South Beach Diet - January 9th Phase 1 starters

I am starting phase 1 on Jan 9th and I am going shopping tomorrow.

BTW My Niece is going to do this with me do you think it will stall her weight loss if she has one piece of wheat toast every other day?? It makes her sick to eat eggs every morning..

I did SB in 2004 and lost 17 pounds and hope to be as successful as I was then.

Hi Loving mommy! Me and DH will be joining you !!!

Hmm: Here's a link to Alternatives to Eggs in the morning..and don't forget,Think outside the box.. we don't have to rely on traditional items fer breakfast..

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57532

Phase 1 is to help us rid our cravings fer sugar and processed stuff. I don't know if having WW everyother day will help her with that.. Maybe neice can take a look at that link and try these other things.

Hey Loving~Mommy,

I'm going grocery shopping today and starting on Monday as well. I have about 30 pounds to lose and hope to be close to my goal by the time by 23rd birthday rolls around in May. I've had success on it before too so I know we can do it again. Good Luck!!!



~Stephanie

Well maybe we can all be buddies I have 40 pounds to lose

I'm starting over today (it's midnight lol) so I'll be joining you too!!!

Hey Alisha...we just moved from Lafayette! Dh is from Louisiana. That cooking really got to me LOL.

I'm right there with ya! Two full weeks of P1 starting Mon 1/9 . Tomorrow I go buy a crockpot and a waffle maker. Two appliances I've never had and feel Ishould. Can't wait!!

Alrighty, I've set my PHASER TO ONE.. heh heh, I'm such a cornball!:dizzy:

Dh is joining me sooo we will have a MAN Chicken here... Here's our menu for today:

BF: 2 eggs scrambled with zucchini with Pam.
Cawfee with splenda
V8

Snack: Celery Sticks with Ranch dressing dippage.

Lunch: Turkey and LF Swiss Roll UPs.
Tomato and Onion With Balsamic

Snack: 8 Oz Tomato Juice

Dinner: Cola Chicken
Green Beans

Dessert: SF Black Cherry Jello with a dollop of LF cool whip

Water Water Water

LOL! A man chicken! :rofl: Does he know you just called him that?? :lol:

Anyways!! Today is day one for me too. I started with mock oatmeal since I have no veggies in my house but am off to the store to stock up. I'm sending good OP P1 vibes everyone's way!

Today I'm with Shatz Phaser is set to ONE!
I don't have enough veggies in the house
the menu thus far
Breakfast
1 hb egg and some luncheon meat ham
tea with 1% and splenda ( i put in too much splenda bleh!)
snack
String Cheese
Lunch
Cheese maybe ham or some pork roast or veggie crumbles
and my taco veggie soup which i still have to post I adapted it from core
Dinner
London Broil and a veggie of some sort

Pearseydew: I told DH he was a MAN chicken... he said Geez, Thanks... No problem darlin, I am doing what I can do reinforce yer masculinity :lol:

OK, as MUCH as I reeeeaaallly didn't want to do this... Time to address the scale avoidance issue I've been having.. I gained 11 pounds :tantrum: since drifting off the beach and hangin with Whales... CRAP!!! I really hope I've learned my lesson. No more choco cherries! No more using pumpkin pie as a vegetable...no more eating ridculous portions. So, with much pain, I have reset my ticker to reflect my current weight. Sigh..Gotta git real, and be honest with you all and myself...

Oh Schatzi I can't wait to get home tonight and tell my hubby he is a MAN chicken. Our phasers are set to one again this week also. Here is today's menu.

B - one cup raw broccoli, one slice extra lean ham, 3 slices deli oven roasted turky, smidgen bit of chive and onion cream cheese to make a rollup

S - 3FC 4 bean salad

L - Taco Bake left over from last night, cottage cheese, milk and snap peas

S - celery with SF peanut butter

D - Schatzi's cola chicken (trying for first time), spinach/roman salad w/ tomatoes and cucumbers, green beans and/or steam broccoli

S - SF Jello w/dollop of cool whip

Typing this made me hungry must be snack time. 4 bean salad here I come.

