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[Aineen]

I did OK yesterday - I did feel kind of nauseous all day, so didn't eat everything I had planned. I ended up eating my lunch salad for dinner, so in essence, I missed a meal. I weighed this morning (yes, in addition to being a sugarholic, I'm also a scale-aholic) and was down 1.3 lbs. I increased my water by a couple of bottles - every time I thought about it I guzzled some down.

Here's my plan for today:

B: Eggbeaters with LF cheese and 1 sl. turkey bacon, 6 oz. low sodium V-8
S: zucchini with lite Laughing Cow cheese
L: leaf lettuce wrap with chicken salad, roasted red pepper and mushroom
S: lf Jarlesberg cheese and 12 walnuts
D: steamed salmon with broccoli and asparagus
S: yogurt

I'm feeling pretty good and glad to have made the decision to go back to the beach. I was so disgusted with myself and the way I was eating...

I'm glad to see everyone else seems to be doing well!!!

[cjmeller]

Just finished my Day 2 breakfast. The tofu scramble was majorly yummy! I added 1/2 of an avocado, some salsa, and a bit of the steak leftover from yesterday's breakfast (less than 2 oz) to it. I really couldn't tell it wasn't scrambled eggs! Today's plan includes:

AM Snack: String cheese & pistachios

Lunch: Chinese spinach with cucumbers, zucchini, and red bell pepper, drizzled with flavored olive oil and topped with leftover Moroccan chicken from last night.

PM Snack: Celery with LC cheese

Dinner: More leftover Moroccan Chicken and roasted eggplant. Probably more roasted green beans.

I'm playing softball tonight, a double header. I'll need to figure out a snack for afterwards.

[Essined81]

Hello Girls....

Well day 1 was ok .... I had a kids early dentist appointment , i was running a little late but i was able to have some scramble eggs with ham and and cup of coffee.

I had greens with ck breast for lunch and v8. Snack was a fudge pop. and Dinner was salad with chicken and green ,yellow and orange peppers cooked in less than a spoon of olive oil.

I had a terrible headache but i don't think it was the diet. This happens to me every time i want to do a diet ... its like my own body is my own little enemy. I Believe its all mental.

Well when i was at the Docs Office i weighted my self in one of their awesome weight scales to make sure i knew to the T my exact weight. I was so surprised and a little sad . I had never been past the 200.00 . !!!201.6!!! Pounds!!!! I guess that number got me trough the hole day.. specially when I had that headache and when i was tempted to cheat.

So here are my stats: SW 201
CW 201
GW 135

[PaulaB]

Well, it is day 2 for me, woke up with a headache-it is still there. Feeling a bit sluggish also but none of this is going to deter me. Hope you are feeling better as the day goes on Aineen. I had a wonderful broccoli/cheese omlette for breakie. Looking forward to my snack of cheese stuffed celery. Lunch is Greek salad(recipe from book)and some KRAB if I want it. Snack this afternoon will be veggies dipped in warmed re-fried beans. Dinner tonight is a green salad with cjmeller's recipe for Morrocan chicken breast. Has anyone tried the dessert recipe in the book? Just mix some ricotta cheese with some cocoa powder, add splenda. Mix a bit more. Place in your fancy dessert dish and sprinkle the top with slivered almonds, yummy Keep up the good work everyone and keep posting~~Cheers Paula

[Aineen]

Hope you are feeling better as the day goes on Aineen. Snack this afternoon will be veggies dipped in warmed re-fried beans.

Thanks Paula, I am feeling a bit better today - the tummy is still a little queasy - maybe it's all the veggies....not used to those! I'm having lunch right now - enjoying my lettuce leaf wraps with chicken salad and more veggies. I have to comment that the veggies dipped in the warm re-fried beans sounds YUMMY and I will be adding this to my menu!

OK, so how many of us are emotional eaters? I eat when I'm happy as well as sad, feeling healthy as well as ill, excited as well as bored. I tend to go for the sugary snacks, although I've been known to skarf down a bag of Cheetos in no time. After the deed is done, I always feel guilty and to be quite honest, feel sick and sluggish. So why do I still do it? How do I stop? At 50-ish, is it reasonable to think I can break these bad habits? I realize that when I eliminate the sugar and bad carbs from my diet, I do feel better, look better and sleep better, but the fat girl in my head is always trying to talk me into 'just a taste' of something sweet or carby. Does anyone else have this constant struggle???? I'm sure I'm not alone....

