South Beach Diet Fat Chicks on the Beach!

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 05-27-2004, 04:32 PM   #1  
Livin' on the Beach
Thread Starter
 
mom2kris's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 10

Default New Chick Here

Hi all! I am new here but have been on SBD for 5 wks. now. I have lost 24 lbs. so far. I am trying to walk everyday - DD and I did 1.1 mile this afternoon. I went shopping yesterday to get some clothes as everything looks so sloppy. I was thrilled when I was down two sizes. It helps so much to be able to have support from others on SBD. We had several at work on it but it is summer (I teach) and am not around my fellow SBDers. My parents are also on the Beach and my DD (7 1/2) has been on Phase 2 since we all started.
mom2kris is offline  
Old 05-27-2004, 05:26 PM   #2  
Come on Spring!
 
Ruthxxx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Delta, Ontario, CANADA
Posts: 26,840

S/C/G: 232/170/150

Height: 5'0" on a tall day

Default

Welcome to The Beach. 24 pounds is great in 5 weeks. Of course the loss will slow down in a while. Your 7½ year old daughter is on a diet? Has the doctor recommended SBD for children? It IS a very healthy but children have different nutrient needs than we do.
Ruthxxx is offline  
Old 05-27-2004, 06:09 PM   #3  
I can do this!
 
beachgal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 7,139

Height: 5'11"

Default

HUGE congratulations are in order, mom2kris! What awesome progress! And the exercise is remarkable too! Glad you have joined this group!

I'm pretty sure that Dr. A says that SBD is safe for children as long as they start on Phase 2 and never do Phase 1. I'm pretty obsessed with that part as we hope to have children and if I do this WOE and it works for me, I would like my children to do it too or I will be tempted to cheat. In addition, everyone in my family tends to be fat, and I would like to stave that off in my children before it happens. *sigh* I know, I'm worrying early. But yes, Ruth, Dr. A does speak about it with kids.
beachgal is offline  
Old 05-27-2004, 06:20 PM   #4  
Hittin' the Beach
 
ozziesgirl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Halifax, NS
Posts: 276

S/C/G: 225/212/130

Height: 5'0"

Default

Welcome Mom2Kris!!! You have done amazing so far, you must be so proud. Did you stay on phase one the whole time or did you move on to phase two after the two weeks. I want to give you a thumbs up for starting your daughter in life with good eating and exercise habits!

I agree Laurie, if I ever have kids I want to start them off right and not give them my bad habits. Phase 2 seems like it would be ok for kids because you are allowed all four food groups, none are really restricted.

Welcome Mom2Kris and good luck....like you need it!!
ozziesgirl is offline  
Old 05-27-2004, 08:34 PM   #5  
RNMOM
 
RNMOM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 938

Default Welcome and WOW

Way to be such a great loser!

This is a great place. Just watch out for Ellis....she's got a bracelet that makes me green with envy.......I wants it, my precccioousssssssss
RNMOM is offline  
Old 05-27-2004, 08:42 PM   #6  
Livin' on the Beach
Thread Starter
 
mom2kris's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 10

Default

Dr. A says that it is fine for kids if you start them on Phase 2. It is a very healthy way of eating for anyone and her Dr. agrees, also. I stayed on P1 for about four days longer than the two weeks.
mom2kris is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 07:34 AM   #7  
Ready to Change
 
little chick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: saint john new brunswick canada
Posts: 2,306

S/C/G: 170/160/125

Height: 5 ft

Default

Welcome to the Beach. Congrats on your fab weight loss. Keep up the great work.
little chick is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 08:17 AM   #8  
Senior Member
 
ellis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 15,006

Height: 5'-2"

Default

Marcie, welcome to the Beach... wow! You're doing so well!!

Laurie, I think it's great that you're concerned about your future children. It's never too early to get them onto a healthy regime. It's all too easy to give our kids "easy and junky food". I'm very guilty of it. Both our children are skinny minnies, but I feel we've already started them on the wrong track food-wise.

