Beginning or restarting January 1st 2018

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I'm a bachelor this week, so meals will be unusually goofy. I'm playing around with lowering carbs a bit *while* eating more plant foods.
    Breakfast: arugula, chicken breast, tomatoes
    lunch: shiritaki noodles with pesto
    dinner: broccoli and something
    snacks: almonds and avocado
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I'm a bachelor this week, so meals will be unusually goofy. I'm playing around with lowering carbs a bit *while* eating more plant foods.
    Breakfast: arugula, chicken breast, tomatoes
    lunch: shiritaki noodles with pesto
    dinner: broccoli and something
    snacks: almonds and avocado

    Almost right. Dinner was a broccoli, kale, almond milk, avocado, and berry smoothie.
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Hello ladies...my Friday...yes!

    Coffee

    carrot/apple/ginger/lemon juice

    chicken noodle soup Homemade...rice noodles, GF

    Will be back later...not sure what else.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Tomorrow:
    Exercise: walk to work, Pilates
    Br: hard boiled egg, asparagus
    sn: babybel light
    lu: shiritaki noodles with pesto
    sn: almonds and apple slices
    di: salmon and asparagus
    de: sugar free pudding
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Doing well, keeping on track.
    Exercise today: long walk with the dogs, and an hour of power yoga
    Br: spinach, feta omelete
    sn: nuts
    lu: I think a green smoothie with spinach, berries, flax seeds and almond milk
    sn: radishes
    di: something stir fried with Broccolini.
    de: SF pudding
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Welcome November!

    Today:

    carrot/apple
    carrot/orange/beets
    Mean Green with Spinach, not Kale

    Stepped up to a Kuvings C7000 masticating juicer...total game changer. LOVE IT!

    Also, two eggs, Vital Farms! Pasteur raised.

    Canyone Bakehouse Gluten Free bread with Crazy Richard's Peanut Butter and Nature's Hollow apricot jam

    Celery and hummus

    Tea and Popcorn for Bedtime snack

    HAGD Sabine and Silver!
  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Hi, Magic, I'm still here. Basically eating the same stuff I've been eating; it's the between-meals stuff I have to cut out. Halloween is always tough, especially if no kids come by. So I gorged, then brought the remaining goodies to my apt. management office just to get them out of the house. With Thanksgiving coming up, I'm just hoping to maintain where I am now. I'll do a real reboot after the holidays. Just don't want to do too much damage.
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    edited November 2018
    Hey there, Silver...that sounds like a great plan.

    I have been juicing a lot this past year...and then since this last April, really upped my game ...now with my new juicer time to step up once more...

    Started a JUICE FAST aka FEAST yesterday...juice only with some chicken stock at night or when things get tough. Should be vegetable stock ...but have not made it yet with the pulp.

    So, for now, Organic Chicken Stock from Costco...they have a six pack. Very satisfying.

    I had never juiced only and really wanted to see if I could do it. I have tried and failed. But am in a few Joe Cross groups on facebook and they are very supportive...so they talked me through my first day.

    Today:

    Mean Green

    Mean Green

    Celery/Apple

    Carrot/Apple/Ginger/Lemon

    Carrot/Apple/Ginger/Lemon

    Tumeric/Sweet Potato/Orange

    Chicken Stock

    Herbal Teas

  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Wow, Magic, I am impressed by your determination and motivation. I haven't got that in me at the moment. How are your knees doing?
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Wow, Magic, I am impressed by your determination and motivation. I haven't got that in me at the moment. How are your knees doing?

    Juice fast did not last...but I have stopped GF bread, GF rice pasta and popcorn. I just was having too difficult a time on my very long days at work.

    However, I am going to try and juice all day on my days off (Tues - Thur) and have a couple of light salads or a broth and a salad. I just can't seem to find a good vegetable broth...so I opt for chicken. NOT thrilled with that choice; although it is tasty from Sprouts...free range, organic.