[cjmeller]

Aineen--

When I was at Costco yesterday to stock up on healthy snacks, I had a MAJOR battle of wills walking out by the food court. They had batch of the cinammon-y churros in the fryer and the smell was unreal. I had this moment of panic, thinking "wait! no churros, wedding cake concretes (a yummy blizzard-like concoction from a local custard place), etc. for like 6 months?!?" Seemed almost unbearable.

But the weight has to go. So, I resisted. After my massage appointment (unintended reward for day 1!), I headed to the public library and got the new supercharged SBD book, as well as some canning books (something I'm trying this year). Came home and cooked a perfectly yummy dinner, and got started on making breakfast for the rest of the week.

Still haven't stepped on the scale. Honestly, I don't want to know. I know it can't be good.

Just finished my lunch for today. The Moroccan Chicken leftovers made a wonderful topping to a huge veg salad. The one benefit of this diet for me is that i LOVE veggies. Drizzled the veg with a little seasoned olive oil. Will probably cut it next time with some lemon or lime. Was still delicious. To drink, I had a benefiber strawberry-kiwi stick pack mixed in a bottle of water. I've also been trying to drink herbal/decaf tea all day to stay hydrated.

My body is hitting that "hey, wait! you've not had any grains or fruit for the past couple days!" moment. I've been pretty sleepy since 11. Having done SBD successfully a few years ago, I know that this will pass. Softball tonight should be interesting, though!

[PaulaB]

Hello Aineen,
I share the emotional eating problem too. I'm slightly older than you and I have never been able to conquer it. I try to think of myself sort of like that song: "I pick myself up and dust myself off". As long as I start more times than I stop I'm headed in the right direction. Nike had a slogan which really helps me focus on what I should do--Just DO it. When I'm having a temptation I try to remember that.
I'm going to a wedding on Saturday and already I can hear that negative talk about eating inappropriately and being tempted by the various selections on the buffet line. I focus on the fact that there will be lots of fresh salads and most likely a baron of beef or a ham. All things approved on the SBD.
Right now I'd like to jump on the scale to see how I'm doing but I know if I do do that and the scale isn't where I'd like it to be I risk the potential of emotional eating. I'm going to wait a few more days and I should have a pleasant surprise.
Hang in there Girl, WE can do this. Keep doing what you are doing today. Cheers~~PaulaB

[Irish04]

Hi Ladies, Well it is day 3! I made it through yesterday which was a very difficult day! I think I did not eat enough starting with breakfast so that just kept me hungry all day. Does anyone have any good ideas how to diguise vegies? I am not a huge vegie eater. Today I am following my super charged menu to a tee. I love this forum it is giving me the will power I need..Thank You Ladies!
Liz

[sharonohio]

Well I started on Monday along with the rest of you but just discovered this forum yesterday. Hubbie and I are now officially empty nesters and decided we needed to do something. My weight has gotten higher and higher. We had used SB successfully once before so back to it we're going. Told hubbie who has much less to lose than me that I didn't want to hear any complaints about anything and he's been pretty good so far. Having problems getting him to eat enough veggies but I can't worry about him continually. Starting weight is 203 with goal to get to 180 before October 1.

Breakfast today was 2 hardboiled eggs half of a red pepper and some leftover grilled asparagus along with coffee. Still working to improve snacks (need to purchase a few more things). Lunch will probably be another large salad with balsamic vinegar and leftover grilled chicken. For dinner tonight I'm planning on making some grilled turkey tenderloins that have marinated in balsamic and olive oil along with herbs from my garden (probably lots of oregano or tarragon), some cannelini beans with rosemary and olive oil and some veggie from the fridge (haven't figured out which one yet).

Generally been feeling pretty good although I had some stomach cramping yesterday.

