Level 1 - Day 40

I'm Going Back To Boot Camp

For me, I think the best way to get back into the swing of the Sexy Forever plan (after 2 weeks of faltering off plan) is to go back to the Detox level.  I don't want to tempt myself with that additional carb.  So this week I'll be preparing meals as if I were on Detox.  Then, next week I'll go back to the Level 1 plan.

Suzanne suggests this strategy when you stray from the plan, or if you hit a plateau.  So, I'm going to take her advice.  She hasn't let me down, yet.

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs with Feta Cheese and Veggies (from SS web site), plus turkey sausage.  The feta cheese was wonderful in this egg dish.  In my opinion, it brought it up to the gourmet level.  Plus, it was so easy.

As a side note, my mother wouldn't even try one bite because she likes her food plain.  Sometimes I wonder if I was switched at birth.  Consequently, I had to make some plain scrambled eggs on the side.  However, I kept the turkey sausage a secret and she ate two links.  Guess how many she would have eaten if I had told her it was turkey?

AM Snack - A delicious fruit smoothie with 1-1/2 cups frozen fruit and a good splash of pomegranate juice.  It really hit the spot on a 90-degree day!

Lunch - A big salad with a hard boiled egg, deli roast beef, a little bit of shredded Monterrey jack cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, and scallions.  Topped with natural salad dressing I found chilled in the produce section.  A perfect lunch for a hot day.

PM Snack - We took my mom miniature golfing today, and skipped our snack.  It was too hot to keep anything in the car.  However, while my mother enjoyed an iced-cold, Coke from the vending machine, my hubby and I purchased bottled water.  I wanted a Root Beer so bad, but I'm focused so it wasn't that tough.  Maybe it was because I won 2 out of 3 games.

Dinner - When we got home my hubby fired up the grill.  I had the butcher butterfly a whole chicken, except for the wings and legs.  Then, using the recipe for Butterflied Rosemary Chicken (pages 254-255 in Sexy Forever) we prepared it on the grill instead of the oven.  Since my mother likes her food plain I didn't put the seasonings on the wings and legs.

If you remember, we had this dish during the first week of Detox, and it was one of our favorites.  It was incredible back then, but preparing it on the grill elevated it to an even higher level.  I groaned all night with joy!

We also grilled some yellow squash, too.  Delicious!  I don't know how my mother could pass these little yellow gems up.  But ... she did ... so I sliced some green peppers for her ... which she loves  ... cold ... with nothing on them.  Boring!!!!!

NOTE:  If you prepare the chicken on the grill you won't be able to make the pan juice using the drippings.  But, the wood charcoal taste more than makes up for that loss.