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This is Day 12 of South Beach, and it's going pretty well. Two more days and I can have a piece of fruit! I find it interesting that during the first week I was going to the supermarket and salivating over all the high-glycemic high-sugar snacks (and the crisps, and tortilla chips...) but the last few days I've only been looking longingly at the fruit. A good sign!
SB Phase 2 looks very much like Sugar Busters to me, which I've done in the past and been successful with. So I think I'm going to spend the first week of P2 easing myself back into my Sugar Busters routine. Here's a typical day's eating from when I was doing Sugar Busters before:
Breakfast: Two gluten-free sausages OR bacon sandwich made with rye sourdough bread OR porridge
Lunch: pork/beef/turkey/chicken, either stirfried with vegetables in olive oil or with steamed veggies, + brown rice; OR chili + rice; OR casserole made in slow cooker; etc; + piece of fruit
Snack: nuts + dried apricots/prunes OR a small piece of dark chocolate
Supper: oatcakes with hummus/SF peanut butter OR salad with lean cold cuts/smoked salmon/smoked mackerel etc with olive oil + balsamic vinegar dressing.
I'll try and start on Day 15 by just adding a piece of fruit, and build up gradually to two pieces of fruit and two helpings of starchy carbs per day, and I'll continue trying to drink 2L of water a day. Feeling very optimistic about this right now :D
Here's my personal program from when I was doing Sugar Busters before, just to remind myself:
Three meals and up to two snacks a day
All food choices should be low-to-moderate glycemic where possible
Try to eat healthy fats where possible
1-2 portions of starchy carbs (rice/bread/pasta/cereal) per day
1-2 portions of fruit per day
Try to stick to 1300-1500 cals a day
Weight this morning: 151.
What went wrong with Sugar Busters for me six months ago? I was doing really well, but I was motivating myself through wanting to lose weight for a surprise party for Steve's birthday. As soon as that was over, I started bingeing on high-glycemic carbs again, and then Christmas came ... clearly it's a better motivation if I want to lose weight to look better and feel better generally, rather than just for a special occasion - I'll try and bear that in mind. |
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Sat May 22, 2004 7:41 am |
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Day 15! The beginning of Phase 2 at last.
Today's food:
Breakfast: 2 rashers lean bacon, 2 eggs, fried in oil spray; small apple.
Snack: dozen almonds.
Lunch: Large bowl home-made chili (lean beef mince, olive oil, chili powder, red wine vinegar, kidney beans, tomatoes, onions, red pepper); strawberries :mrgreen: and fat-free plain yoghurt.
Supper: Prawns, low fat cheese, three oatcakes. |
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Tue May 25, 2004 12:06 pm |
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| JessicaRabbit
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| Hi SBGirl: Congrats on getting to P2...gotta love that fruit!!! How is the sugarbusters philosophy different from SBD? I suppose I'm trying to say, what are the similarities and differences? Just curious. |
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Tue May 25, 2004 12:12 pm |
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| SBGirl
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They seem very similar to me. P1 of South Beach is completely different, but P2 seems a lot like SugarBusters, which is based on eating low glycemic carbs, healthy fats, lean meat/fish/low fat cheese/eggs and lots of veggies.
There are little differences, like SugarBusters prefers you to eat fruit on its own (they say that fruit is low glycemic on its own, but becomes higher glycemic if combined with other food ... I never really understood that) whereas South Beach says to combine fruit with other low glycemic food ... and SugarBusters allows you a few more things, like some fruit juices, and a little occasional ice cream ... but the basic principles seem very similar. On SugarBusters you're supposed to eat a comfortable plate full of food at meals and then stop, whereas South Beach doesn't put a limit on how much you can eat, as long as it's the right kind of food?
The list of 'good' and 'bad' foods is very similar. |
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Tue May 25, 2004 7:44 pm |
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An odd day today, because (a) I had to get up at 5, so had a very early breakfast, so was starving by lunchtime despite the midmorning snack and (b) we're moving house tomorrow, and I defrosted the fridge and freezer yesterday, so I was trying to finish up odd bits and pieces that had been out of the fridge all night. Still managed not to stray, though! Today's food:
Breakfast: 3 rashers lean bacon, 1 egg fried in oil spray, strawberries, fat free plain yoghurt, multivitamin
Snack: small handful of pecan nuts
Lunch: more of yesterday's chili
Snack: few squares of organic plain chocolate
Supper: two gluten-free sausages, small apple
More veggies would have been a good thing, but for the next few days I'll settle for just staying on plan despite the chaos :roll: |
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Wed May 26, 2004 5:13 pm |
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