[Aineen]

Well I'm starting day 3. I posted in another thread that I am still feeling pretty ill, but I'm going to hang in there. I've had my coffee and V-8 today, and just forced down a cup of cottage cheese with some vanilla and Splenda. The tummy is uncomfortable, but it's staying down. To be honest, the thought of another veggie is horrifying...I have a feeling my digestive system is not tolerating them very well. But I'm going to try the lettuce wraps for lunch again - we'll see how it goes. I doubt I'll be able to do snacks. So here's the plan for today:

B: coffee with FF Half & Half, low sodium V-8, FF cottage cheese with Splenda and vanilla
L: leaf lettuce wrap with chicken salad, tomato, mushroom, onion, black olives
D: either pork tenderloin or steamed salmon, asparagus, tomato
S: maybe yogurt or a glass of skim milk

Hopefully I'll be able to get that all in and feel better tomorrow.

How's everyone else doing?

[jleaustin]

I felt so sick yesterday afternoon and all evening. Still feeling that way this morning. I did make myself eat but probably not all the protein and veggies I should be eating. Just thinking about meat makes me.. yuck! I am going to hang in there like Aineen. I really want to finally lose this weight.

I did get some eggs and cheese but no veggies this morning. I poured a V-8 and took a sip and had to pour it out. I plan on having tomato soup (homemade) , cottage cheese with tomato, and maybe some ham. For snack tomatoes and cucumbers. I hope I can keep it down.

My mini goal is 10 lbs by October 15.

[layddi]

If it's ok with all you folks, I'd like to join your support group
I know it's a little late, but I started on Tuesday the 25th and need to loose 40 unwelcomed pounds. I'm a newbie and a first time SB dieter, so far it's pretty easy, I just made one mistake, I made my son a quesadilla last night with Monterey Jack cheese and just put a pinch in my mouth (seeing that it was cheese) then looked at the list and it has to be low-fat (it was regular.) Other than that set back I've been doing good.
"Good luck ladies!"

[cjmeller]

Good Morning Everyone!

I'm starting Day 3 very sleepy. Was at the softball field playing 3 games (pitching and/or catching, so actually moving the whole time) until midnight. Ended up skipping afternoon/evening snacks AND dinner altogether. Bad, I know. But I knew how crappy I'd feel if I tried to eat dinner at midnight. I did manage to avoid beer altogether... hard to do in beer league softball!

@Irish04-- I would suggest grating up zucchini in things. It's relatively mild and flavorless, so much less noticeable. You can also chop up spinach really fine, and mix it in with marinara sauce, etc. I know Jerry Seinfeld's wife (don't remember her name) has a cookbook designed around the idea of sneaking veggies into foods. You might want to check it out! Recipes might not be SBD compliant, but I'm sure there's a lot you could adapt. Once you get to Phase 2, an excellent way to sneak in veggies is in smoothies. I didn't believe it possible when I read it in a forum here, but you can toss a handful of spinach into the blender when making a fruit smoothie, and you won't even notice it!

My meals today will include:

B: Tofu Scramble (tofu, onions, chiles, bell pepper, tomatoes, black beans, salsa, avocado, and lf cheese), turkey lunchmeat, and V8

MS: None-- Just eating breakfast now @ 9:45, so I'll do my snacks later!

L: Salad consisting of chinese spinach, zucchini, red pepper, banana pepper (fresh) and green onions, topped with leftover Moroccan chicken and dressed with seasoned olive oil and lime juice.

AS: String Cheese and Pistachios

D: Leftover Moroccan chicken or Grilled Steak, leftover roasted eggplant, and roasted green beans. Skim milk to drink

ES: May do one of the ricotta desserts. Thinking the NSA cocoa and almonds one.

I highly recommend the tofu scramble for breakfast. I honestly can't tell it's not eggs, and I think it is really helping me not get too queasy during the day. Also another thing I learned recently... if you're doing the salad thing for lunch, I find that salad is alot better with green onions and fresh herbs such as cilantro or dill. Just really helps to change up the whole salad thing and get you through a period of eating them alot!

Have a great day everyone!

[ommani]

Hi All! This is my first foray into a forum of this sort. I've taken great inspiration by reading the stories of others and now I am looking forward to diving in!!!

