Hey Tessa. I did start back on the 1st. It was easier for me since I had done it before. I don't really make two different meals. My husband is a diabetic who needs to lose a lot of weight so he eats what I make almost always. My kids are teens+ and they usually eat what I make as well. I sometimes will make different sides for myself. I try to get them to eat healthy too. I have weight to lose and quite a bit. My 3 kids (only 2 at home) are all small and very athletic. Here are some things I did to make it easier to get started:
- I wrote out what meals my family likes and swapped out some ingredients to make it either phase one or tow and then put each phase on a list
- I was willing to try new things
- I looked on Pinterest (recently) for some new ideas - search under south beach diet
-I keep a list of phase one breakfast and one for lunch/dinner and one for sides/snacks
- I try very hard to prepare food for the week and store in in small pre-portioned containers that I can grab and go or grab and pack etc
Here are some things I like for breakfast
I always make an iced coffee with 4 oz. brewed coffee, sugar free caramel and or vanilla syrup, & skim milk
On Sundays I cook an egg casserole for the week - this week I has egg, green chiles, tomatoes, onions. Sometimes I have turkey sausage crumbles, egg, 2% shredded cheddar
Another one I like to do is egg, Canadian bacon, green pepper, onion, and 2% cheese
For dinner tonight I had taco salad with lettuce, extra lean ground beef with low sodium taco seasoning, tomatoes, onion, olives, 2% cheese, lite sour cream, salsa, lettuce
Last night I had a pork tenderloin with a salad - the kids added mac and cheese and fruit to their
Other things I make and keep on hand for quick things for me are - sugar free jello cups, i make egg salad, chicken salad, Greek salad, string cheese, tomato soup, chicken broth that I throw whatever veggies I have in it to make a soup, chef salad, fajitas instead of ground beef for Mexican food, ricotta creme
I will happily help anyway I can. If you need ideas or recipes let me know. Or if your family eats anything special that you want me to help you think of how to convert it let me know.
I will post what eat tomorrow as well. Maybe if we both do that we can help give each other new ideas. I am trying to also move more and that is where my fitbit comes in.
Good luck on day one! I had to start on 1/1 so that I could be on phase 2 by 1/15 (my birthday).
we'll check in on each other again soon. Have a great night. I hope you are having better weather than we are. IF I disappear we had power outage - we are expecting lots of ice over the next couple of days - take care and stay warm.
Lisa
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