Anyone starting on 11/07?

[teelynn]

Wow, everyone seems really pumped and ready to go!. I am jumping back on the wagon too. Today, I just completed the first week of phase 1, and I lost 5 pounds Hoorey!!. I had to drag myself along last week, but boy was it worth it. I feel great today! I have so much more energy. I just finished my 30 min walk, and I'm not tired. I am so thankful for this post. Blessings to you all, and keep on keeping on!!!!!!

Back on the wagon 11/9/09
F, 33, Ht 5'2"
SW - 192.0
CW - 187.0
GW - 155ish
Total Loss: 5 pds

Teelynn

[marygolddk]

Hello Group ,
I am new to sb and in phase 1 .

My meals today were

B-2 strips of bacon,egg and cheese omelette
l-chicken salad on salad
snack- nuts
d- pork baked in mojo w aboho and red beans with onions

is coleslaw allowed during phase one?? i m not sure but I want some !

[RedRox]

If you make it yourself, use LF mayo and sweeten it with artificial sweeteners or have it unsweetened it's probably fine. Best if you don't include any shredded carrots in it as well. You probably need to be eating more vegetables, esp at breakfast and maybe more food overall. You skipped the morning snack for instance.) Be sure to review the menu planning templates/guidelines linked into the P1 FAQ sticky topic for recommended starting quantities of your major food categories for meals and snacks. Adding some of the allowed dairy (milk or yogurt) would help with good carb intake too. (Check the food list linked into the same FAQ sticky topic for the allowed types of dairy for P1. Note that cheese is a protein for SB purposes.)

Welcome and enjoy your SB adventure!

[Magna]

Hello Group ,
I am new to sb and in phase 1 .

My meals today were

B-2 strips of bacon,egg and cheese omelette
l-chicken salad on salad
snack- nuts
d- pork baked in mojo w aboho and red beans with onions

is coleslaw allowed during phase one?? i m not sure but I want some !

You should check your menu against the meal planning template:
viewtopic.php?t=24136

Just to start off with a couple of things, you should eat a morning snack and possibly an evening snack too. Also, you should have some vegetables (at least half a cup) with breakfast. Regular bacon is not on the menu.

Cole slaw depends mainly on what the dressing is, and how much there is of it. If you put the dressing on yourself you can control the type and amount. Up to two tablespoons of dressing is OK at lunch or dinner (this would be your total serving of good fats for that meal). Here's information on how to choose a salad dressing (third post down): viewtopic.php?p=310708&#310708

Also, you'll want to read the Phase 1 FAQ. Welcome and good luck!

EDIT: I see RedRox posted while I was typing my message. Well, I'll leave mine up too, for extra information.

[marygolddk]

Thanks for the replys I am getting rid of the bacon now .. bought canadain bacon instead!

I forgot carrots were inside of coleslaw ..

Otherwise I guess I didn't do to bad today ! I plan on staying with this diet for a while ! I really need some receipes using no carbs .. does anyone know where I can find some??

[RedRox]

Well this isn't a low carb or no carb plan even in P1, but there is a whole sub-forum here for recipes and recipe ideas. Near the top of that forum is a sticky topic with the words "Recipe Summary" at the beginning that has links to lots and lots of recipes by major food types/categories.

[lastdarn10lbs]

OK checking in! I was a bit MIA as life got quite busy and then I was sick over the weekend. That nearly threw things off kilter, well, actually it DID since I didn't eat anything all day Friday until about 9pm and then Sat was sketchy too. I kept it as legal as possible when I did eat, but because it was flu, I was basically eating when I could to keep in down and if crackers were what worked, I ate em. But once I got well again I jumped back on board full force and haven't looked back. Things are going well, I'm not holding too much on the 3 lb loss I have since I was sick, and this is only P1... I remember from last time I didn't lose a bunch of weight on P1 since I only have 15-ish lbs to lose altogether. But I HAVE noticed a big difference in the tone of my body since I started jogging on the treadmill again. I strive for 30 minutes, at a speed of 5mph (with a short warm up before & after) I've noticed a difference already throughout. OK, I'm going to start playing catch up with posts, YAY! We're nearing the end of P1 people! Anyone else excited about starting P2?

[AndiePandie]

Hiya...how you getting on guys?

I'm really pleased with how I'm doing....impressed by my will power so far although not been HUGELY tested. The thing I love about SBD is that you don't have to be hungry....in fact if you ARE hungry then you need to eat!! For me it's recognising that I'm hungry rather than bored/habit eating and I'm finding that that's saving me thinking about breaking this new habit

I've actually not missed or craved anything for a few days and because I'm allowing myself snacks I'm not feeling guilty for eating between meals...but then I'm not stuffing a whole bag of maltesers in one sitting so nothing to be feeling guilty for!

Not only that but I FEEL so well!!!! Dispite a couple of 5am starts (the joys of a newborn ) I'm really feeling WELL!!! I kind of feel like my insides have had a good clean out and I don't want to get them dirty again

Today's menu:-
B - V8 and 2 boiled eggs
S - veggies and humus
L - stuffed peppers but going to have red pepper today because they're nicer
S - Laughing cow and cherry tomatoes
D - Chicken en Papillotte
S - SF jelly

Andie x

[BritFit]

Hi all, - Andie, glad to hear you're doing so well - I feel the same as you - eating when I get hungry, not coz I'm bored/stressed/happy/sad/breathing !
Also not craving anything which is a novelty for me. Feeling full of energy, my skin's clear, my hair and nails are in great shape and I've definitely lost a chin!!! Looks like being steak & ratatouille for tea tonight, then sf jelly. My other fave dessert is fat free Normandy fromage frais (Sainsburys or Tesco) with sweetener and vanilla extract and either a good shake of ground cinnamon or a squeeze of lemon/lime juice - delish! Or I tried mixing sf jelly with fromage frais last night - very good too It's funny the combinations of food I'm trying now - but it's definitely working. Doing a bit of research about starting Phase 2 on Monday, don't want to wade into those carbs and trash all my good work!
Keep it up everyone!

