would it be okay

[sassycass830]

i'm on day 5 currently and I'm not hungry. Last night I had to make myself eat dinner and today I had an omlet (turkey bacon and ff motz cheese) and turkey roll ups I'm not hungry at all, I feel like I've eaten thanksgiving dinner that's how full I am. my question is would it be okay for me to skip snacks or should I not?!?!

thanks

[RedRox]

sounds like maybe you are going too low carb and going into ketosis. Are you getting in your allowed dairy, beans/legumes and minimum 4.5 cups of veggies to get your good carbs in? I'd really try and eat something every 2-3 hours to help keep your blood sugars more stable. the more you eat, the more you might feel like eating. and keep those good carbs in your meal plans!

[sassycass830]

I have been eating a lot of salad with iceberg tomatoes and celery for lunch and drinking about 8 ounces of 2% milk at night. are fat free refried beans okay? also could I have the recipe for that chilli?? what types of beans are okay?

[RedRox]

pretty much all kinds are fine other than baked beans. If you use canned beans, rinse them well and drain them first to get rid of any small amounts of sugar they might add as a preservative and it cuts down on their gassiness too. FF refried are fine too. I'm sure the full list f beans/legumes is in the P1 food list here in the P1 sticky threads area.

any chili recipe you like will probably work, if you use lean meats in them and plain beans that you season with whatever you add in. But here's mine that my family likes. I've kind of noted where I've changed things along the way or things I've tried with it over time.

Ground Turkey and Black-Bean Chili -- Phase 1, 2 or 3

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time : about 45 mins.
Categories : Vegetables / Poultry / Chili

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 tablespoon Oil (light or extra virgin olive or canola)
2 cups chopped red pepper (or a mix of red and green)
1 cup Chopped onion
1 heaping teaspoon Pre-minced Garlic (from a bottle) (or mince your own)
4 teaspoons Chili powder
2 teaspoons Ground cumin
1 - 1.25 pounds Ground turkey breast (I now use the chicken breast tenders and just remove the center strip of gristle and chop into bite size chunks or you can use 90% or better lean ground beef)
1 can 7 oz. roasted green chilies - seeded and chopped
2 cans 15oz Black beans -- rinsed & drained (no fat) (or use pinto or kidney or a mix of any of the three. I just like black beans. I often double the recipe and use 2 cans black beans, 1 can pinto and 1 can kidney)
1 can 14 oz Canned chicken broth (no fat/reduced sodium)
1 can 14.5 oz Diced tomatoes (do not drain)
2 tablespoon Tomato paste

Heat oil in large saucepan or dutch oven over med heat. Add pepper, onion, and garlic; saute until tender, about 12 min.

Add chili powder and cumin; stir to blend. Increase heat to med high and add turkey or chicken or beef; break up with spoon and saute until meat is no longer pink, about 3-5 min. (I actually do these two steps in a large saute pan, stir up with some of the broth and then add it to a large pot and continue with adding everything else in the next step to let it simmer.

Add beans, broth, diced tomatoes, chopped chilies and tomato paste and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer chili (uncovered) until liquid
thickens, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Season with salt & pepper.

Serve garnished with some reduced fat shredded mexican cheese (jack/colby mix) and a whole wheat tortilla if in P2 or P3.

I also had some dried jalapeno spices from a local company that makes dried chili and soup mixes and what I don't use in their mixes because they give you too much for our tastes, I keep in a spice jar. So I added some of those to kick up the heat a bit. If you like it hot, I think I would add a diced, seeded jalapeno or a couple of diced serranos at the beginning to give it a kick. I also really love the flavors of chipotle chilies (smoked, roasted jalapenos, usually in an adabado sauce) and I might chop up a few of those and throw them in my next batch as I think their smokiness and heat would really make this outstanding. I might also just buy some boneless turkey tenderloins and cut it into small pieces as I tend to prefer chunks of meat in my chili instead of ground meat. Then our vegetarian daughter could pick out the meat as well. As it was, she wouldn't touch it because there was no way she could separate out the ground turkey. I also couldn't find a 1# package of ground turkey, so I made it with a 1.2# package instead. They all seemed to be packaged at 1.2 - 1.25 pounds. Go figure!

[sassycass830]

sounds delicious I'm making this tonight.


yay

[sassycass830]

k so I made it and let me just tell you AMAZING, so good, seriously. How much of it is safe to eat in a day or a week, I made a big pot to last me a few days, cause it was super cheap to make,


My father in law loved it too, I didn't tell him it was SBD ha ha TRICKED YOU! lol. So yea, that is somethign I could eat for a few days, would that be safe??!?!

I made it just as your recepie called for, but with lean beef and kidney and pinto beans.


you are my hero with this recpie

[RedRox]

hahaha... To make it a complete SB meal, it still needs more veggies. I'd start with a cup for a serving, have some salad or veggies on the side and see how that holds you. If you need more, have more, even though you are probably exceeding the recommended serving for beans in a meal. You can have it every day if you like!

And also FWIW, iceberg lettuce just doesn't have much nutrition associated with it. If you can afford to switch to other types, you'll get better nutritional content from other kinds of lettuce than iceberg.

[sassycass830]

okay that sounds good i had a small bowl with a salad on the side last night and i could barley finish,

I usually do get romaine, because i like it a lot better and it last much longer, but the stores out here for some reason haven't had any, other than that pre packaged stuff that goes limp in a day. But I'll defenatly switch over to romaine once the stores start having good heads of it. I haven't really tried any other types of lettuce, so maybe I'll dance around with others.

[RedRox]

romaine's a good choice. We use a lot of it and you are right it does tend to last a long time which is a plus! We get the 6 hearts of romaine in a large bag at costco here for $3.29 and they usually last a week or a little longer. I have to start throwing away some of the outside leaves towards the end of the week, but it's still like 6 heads for the cost of 1 bag at the regular grocery so I don't worry about it too much.

[sassycass830]

Awesome I'll check costco this weekend. BTdubs to make romaine last 2 weeks (yep seriously 2 weeks) when you bring it home, cut the bottom part off and rinse the remaining lettuce let it dry, wrap it in a few paper towels, and put individually in zip lock bags and put int he crisper, i guarantee you'll get another week's worth out of it. (learned it from Alton Brown he is my hero) If during that time, if it gets a little brown or limp, take the lettuce and put it in ice cold water for like 10-15 minutes and the brown will go away. Romaine is amazing.