Lyn-Genet Food Plan

It’s day 2 on The Plan by Lyn-Genet Recitas. We both survive the first day although Joe already deviates by eating lunch out today. I will have to deviate for BBQ party day too! Lyn-Genet says in the book that life still happens!

Surprising thoughts:

I don’t feel hungry. There are times in the day (like when I walk in the door from work) that I’m usually starving and I’m not. It reminds me that I may have been eating from boredom or habit.
I keep thinking I won’t have enough food because it’s meat-less but I always feel full after the meals.
The food is actually tasty despite being low sodium. My big fear is bland and tasteless without salt and it’s not true.

Gripes:

I’m continuing my food prep and disorganized book gripe. We have to prepare for days 4-6 at this point so I have to drag myself (not because I’m tired, but because I hate going into the grocery store) to get more groceries. I spend $67 to fill in the gaps for our days 4-6 menu and that doesn’t include the chicken or protein.

Also because I’m so tired of flipping around in the book (see the sticky tabs all over it), I break down and make a spreadsheet. I know there’s some type of pattern but I can’t see it because it’s never just laid out together. I don’t put in every quantity but I put the main food items. As the plan progresses, you start making more choices as you find out which foods are friendly or reactive so I stopped my sheet at day 8 (for now). It still helps tremendously for putting together my grocery list and knowing what is coming up next.

Food prep makes a TON of dishes. Thankfully we carry our lunches mostly in Ziploc bags but at home, there are pots and pans and containers galore!

Day	Breakfast	Lunch				Snack
1	flax granola, blueberries, coconut milk	carrot ginger soup, sunflower seeds	broccoli, orange oil	Mixed greens, 1/2 pear, pumpkin seeds		apple
2	flax granola, blueberries, coconut milk	carrot ginger soup, sunflower seeds	broccoli, orange oil	Mixed greens, 1/2 apple, 1/4 avocado		1/2 pear	almonds
3	flax granola, blueberries, coconut milk	spicy vegetarian soup, 1/2 cup chickpeas		baby romaine, 1/4 avocado, pumpkin seeds, carrots			almonds
4	flax granola, approved fruit, coconut milk	roasted broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions		spinach, goat cheese, pumpkin seeds		carrots almond butter (or 1/2 fruit)	sunflower seeds
5	flax granola, approved fruit, coconut milk	cream of broccoli soup*		arugula, carrots, 1/4 avocado, goat cheese		1/2 apple		rye cracker, raw almond butter
6	flax granola, approved fruit, coconut milk	cream of broccoli soup* (or broccoli)		baby romaine, zucchini, goat cheese		1/2 fruit	almonds	rye cracker, raw almond butter
7	flax granola, approved fruit, coconut milk			roasted squash, kale, manchego, pumpkin seeds	1/2 apple			salt free chips
8	flax granola, approved fruit, coconut milk	cream of broccoli soup*		open face sandwich, baby romaine, goat cheese, carrots, avocado				kale chips

Day	Dinner					Dessert
1		roasted broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions, spicy coco sauce	sautéed kale	beet carrot salad, pumpkin seeds
2		roasted broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions, 1.5 cups basmati rice, pumpkin seeds	sautéed kale	beet carrot salad, pumpkin seeds
3	chicken – Italian and orange	roasted broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions	mixed greens
4	chicken – mango salsa	broccoli and onions, orange oil	arugula, carrots, 1/4 avocado			1 oz choc or cinnamon fruit
5	chicken – apricot glaze	zucchini and onion, basil, orange oil, manchego	arugula	beet carrot salad, sunflower seeds		1 oz choc or cinnamon fruit
6	protein	roasted squash, kale, manchego				1 oz choc or cinnamon fruit
7	chicken – lemon garlic sauce	sauteed swiss chard, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions, orange oil				1 oz choc or cinnamon fruit
8	protein	sauteed swiss chard, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions, orange oil	spinach			1 oz choc or cinnamon fruit

*We substitute cream of broccoli soup for spicy vegetarian soup because we initially follow the internet materials which guided us to make this one opposite the book.

Day 2 Stats:

Morning weight: 120.0 (down 0.6 pounds from yesterday)
Morning temperature: 96.6 (up 0.3 degrees from yesterday)

Breakfast

flax granola with blueberries, coconut milk

Lunch

carrot ginger soup with sunflower seeds
broccoli with orange oil
mixed greens, 1/2 apple, 1/4 avocado

Snack

1/2 pear
almonds

Dinner

beet and carrot salad with pumpkin seeds
roasted vegetables with spicy coco sauce
brown basmati rice

Water schedule:

6am 16 oz dandelion tea
7am 16 oz water with lemon
12pm 16 oz water with lemon
6pm 16 oz water with lemon

Exceptions:

sunflower seeds are roasted and salted
ratio of brown sugar and salt are higher than called for in the spicy coco recipe
dandelion tea happened before the water with lemon in the morning
didn’t finish water until 8pm instead of 7:30pm