| aprilmayjune
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Hey all,
Im totally new at this, and already I feel like I have no will power. I got married and moved away from all Ive know my entire life about a year ago, and since Ive got here Ive prolly gained a good 50lbs! Im tired to being this big. I wasnt small to beginw ith, and now its getting outta control. I started this diet after refusing to do so for a year. Now Im paying for it. It just seems so hard though. I tried today to stick to my meal plan, v8 for breakfast, celery and laughing cow cheese for snack, grilled chicken breast salad frfom subway w/ sweet onion dressing for lunch, cottage cheese for snack, and then steak, salad, and steamed cauliflower w/ cheese for lunch with JELLO for dessert. I look at this a feel good, but Ive already ate a handful of jelly beans, a few m&m's and a mini mr goodbar. Its like I cant say no. :( How does anyone else handle the cravings? |
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:10 am |
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| ladybugnessa
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| what else besides V8 did you have for breakfast? |
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:29 am |
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| RedRox
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Please find the P1 FAQ sticky thread at the top of the P1 forum. (the one in this forum is OK too, but they have been split up by phase now). In it are links to threads with the complete updated foods lists and a meal planning template. (how to adapt your meal plan) Here is what a P1 meal plan should look like during the day:
CarolG wrote: Due to popular request (OK, it was one request, but it was Kimboroni :D), I'm posting the current "How to Adapt your Meal Plan" guidelines from the official SBD site. These reflect the recent increase in recommended dairy products and an emphasis on including those yummy beans.
How to adapt your meal plan - Phase 1
The South Beach Diet™ is designed so that you can easily swap meals and ingredients. If you don't like eggs for breakfast, have low-fat cottage cheese or lean meat instead. Not a fish lover? Then choose lean beef or poultry. In Phase 1 of the diet, you can eat as many proteins and vegetables as you like, plus fats like olive oil. Fruit and starches aren't allowed until Phase 2. Here's a look at some general eating guidelines. For specific food choices, check out the Phase 1 Foods to Enjoy and Avoid list.
BREAKFAST
Protein: Quantity is not limited. Start with a 2 oz. portion, eat slowly, go back for seconds if still hungry.
Vegetables: Minimum 1/2 cup or 6-8 oz. tomato or vegetable juice.
Fruit: NONE
Starch: NONE
Milk/Dairy: 2 cups allowed daily (including yogurt)
Fat: 1 tsp mayonnaise, trans-free margarine, or oil (optional)
SNACK: Snacks are required. Choose a protein, vegetable, fat-free plain yogurt, or nuts/seeds. A snack that combines protein (1 oz.) and vegetables is encouraged.
LUNCH
Protein: Quantity is not limited. Start with a 3 oz. portion, eat slowly, go back for seconds if still hungry.
Vegetables: Minimum 2 cups. We encourage you to include a serving of beans (1/3-1/2 cup) as part of your vegetables.
Fruit: NONE
Starch: NONE
Milk/Dairy: 2 cups allowed daily (including yogurt)
Fat: 1 Tbsp mayonnaise, trans-free margarine or oil, or 2 Tbsp salad dressing
SNACK: Snacks are required. Choose a protein, vegetable, fat-free plain yogurt, or nuts/seeds. A snack that combines protein (1 oz.) and vegetables is encouraged.
DINNER
Protein: Quantity is not limited. Start with a 3 oz. portion, eat slowly, go back for seconds if still hungry.
Vegetables: Minimum 2 cups. We encourage you to include a serving of beans (1/3-1/2 cup) as part of your vegetables.
Fruit: NONE
Starch: NONE
Milk/Dairy: 2 cups allowed daily (including yogurt)
Fat: 1 Tbsp mayonnaise, trans-free margarine or oil, or 2 Tbsp salad dressing
DESSERT / EVENING SNACK: Desserts are optional. Enjoy a Sweet Treat or any of the snack choices.
BEVERAGES: Diet, decaffeinated, sugar-free drinks are not limited. You can enjoy caffeinated coffee or diet sodas with caffeine added, but limit to 1 - 2 servings per day.
In general, we are tempted to "cheat" or "treat" less eating this way, because we eat 6 times a day and eat foods that provide satiety and keep us from becoming hungry sooner because they don't mess with our blood sugar spike/insulin response/blood sugar drop cycle like most high GI foods do. (these are what SBD refers to as the food based "cravings".)
