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Nessa,
I don't think you are a fat cow! I am really proud of your success! I would never comment on a person's weight because I know what a painful subject it is for me. I don't even fit into my old "fat" clothes right now. I live in Ft. Lauderale/Miami and I won't even go to the beach because I'm embarassed. There is a lot of pressure in south Florida. I shouldn't let my weight effect my self esteem, but it does! I have many friends who have has gastric bypass, lap band surgies, and gone to Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, etc. We all share the same hopes and desires, to lose weight, get in shape, and finally keep the weight off for life! I do appreciate the help and I do want to be the best south beacher that I can. I know that I can be a little bit of a firecracker sometimes, plus I have serious PMS right now! :wink: I hope that my crticism of some people on the site is constructive, that's all!
I send you my best,
Mel |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:41 am |
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| wileybosco
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| Sent you a private message. |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:31 am |
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| drmelanie
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| I sent you one back. Did you get it? |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:42 am |
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| wileybosco
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| Yup! Thanks! |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:53 am |
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| oldpjams
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drmelanie wrote: It's complete bulls**t that everyone has an egg white omeletes full of veggies for breakfast, a salad with veggies, a small amount of protein, and no dressing for lunch. Oh, and for dinner salmon and veggies. Oh, and 2 pieces of lowfat cheese for snacks. Everyone only drinks water. You all actually count out every f**king day 15 nuts as a snack....FOR 2 YEARS!!!!! Yeah right!!!!!!!!
Nope, that's pretty much right. Omelette, veggies, ham and cheese for breakfast, side of fruit and yogurt, coffee; salad and leftover chicken or deli for lunch, side of fruit; fish or chicken for dinner, side salad, cooked veggie; usually small portions of grains or starches throughout the day...e.g. maybe a teacup of oatmeal or a piece of toast with breakfast or quinoa with dinner. Snacks of cheesestick, nuts, fruit. 4L of water a day. No soda really. Ride a ciclette 15-20hrs a week. Been doing it for almost 5 years. |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:09 pm |
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| wileybosco
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Yogurt, banana for breakfast
15 almonds or 30 pistachios for a snack
Large salad w/ protein for lunch typically chicken or tuna or turkey pepperoni nuked to taste like bacon, blue cheese w/ balsamic
snack in afternoon is 2 cheese sticks and sesame sticks(100% Whole Wheat, no sugars-Beigel and Beigel brand) or second fruit
Dinner is always protein, veggie and salad.
Almost three years and 124 pounds lost.
Power Vinyasa Yoga 5 days a week. |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:14 pm |
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| ladybugnessa
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well as long as we are listing days
been doing this 2 years only lost 67 pounds so far but i'm a big treater...
breakfast is
1 egg
v8
coffee w/fat free half and half
then later as snack:
oatmeal (full serving) and fruit (usually a small banana) some milk and a bit of earth balance
lunch is almost always
huge salad of lettuce and other veggies
feta cheese
protein (chicken or fish mostly)
sdb legal and full fat dressing
snack
depends
non-exercising (due to injury) not much
exercising
carrots and hummus and/or fruit and yogurt or peanut butter
dinner
salad always (with feta and dressing)
protein
hot veggie
quinoa or sweet potato (small one or half a larger one) occasionally some whole wheat pasta or brown rice
snack
usually a healthy choice fudge pop |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:39 pm |
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| Samjase
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drmelanie,
I think your opening post is good in many ways. If I'm absolutely going to splurge and have that Big Mac once a month, the suggestions you have made are a healthier option than the greasy meat and fattening dressing at McDonalds. If it's on a 1/2 whole grain bun it's even better! And I seriously don't think you meant you would eat that on a regular basis.
I think it's good to create substitutes for the royal splurges like you have and then when it comes to everyday eating, have a small chicken breast or small piece of lean meat.
I doubt I'll be eating a Burger anytime soon but thanks for the suggestions!
Sam |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:07 pm |
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| Ditdah
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drmelanie, if I could just add my "two cents," I've only been doing SB for a little bit. (Day 12 for me.) And I've only been here for a week or so longer than that. And this site has been EXTREMELY helpful to me - they seem very willing to answer questions, offer advice, and give help.
But many of them do so in different ways - some people are constantly here, so they answer questions quickly and you see them all the time. Some people are only on a few times a day (or even less) so they are trying to read as many posts as they can, and answer as much as they can, so they will post very brief, short answers. Some people will always answer in very full, complex, detailed explanations, so they only answer a very few questions. So, what may be mistaken as anger or criticism usually isn't - it's just brevity. (And none of us want to hear that a suggestion we've made is bad, but sometimes it's the truth.)
But I am very thankful for all of them, because they have no reason to be helping us, other than they want to. These people are long past P1, yet they read the P1 boards to help us out. For whatever reason these people feel like helping us newbies, and I'm SO glad they have - their lessons are invaluable to me.
One other thing I've noticed is that MANY people show up and ask questions like "how do I start South Beach?" "How can I live without any carbs" "Can I have [insert any food here]" and other basic questions that would EASILY be answered by reading the book or the stickies on this site. I myself have already gotten irritated by the number of people who show up and say "I need recipes - please give me some" when there's a whole forum of recipies and all the stickies with sorted, indexed links. (Thanks recipelover!!) Clearly, some people show up here who have no idea what they are doing, and it must be frustrating for people to see that over and over again. (I've gotten annoyed by it in 3 weeks - I can't imagine these people who have seen it for years!) I don't think you did that here, it's just one reason why people sometimes may get frustrated and ask "did you read the book?!" because they see so many times clear examples of people who didn't.
