Showing posts with label Vegetable Test. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetable Test. Show all posts

Sunday, August 18, 2013

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

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Day Twelve: New Vegetable

Yesterday I lost 1lb bring my weight loss to 10.7lbs.  For today's test you are allowed to try 5 or 6 snow peas, 1/2 cup bok choy, 4 or 5 brussel sprouts,1/2 cup savoy cabbage, 1 plum tomato, 1 red bell pepper, 1/2 potato, 1/3 sweet potato, radiccho, or endive.  I opted for half a baked potato with butter which went perfectly with my rib eye. YUM.

Like every morning I weighed my self and then drank 16oz of water with lemon.

Here is what I ate for the day:

Breakfast 
Lunch
  • Leftover Vegetable Timbale
  • Salad with pumpkin seeds
Dinner
  • Steak
  • 1/2 baked potato with butter
  • Mixed green salad
Dessert
  • 1 ounce of dark chocolate