge shake, coffee with sugar free creamer
L: Soup or subway salad
S: fresh strawberries, 0-cal iced tea
D: whole grain spaghetti with turkey meat sauce, 1 g red wine, green vegs on side

Holy cow, this week has been crazy with the hurricane isaac situation. first it wasn't coming, then it was, then it wasn't...I have way too much hurricane junk food around the house now!

P3

1: cottage cheese with stevia and cinnamon, fresh berries, chai tea brewed in almond milk
2: sauteed veggies w/poached egg
3: 2 wasa flatbreads with 1/4 avocado each and 1 chopped hardboiled egg
4: chicken burger patty; peas

exercise: 45 min. treadmill