From one newbie to another, I would like to welcome you, and thank you for contributing. I appreciate that someone new has already created a recipe, and shared it with us. But don't get too discouraged when you get criticism or get told that what you wanted to do was wrong, or not the nest thing for this diet. As much as we've learned so far, we have SO much more to go. And these vets are a big step in us getting there.
So chin up, don't take things too personally, and welcome to the beach! |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:06 pm |
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drmelanie wrote: This is just a little idea that I had the other day, after seeing a McDonalds commercial. I was thinking of how much I missed by Big Macs!!!!!!!!! It's super simple and I can't believe I never thought of it before. So, I made this, and my Big Mac attack went from fat to fit!
I made 2 ground sirloin patties, stove top in a pan sprayed with Pam.
I topped them both with a slice of 2% reduced fat amercian cheese.
I diced and lightly sauteed white onion in Pam.
I shredded lettuce finely (just like Mc D's).
I stacked the burgers, added the slices of dill pickle, the onion, the lettuce, and sugar free thousand island dressing (store bought, but you could make your own).
Voila! The Sobe Big Mac!
In truth.... this is probably no more protein heavy than the "Meatza Pizza" that is a popular recipe for Phase 1' ers.......
There are quite a few recipes in the recipe forum that include not only meat and cheese, but also eggs (in the same recipe) .....that are geared towards Phase 1.
Phase 1 is protein heavy.....
I would make a few changes..... ground sirloin is high in fat and calories (approx. 400 calories and 12 gms fat per 4 ounces).... I would use ground turkey breast (120 calories and 1 gm fat per 4 ounces)...
I am not suggesting you use 4 ounces of meat for each pattie btw.... :wink:
One slice of cheese (as long as it is less than 6 gms fat per ounce).... fine.
Onion, lettuce, pickle.... probably at least one cup veggies there..... which could easily be stretched into two cups....adding tomatoes and extra onion, and lettuce.
The store-bought dressing probably not the best.... but there are recipes to make your own SB "friendly" dressing...
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:15 pm |
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| drmelanie
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Ok guys...here is another recipe of mine. I call it "I miss my Mexican food". Let's see if this one is approved....
In a ziploc baggie I place chicken breats in marinade consisting of: olive oil, Louisiana hot sauce, crushed red pepper, cayenne red pepper powder, cumin, a lil bit of Kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, and with freshly sqeezed limes.
I marinate for about an hour, take the chicken and bake it in a pan sprayed with Pam. I sqeeze some more lime on all of the chicken breasts. I bake the chicken. At the end, I place sliced jalepenos on each breast with very little reduced fat shredded cheese. I broil until the cheese is melted. I serve the chicken topped with the avocado salsa recipe in the SBD cookbook.
It satifies my craving for mexican food. No more chimichangas for me, hehehe! Is this recipe approved??? |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:08 pm |
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sounds good - I also like, no I LOVE Mexican food!!! One of my favorite restaurants serves a similar chicken dish - only grilled chicken, then popped in the oven with tomato slice and avocado slice under the melted cheese....yumm.
This is not just to you...only cause it was in your recipe - I'd like to see people move away from the PAM...get a Misto sprayer and use with allowed oils, or a small jar and a silicone brush - that spray stuff ruins your pans, so I can just imagine what it does to your gut! we talk about going to less and less processed foods then spray that crap right into our good veggies...blech!
use it to quick dry your fingernail polish if nothing else so it doesn't go to waste!!! |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:40 pm |
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I like the sound of that marinade! I'm a wimp when it comes to hot stuff, so I'd leave off the jalapeno, but put it on my roomie's.
My problem with mexican is what veggies to have with it? I know I could have a that chicken (I know, proibably half a chicken breast to start), and some black beans or healthy refried beans, but what for the veggie portion? I'm not a big fan of bell peppers, so those are out. A salad isn't quite enough with mexican, and since I need so much veggie with each meal, I know I'd need more.
What does everyone else do as a mexican veggie side dish? |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:21 pm |
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drmelanie wrote: Ok guys...here is another recipe of mine. I call it "I miss my Mexican food". Let's see if this one is approved....
In a ziploc baggie I place chicken breats in marinade consisting of: olive oil, Louisiana hot sauce, crushed red pepper, cayenne red pepper powder, cumin, a lil bit of Kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, and with freshly sqeezed limes.
I marinate for about an hour, take the chicken and bake it in a pan sprayed with Pam. I sqeeze some more lime on all of the chicken breasts. I bake the chicken. At the end, I place sliced jalepenos on each breast with very little reduced fat shredded cheese. I broil until the cheese is melted. I serve the chicken topped with the avocado salsa recipe in the SBD cookbook.
It satifies my craving for mexican food. No more chimichangas for me, hehehe! Is this recipe approved???
Make sure you check out the Recipe Summary page...
Recipe Summary Page
http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21361&start=0
There are many recipes similar to this one....
Recipelover has done a great job categorizing recipes....
(it will help take a lot of the guess-work out...) |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:49 pm |
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| drmelanie
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| To answer the mexican side dish question....there is a recipe in the book for gazpacho. I know it's soup, but you would get your veggies. |
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:24 pm |
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