    However, there is a Vietnamese restaurant in my area that makes a vegan Pho. So I will get that WITHOUT THE NOODLES.

    Now, to the most important part of the question...my knees. This way of eating is working for me...my pain and significantly diminished ... along with using CBD pain cream. 1000mg dose in the cream...but it works. I had been in such a state I could not even function.

    Now to just lose the final fifteen.

    Hope you two are doing well...thinking of you Silver during this time...I know it will be difficult...hope you have a good support system. Hugs, kiddo. <3
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Today's Plan

    Fresh Juices

    Garden salad with chopped pasture raised egg, fresh pomegranate arils, cherry toms, corn, walnuts. Dressing EVOO and Meyer Lemon OR Bolthouse blue cheese yogurt dressing.


    Chicken Broth OR I may get vegan Pho


    I must start measuring those walnuts...they are my favorite nut...so good...but I eat too many. I still have trouble with certain things...portion control.

    Have a good day, ladies!
  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Magic, I'm doing well in general, thanks, though not especially SB-good. I'm just hoping to make it through the holidays without gaining too much. I'm sticking to my general SB pattern, but I've been doing too much of the wrong kind of snacking. I'm not going to frustrate myself during the holidays, trying to stick to SB and then "blowing it." As I said, I plan to do a real reboot in January. Till then, I'll just try to minimize the damage.

    I'm glad your knees are better. It's so difficult to function when you are in constant pain.
  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Happy thanksgiving! I'm off with hubs and his family. I feel blessed once again that he and his family are generally healthy eaters! His parents are health food vegetarian nuts and his siblings are whole foods low carbers. I'm happily at home with both and know I won't go off the rails in the coming days.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    BTW: I've been experimenting with NORI as a "wrap" for sandwiches etc.
    YUM. Today I laid out a sheet of nori and put some spicy mustard (basically horseradish (wasabi) and some turkey, cheese and arugula. YUM!!

    Next up the Don Lee patties with cheese, arugula and horse radish. I predict this will be the bomb.com of lunches!
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Today's Plan:

    Fresh Juices
    TJ Salad later in the day.
    Turkey and cranberry sauce

  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Today's plan:
    walk to work
    yoga for strength after work.

    br: quest bar
    lu: nori wrapped turkey, cheese, mustard, arugula
    di: stir fried veggies and tofu
    snacks: almonds, tomatos and persimmons
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Today's Plan

    Fresh Watermelon Juice
    Carrot/Orange Juice
    Green Juice
    TJ Banh Mi inspired salad
    Turkey and cranberry sauce
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    Made loads of fresh juice yesterday...froze most...fresh for today and tomorrow.

    Straight watermelon (friend and I are going to co op ...she goes and we share...Saturday pick up...I gave her my centrifugal juicer...she is now a juicing fool) I ended up with 8 watermelons...crazy.

    Spinach, celery, cucumber, apple, orange

    Carrot, orange

    Picked up an Amy's Gluten Free/Dairy Free pizza at Sprouts. Going to try it out. Expensive but I needed something for Saturdays especially. Lunch is always catered and I end up caving and then regret it the next day. Joints are not happy when I wander too far from what I can have.

    Also, Trader Joes has Banh mi inspired salad. Easy, fast and good for me.

    Finally below 140...most of all, I feel so much better flooding my body with micronutrients which it craves.

    I did buy another turkey breast to cook up for work week. Kosher, no additives...seems safe.

    Have a great day!

  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I love Amy's products

    I'm having to watch things closely again. I stopped using one of the bio-identical hormones and BAM the scale went up. sheesh.
    today: walk to work, PiYo (about 400 calories) walk home
    (and work)

    br: canadian bacon, egg, spinach, cheese cup
    sn: almonds
    lu: protein veg
    sn: babybel
    di: I'm thinking a green smoothie with hemp hearts.
  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Are Amy's products high in sodium?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Still hanging in there. Re-reading "Always Hungry" by Dr. Ludwig. It reads like a well research update to the SB books. Complementary in every way. cheers!
  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Enjoy your holidays, folks. Stay safe and healthy. See you next year for the reboot!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Enjoy your holidays, folks. Stay safe and healthy. See you next year for the reboot!

