Getting back on my "food plan" which was very helpful in the summer. Looking to get in shape and lose weight for my "bucketlist" item of a surfing lesson in June. Let's hope I stick with it.
And many thanks to all of you who congratulated me for my award I received yesterday for a photo show! I was so surprised to see it made the popular page. :)
Ok, yum is that guacamole in the center there? This looks marvelous and yeah you for taking up learning to surf. I tried once years ago, lost the board and it hit my sis in law in the eye. That and my fear of sharks made me quit fast.
@amandal My lunch required 2oz. of avocado, so I added chili powder, cumin, and cayenne and made guac of it! The dressing is just a tad bit if olive oil and lemon juice, so it needed something to make it taste better--the guac did it! I was actually not very happy with the flavor of the shrimp--I had bought this kind from Trader Joe's before, but they were too fishy smelling -- so off to get a different kind! Oh, and surfing. I'm going to Bali in June--long story, but it started with me saying to a friend visiting home "hey, I saw you surfing in Bali (on Fbook); I have on my bucket list a surfboard lesson before I turn 50.5!). He said, "Well, you'll have to have that lesson in Bali then!"
@taffy It's always the holidays that kill me (and the fact that my kids love pizza so much). I love this food plan with the high protein--I'm not ever really hungry in the end! But it takes a lot of pre-planning. Luckily, I remember how to do a lot in advance so putting together meals is a snap, but for people starting out, they are probably going to see the work it takes to get it done and say, "Call Papa Johns." haha
@888rachel That's why I don't call it a diet. Diets imply I give up stuff whereas this "food plan" has tons of food--so much that I'm stuffed everyday, but I lose the weight because of the balance of proteins to carbs and a few fats (but I can use butter and olive oil and coconut oil--so it's not low fat at all--it's just high protein!). All of the ideas are delicious to be honest. It just takes TIME. I've learned a lot about advance prep for the week, so I just pull things out of the freezer or prechop things when I can. I've been able to stick with it 4 days now--3 pounds off already (and I swear, I'm eating a ton). Crazy.
