I've hit a plateau. I am actually surprised that I was actually able to maintain my weight while ordering delivery so much. Additionally, I haven't been feeling super great and am hoping that my changing up my diet a little bit may help me out with that. I have a trip coming up at the end of February that gives me a perfect amount of time to try out carb cycling to see if I like it. I'm planning to use the template from Choosing to Lose by Chris Powell - Monday, Wednesday, Friday are low carb days; Tuesday, Thursday and the weekend are high carb days. This week I'm going to have the one "cheat" day (on Sunday - hello Super Bowl) instead of 3 "cheat" meals. With Sunday being my free day, if I decide to order food it will be on Sunday. The only thing I'm doing differently for this week is having some milk.
Here is what I'm planning for the week:
(today I ordered food from the Cheesecake Factory - starting off really strong)
Monday (low)
- Breakfast: banana pancakes, scrambled eggs & berries, coffee
- Snack: berries & yogurt, green juice
- Lunch: caesar salad with chicken meatballs and avocado
- Snack: egg salad with cucumber
- Dinner: Trader Joe's cauliflower stir fry
Tuesday (high)
- Breakfast: English muffin egg sandwich & coffee
- Snack: protein donut and banana
- Lunch: rice, broccoli, chicken sausage
- Snack: first tee bar and coffee
- Dinner: mashed potatoes, dill chicken meatballs, green beans
Wednesday (low)
- Breakfast: overnight oats with banana & coffee
- Snack: apple with peanut butter and cinnamon, green juice
- Lunch: salad with chicken, bacon, lite honey mustard dressing
- Snack: deli turkey slices and babybell cheese
- Dinner: Trader Joe's cauliflower stir fry
Thursday (high)
- Breakfast: English muffin egg sandwich & coffee
- Snack: protein donut and banana
- Lunch: egg salad sandwich
- Snack: cheerios with protein non-fat milk
- Dinner: rice, broccoli, chicken sausage
Friday (low)
- Breakfast: poached egg, hashbrown, bacon
- Snack: protein smoothie
- Lunch: turkey lettuce wraps, pickles
- Snack: yogurt with berries, green juice
- Dinner: cauliflower mash, barramundi, broccoli & zucchini
Saturday (high)
- Breakfast: English muffin smoked salmon sandwich
- Snack: protein donut, green juice
- Lunch: Trader Joe's arrabbiata with barramundi
- Snack: roasted acorn squash with PB and cinnamon
- Dinner: steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli
On Saturday I'll check in we'll see how well I was able to stick to the plan this week. I'm going to have some flexibility as long as I stick to the premise of high/low carb days. If I make substations I'll show the changes in the post on Saturday.
Until then,
xox Sarah
