So I thought it'd be fun to do a recap of what we've eaten, how we've felt, etc. while on Advocare for the first week. Yesterday I ordered a container of Spark because I'm pretty sure we'll run out by the 24th day. Especially since sometimes we have 3 a day! I guess it's better than coffee or soda, right? :) I really hope this inspires and gives you some ideas as far as eating plans go. That's really been the hardest part for me because I'm a big foodie (obviously, considering all the junk in my trunk.) Finding meal plans and recipe ideas has been a challenge for me. Especially making sure it's a meal that we'll all actually enjoy.
Here are the meal plans I used for the first week:
Day 1
Breakfast:
Spark, 2 eggs, half a pack of oatmeal, fresh pineapple, and the fiber drink
Mid morning snack:
Fruit punch Spark, and celery sticks with almond butter
Lunch:
A tuna salad (mixed with 1 tbsp of garlic hummus) sandwich on 2 slices of whole wheat bread
Afternoon snack:
1/4 cup of raw pecans
Dinner:
Grilled salmon with broccoli
Calorie totals that day: 1554, 115 carbs, 93 g of protein, 29 g of fiber, 1423 mg of sodium
Day 2 - when I weighed this morning, down 2.2 lbs.
Breakfast:
Spark, 3 eggs, half a pack of oatmeal, fresh fruit, and the fiber drink
Mid morning snack:
1/4 cup of raw pecans
Lunch:
A tuna salad (mixed with 1 tbsp of garlic hummus) salad. Threw in some lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. Very filling and full of protein.
Afternoon snack:
Orange
Dinner:
Delicious stuffed bell peppers from this website (my first time making stuffed peppers): The Gracious Pantry - clean peppers
Snack before bed:
Orange with some tajin seasoning sprinkled on
Day 3 - when I weighed this morning, down 2 lbs.
Breakfast:
Spark, 3 eggs, half a pack of oatmeal with some almond butter for extra protein, fruit salad, fiber drink
Mid morning snack:
Spark and 1/4 cup of raw pecans
Lunch:
Left over stuffed pepper from the previous nights dinner
Afternoon snack:
Orange (hey see a trend here? The beau brought them back from Sebring races and I hate letting produce go bad)
Dinner:
Taco salad with 93/7 ground beef, lettuce, diced chiles, tomatoes, black beans, quinoa & brown rice, and avocado. SO good & SO filling. Did not even MISS the taco shells!
Calorie totals that day: 1600, 114 carbs, 101 g of protein, 26 g of fiber, 1774 mg of sodium
Day 4 - when I weighed this morning, down 2.2 lbs.
Breakfast:Spark, 3 eggs, half a pack of oatmeal with some almond butter for extra protein, fruit salad
Mid morning snack:
Spark
Lunch:
4 oz. of rotisserie chicken, a whole avocado, and 6 oz. of steamed broccoli & cauliflower
Afternoon snack:
Orange
Dinner:
Grilled herb chicken, recipe here: Grilled herb chicken , baked asparagus with a tiny bit of olive oil & seasonings, and half a baked potato with some sauteed mushrooms on it. I sauteed the mushrooms in some chicken broth & a ton of seasonings.
After dinner snack:
Strawberries & apples with almond butter
Calorie totals that day: 1540, 107 carbs, 91 g of protein, 23 g of fiber, 1293 mg of sodium
Day 5 - when I weighed this morning, down 0 lbs.
Breakfast:
Spark, 2 eggs, half an avocado, a slice of whole wheat toast
Lunch:
93/7 hamburger patty (patties made by my Momma,) on a whole wheat bun with lettuce & tomato & a tiny bit of ketchup, fresh strawberries, and mediterranean quinoa salad from Skinnytaste: Quinoa salad
Dinner:
Spicy shrimp with chiles and garlic, recipe here: Spicy chile & garlic shrimp, green beans, chicken flavored rice. Regarding the shrimp, I have read that you're supposed to avoid "bottom feeding seafood" such as shrimp but that's just not realistic for us. I want to be able to maintain this diet change so we will definitely go "off plan" here and there. To that, I add: we worked 7 hours doing yard work this day. So we did allow ourselves a few beers after all of our hard work. I had 3 Miller lites and DAMN were they good!
Calorie totals that day: 1437, 121 carbs, 81 g of protein, 21 g of fiber, 1692mg of sodium
Day 6 - when I weighed this morning, down 1.3 lbs.
Breakfast:
Spark, 2 eggs, strawberries, a slice of whole wheat toast
Mid morning snack:
Spark
Lunch:
A chicken sandwich (leftover breast from Friday night) on a whole wheat bun (left over from yesterday's lunch), and some more mediterranean quinoa salad.
Dinner:
Salad, le seur peas, chicken pasta, and mustard flounder: Mustard flounder . Even our 6 year old loved it, so I KNOW it is a winner. Also had 3 beers as we had another full day of yard work. See, don't deprive yourself! Nothing good comes from it.
I will say, even after dinner I am pretty hungry already. We are getting ready to watch a movie so I'll probably make a healthy snack for us. Fruit or veggies dipped in hummus.
Calorie totals that day: 1479, 123 carbs, 95 g of protein, 20 g of fiber, 1528mg of sodium
Day 7 - when I weighed this morning, down 0 lbs.
Breakfast:
Unfortunately I ran out of eggs yesterday morning and didn't make it to the store. So I just had half a packet of oatmeal, 2 tbsp of almond butter, and an orange. It will definitely be a snack kind of day, I can tell already.
Lunch:
Tuna salad made with 2 tbsp of hummus on a bed of lettuce. Need to make a trip to the grocery store. I also had some rotisserie chicken
Snack:
Spark & grapes
Dinner:
Lime chicken, steamed fresh veggies, half of a plain sweet potato. Everything was DELICIOUS! I got the chicken recipe from here: quick lime chicken (I did omit the cilantro as I hate it.)
Calorie totals that day: 1303, 137 carbs, 114 g of protein, 21 g of fiber, 2886mg of sodium
So, today is the end of our first week. I'm down 7.7 lbs. and I feel really good. I don't have OMG ALL THE ENERGY, but I haven't in years, so I wasn't really sure that I would.
Logging my foods on myfitnesspal (un: NicolePatriot) has really helped me meet my calorie goals as well. I want to make sure I am following the nutritional plan, but also getting enough calories. As many of you know, I do not believe in 1200 calories a day. It is not healthy or maintainable. I have found that Advocare is very much geared towards clean eating. Unlike other "diets" such as the HCG diet where you take some magical drops and eat only 500 calories a day, I think the clean eating approach is much more sustainable.
And because no post is complete without food pictures, here are some of the dinners I made:
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