EmmaD, I just saw your Greek Yogurt Smoothie write-up now and it sounds amazing. Thanks for the tip re freezing the spinach into muffin tins. Clever!

B: quinoa porridge and juice of apple, orange, carrot, celery, ginger (my cold won't go away; I know there's a ton of fruit sugar in this drink, but I needed to counter the baseball size nob of ginger!)
S (post work-out): steel-cut oats w/ skim milk and nuts, NF cottage cheese with ground flax seeds, skim milk with coffee
L: chickpea soup w/ yogurt
D: grilled chicken with kale and 1/2 a sweet potato and pureed cilantro with NF yogurt; chick pea soup

Phase 1.5 (fruit no grain)

Greek yogurt w/ blue berries & 1/3 banana

Glass of Milk
Cherry Tomatoes

Hot Dog Salad

Veggie & Chicken Soup
Pudding

Cheese String
Cucumber Slices

Cauliflower & Ranch (if munchie later)

Seems it was a grazing on food kind of day for me.

Friday:
am-green magma drink with chia seeds
breakfast-smoothie made with kale, blueberries, plain kefir, carrot juice, hemp hearts, cacao powder, bee pollen
lunch-off plan sandwich (the bread is off plan)
dinner-greek salad, a small amount of pork loin and a bit of rice and beans.

all day
water with dark cherry juice
2-3 cups coffee

Syckgirlsfy, I didn't mean I thought you ate too much. You just seemed to follow the suggested plan and I was wondering, since you seemed to be successful if that was the way to go. Here is the pizza snack recipe.
These are like pizza-flavored mini-quiches using pepperoni as the crust in a mini-muffin pan. They also can be made without the pepperoni. You can use small amounts of whatever pizza ingredients you like.
Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese
2 eggs
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon oregano
¼ cup sugar-free pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese, or combination mozzarella and other cheese such as Parmesan
¼ cup finely minced green pepper or other pizza topping
24 slices of thin-sliced pepperoni, preferably in large thin slices

Preparation:
Heat oven to 350° F.

Poke the pepperoni slices into the bottoms of the mini-muffin cups, or butter the cups well if you aren't using the pepperoni (I find that oiling the pans doesn't work as well).
Cream the cream cheese with a mixer until smooth and fluffy. Add eggs, garlic, and oregano, and beat until smooth.
Mix the rest of the ingredients in by hand.
Fill the muffin cups with the egg and cheese mixture.
Bake for about 15-18 minutes, or until lightly browned on top and set in center. Remove from oven, and cool for a few minutes (5-10), then run a knife around the top to loosen (I use a plastic knife for my nonstick pan). Remove to a plate.

Makes 24 pieces

Nutritional Information: Each piece with pepperoni has 1 gram effective carbohydrate, 3 grams protein, and 67 calories. Without pepperoni, each has 1 gram effective carbohydrate, 2 grams protein, and 47 calories.

I didn't think you meant that :D Sorry if it sounded like it! THANK YOU for this recipe!!! I might do it tonight! Friday night was always my pizza night after my step class, and I haven't had pizza in over a month...this will make me so very happy! :carrot:

I was laughing at this, as I often wonder how much people are eating. Nobody really gives amounts so you never know if people are having HUGE servings of whatever they list... I often notice a serious lack of vegetables but then again, someone might be having 2 or 3 cups of one type of veggie... maybe? :)

I discovered that trick in some blog. I tried to find the source, but I found this instead. Great idea about buying the giant Costco spinach bag, for like $3 or $4 and freezing all of it. That person just freezes greens whole. I never thought of that! I always blend it up first (which requires adding some water, at least with my blender) and freeze in muffin tins. I think I will try just freezing the greens... I would separate into smoothie-sized amounts first though.

Love your smoothie! I am a fan of dumping all kinds of healthy things in... my latest additions are aloe vera juice and "green powder" in addition to spinach ..

On to the "plan" ... ugh, going to be hard tonight and through this weekend (visiting with friends/not going to be home)

Phase 2

B - coffee with us almond milk
C25K run
Green smoothie, adding cucumber (I forgot how good cucumber is in smoothies - they are great to freeze in chunks and use like ice cubes). I'm going to make this one without yogurt, since I am having yogurt for lunch.
L - Turkish eggs in garlic yogurt ("cilbir" << but English doesn't have many of those letters!) made with two organic eggs, organic nonfat Greek yogurt and Smart Balance. Adding 1 cup sliced tomatoes.
S - Broccoli and pepper slices with hummus.
D - Homemade pizza with whole wheat crust, veggie Italian sausage, arugula salad on top. Brussels sprouts slaw, roasted cauliflower with tahini dipping sauce. Maybe a glass of wine :devil:

B: quinoa porridge and a few slices of banana
L: chicken soup with 1/2 chicken breast and 2T mushed carrots
S: three slices gruyere on rye bread (at least it was just one slice)
D: meatballs with cabbage, big salad of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions (yum!)

I'm starving and in the middle of a super stressful day, so I am not sure about the rest of my food, though I keep telling myself that if I eat my feelings I'm guaranteed to feel like #$%@#%# tonight and tomorrow.

Friday, P1.5

B: hard boiled egg; coffee
L: 1/2 cup ff plain yogurt; 1/2 cup strawberries
S: 1T peanut butter, 1 apple, 1 cup almond milk
D: veggie lasagna made with a sauce of ground turkey, crushed tomatoes, garlic, onions, mushrooms--and then layered with zucchini--next a mixture of ricotta, mozz, parm and egg-- then baby spinach, and repeat.
S: 1 cup popcorn

phase 2

b - 2 eggs, slice of brown bread
l - soup and two slices ham
s - salmon salad with veggies
s - wine and a bit of blue cheese

Saturday, P1.5
B: hardboiled egg, 5 cashews, coffee with milk
S: apple with 1T pb
L: veggie/ground turkey lasagna
D: tbd

B: 1/2 portion of quinoa porridge
S (post work-out): small apple with 2oz cheddar; coffee with skim
L: scrambled eggs with cheddar, mushrooms, tomatoes; lots of coffee and skim
S: glass of hemp milk
D: TBD going out (must control alcohol intake!)

Sunday, P1.5

Well the "tbd" for yesterday's dinner ended up being nothing since I had to go out from 4:30 to 8:00, and when I finally got around food, it was the cake I had made for a friend's birthday. As the baker, I allowed myself just one bite to see how it came out, which turned into two, which turned into the thought, "Losing weight feels better than eating this does," which was followed by a sick feeling since I hadn't had sugar recently. Good to know the body and mind are both on board for getting healthier!

B: coffee and hard boiled egg
L: black bean soup, 1T LF sour cream; mixed greens with 5 Greek olives, LF feta, and cukes along with 1T Italian dressing, 1/2T balsamic, 1/2T red vinegar and 1/2T veg. broth
S: 1 apple with cinnamon, 15 cashews
D: veggie lasagna
S: 3/4 cup ff plain yogurt, 1/4 cup milk and 1 cup strawberries all blended with stevia (so good!)

I was off plan all weekend practically, but I did make some good choices food wise. Back on plan tomorrow with a fast day.