RNMom, I haven't got that bracelet yet (Laurie has hers, though), but I WILL be getting the potato and vacuum cleaner! NOT the iron, though. I gave away my ironing board 15 years ago.
ellis is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 08:41 AM   #9  
Senior Member
 
justjodi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Northeast Ohio
Posts: 815

Default

welcome to the beach!!! great job so far!!! keep up the good work.
justjodi is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 09:32 AM   #10  
Senior Member
 
Barb0522's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Richardson, Texas USA
Posts: 4,013

Default

I think South Beach Phase 2 would be great for kids with one exception. The current thinking is that kids need to be on full fat dairy products until they are two. They don't start milk until they are one but the fat that they get in that year helps their brains develop. I did switch my son to 2% milk when he turned two. I find now that he is more likely to at least try the healthy foods if I let him help me cook!
Barb0522 is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 11:12 AM   #11  
I can do this!
 
beachgal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 7,139

Height: 5'11"

Default

Good point, Barbara. A great way to give them full fat milk is the Stoneybrook Farms yogurts. They are organic (so free from antibiotics and all sorts of yucky stuff that cows at factory farms get) and the bacteria in the yogurt would be good for them too, I would think! They make "yobaby" and such products in little cups for kids. Some even come with granola on top!

Ellis, you crack me up! I hate to iron too! I found a man who liked to iron and I married him...but then I rubbed off on him and now no one irons! Speaking of the bracelet, it is ready and I am going to pick it up in just a little bit. Yippee! Thanks for the compliment. I am really not sure what works in helping kids stay at a healthy weight. My mom had us on a very strict diet when I was a kid. Not a diet, but a way of eating, you know...just no sugar at all, WW bread. My treat when I was really good (now, that a bad habit right there...rewarding with food!) was a carob covered rice cake! Seriously! I ended up eating every morsel of junk food I could get my hands on and stealing money to buy candy and junk at school. Obviously that plan didn't work! My DH was raised with tons of junk food and he and his sisters all grew up to be skinny minnies who are not too fond of junk and love their veggies. How can you win? So to be honest, just you eating the right way is a great model for them. You can be skinny but not healthy (as you know) and I bet that some of your habits are going to rub off on them. (hopefully not the bridge mix, but the reading and the healthy eating ones. ) I just hope I can model good habits for my kids to pick up. You know?


Mom2Kris, sorry for snagging your thread with this rant!
beachgal is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 11:28 AM   #12  
Senior Member
 
ellis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 15,006

Height: 5'-2"

Default

You're right, Laurie... there's no easy answer to raising kids.
I was always a slim kid/young adult. I used to sneak snacks up to my bedroom after school. Bags of chips, bags of caramels (there were HUNDREDS of caramel wrappers under my bed), chocolate bars...
One afternoon, my parents were home when I got back from school. I couldn't sneak my chips past them, so I went up to my room, dropped a rope down from my window, went outside and tied my bag of chips to it, then went back up and hauled it up. Fortunately my parents weren't looking out the dining room window as my bag of chips flew up the side of the house.
ellis is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 06:03 PM   #13  
I can do this!
 
beachgal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 7,139

Height: 5'11"

Default

Now that is priceless, Ellis! Were you the inspiration for the Pearl tampon commercial (if you didn't get it in Canada, it was pretty much just what you descriped, except with a tampon rather than a bag of chips)?

Glad to know that I wasn't the only one sneaking food! In our house, where sugar was outlawed, I resorted to eating cake mix with a spoon. YUCK! I really was desperate for sugar!!!
beachgal is offline  
Old 05-28-2004, 06:08 PM   #14  
Senior Member
 
ellis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 15,006

Height: 5'-2"

Default

Oh, my gosh, Laurie! i can so relate! I used to make myself bowls of chocolate icing! And I remember when there was nothing else in the house, I'd put spoonfuls of brown sugar in my milk.
Oh, and maple syrup. I can't keep it in the house. I pour it into a shot glass and shoot it.
I also had a cereal problem. It was the perfect snack after school. I'd have about four bowls of it. And hide the bowls under my bed.
ellis is offline  
Closed Thread

Related Topics
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
New Chick Here IzzieBella77 Chicks in Control 11 02-03-2008 08:21 PM
New chick here, thank you guys islandbound LA Weight Loss 13 03-06-2006 08:40 AM


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:25 AM.


We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.