B: Scrambled eggs with spinach, coffee
S: Cloud bread with chicken sandwich, V8
L: Cheese and nuts
S: Yogurt with pb and Nestle Quick
D: Chicken crock pot with lots of veggies
S: ?
Sugarstarts - yes, eat until satisfied, of approved foods for your phase (except fruit and carbs which you are restricted to certain servings)
Chicadee, where can I get a recipe for that cloud bread???? It looks delish.
5/13 actual:
B: smoothie with yogurt, berries, chia seeds, cacao powder. Nuts
L: middle eastern lamb with salad, hot sauce and white sauce
S: nuts (stop me now!!)
D: veered a little off plan (but not too bad): string beans sauteed with garlic and butter, brown rice
after dinner: glass of wine and an off plan snack
Mmckellen: go onto the internet and look up cloud bread, I used the recipe from Food.com
It is really good, easy to make, a little tricky to store. But mine is gone now, will make it again, worked great for lunch (I lightly toasted it first).
I have chickpeas in the oven now for my snack tonight.
Last edited by chickadeee55; 05-13-2015 at 05:07 PM.
Thanks! I appreciate any pointers and help. I am struggling with menu planning since it has always been: a meat, a veggie, and a starch. Can you tell I live in the south? hahaha!
B: 2 White Bean muffins, hot tea with FF 1/2 and 1/2
S: RF String cheese
L: 2 "fried" eggs, 2 turkey sausage links.
S: 15 almonds
D: pork tenderloin, green beans, baby lima beans
S: SB Toffee Nut Snack Bar
Any thoughts? I am drinking LOTS of water - a glass with each meal and also having either hot tea or coffee at breakfast and lunch. I have a terrible headache.
sugarstarts, don't forget your daily dairy, that use to help me with headaches. I would have a glass of milk and I don't even like milk. But it helped.
Last edited by chickadeee55; 05-15-2015 at 05:10 PM.
Thank you. So, make anything that has P1 approved ingredients, and eat until satisfied? I see many posts with the nutritionals added - am I missing something else as to why they are posted?
I would guess that over the years that I may have added nutritional info to a recipe that I posted. There are people who follow South Beach who count calories although it isn't a requisite of the diet. If I was posting a recipe that I had the nutrition information for I'd just go ahead for informational purposes. I don't count calories or carbs myself.
Sugarstarts, if you like chili, that is a good way to incorporate beans. I made a big pot for my first week of P1, so that I could get them in. If you like pork and beans, black beans are a close second without the sweetness, I found. From what I have read, the headaches are from carb withdrawal and you need to try to include a half cup of beans with lunch and dinner. Be sure if you buy canned beans to rinse them well to get all the salt and guck off them before you cook them.
Hi Sugarstarts - your menu looks good, but I would add some more veggies at lunch and also, I think lima beans are too starchy for Phase 1. But otherwise, yum!
5/14 actual:
B: cheese stick/peanuts/apple
L: middle eastern platter: hummos, cauliflower/broccoli, a tiny bit of tarmonsalata, whole wheat pita
D: salad and grilled chicken
S: glass of wine, roasted chick peas
Did you read the book? (maybe you already mentioned this and I missed it)
Looking at the lunch you posted yesterday, it is only proteins. SB is about good carbs/fats, not no carbs.
You should strive for 2 cups of veggies at lunch and dinner. Yes, it is quite a shift from the "protein, small helping of veggie, STARCH" that I grew up with but once you start to do the mind shift it's not hard. For example, saute some mushrooms and onions to go on a burger, add lettuce and/or tomato and do a side veggie. Eat soup/stews/chili. Make Mexican dishes with extra salsa and veggies. It doesn't take long to get the hang of it.
Sugarstarts, I did not know limas were on the approved list, but I've been off and on SBD for so long it's been a while since I looked at the lists. If they are on the list and you like them, enjoy!
5/15 plan:
B: smoothie with berries and kefir; peanuts (I need to practice more portion control with my nuts)
L: planned off plan lunch (taking son out for pizza before a movie)
D: roasted artichoke hearts, hummos, carrots, cukes
after dinner: glass of wine, and chick peas if I want them
