The first 2 weeks are hard because you can't have any sugar/starches, so that includes all fruit and some vegetables. But there are a lot of tasty recipes. And I am slowly adding fruit back in this week, making sure to check occasionally to see if I'm still losing weight. I did cheat on Mother's Day, but that's another post entirely. Anyway, here are some pictures of what we are eating and what I sent Aaron to work with the first week. (I got lazy the second week. : )
Salad, low-fat cheese sticks, peanuts, tomatos. celery, turkey roll-ups w/ cilatro mayo, lettuce, bell pepper and green onion. Oh, and sugar-free gum. We also found peanuts, Crystal light and Fudgsicles to be huge favorites during the first two weeks.
We ate a lot of eggs, scrambled with bell peppers and onions. Also, egg beaters or boiled eggs.
This is one of my favs: Savory chicke saute with mashed cauliflower. The chicken is sauted with onion, rosemary, and garlic then you pour chicken broth into the pan and scrap up the browned bits. It's so quick and easy!
We were also allowed black beans (I obviously took to much!), but it was yummy with garlic and cumin! And we ate a lot of fish: this is salmon with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper with asparagus and green beans on the side. My friend, Rachel makes an awesome tilapia dish that we've had several times too, but no picture.
Wish us luck! I am determined to lose this annoying weight gained mostly during my 2 pregnancies. It's been too long - 5 years since I got married and started having kids.