Day Nineteen - Test New Vegetable

Yesterday I lost 1.7lbs bring my weight loss to 12.2lbs. 

I veered away from the book yesterday so here are the highlights of the day's plan:

• For breakfast (one of the below - not both)
• Flax granola and an approved fruit.
• Cereal with sunflower, chia seeds and fruit (1 cup cereal, 1/2 fruit for women, 1 1/2 cup cereal, whole fruit for men)
• For lunch (one of the below - not both)
• Vegetable Timbale, raw spinach and pumpkin seeds (1 cup timbale woman, 2 cups timbale men)
• Approved salad with a minimum of 15 grams of vegetarian protein and an approved soup
• Snack is (one of the below - not both)
• Rye crackers and 1-2 Tablespoons almond butter (1 cracker woman, 2 crackers men)
• Chocolate covered pear slice with a small handful of almonds
• Diner is any approved protein, add a new vegetable to vegetable saute, arugla with diced pear
• Dessert is 1 ounce of dark chocolate or cinnamon poached fruit with whipping cream.

Here is what I ate for the day:

Breakfast 

• Flax granola with 1/2 apple

Lunch

• Mixed green salad with 1/2 cup sodium free chickpeas, 1/4 an avacado, sunflower seeds

Dinner

• Steak
• Snow peas, zucchini, winter squash, onions, and basil
• Arugula with diced pear
• Half a baked potato

Snack

• Rye cracker with 1 tablespoon of raw butter

Dessert

• 1 ounce of dark chocolate