During my 8 weeks on Peps, I've been putting together some truly incredible salads. I skip beef and pork, only having chicken occasionally, plus fresh fruits and vegetables. Let's start a thread...what's on your plate? SHARE PHOTOS!
Where's the Beef?
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eidos
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Tonight, ratatouille is on my menu.
But on a more serious note: is he the kung fu king, “Hong Kong Fu Fu”? What name do people use for him where you live?
But on a more serious note: is he the kung fu king, “Hong Kong Fu Fu”? What name do people use for him where you live?
Collo4sho
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My wife is disabled, so cooking falls to me, though I'm not very skilled at it. We eat beef, pork, chicken, eggs, and now and then green beans or a vegetable that grows above ground. I say a prayer before the meal; she says one afterward.
woundcarping
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spanky2026
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Sadly I don't have a photo, but I just made a 40-mile drive for some quality bbq. Every mile was worth it, delicious.
RetCurious
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Honestly, that doesn't even appeal to me anymore — the appetite quieting is no joke.
Something about this seems off.
randompersonrandom
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My second husband was the type who’d post pictures of his lunch every day in the group chat. A friend of mine would say, "Graham, I am begging you to eat a vegetable. Any vegetable."
joseblo
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My SO keeps a roster of vegetables deemed "edible," and it fits on a single hand!
woundcarping
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Since jalapeños are technically a fruit, do they get a pass?
I'd assume pickles work the same way
Stace_wow
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Right now I'm fully aboard the cottage cheese bandwagon…and the DIY veggie pickling one as well.
Some form of lean meat is something I aim to have daily, though cottage cheese alongside Greek yogurt goes down without any effort for me….
Salads stop appealing to me fast, so either they get reserved for nicer evening meals or I turn them into bean-based versions without any lettuce! Crunchy raw veggies are something I genuinely enjoy, but has a homemade pickled carrot stick ever crossed your plate? Heavenly.
woundcarping said:
Since jalapeños are technically a fruit, do they get a pass?
I'd assume pickles work the same way
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To my Dad, 2 vegetables on the side meant mac n cheese along with mashed potatoes
Looking at that, sides are present: limes, pickles, peppers!
reta-stacker
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Alright, I can't stand you.
Stace_wow
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OMG looks sooo good!
woundcarping
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Keep that fire burning! 70lb down in 200 days, .35lb/day, running a ~1100 calorie deficit.
From 1/30 to 6/3, during the 40lb I dropped, DEXA shows I lost under 2lb of lean mass.
reta-stacker
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Plenty of legumes in the mix, plus brown rice, eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, tinned tuna, salmon and sardines, chicken breast and liver, spring onions, celery, yellow and red peppers, carrots and parsnips. Since reta has completely silenced my food noise, I have no desire for sweets, chocolate, chips, fast or junk food, processed items or alcohol, which means keeping my intake protein-heavy has taken little to no willpower.
Honestly, salads were a big part of my deficit days. I aimed for about 1200 kcal per day on average.
That's the low-calorie, low-fat way of eating.
I also whipped up plenty of pretend shrimp and chicken gumbo — no roux, only a small amount of quinoa — pardon the tomatoes, they aren't in my non-diet version.
Salad topped with salsa rather than dressing, plus grilled chicken
Black beans, brown rice, grilled chicken, and pico de gallo
That's the low-calorie, low-fat way of eating.
I also whipped up plenty of pretend shrimp and chicken gumbo — no roux, only a small amount of quinoa — pardon the tomatoes, they aren't in my non-diet version.
Salad topped with salsa rather than dressing, plus grilled chicken
Black beans, brown rice, grilled chicken, and pico de gallo
BNLFL
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Should that turn out to be calamari, then delicious.