I have been thoroughly indulging in carbs since I decided to go on the Diet. My body is in for a shock come Thursday! Since Friday, I have eaten everything from spaghetti to Cadbury Mini Eggs, and everything in between.
I have finalized my week one meal plan and shopping list and I'm set to hit the grocery store tomorrow.
Check it out:
Day 1 (Thursday)
Breakfast -
(2) Vegetable Quiche Cups (SBD cookbook)
Lunch -
Garden salad w/ low-fat feta cheese and Renée's Balsamic or Ravin' Raspberry Vinaigrette
Low-fat deli sliced turkey breast
Dinner -
Balsamic Chicken (SBD cookbook)
Steamed Broccoli
Day 2 (Friday)
Breakfast -
(2) Vegetable Quiche Cups
Lunch -
California Wraps (SBD cookbook)
Dinner -
Leftover Balsamic Chicken
Sesame Ginger Asparagus (SBD cookbook)
Day 3 (Saturday)
Breakfast -
2-egg Omelet with spinach and red pepper, reduced fat cheese
Lunch -
Caesar Salad w/ crumbled bacon and Renee's Caesar dressing
Dinner -
Balsamic Tomato and Mozzarella Salad (SBD cookbook)
Day 4 (Sunday)
Breakfast -
2-egg Omelet with spinach and red pepper, reduced fat cheese
Lunch -
Garden salad w/ low-fat feta cheese and Renée's Balsamic or Ravin' Raspberry Vinaigrette
Low-fat deli sliced turkey breast
Dinner -
Sage and Rosemary Pork (SBD cookbook)
Glazed Bell Peppers and Snow Peas (SBD cookbook)
Day 5 (Monday)
Breakfast -
(2) Vegetable Quiche Cups
Lunch -
Garden salad w/ low-fat feta cheese and Renée's Balsamic or Ravin' Raspberry Vinaigrette
Low-fat deli sliced turkey breast
Dinner -
Leftover Sage and Rosemary Pork
Leftover Glazed Bell Peppers and Snow Peas
Day 6 (Tuesday)
Breakfast -
(2) Vegetable Quiche Cups
Lunch -
Caesar Salad w/ crumbled bacon and Renee's Caesar dressing
Dinner -
Garlic and Soy Grilled Pork Chops (SBD cookbook)
Oven Roasted Vegetables (SBD cookbook)
Day 7 (Wednesday)
Breakfast -
(2) Vegetable Quiche Cups
Lunch -
California Wraps
Dinner -
Leftover Garlic and Soy Grilled Pork Chops
Leftover Oven Roasted Vegetables
Snacks are required mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Most of my snacks will be one of the following: 15 almonds, celery with Laughing Cow light cheese spread, veggies with hummus or a part-skim cheesestring.
Dessert is recommended after dinner. The SBD cookbook offers several variations of something they call Ricotta Crème, which is basically ricotta cheese with artificial sweetener and either lemon, almond or mocha flavouring. (Gag!) Thankfully, a lovely lady on WB shared a much more appealing dessert consisting of a melted sugar-free fudgsicle, a tablespoon of light Cool Whip and a tablespoon of natural peanut butter. That sounds much better to me!
My best find so far is Renée's salad dressings, which have 0 or 1 gram of carbs per serving. Even the vinaigrettes have 3 or less per serving, which is allowed on the Diet. Phew! http://www.renees.com/products.asp
So far I am most worried about finding the time and energy to prepare everything (KD is so easy!) and still get to the gym AND prepare for a big move at the end of the month. Time management will be key!
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3 comments:
Good luck, Marlene! You can do it! I love reading the blogs of fellow WB'ers. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Charlene (WB=ckmaki)
Hi Marlene,
Said lovely lady here :)
I just wanted to share a couple of tips after reviewing your menu:
1) I don't know if it says anything in the book or not, but I know that subsequent "updates" by Dr. Agatston indicate you should be aiming for 1/2 cup of vegetables with breakfast (such as in your eggs or drink a small V8), and 2 cups with EACH lunch and dinner. Be sure to eat enough vegetables (if for nothing else, just for the volume, they fill up your tummy!).
2) SB is not a low-carb diet, it's a good carb diet :) Added sugars are a no-no, not necessarily carbs. If you look on a can of no-sugar-added tomato sauce, there will be 12 or 15 g of carbs per serving, but they are natural sugars. You'll learn to check the ingredients for sucrose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup. These are a bad thing.
3) Related to the above, you need your carbs to function. Even on phase 1. Again, not properly addressed in the book but has been discussed several times by Dr. A. Milk and beans (including hummus) are good sources of carbs. Eat chili if you like it. Make sure you do get some carbs or you'll feel crappy after the first couple of days.
Sorry I wrote a book :0 ! Good luck!
Thanks for the comments & support! :)
Yeah, I guess the quiche cups and omelets will not quite constitute the recommended 1/2 C. veggies. Unfortunately, I hate tomato juice! Maybe I'll try to much on some raw veggies with my eggs in the morning. I'll make sure to chow donw on 2 C. veggies with lunch and dinner.
Also, thanks for the tips on sugars & carbs in general.
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