Newbie Startime 6/16/06

[trayluv27]

Hi everyone!

I'm been searching this sight for over a week now and I cant tell you happy I was to find it! It has sooo much information to help me get started, plus a very welcoming and supportive bunch of people. I begin SB tomorrow. I go home tonight after work (Garbage night) and get rid of all my "bad foods" so I won't be tempted. I am a single mom with two girls. I'm not sure how happy they will be to have the junk gone, but I give them the new 100 cal packs so I will keep them for them (I don't like them anyway lol).
????: South Beach Diet Forums http://www.southbeachdietbulletinboard.com/south-beach-diet-forums-phase-1/893-newbie-startime-6-16-06-a.html

I just want to clarify that we can have 2 cups of Dairy (including fat free milk) on p1? Does that include Cheese? And Sugar free jello/pudding isn't until p2?

I have lost already 22 lbs from Atkins and Weight Watchers, but I think I add too many bread points in WW and I didn't like Atkins because I love eating fruit. I am now currently 166.5 and would like to get to 130. My strongest obsticle I will need to overcome is weighing myself. I have an obsession on weighing myself everyday...I try not to, but only make it to every other day. My goal is to whine myself down to only doing it once a week, same in in the AM...but I know that will be a big challenge. I've always weighed myself, just to be curious, even while I was PG with both my daughters.

Thank you for the great site and I look forward to starting my journey with all of you!!!

Tracy

[nancy]

Welcome Tracy.:wave:

I bet you're going to love this way of life!

Yes, 2 cups dairy (fat free or low-fat milks, yogurts, soy milks). The guidelines you need are on the Stickies at the top of the forums. Be sure to read & keep referring to those Stickies.

Hard, cottage, ricotta cheeses are counted in protein group, not dairy.

OK sweet treats like SF jello are listed on a Stickie. Puddings not until Phase 2.

How 'bout putting your scale out of view somewhere?

P.S. About your girls...I'm sure my life would have been much happier if I had learned about this way of eating when I was young!

[Sadie147]

Welcome Tracy! :cloud:

I'm sure you'll do fine, and your girls will adjust too i'm sure. Like Nancy said, I wish I'd learned to eat properly when i was young..they may not appreciate it now..but will thank you for it one day.

I used to weigh myself every day (sometimes more than once) I just weight myself for the first time in 2 months! getting out of that habit was very free'ing. I went from once a day..to once a week, to once a month... If you put the sclale out of site like nancy said, it really helps

[trayluv27]

Thank you for the welcome!!

I've printed out all the stickies related to P1 to start me off!!


As for the scale....I like the idea you went from once a week, to once a month....I think I will try my hardest to weigh every Friday morning, then put away till the next Fri. Hopefully that will help me!

Talk to you tomorrow,

Tracy