HI,

I was on south beach a couple of months ago and on phase I got sooo close to my goal. Then started gaining a little when added back in grains and fruits and then gained even more when added in coffee, half & half, and all kinds of other stuff and then went on vacation and pigged out.

I thought I could just go back to my pre-vacation diet and loose but it is wanting to hang on so I am going to be serious about phase I. about a month ago I made a half hearted effort to do phase I again but that did not last...but now my pants a plenty tight and I am embarrassed by the reading on the scale so I will stick to it this time.

Here is my todays food.

Breakfast :
2 omega-3 eggs
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms cooked with olive oil spray
1 famrland ham steak
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1 slice ff cheese

Exercise:
Stair climber for 15 minutes
Non weight exercises 15 minutes
Aerobic class 30 minutes

Snack after getting to work:
2 omega-3 eggs
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms cooked with olive oil spray
1 famrland ham steak
1 slice ff cheese

Lunch:
Cauliflower salad
1 White Meat Turkey patty

Snack:
1 pilgrims pride chicken breast
shredded cabbage with mayo

Snack:
1 Pilgraims Pride chicken breast
6 stalks asparagus

Supper:
Turkey breast fixed in crock pot
Roasted green veggies with olive oil

Hi Cindy. Welcome back to the beach. :wave:
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I too gained when I started Phase 2. I needed to reintroduce foods slowly, one at a time, to find out which ones I tolerated.

It did work best for me when I followed the guidelines just as they're written. If you want some feedback, from today's menus, I wonder if you're getting your "required" amount of good oils & veggies. Have you decided to have more protein than SBD recommends? Dairy & nuts/seeds are important too for a well balanced diet. For most people, if they don't have a balanced variety, including some sweet treats/desserts, they start to feel deprived & don't stay with it. Nothing has to be highly processed if you don't want it to be.

Have you seen the Meal Model for Phase 1? http://www.sbdbb.com/showthread.php?t=527

GOOD LUCK!! :sun:

Hi,

thanks for the input. I do get plenty of healthy fats. The omega-3 eggs are made by feeding the chickens a special diet and they have omega-3 fat instead of saturated fat, plus I used olive oil when roasting my veggies at night.

And I get plenty of green veggies. I get those frozen birdseye veggies that have broc, cauliflower, carrots (which I pick out), yellow and green squash then I add frozen green beans and fresh mushrooms and sometimes celery. I probabally had at least 2-3 cups of veggies last night with the grilled turkey. Plus I had veggies at every meal/snack.

And I have lots of veggies with my breakfast and first snack. I use 1/2 onion, 1/2 green bell pepper, 1/2 orange bell pepper, 1/2 package fresh mushrooms and cook in the skillet and divide in 2 (1 for breakfast and 1 for snack).

I do lift weights 2-3 times a week so I think I need protein but those pilgrim pride chicken brests are very small. Only 110 calories each and about 1/2 to 2/3rds the size of a whole chicken breast. Not trying to beef up or anything I just want enough muscle to give me a nice shape and to help burn off calories so I don't have to live on concentration camp rations.
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Plus I sometimes snack on nuts and don't always put them down because I may not have intended on eating them when I filled out my journal.

AS far as the dairy. I think the milk was making me gain weight. After I started drinking coffee and using half & half I started gaining and even when I switched the skim milk it still did not come off, so I am trying to get my dairy through fat free cheese and I have at least 2 oz a day. The milk has a lot of carbs and lactose and I think it was causing me problems....just my thoughts but if I can get this fat off I will try to reintroduce some of the carby dairies and see how it goes.

Today was a bit of a challenge becasue my husband had outpatient surgery and I spent all morning at the hospital. I did plan ahead and brought my snack in cooler/warmer type thing but unfortunately I did have some coffee with non-dairy creamer there becasue they had the air conditioning up so high. I checked the label and it was not too many calories or carbs but I will worry about that. (only 10 calories per teaspoon and 1 carb gram)

Breakfast at 6:30 am.
2 omega-3 eggs
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms cooked with olive oil spray
1 famrland ham steak
1 slice ff cheese

Exercise:
no exercise today because of being at the hospital most of the day.

Snacks at hospital:
2 omega-3 eggs
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms cooked with olive oil spray
1 famrland ham steak
1 slice ff cheese
1.75 oz peanuts
4 very small cups of coffee with splenda & non dairy creamer
1 diet pepsi
1 diet rootbeer

Lunch:
Left over turkey and veggies from last nights supper
about 1 oz mixed nuts

Snack:
2 slices ff cheese

Supper:
Left over Turkey breast fixed in crock pot
Roasted green veggies with olive oil

Scales down a couple of pounds since starting. From 149.4 to 147.2 today.

