Hey there, skherb......I had to be drug, kicking and screaming!, to phase 2! LOL! I think I did phase 1 for about 6 weeks....but let me tell you why. I started SBD last July 7. In the first 3-4 weeks I lost 20 lbs!!! But then.....I went on vacation.....and despite my best intentions, I gained 13 back! So......back to phase 1 for me when I got home! I stayed on that for another 2-3 weeks and lost those 13 lbs amazingly quickly (like in 10 days!). Then I went to phase 1.5--- the only real carb I ate was some cereal for breakfast. Once I got a little more comfortable and felt that the scales weren't going to suddenly start going back up, I added fruit and, on occasion, some rice or pasta (WW of course!) at night. Since then I've stopped eating all starchy carbs at night--- if I do eat something like that then I usually gain a little or don't lose anything.
You just have to see what works for you--- if you go to phase 2 (and you should-- there are soooooooo many more foods to choose from! You will be bored and tempted to cheat more if you stay on phase 1 toooo long) add just one new thing to your diet. See how your body reacts to it-- does it create cravings? Are you hungry again w/in an hour of eating it? Do you gain (or not lose) that week? If you have no problems with it, try something new the next week. If you do have problems, stop eating it for awhile, try something else and see how that goes. But-- it's kind of an individual thing-- what works for me might not for you, and vice-versa.
Good luck to you!
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