[Prettygirl150]

I am starting today so I know I am a week late but I would like to chime in for support as well. So far today I have had a western omelet w/green peppers, onion, ham, mushrooms. I have drank 2 cups of water too. So far so good and I am not hungry yet. For lunch I have chicken with broccoli and cauliflower. Dinner I am not sure yet, but I am leaning toward a salad with pork loin or some type of protein...I have 108 lbs to lose but I am only thinking about the first 49.2 to get me to 199 which is my goal for now. Thinking about it all at once really makes me feel overwhelmed...I am 25 yrs old and recently married. I was so disappointed in my pictures and that was my wake up call that I need to change. I gained 32 lbs since April and everything was feeling tight so I knew it was time to get it together weight wise....

[BackOnTheWagon]

Hey everyone! I weighed myself this morning, and am down to 158.2! I am so proud of myself, and am incredibly satisfied with the weight I've lost on Phase One. I have been contemplating moving into Phase 2 a few days early... maybe tomorrow. My day to move would be this Saturday, but I don't really have any cravings anymore and am really starting to miss cereal, whole grain triscuits, and the like. Also, I would like to start exercising again. Part of me says to move on, but then the other part of me says, well it'll only be a day or two until I move onto Phase 2 anyways. So I don't know yet. I would like to have this thread moved to Phase Two Discussion when the majority of us will be there, so my question: When is everyone moving into Phase Two? This is my meal plan for today:
B- 2 hard boiled eggs, celery with hummus
S- cheese stick
L- spinach salad with cucumber, pistachios, goat cheese, and "chicken" strips, with EVOO and Red Wine Vinegar
S- maybe some almonds?
D - grilled salmon with garlic, balsamic vinegar, EVOO, and some white wine.
S- my peanut butter cup... YUM!!!!

Prettygirl, I know how discouraging it can be to look at how much weight you want to lose all at once. When I started SB, I had about 90 pounds to lose. I felt so overwhelmed. I had been hovering around 220 ever since my daughter was born almost 2 years prior to starting SB. I kept making excuses as to why I couldn't lose the weight. Then one day I looked at Christmas pictures and realized that I wasn't in hardly any of the pictures because I didn't want to see the way I really looked. So I started on SB on January 1, 2009. I lost almost 18 pounds in Phase One, and boy was it a struggle getting through the first few days! I felt really weak, light-headed, and sick. It was a wake up call to me. I was SO dependent on fast carbs and sugars that my body felt it couldn't function properly without them! I kept up with the WOE for about seven months and lost a lot. I got down to 155, and it was then that I actually realized how much weight I had lost. I was so consumed with the fact that I had lost almost 70 pounds that I started to get a little lax on the rules. I thought that I "deserved" a cheat meal here and there. But then those cheat meals became more and more frequent, and I gained back about 10 pounds. I restarted SB with the mindset that this is it. I have almost achieved my goal, and am too close to abandon ship now! One thing that helped me to lose the weight the first time was just to get out of the 220s, then out of the 210s, and so on and so forth. Trying to get myself below 180 was my original goal, but I set up mini-goals to help me stay encouraged along the way. I implemented the same "strategy" this time, but am using 5 pound increments instead of 10. I want to set a good example for my daughter, and be the healthiest I can be for her.
Alright, enough for the day. Time to take the little one outside for a game of tag!

[karrebeaar]

Hi everyone! I am back from my business trip. It did pretty good, Could have been way way worse. I am going to shop tomorrow and continue on P1 for another week just to keep moving forward. Then off to phase 2

Some things I did well the last 4 days.

Made better choices in the restaurant when eating out. I ate salads for lunch, I nibbled on the appetizer platters instead of eating out of control. I asked for steamed veg instead of pasta or potato with my entree's. And I DIDN'T have dessert, except 1 forkful of raspberry cheese cake. Over all I give myself a 4 out of 5 for effort!

[lastdarn10lbs]

Wagon: I started with you on 11/07 so I would normally start P2 this Saturday but I'm pushing it to extend to Sunday and starting P2 fresh Monday morning. I am SO looking forward to some blueberries in my morning yoghurt, I LOVE having that every morning (remembering it from last time I did SB) and I plan to do that for 1 week. Then on week 2 of P2 I plan to add an apple each day to my afternoon snack. I'm basically copying what I did last time since it seemed to work. Do you have your P2 "mapped out"? Does anyone else have a plan in place for starting P2? I plan to add bread again, but slowly. I make my own bread and miss having toast now and again as an option. Especially for quicker breakfasts when firing up the pan for an omelette isn't an option because of lack of time lol We're all doing SO well! I too am feeling wonderful since being back on board with SB.

[JeffInJax]

Hey everyone, i started on the 3rd, so far ive lost 19.5 pounds and im transitioning into phase 2 at the moment. Hope everyone is doing well! Keep up the hard work and we'll all make it

[meme45]

I am having a huge fear to start Phase 2. I am not having any cravings for the foods I have given up. I am at 250 right now, and I didn't get to this weight by not eating!! I feel so good right now, I don't want to change what has been working. If I start adding back the fruits, and some breads, pasta, I don't know if I can control myself. Any suggestions? Is it a bad thing if I continue on in Phase 1 for a little while longer? Thanks for your advice.