Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Menu post... great idea! As per Harsh's suggestion, I'm incorporating 3 shakes into my day. M1 - 6:30am - Myoplex lite shake, strawberry w/ some strawberry (about 4)) in it M2 - 9:30am - 3/4 c Kashi Go Lean cereal, 1/2 c skim milk, 1/2 c ff cottage cheese M3 - 12:00pm - Salad w/ feta, sunflower seeds, sprouts, onion, and about 1 tbsp lite peppercorn and parmesan dressing, and bl olives M4 - 3:00pm - Myoplex lite shake, chocolate, w/ 1 tsp flax seed oil M5 - 6:00pm - Leftover steak, 6oz, with 1/2 c. brown rice M6 - 9:00pm Myoplex lite shake, vanilla, w/ 1/4 c blueberries This comes in just under 1500 calories. Going to do some sort of zig- zag pattern this week, with tomorrow being about 1600 calories. -Lianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Hi Lianne, My comments below*** Jen B. > M1 - 6:30am - Myoplex lite shake, strawberry w/ some strawberry > (about 4)) in it ***Good meal. Nice way to get some fruit in for the day. > M2 - 9:30am - 3/4 c Kashi Go Lean cereal, 1/2 c skim milk, 1/2 c ff > cottage cheese ***Milk is technically balanced between protein/carbs, so this looks like a 2-carb meal, but it is actually okay. I love Kashi cereal! That was a great find for me. > M3 - 12:00pm - Salad w/ feta, sunflower seeds, sprouts, onion, and > about 1 tbsp lite peppercorn and parmesan dressing, and bl olives ***Did you forget to write down your protein and your carb??? I don't see anything but salad here and greens don't count as a carb. You are getting your " good fats " with the sunflower seeds and olives, but you need a carb and a protein too. > M4 - 3:00pm - Myoplex lite shake, chocolate, w/ 1 tsp flax seed oil ***Good one here too. See my note below on the flaxseed oil. > M5 - 6:00pm - Leftover steak, 6oz, with 1/2 c. brown rice ***Ok, you might not like this one, but 6 oz. of steak might be a little much for a lady's portion. Just my not-so-humble-opinion. Try 4 oz. and see if that satisfies you. I saw a big difference when I cut out red meat (I have it about once every 2-3 months now, only 4 oz at a time). You can eat lots more fish/chicken for the same calorie/fat equivalent as a much smaller piece of red meat. Good job on the brown rice. > M6 - 9:00pm Myoplex lite shake, vanilla, w/ 1/4 c blueberries ***Mmmm, blueberries are one of the " perfect " foods. Full of antioxidants and polyphenols. Good for your heart and all the other important parts too. A couple notes here.... 1st of all you need another veggie serving. You are doing fine with two fruit servings, but even if that salad is huge at M3, you need another veggie somewhere. Try adding some steamed green beans with M5? They are in season now, so the ones from the market should be at their peak. 2nd of all, if you are getting " good fats " from olives and seeds with your salad at lunchtime, you probably don't need the flaxseed oil in your shake at M4. Some people might argue with me over this, but as long as you are getting some good fats somewhere in your whole foods, I would leave the flaxseed oil out. Use the calories from that to eat some more whole foods that will fill you up more during the day. Overall this looks pretty good!! I am just in Food-Nazi mode right now. LOL Keep up the good work! Jen B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Jen- Thanks for the input! See explanations below. I was totally suffering a lack of creativity this morning when packing my lunch. I'll have to make up for it the rest of the week! > ***Did you forget to write down your protein and your carb??? I > don't see anything but salad here and greens don't count as a carb. Didn't forget, just running low on food...lol. Today is somewhat of an a-typical day in terms of BFL-style eating due to lack of things to pack. ;-) > ***Ok, you might not like this one, but 6 oz. of steak might be a > little much for a lady's portion. Just my not-so-humble-opinion. > Try 4 oz. and see if that satisfies you. I saw a big difference > Actually I suspect it is more like 4oz, but I always overestimate (I plugged all this into fitday.com). I really don't care for red meat, and less is generally better in my estimation. ;-) > > A couple notes here.... 1st of all you need another veggie serving. > You are doing fine with two fruit servings, but even if that salad is > huge at M3, you need another veggie somewhere. Actually I have some broc/cauli and carrots I'll add into M5. Forgot I had them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 LOL at the " lack of creativity. " I know how it is when you run low on food. I have had some pretty.... um, interesting, lunches as a result of the cupboard being bare. Jen B. > Jen- > > Thanks for the input! See explanations below. I was totally > suffering a lack of creativity this morning when packing my lunch. > I'll have to make up for it the rest of the week! > > > > ***Did you forget to write down your protein and your carb??? I > > don't see anything but salad here and greens don't count as a > carb. > > Didn't forget, just running low on food...lol. Today is somewhat of > an a-typical day in terms of BFL-style eating due to lack of things > to pack. ;-) > > > > ***Ok, you might not like this one, but 6 oz. of steak might be a > > little much for a lady's portion. Just my not-so-humble- opinion. > > Try 4 oz. and see if that satisfies you. I saw a big difference > > > Actually I suspect it is more like 4oz, but I always overestimate (I > plugged all this into fitday.com). I really don't care for red meat, > and less is generally better in my estimation. ;-) > > > > > > A couple notes here.... 1st of all you need another veggie > serving. > > You are doing fine with two fruit servings, but even if that salad > is > > huge at M3, you need another veggie somewhere. > > Actually I have some broc/cauli and carrots I'll add into M5. Forgot > I had them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yeah, simple case of letting my emergency food supply in the freezer dwindle to two halves of cornish hens. This morning was one of those, " Ugh...must..pack...food...this looks like food...good...pack it " mornings. -Lianne > LOL at the " lack of creativity. " I know how it is when you run > low on food. I have had some pretty.... um, interesting, lunches as > a result of the cupboard being bare. > > Jen B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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