Breakfast at 4:00 am.
2 omega-3 eggs
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms cooked with olive oil spray
1 famrland ham steak
1 slice ff cheese
a few walnuts

Exercise:
45 minutes weight routine
30 minute aerobic class

Snacks at 8:30 am:
2 omega-3 eggs
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms cooked with olive oil spray
1 famrland ham steak
1 slice ff cheese

Lunch:
Left over turkey with mayo
Broccoli slaw with mayo
1 slice ff cheese

Snack:
1 93/7 hamburger patty
1 slices ff cheese
broccoli slaw with mayo

Supper:
roasted chicken
Roasted green veggies with olive oil

Hi Cindy. Sounds like your doing great! Keep up the good work. We are in about the same weight group. I am now down to 140. Seems like its taking forever to lose the last 20 lbs.
Keep it up!

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Thanks bonniejo,


I have been sort of busy the last couple of days and not on the board but I am back today. I have stayed on plan though even though I have been away from the board.

I am trying to just get to 140. Once I get there and can maintain that we will see about going down more but for now my goal is 140.

I have been on plan and the scales have gone down but it has been slow. Today was 145.

I have upped my green veggies and lowered my protein and lowered the number of times I eat a day it seems to be going better for me.

I get those really big bags of birdseye veggies and have been eating a lot of those to help me fill up. I get the stir fry type veggies and toss out the packets of sauce and just drizzle olive oil on them and stirfry or roast if I am home or microwave it I am at work. Also, I add green beans, mushrooms, and celery to the veggies.
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Breakfast at 4:00 am.
2 omega-3 eggs
2-3 cups green veggies
1 famrland ham steak
1 tsp olive oil

Exercise at 5:00 am:
15 minutes non weighted exercises
30 minute arc trainer

Snacks at 9:00am:
2 omega-3 eggs
2-3 cups green veggies
1 famrland ham steak
1 tsp olive oil

Lunch at 2:30 pm:
93-7 4 oz Hamburger Patty
2-3 cups green veggies
olive oil

Supper at 6:00 pm:
roasted turkey breast
2-3 cups green veggies
1 tsp olive oil

I have been drinking herbal tea with splenda and water.

I have been on plan and except for yesterday when they had a foodfest at work and I had a little bit of fruit. I know fruit is a no no, but they had cake and my favorite dried fruit/trail mix and I only had a little fresh fruit so I felt like I did ok.

Yesterday the scale said 143.6 and that was down 1.4 from the previous day and I was thrilled, then today - after the fruit. I was the same and did not loose, but I was a little worried after the frutcose in the fruit so I am still happy.
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Breakfast at 4:00 am.
2 omega-3 eggs
2-3 cups green veggies
1 famrland ham steak
1 tsp olive oil

Exercise at 5:00 am:
1 hour weighted and non weighted exercises at the Y

Snacks at 9:00am:
2 omega-3 eggs
2-3 cups green veggies
1 famrland ham steak
1 tsp olive oil

Lunch at 2:30 pm:
93-7 4 oz Hamburger Patty
2-3 cups green veggies
olive oil

Supper at 6:00 pm:
1 bowl of turkey cajun soup (made with left over turkey from earlier in the week)
2-3 cups green veggies
1 tsp olive oil

I have been drinking herbal tea with splenda and water.

Saturday August 2, 2006 the scales were down a little more to 143.


Breakfast at 6:00 am.
2 omega-3 eggs
2-3 cups green veggies
1 famrland ham steak
1 tsp olive oil

Exercise at 9:00 am:
15 minute non weighted exercises at Y
35 minutes on elliptical
housework before going to workout

Lunch at 12:00 pm:
5 oz honeysuckle white turkey italian sausage (not sure if that is allowed or not but I have hunted high and low and can not find my jennie-o allwhite meat turkey patties)
2-3 cups green veggies
olive oil

Supper at 4:00 pm:
Went out to appleby's
Had a grilled chicken breast dinner with cheese sauce
Cup stemaed (ok raw) broccoli
garlic mashed potatoes (I know that is now allowed so I went off for the meal)

I have been drinking herbal tea with splenda and water and I had 2 diet soda's today.