Hopefully getting leaner with SB Diet

[boxer]

Hey you all!

I'm 27 years old female, 5' 7''. I'm not overweight (this morning 137 lb), but I feel like I need to loose some weight. There are couple of reasons:

1) 9 months ago I was still 130 lb and I want to get back to that! If I don't do it now it will be even harder later.
2) I do amateur thai boxing and I would like to compete in 125 lb weight class.
3) I want to look good in my bikini.
4) I want to feel lighter and fit easily into size 6.

In the past 2-3 years I have tried low carb and paleo "diets" or "eating habits". Even though I lost weight these diets didn't feel good. First of all, my stomach wasn't working properly and I couldn't eat things that I really wanted to eat. Second, I hate calculating calories or grams! Third, because I workout hard and intense I need to get some good carbs to recover and keep me going! Fourth, I got some serious urges to eat lots of sweet things e.g. ice cream/chocolate. And after I ate those sweets I felt huge disappointment about myself, plus my body instantly sucked all those carbs inside and I got very swollen.

Anyway, I'm looking for a way of eating that is healthy but also satisfactory plus gets me into my goal weight (something between 125-130 lb).

All the best to everyone here, I'm glad I found this forum!

[breezy7]

Hey boxer, welcome to the forum!!!

I'm a newbie here as well, and everyone has been incredibly welcoming. Hope your journey goes fantastically!

[boxer]

Thanks breezy7!!

It's good to have this support group around you - you don't feel so lonely with your project .

All the best to your journey, it's important to make it fun .

[boxer]

Good morning my friends!

I was wondering that how do I know if my weight drop is due to loosing water or fat?

I assume in these first two days you only loose water, right? (3 lb so far)

[ladybugmom]

Good morning and welcome to the beach!! Typically you lose a lot of water weight in P1 and in P2 you start to lose actual fat. As to the ratio, you would have to have that measured. Sorry, I supposed that is not very helpful. But, good luck and have fun!

[boxer]

Hey ladybugmom!

Thanks for your reply . I'm excited about this eating plan! I have a good feeling about it!

Actually I do have a bodyfat caliper at home.. I will do the measurement tonight . Then we will see when my fat starts to go away.

[boxer]

Good morning!

Obviously my body had a huge amount of water stored somewhere because I have lost 4 lb in 3 days! It's kinda crazy to think about - it's roughly 1/2 US gallon!

Well anyway, hopefully you all have a great weekend and I can keep my weight going down . (I'm actually really waithing for that P2 because then I really know that it's the fat that's going not just water.)

Today's breakfast:
A glass of vegetable juice
A stuffed bell pepper with chicken, onion, half skim mozarella, spices (prepared in the oven)
Sprouts
Water
Tea

[boxer]

I slipt a little bit today from P1 :/ BUT tomorrow I will be back on track again!!!

I can do it!

[boxer]

Hey all!

Ok, I have certainly reached the point where all the excess water is gone, because my weight is not dropping as fast as on those first 3-5 days.

Well anyway, my weight is going down slowly which is fine to me .

[ladybugmom]

How's it going?

[boxer]

Ooops, I had to star over this whole thing! And I was already doing so well

I moved from one city to another and everything just went little crazy. Last Friday I decided that it's time to take better care of my eating and myself!

So here I am again and feeling good

Hopefully I don't have to start over anymore - ever!

[boxer]

Blaah, today I feel depressed about my South Beach Phase 1!

First, I'm frustrated that my weight goes up and down (2 days ago I was 1 lb leighter than today). I wanna keep it going down! Why it yo-yos like that? Is it just water? I noticed that especially after hard workout day my weight is heigher than on the previous day. Propably my muscles are just so pumped-up with water?

Second, yesterday I had a very hard day staying on P1: I was having lunch with my pals and we went to a Mexican restaurant. I wanted to eat tacos, but decided to stick with a salad. Then we went to have dinner in the evening in an Italian pizza place. Well I stuck with a salad again! And no beer or wine either, just sparkling water.. It's kinda depressing.

Well hopefully this is woth it!

Yesterday's meals and snacks:
B: 2 egg omelet with light blue cheese, red bell pepper, spring onion and chives + cup of vegetable juice and green tea
S: protein shake with 8 pecans (after workout)
L: beef salad + herbal tea
S: plain fat free Greek yogurt with 8 walnuts
D: tuna salad with artichoke hearts and feta cheese and olive oil
S: part skim ricotta cheese with sugar free mable syrup

[Quirquie]

What is in your protein shake? It could be what you put into your body after your workouts that is causing the weight gain. Here are a couple forum posts about protein drinks and shakes that you might find some useful information from.

[boxer]

Hi Quirquie,

Thanks for replying

My protein powder contains natural dried whey, natural chocolate flavor and little bit of fructose as sweetener. I splend it either with skim milk or water (depending if I have already been eaten my allowed milk/yogurt amount). I don't drink it after every workout though, just after some of the very intense ones.

I would prefer eating e.g. skim cottage/mozarella cheese/fat free Greek yogurt with a banana/apple/berries, but now I'm still on P1 (one more week and then back to fruits, yei!) + I'm living in a place where the temperature is like 35C/95F on the day time so I don't want to eat anything that's gone bad due to the hot weather.

Well anyway, my body is still adjusting to my new diet (it's been only 1 week since I started) so I shouldn't stress about it too much, right?

[Quirquie]

Exactly.

Good luck!