Hi all! Sorry I've been MIA the last few days. Not sure why - just having a case of the lazies. But we've stayed on plan which is great! :cp:

Here's today's Phase 1.5-2 menu:

B - nuts & cheese
L - Chicken & Avocado Salad (SBD Quick & Easy Cookbook)
D - Kalyn's asian lettuce wraps (ff white chocolate pudding for dessert)
S - celery & laughing cow, sugar free jello w/lite cool whip

Weigh in was today and I was down 2.5# for the week which really surprised me. I started adding back in some phase 2 foods this last week and was afraid I wouldn't do well. I guess my body was ready for some more variety! I don't think I'll make my final goal since losing 3.5# in a week isn't really realistic for me but I will be way closer than I would have been had I not kick myself in the hiney and got things under control!

Friday
B: cheese stick/almonds/chick pea salad/seaweed strips
L: salad with gorgonzola, sunflower seeds, evoo and lemon juice
S: off plan/wine
D: off plan

I have bunco tonight at church so I've decided we are doing leftovers for dinner.

B - nuts & cheese
L - Curry chicken salad in a pita
D - Leftover Indian Chicken and Lentils (SBD Quick & Easy Cookbook)
S - celery & laughing cow

I'm a little worried about the challenge I will face at bunco tonight. They always have such yummy candy on the tables as you play. So do I limit myself to just one piece or do I tell myself not to have any? It sounds weird but sometimes I'm better off if I take a hands off attitude rather than try to limit it. It seems like once one piece jumps in my mouth that more follow. I'm leaning towards a hands off stance. I'd really like to reach my January goal and those candies would not help. Alrighty then...decision made! No bowl dipping for this girl!! :D

***thanks for listening to my inner monologue! :dizzy:

Gabby, maybe this is too late but could you bring gum or some SF candies? I'm with you; once I start I have a hard time stopping.

Friday: a rerun of yesterday with an off plan dinner.
B- veggies quiche
S- cheesecake
L- salad, turkey
S- smoothie
D- going out since we didn't go last weekend. Will stick to 1 glass of wine and seafood of some sort.

I'm back from Bunco and I did GREAT!! I had a bottle of water and moved my focus to enjoying the other girls there and getting into the game. I had a great time and feel really empowered that I was able to deal with this situation without either feeling deprived or feeling bad because I caved. Woohoo!! :carrot:

Great job, Gabby!! That's a non-scale victory!

Today: P1.5
B-veggie omelet
S- cheesestick
L- salad, maybe tomato soup (homemade)
S- smoothie
D- flax crust pizza
S- fibre 1 bar

lots of water to flush out last night's cheat!

Thanks Beth!! I'm really happy and since the scale is doing ok but not as well as I had hoped I'll take as many other victories as I can get! ;)

Here's today's P1.5-2 Menu:

B: nuts & cheese
L: Canadian bacon, mushroom, and cheese frittata
D: Beef & cabbage skillet - idea I saw on Pinterest (hope it's not a fail!!)
S: celery & laughing cow, lentil crisps
Dessert: Kalyn's peanut butter pie - we actually like it better from the fridge and I scoop it out like ice cream - it's yummy! Oh...and we also like it better without the splenda. It seems as though the cool whip gives it enough sweetness for us.

and...lots of water!!!

Gabby, do you have the link for that recipe?

I love PB, maybe a little too much. Between smoothies, PB ricotta muffins, PB cup dessert, snacking on nuts, I have to be quite conscientious of my portions!!

I'd be interested to hear about your beef & cabbage skillet; sounds a bit like crack slaw, which DH and I both love.

Saturday
B: turkey bacon, smoothie with blueberries, greek yogurt, coconut water
L: chick pea/spinach stir fry, grilled zuccini, parmesan cheese
D: nsy. Going out with a friend, might be off plan.

Here is how I make the PB Pie - put one block of room temperature FF cream cheese and 3/4 cup of PB in a mixer and run it until it is creamy. Fold in one container of SF/FF cool whip. I scoop it all into a rubbermaid and keep it in the fridge. This will usually end up as 6-8 servings. It really doesn't take much to satisfy. While I was searching for a link for you I realized that it wasn't a Kalyn recipe but actually a recipe I found on the boards here and then changed around. Here's the original post: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/dess...utter-pie.html. I made it this way the first time and it was rock hard being in the freezer and made waaaay to much for us. We also like it better with more cool whip - more of a fluff than a pie I guess.

I looked up crack slaw after you mentioned it and yep...it's the same thing. I like calling it crack slaw better than beef and cabbage - sounds yummier!!! :D