First meal of the day was supposed to be a raw keto style salad. No thank you. I substituted yesterday’s breakfast for today, forgot to take a picture, but overall liked it. It was a tofu scramble with greens, nooch, and tomatoes. I ended up adding a few things that were in my fridge that I didn’t want to go bad: a green onion, some cilantro. I might add chili powder next time. Pics next time, this meal will be in the rotation again.

Midmorning I told my boyfriend “hey, I made some really tasty vegan balls” which is a totally ridiculous thing to say but he rolled with it (ball jokes are up his alley and also yes this pun is intentional). You’re going to have to exercise some restraint for this snack – they look small, like seriously too small to be a snack, but they are dense and good. I was skeptical of using almond flour since that’s not typically a staple for me, but don’t sub it out. You need the texture and mealiness of it. It was actually great. Worth it. Buy a small amount from the bulk section of the grocery if they have that section. Wish all grocery stores had it.

Lunch was leftovers from yesterday. Sweet potato fritters, greens, and avocado. I had the fritters cold today instead of fresh out of the oven yesterday, but they were just as good. Strong turmeric showing again. Orange hands will be a new, weird fashion statement.

Early afternoon I had to switch around a snack (not really a dealbreaker on the meal plan – sometimes you just won’t like something and you’ll just sub out a similar meal, snack for snack, dinner for dinner, etc. In this case, I forgot to prep the white bean and spinach dip so I’ll just do it tonight and have it tomorrow). I just had a yellow bell pepper and some peanut butter. To be honest, they recommended 1 tablespoon of peanut butter for basically a whole bell pepper. What a joke. I had two tablespoons and it tasted great. Not a combination I would have thought to put together, but I think I’d do it again in the future. I don’t think you need a picture of bell peppers and peanut butter. My knife skills are pretty good though.

Dinner was the best – I skipped ahead a couple of days because I already had the ingredients and I was looking forward to roasting stuff. Roasted beets and sweet potatoes with greens and seeds. Do yourself a favor. Put cinnamon on your roasted beets and sweets. Game changer. Lots of textures in this one. I would make this again. Pro tip, I separated the ingredients in the picture, but don’t do this IRL. Put the seeds mashed into the avocado so you don’t lose them when you mix everything together. Mine are seriously stuck to the sides of the bowl. Since this is a calorie limiting plan, you bet your bottom I will be grabbing a spoon and scooping every last morsel out. I also subbed herbs de provence instead of rosemary because that was the first seasoning I saw and I didn’t want to go spice-drawer-diving for the pure rosemary. I don’t feel too bad about it. If Australia calls because I’ve been too cavalier with their perfect and healthy meal plan I will a) be unhappy because the call is probably not going to be favorable for me time-zone-wise, b) ask them if Corey can really do squat jumps for 45 second likes he makes us do, c) tell them about the snow that’s here and ask them if they wouldn’t mind putting some warm breakfasts in the queue because having a frozen smoothie when it’s -30 outside is kind of cruel, and d) see if they’ll sponsor me to actually do this thing right and to stop using the word cult.

Total: 1305 cal, 52g protein, 66.5g fat, 55.1g carb

Because of my substitutions, I think the protein is a little low and the fat is a little high, but this is something I’ll keep an eye on. And if you read the last post, you know I supplement my meals because 1300 is not enough calories for my level of activity. I added a cup of green grapes (100ish calories), 1/2 cup blueberries (uh… maybe 50 calories), extra PB (90ish calories) and banana chips (150 calories). I shoveled a million miles of driveway today because of all the snow, so the banana chips were well deserved, thank you.