What We're Eating

Breakfast: Lightlife tempeh "bacon," 2 scrambled eggs with red bell pepper and mushrooms, 2 slices toasted Ezekiel low-sodium bread with butter, blackberries, fish oil and vitamin D3 capsules
Lunch: Smoothie (Garden of Life chocolate protein + greens powder, unsweetened soy milk, frozen mixed berries, spinach, cocoa powder)
Dinner: Bean salad (black-eyed peas, avocado, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, salt, Mrs. Dash original) and Stonefire spicy naan crisps.
Midnight snack: Plain whole-milk yogurt with strawberries and vanilla extract, and a One chocolate chip cookie dough protein bar.
And lots of unsweetened iced tea through the day.
Exercise: walked ~80 minutes
Totals: 2191 calories, 46% carbs, 31% fat, 23% protein

Breakfast: Sandwich (Ezekiel bread, tempeh "bacon," cheddar cheese, mustard), sauteed leftover vegetables (mushrooms, tomato, cucumber, black and cayenne pepper), strawberries
Morning Snack: Soozy's double chocolate paleo muffin, iced coffee with soy milk, fish oil and vitamin D3 capsules
Lunch: Red's chicken and cheddar burrito
Afternoon Snack: Quest birthday cake protein bar
Dinner: Two Mission carb balance whole wheat tortillas, huge salad (spinach, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, baby carrots, pickled yellow peppers, olives, Carrington Farms quinoa croutons, Lantana buffalo hummus, nutritional yeast)
Evening Snack: Plain whole-milk yogurt with vanilla extract, cinnamon, and stevia added, and Simple Mills almond flour double chocolate cookies
And lots of unsweetened iced tea throughout the day.
Exercise: walked ~80 minutes
Totals: 2163 cals, 47% carbs, 32% fat, 21% protein

greek yogurt/strawberries/peanut butter
broccoli/chicken/potatoes/chipotle mayo
1 whole rotisserie chicken from central market (oak smoked is SO good)
3000cal

Today was a bad mental health day
Breakfast: Two Mission Carb Balance whole-wheat tortillas. Two scrambled eggs. Plain whole-milk yogurt with a cut-up peach, raw almonds, and vanilla extract. Iced coffee with soy milk.
Lunch: Didn't have
Afternoon Snack: Sour cream and onion Parm Crisps. ONE birthday cake protein bar. Dry roasted edamame. Unsweetened iced tea.
Dinner: Lantana buffalo hummus with cucumber and tomato. Kodiak buttermilk-vanilla power waffles with butter. Chobani coffee Greek yogurt. Strawberries with fat-free whipped cream. More unsweetened iced tea. Vitamin D3 supplement.
Exercise: Walked 45 mins
Totals: 1927 cals, 37% carbs, 40% fat, 23% protein

LenGray wrote: »

@siberiantarragon Sending hugs your way. Bad mental health days are rough

Thanks I feel a lot better today.
Breakfast: Egg and cheese on a roll. Complete Cookie birthday cake flavor (haven't tried this before and...meh). Iced coffee with whole milk.
Lunch: Ezekiel bread with Lantana buffalo hummus. Nacho-type thing (veggie tortilla chips topped with sauteed avocado, tomato, and red onion). Unsweetened soy milk. Fish oil and vitamin D3 supplements.
Dinner: Two Kodiak buttermilk-vanilla power waffles. Chobani coffee Greek yogurt.
Evening Snack: Cut-up peach and strawberries topped with fat-free whipped cream.
Exercise: Walked 70mins
Totals: 2148 cals, 48% carbs, 35% fat, 17% protein

rockitwell86 posted that she finds it difficult prepping for one person. food preparation here is done a lot by freezing. I freeze fresh vegetables, partial boiled a few minutes, blanche in cold water, lay out on etc parchments to freeze and put into individual freezer bags. spinach, celery, peppers, brussel sprouts, I usually saute onions and mushrooms first, then freeze.

Breakfast: Didn't have
Lunch: Wendy's southwest avocado salad and sour cream and chive baked potato, with homemade iced green tea
Afternoon Snacks: Nice! Boost Protein Trail Mix. Teas' Tea jasmine green tea. Dunkin' Donuts small iced latte with whole milk. Quest cookies and cream bar.
Dinner: Pasta salad (whole-wheat penne, roman beans, tomato, green olives, pickled roast peppers, Italian dressing, Parmesan, seasonings) and Ito En green tea.
Dessert: Enlightened brownie cookie dough ice cream bar, more iced green tea
Exercise: Walked two hours (beach day)
Totals: 2297 cals, 46% carbs, 33% fat, 21% protein

@LenGray All of that sounds amazing!
Breakfast: 2 Morningstar sausages, 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter, 1 peach, 1 plum, iced coffee with soy milk and fat-free whipped cream, fish oil and vitamin D3 capsules
Morning Snack: Kind salted caramel dark chocolate nut bar. And a Ricola sugar-free cough drop, which it turns out are 8 calories each -- good info for if you get sick and eat a whole bag of them in one day.
Lunch: Bean salad wraps (2 Mission Carb Balance sun-dried tomato basil tortillas, Roman beans with mayo/dill/other seasonings, zucchini, tomato)
Dinner: Zoodles+noodles (whole-wheat spaghetti, zucchini noodles, and fresh tomato in a sauce of Neufchatel cheese/nutritional yeast/other seasonings)
Evening Snack: Love Crunch dark chocolate and red berries granola.
Also tons of iced black and green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 80 mins.
Totals: 2162 cals, 48% carbs, 34% fat, 18% protein. All the food I ate today was so good!