    See you Jan 1 for the reboot!
    I'm also planning an "audit" of my eating.
    I plan to consider whether everything I'm eating is actually still SB compliant. It's hard, since Dr. A. isn't updating HIS diet anymore, but I still plan to do this.
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    edited December 2018
    Silver: Here's Amy's website...she has lots of options...low sodium meals being one of them.

    https://www.amys.com/ Going to try and stay away for awhile...my frozen foods below:

    Continuing with juicing and eating whole foods/plant based primarily. For sure no longer South Beach.

    Burgers: https://www.beyondmeat.com/ is on my list to try ... have Don Lee burgers in the freezer. https://www.cookinglight.com/news/costco-sold-more-than-one-million-plant-based-don-lee-burgers


    Wild caught salmon still on my list of foods to eat...that and the burgers above.

    Tuna on occasion: ONLY this brand: https://www.wildplanetfoods.com/



  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    edited December 2018
    Today's plan

    carrot/apple
    Joe's Mean green with spinach instead of Kale
    straight celery juice

    end of the chicken from costco...just a bit

    salad from Trader Joe's

    sweets tonight with tea...holiday treat Panatone ...so good, hard to resist.

    the end

    FWIW: Since eating this way, zero headaches. I used to buy Advil by the giant bottle size from Costco. NONE in the house...I do have some pain pills for my knee 800 mg Ibuprophen ...only take when it is extreme and the CBD is not working.

    But going MOSTLY WFPB has worked wonders on the inflammation in my body. South Beach was good for when I needed it. Time to move on.

    My favorite gluten free bread: Canyon Bakehouse...their whole line I am sure is wonderful. It is not vegan...they use eggs.

    NOW the end. Work today 10 - 6 .

    Oh yes, without this way of eating, I would not be able to do my shift as easily as I do 12/13 hours Fri/Sat at 70 years . Now, I just need to start EXERCISING...SHEESH, What a lazy so and so I am.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    @magic71755 good luck where ever your journey takes you!
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    edited December 2018
    Thanks Sabine. I've had a few too many sweets this holiday and really notice it pain wise in my knees. Should be enough of deterrent, right? But seems I can't pass up the goodies peeps give me. I just need to toss them when I get home. That would work...but I don't, I indulge.

    Yesterday I ended up ordering from Chipotle...not burrito...made up my own bowl with beans rice and veggies...good, but too much...that did not stop me...I ate the whole thing. Used door dash to deliver at work.

    I still have binge tendencies...and still at my age have to watch it. NOT like the old days of binge eating when I was in my 30s let's say...but still go a bit crazy.


    Today, three juices...not sure what they are...they were in the freezer. ONE, is celery. That I do know.


    We get off early today, will pick up salads at Trader Joe's. Very quiet Christmas Eve tonight with Lulu.


    WISHING YOU BOTH A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!
  • silvergirl33
    silvergirl33 Posts: 342 Member
    Magic, I know where you're coming from. This is a tough time of year to avoid temptation, which is why I'm trying to balance my days--if I overdo lunch, I try to have a salad for dinner. I'm doing the best I can, but sweets are tempting. I figure if I can limit the damage during this period, I'll follow Sabine's suggestion of a SB audit come the New Year as part of my reboot.

    May you both have a Merry Christmas and a happy, safe, and healthy New Year.
  • magic71755
    magic71755 Posts: 4,000 Member
    edited December 2018
    Morning all. Today carrot apple and straight up celery.

    Left over Christmas dinner. Turkey and veggies.

    Leafy green salad!

    Dessert Tea and peanut butter and apple

    Have a good day after!
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