The rest is really up to us and how badly do we want to actually change our lives for the better. IME this isn't something you really "try" and be successful at. You have to "do" and keep doing, every day, day in and out, for the rest of your life. When the value of long term health, exercise, and weight managment outweighs the short term gratification from treats and crap foods, then it becomes easier to make those decisions in a positive and healthy direction. No one can do this for you except yourself. Your hands are connected to your brain. You choose what your hands buy, prepare and put in your mouth. At some point you just have to say "no", I'm better than that and I deserve more than what I have now. This isn't an easy thing or a short term thing. You don't roll off a log and lose 50 lbs. It takes effort, dedication and a single minded focus to change habits and behaviors to support your health and lose weight along the way. It can be done. You just have to want it bad enough. |
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:56 pm |
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| AleciaBneedstobefreed
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| Everything they said up there. And.... just go over your plan of attack for tomorrow and do it again and again and again until it is a habit that results in weight loss and high self esteem. This is not one of those things where you didn't get it right and you've failed and it won't work for you. It can and it will. You have to be willing to not give up. I started 2 years ago and threw in the towel the first day and told myself "I'll just do it again tomorrow" and then I decided to do it another day and another until I woke up and realized that while I wasn't perfect I was going to change. I have lost 75 pounds and can run farther and do more than I ever could in the last 10 years. Always look on the bright side. |
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:19 pm |
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| mots
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You can't say no because Your blood problems are driving You.........
It's not Your fault.
Stay on the plan perfectly for 2 weeks and Your blood sugars will improve and the cravings will go away except for the very occassional one.
You can do this........
if You follow the plan one step, one day at a time.
V8 for breakfast??????
That's not the plan.......
The foods You are eating are making You eat more.
Stay on SouthBeach and You will see.
Best!motsfo
and See You on the Beach!! |
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:11 pm |
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| frustratedieter
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I'm new on here and with the program as well!!! You can do this!!! The first few days are the hardest and I will attest to that! Your body is addicted to carbs and they are dictating what you "think" you want to eat. They've become a habit...but habits are to be broken!
I'm personally doing South Beach out of desperation as my health is in jepardy if I don't. I've attempted WW and a low-fat plan and did them diligently without good success. I'm insulin resistant and my metabolism seems to make my system refuse to lose the weight. I'm not whining or making excuses...this is the way it is. I might add I also exercise (though I once was a slug and was VERY sedentary). But if I want to get diabetes (which is where I'm headed) and have all the side-effects of that then I can just forget it. What motivates me now is stopping to think that last sentence!! I have 2 siblings who are struggling with the health issues that diabetes brings on....heart problems, neuropathy (and that's not pretty) etc..
So stick with it...ONE DAY AT A TIME....and pretty soon it will be like a 2nd nature!!! We're all here for the same reason....support! We'll be here for you!!! |
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:41 pm |
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| aprilmayjune
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Thanks for the support guys. I really appreciate it. Today was a much better day. It was such an amazing feeling when I sat down to write out what I had, and realized I didnt eat in excess, and didnt cheat! I think yesterdays problem was the breakfast issue. I did just have a v8 juice, and than was it. It was all well and good for awhile, but went down hill from there. Today I had:
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs and a v8
snack: celery with 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese
lunch: salad with grilled chicken breast and 2 tablespoons of fat free ranch
snack: 2 boiled eggs
dinner: scrambled eggs w' fat free shredded cheddar and 2 cups of green beans (dont ask the combitnation, it just seemed good)
snack: 1 sugar/ fat free fudge pop (they are only 40 calories, and I thank the person who posted that they were available :D )
I just feel so good today. It helps to have a good support system such as this. I just have two questions: is tuna fish salad allowed? If so, what kind of mayo can I use, how much, or what is an alternative? Also, are crackers allowed? |
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:30 am |
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| ladybugnessa
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get rid of the fat free ranch and use full fat ranch that meets the SBD requirments of good oil (canola, or olive oil is recommended) and 11-16g of fat per serving and under 3g of sugar per serving.
read the book.
read the faq and the stickies. (then you will know that tuna is fine but crackers in phase 1 are not) |
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:07 am |
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| luvs_torun
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In addition to what nessa said....
a suggestion...
Even though they are not limited.... that's a lot of eggs for one day.
(I am guessing at least a half dozen?)
Egg yolks are fairly high in fat (approx. 5 gms per yolk) and almost 2 gms saturated fat.
One suggestion is making your scrambled eggs from egg whites or EggBeater's.....
Tuna (water packed) is fine.
Light or Regular mayo is good.... 2 Tbsp. equals one serving.
No crackers in Phase 1.
In Phase 2 Triscuits are a good choice for a cracker. |
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:14 pm |
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