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter, 1 peach, 1 plum, collagen coffee (iced coffee, Orgain vanilla collagen powder, soy milk, fat-free whipped cream. I'm glad I found a use case for the collagen powder that actually tastes good.)
Morning Snacks: Chobani coffee and cream Greek yogurt, and Kind peanut butter nut bar
Lunch: Bean salad wraps (same recipe as yesterday)
Dinner: Sauteed Field Roast Italian vegan sausage and green bell pepper, over brown rice and topped with grated Parmesan
Evening Snack: Love Crunch dark chocolate and red berries granola
Drank iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 70 mins
Totals: 2117 cals, 44% carbs, 34% fat, 22% protein

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs. 2 buttermilk/vanilla Power Waffles with butter. Roasted chestnuts. Coconut-date roll. Cold brew coffee with soy milk, vanilla collagen powder, and fat-free whipped cream. Fish oil and vitamin D3 supplements.
Morning Snack: Kind dark chocolate cherry cashew bar.
Lunch: Bean salad (same recipe as yesterday) on 2 slices Ezekiel toast.
Dinner: Canned tuna on top of salad (spring mix, tomato, baby carrots, Parmesan, Italian dressing, and seasonings) and some Stonefire spicy naan crisps.
Evening Snack: Enlightened brownies and cookie dough ice cream bar.
Drank iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 40 mins (I pulled a muscle in my leg )
Totals: 2063 cals, 44% carbs, 35% fat, 21% protein

Breakfast: Plain whole-milk yogurt with roast chestnuts and plums added. 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter. Cold brew coffee with soy milk, vanilla collagen powder, and fat-free whipped cream.
Morning Snack: Kind dark chocolate nuts and sea salt bar
Lunch: (from restaurant) Whole-wheat penne with grilled chicken, veloute sauce, sauteed mushrooms/onions/sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, and rosemary. Also Trident bubblegum afterwards -- trying to get into the habit of chewing xylitol gum for dental health.
Dinner: Smoothie (Garden of Life protein+greens chocolate protein powder, soy milk, plain whole-milk yogurt, frozen mixed berries, cocoa powder, and spring mix greens).
Iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 70 mins
Totals: 2145 cals, 50% carbs, 27% fat, 23% protein

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs. 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter. Dole acai bowl. Cold brew coffee with vanilla collagen powder, soy milk, and fat-free whipped cream. Vitamin D3 and fish oil supplements.
Morning Snack: Coconut water
Lunch: Amy's low-sodium lentil soup with Enlightened wasabi roasted broad beans and nutritional yeast added in. 2 more slices Ezekiel toast with butter.
Dinner: 1/2 Caulipower margherita pizza (first time trying since I had a coupon...it was ok). Salad (spring mix, tomato, baby carrots, olives, pickled peppers, Italian dressing, Mrs. Dash original, and nutritional yeast).
Evening Snack: Simple Mills double chocolate almond flour cookies.
I drank some iced green tea today but I'm trying to cut back on tea since I read it can increase the risk of kidney stones.
Exercise: 25 min walk (it was 95 degrees out) and 30 min stationary bike
Totals: 2201 cals, 47% carbs, 37% fat, 16% protein

These are my Saturday Farmers market splendid foods

Back to it after a very fun July 4th!
Breakfast: Chicken sausage. 2 scrambled eggs. A peach. 2 buttermilk-vanilla Power Waffles with butter. Cold brew coffee with soy milk and fat-free whipped cream.
Lunch: Amy's Organic low-sodium lentil vegetable soup with Carrington Farms quinoa croutons and nutritional yeast. 2 Mission Carb Balance sundried tomato basil tortillas. 2 mugs Irish breakfast tea with vanilla creamer.
Dinner: Lazy "poke bowl" type thing (canned tuna in oil, brown rice, cashews, seaweed, cut-up baby carrots, tomato, and arugula, coconut aminos, sesame seeds, onion flakes, red pepper flakes, mustard powder, ginger). It didn't look like a poke bowl but it did taste like one. Even my vegetarian spouse asked to try some! LOL. Also a mug of oolong tea.
Evening Snack: Chobani zero sugar milk and cookies Greek yogurt, Perfect Snacks dark chocolate peanut butter cups, and another mug of oolong tea.
BTW it's been about six weeks now since I started this PCOS management eating plan. Specifically: a) reducing processed sugar, white flour, and other high glycemic foods, b) reducing carbs to 50% or less per day, c) limiting carbs that are not paired with a protein, and d) eating more frequent smaller meals throughout the day instead of two giant meals which I used to do. So far I am definitely seeing benefits. My acne is almost completely gone. I have way more energy. My mood has been a lot better (although part of that is due to trauma therapy). Even my "time of the month" seems like it's less terrible than usual. Even with not adhering 100% to the eating plan and having occasional cheat snacks and meals, the improvements are obvious. If anyone reading has PCOS I definitely recommend this type of diet.

Hi everyone! I've been having some issues controlling my appetite lately (like, eating a whole pizza and still being hungry kind of appetite) so I'm trying to add more low-calorie bulk to my meals. I've gained a little, so this next week I'm going to bump up my exercise and lower my calories so I can actively start losing again If anyone has any suggestions for out-of-control hunger, I'd love to hear them!

Breakfast: Coffee, veggie and bean hash with guacamole and salsa and a slice of peanut butter and strawberry toast
Lunch: Vegetable barley soup with vegan italian sausage
Dinner: Spicy lentils with eggplant and rice
Snacks: Grapes and half an apple