Hello everyone!
I hope a few of you will join into this thread...I am a re-start to SBD from more than a year ago. Admittedly, I was an epic failure. I did well the first few weeks, stuck to the plan, lost weight, felt better...and then made a fatal mistake; I tried to stay in phase one longer, hit a plateau, got discouraged and reverted to my old habits! Uggh!
here I am, pretty much the same weight
I intend to start the first week of July. I know 4th of July week is not a great plan, but I had this past week off allowing me time to reread SBD Supercharged and look up some recipes. I have found some good information and some new ideas. I will plan better this time. Planning is a big goal.
I probably won't list every single thing I eat; I think that is boring to see as an entry time after time...But is very helpful if one hits a rut. Good if it helps to keep on track. Etc. So, I may eat these words. (hey, what phase are words? lol!)
I am trying to find a desire for the gym. This is very difficult for me. At the very least, I want to walk on my break at work daily. This is a goal.
My first glass of water will be drank before I get out of bed. Goal.
I am involving my house-mate this time which is different; I was trying to do this all on my own before. Last night I made grilled eggplant pizzas with low fat provolone cheese, turkey pepperoni and peppers. It went over so well the leftovers were heated up for dessert instead of a sf fudgesicle.
I will include ideas that are helpful to me, and good recipes, etc. I hope you find some of this helpful. Would love reciprocation.
There are fantastic recipes on kalynskitchen.com ...she is on my favorite bar. She made her pizzas with zucchini, but I couldn't find a large diameter one, so substituted the eggplant. She uses a lot of fresh herbs. I put an herb garden is yesterday. Took literally only 20 minutes. Three bags of soil & several potted herbs into the yard. Everything will be wonderfully flavored through the summer and I will dry herbs for the winter
Check her out. Yumm!
Idea and a recipe: One problem I have is that I love a large amount of salad dressing. So, I have two recipes, Tzatziki sauce (made with Greek yogurt) and an Avocado dressing. The avocado (1/2) is just blended with buttermilk salt & pepper & lemon juice. (and some skim milk if it gets too thick, this makes a large amount!). Tzaziki is on kalynskitchen.com
I can use more of these. I would rather just add a drizzle of EVOO or add avocado or nuts with the Tzatziki sauce than less of another dressing to get my fats. I usually come up short on my dairy, so this is a win win for me. I have also been known to extend ranch dressing with butter milk or skim milk. If you are finding you don't have enough to cover that really big salad to get all your veggies try these ideas. Let me know if you are finding this helpful.
I have been eating phase 3 all week with the exception of a very few add-ins in small amounts...after all I was on vacation! ....but really, I know that shouldn't be an excuse! just trying to get a mind set.
So, here i go. here is to the first 10 pounds going. Here is to - I am going to feel great and going to be more healthy with more energy! Here is to all of our success!!
