can you all check out my 1st day on phase 2

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rwawsw      

here is my menu from today and what i am having for dinner tonight, can someone check it out, this is my first day on phase 2

breakfast
1 egg scrambled
2 slices canadian bacon
1T lite shredded cheese
1c. 1% milk
6oz. tomato juice

snack
string cheese
cucumber slices

lunch
salad mix - 2 cups
3 oz canned tuna
1/3 c canned white beans
2T ranch dressing
1/2 c. diced peaches (canned, splenda) (fruit)

snack

celery spread with 1 wedge laughing cow cheese

dinner

grilled pork tenderloin
sauteed mushrooms in olive oil
1/2 c peas (starchy veg)
cauliflower
nonfat yogurt with splenda and sf jelly

maybe some almonds or cashews later if i feel hungry

Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:24 pm 

Magna      

Assuming the canned peaches are canned in Splenda and water (no juice, no sugar), it looks generally OK to me. You can have one more serving of NF/LF milk or yogurt if you like, since you're in P2.

You're introducing two P2 foods at once (peas and peaches), though, which is a little faster than recommended. Tomorrow you might limit it to just one.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:35 pm 

Kimboroni      

Peas are just a veggie now, so I don't think they would be used as a special transition item. This is just like Red's post on carrots from a similar "my first day on p2" thread from today.

Canned fruits aren't a great idea for SB-- they are generally considered limited, even if they don't add any sugar. The canning process breaks things down and raises the GI.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:08 pm 

rwawsw      

thanks to both of you for the responses, i was going by the new book and trying 1 fruit and starchy item the first week. the peas, accordnig to the new book are considered a starchy veg and to count as a starch/grain serving. i wasn't sure about the peaches either, but i need to go to the store and it was all i had for now, but they would not have been my 1st choice either.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:18 pm 

Kimboroni      

Ah, I thought they changed peas and recategorized them to veggies (in with the carrots) for the Supercharged book. I haven't read much of it yet, but that's what I heard here.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:20 pm 

BITsie      

Kim... that's what I have, too. From the P2 foods list:

"VEGETABLES
Carrots 1/2 cup
Peas-green 1/2 cup - Added/Moved out of starches"

Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:23 pm 

Magna      

BITsie wrote: Kim... that's what I have, too. From the P2 foods list:

"VEGETABLES
Carrots 1/2 cup
Peas-green 1/2 cup - Added/Moved out of starches"

This entry on the food list posted on this site isn't accurate. The new book adds peas (1/2 cup) as a P2 vegetable, but doesn't move them out of starches. Green peas (1/2 cup) are listed as a starch on p. 254.

Having said that, the new book also suggests a speedier transition than this board has listed. It recommends adding one whole grain and one fruit the first week of P2. So the menu, as posted, looks OK.

Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:47 pm 

ladybugnessa      

might be my fault.... I think Red updated the lists from me....

Peas are considered a starchy veggie and 1/2 cup is counted as a starch/grain serving


citation page 254 of the The South Beach Diet Supercharged book

as for how Dr. A suggests transitioning into phase 2 in the new book, it's better than the original book but I still think from personal experience that the slower the transition the better...

Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:59 pm 

Kimboroni      

Good to know-- thanks for the update, Nessa!

Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:02 pm 

rwawsw      

I just want to say thanks to all of you. I am really enjoying the support that i get from the message board. i am not sure that i would make it without all of the help that i have found here.

you all are GREAT!!

Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:58 pm 

   
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