Week 3

Monday morning weigh-in: 195.2 lbs and 13% body fat.

I've been rather busy so updating this will be sparse at best, I've continued to cook and eat the chicken tortilla-less soup. Last night, I cooked Thai Curry Butternut Squash Soup and I'll be trying it over the next few days. I think I'll need to add some more protein to my diet, so I'll make more chicken tortilla-less and add some quinoa to the butternut squash soup. I've cheated a little bit on the diet (eating peanut butter kind bars, they were on sale). I know I need to remain active this week (several Thanksgiving meals), so I'll try to continue walking at least 5,000 steps a day.

Week 2 Part 1

This is my first whole week to make a post on the diet and I've gotten a new scale which will tell me my weight and body fat: 198 lbs 13.7% Body Fat as of today. I'll use it to chart progress, should I encounter any.

Sunday (the 4th)
Breakfast: Green Smoothie (Pineapple, Mango, Banana, Spinach, Lifeway Kifer, Almond milk, and some Orange Juice) [ran out of almond milk and the smoothie was too thick]
Lunch: Chicken Tortilla-less soup
Dinner: Chicken Tortilla-less soup

Monday
Breakfast: Green Smoothie
Lunch: Chicken Tortilla-less soup
Dinner: Chicken Pita (Cheat meal with friends)

Tuesday
Breakfast: Green Smoothie
Lunch: Chicken Tortilla-less soup (This stuff is amazing, I made this batch with habanero peppers and taco seasoning instead of poblano pepper and fajita seasoning, respectively)
Dinner: Chicken Stir-fry

I can't wait to try the stir-fry, it looks amazing. I've got about 3 more servings of this soup, so between it and the stir-fry I should be covered for the remainder of the week. Thursday I'll have work related travel, so I'll very likely be off the plan.

Wednesday
Breakfast: Green Smoothie
Lunch: Soup or Stir-fry
Dinner: Soup or Stir-fry

Week 1 Part 1

I'm going to Appended two more item to the exception list: Kind Bars and Quinoa. They are Gluten and Dairy free, I don't plan to eat too many (Mostly on mornings where I have very little time to prepare breakfast and as an after work-out snack).Quinoa is gluten free, however this one exception is temporary (to help me ease onto the diet). I will not buy any more, and it will only be an exception until my pantry runs out.

November 1st

Breakfast: 1 Apple, 1 Coconut Almond  (Kind) Bar, and Water

Lunch: Beef Stew, 1 Banana, and Water

Dinner: Beef Stew, 1 Banana, and Water

November 2nd

Breakfast: Smoothie

Lunch: Beef Stew, 1 Apple, and Water

Dinner: Very likely a "free" meal (dinner with friends)

Living a Busy/Working Life-style it is really hard to cook, Soups seem to be the easiest to prepare by throwing the ingredients in a crock pot and letting them cook over night.

Here are some recipes that I've found:

Chicken Tortilla-less Soup

Beef Stew

Paleo Butternut Squash reciepes