I started SB Sunday the 23rd. I've been disappointed with my weight for over 12 years, but really haven't done anything about it, except slowly gain more. Sure, I've gone on those New Year and pre-Summer 'binges'. . . the all-out, calorie restricted challenges that last about a week, maybe. And, then there's my old paradigm, "You can't lose weight without spending money." Which for me translated to: four weeks worth of Nutrisystem food (yuk), loads of LA Weightloss bars (boring), a juicer (any idea how much $$fruit$$ you need to squeeze to get a stinkin' glass of juice?), Hoodia and herbal thyroid boosters. . . oh, and how can I forget the Ab Lounger, treadmill, elliptical, Total Gym, Thighmaster (Thanks, Suzanne Summers), hand weights, ankle weights, Wii Fit, mini trampoline... I could set up my own gym; unfortunately, none of the equipment has been used much past the initial "this is it, this is the one that's gonna keep my interest and take of the weight" phase. You could argue I get some exercise dusting them all, but the truth is, I don't dust.

Anyway, I'm a hard-charging, A-type marketing exec who spends way too much time in meetings, sits way too long at the computer. . . and grazes all day long. I like to tell myself it's healthy grazing - yogurt, nuts, carrot sticks, goldfish (they're fish, right?), chocolate (antioxidants are important, lots of antioxidants) - you get the picture. I come home 7 - 8 pm every night to a wonderfully cooked meal and my half of the chardonnay bottle. Then I plop myself in bed with the TV on and wait for sleep to come, around 11:30. I wake up at 3am, stressing from the day, or over the day to come. Then, start all over again.

Did I mention my husband is a chef? A classically trained French chef, now retired and serving yours truly? Honestly, we all know the secret to good French cooking is plenty of cream, butter and salt. And he is a purist in that sense. Plus, he's from the Pyrenees Mountains, so every meal is meat and potatoes - very little from the veggie department. Your arteries would clog just watching him make mashed potatoes.

As fate would have it, my mom passed away in May (of heart disease), then I was quite unexpectedly 'RIF'ed' a week later (Reduction in Force; eg - fired). Whoa - now there are two crashing scenarios that will make you stand up and re-evaluate life.

There were things I needed to get in order. My mom's modest estate. My resume. My finances. Plans for my son, who will enter college next year. Helping my daughter through the angst and confusion of 16. Oh, and - here's another unexpected whoa - fighting for legal custody of my 15-year old niece. At least that's one battle I won!

Now it's August and the kids just started back to school. I've chummed the water for job prospects, networked the heck out of old colleagues and I'm waiting for my next job opportunity to come along. What's left? Oh, yea. Taking care of me.

Being unexpectedly unemployed - if you can believe this - is the BEST THING that ever happened to me. My attic is clean! My closets, ditto. Goodwill had to add extra staff to sort through the donations! The kids are settled, the hubby is happy to have me around, the dogs are nearly overcome with joy. The time constraints are gone. The stress is gone. The guilt is gone.

Everything is in good order, except I'm weighing in at 204 and can't climb a set of stairs without wheezing. It's time.

Throughout all my misadventures in dieting, in spite of all investments I've made and promises I've broke, the punchline is always the same: if you want to lose weight, you need to eat right and exercise.

I've done my research and South Beach makes sense - from a physiology standpoint, from a lifestyle standpoint, from an economic standpoint. I've often wondered if I was borderline hypo/hyper-glycemic, or carb sensitive. . . like so many others, the more carbs I eat, the hungrier I am an hour later. Never satiated.

Well, here I am, four days into SB, and feeling groovy!!!

The first day, I ate exactly according to one of the meal plans in the book. It was weird.
The second day, I grazed all day, albeit on protein and very low carb veggies.
The third day, I ate only SB-approved Phase 1 foods, but not necessarily according to diet-right portions.
The forth day, today, I'm not so hungry. I pulled out the book and went back to the meal plans and I'm cooking to code. I have no desire for large portions, nor do I miss carbs in the least. This just might work for me.

I also started walking 30 - 40 minutes a day, and already I am breathing easier. My shins hurt like you wouldn't believe, but my self-esteem is strong and the spirit still willing.

And, boy, do I love the mashed cauliflower - beats the heck out of my husband's taters.

s/204
c/201
g/145

[cjmeller]

Great post, Ommani!