Good luck to all us phase oners. Newbies and retreads!:hug:

Alright chickies, third time is the Charm right. STarting PH1Day1 today. I am feeeeeeeeling awful due to this cold I am having :stars: so even though cough medicine has sugar in it, I am going to have to cheat on that. Here is what I have planned for today:

B: LF String Cheese (woke up late)

S: Peanutes

L: Water Packed Tuna with rf mayo

S: Celery Stalks with Natural Peanut Butter

D: LF Chicken Parmesan

De: Fudgcicle

Wo: hopefully 60 mins of cardio...:tread:

I am starting this plan not only fully supported by you all but also my DH, and his M and F.

Pearshape - I cannot live without my waffle maker (except on this phase I will have to lol) I have a really nice crockpot, never used it. Hoping to learn how on this phase.

Schatzi - Man chicken, you are so funny! Your day looks great! ANd why isnt pumpkin pie a vegetable lol. I am resetting mine as well which pretty much negates me back to the start of my goal :(

Well I hope you ladies have a great OP day!

Sorry about the cold, Stephie. Any chance you can get sugar free cough medecine? I know they make it for diabetics.

Um...just a hint - peanut butter and peanuts. The Phase I rule is either, not both unless you halve the recommended serving size.

I have been reading my SB book again today and plan to shop for everything and start actually on Jan 10th. Close enough, right?

:D

Yeah thats cool LOL

Here is my menu for today

Hot Tea to wake me up

B~ SB Choc Shake

S~ nothing was at docs office

L~ shrimp Ceasar salad w/ Ranch

S~ Left over shrimp ceasar

D~ Chicken, Broccoli, Cheese, ham, Green Beans

S~ SF Fudgesicle w/ Cup 1% milk

Ok ready for criticizism LOL

Ok so I didn't start today as planned, life got in the way and poor preparation on my part. Starting definitely tomorrow and I'm SO glad I found this board again, that other board was making me paranoid about eating period!

You guys are just so wonderful I tell you want!

Good luck ladies :)

Here it is DAY 2 !! I did pretty good yesterday! Need to slug down more water...
My Man Chicken :chicken: did great too... Cept he hates water.. The man has a 6 pack a day Diet Pepsi habit...nuthin I can do bout that...

Now let's see what's on the Menu at Chef Shatzi's ::chef: today


B: Gonna try Synergy's Mock Pancakes

S: My typical Celery stuffed with laughing Mooooooo

L: Salad with Kidney Beans and left over Chick

S: Roasted CAJUN Chickpeas YEHAWWWWWW

D: Pork Chomps-- Shebas soy and garlic recipe....or. there's a recipe on the WW site that calls for FF sour cream...might give that a go... with Smashed Cauliflower

Dessert: either sf jello or sf ice pop.

Hey chicks! Yesterday was not too good on the water or veggies unfortunately. I felt like crap all day from jetlag. This morning my sinuses are killing me but I just took a pill so hopefully they'll let up. My menu for today is as follows:

B: Mock waffles (w/ my new waffle maker)
L: spinach/romaine salad with roast chicken
S: cucumbers and lauging cow cheese
D: beef and veggie soup, steamed broccoli
S: ricotta something or other

STephanie: you can make the mock waffles in your waffle maker w/ sf syrup. Yummy! Even better than the mock panckaes which are good too!

Icmethinner welcome aboard the more the marrier. Amy I understand about life getting in the way. Just hop on today.

Did really good yesterday. 120oz of water. I know sounds like a lot but it seems to be just about right for me. Lots of veggies. And I didn't have any of the cream cheese danishes that someone brought into the office. Yea for me!!:carrot:

By the way Schatzi your cola chicken is so wonderful I thought I had died and gone to heaven last night. I highly recommend it to anyone.:T :T

Today's menu:

B - Ham & turkey rolled up with smidge bit of chive onion cream cheese, grape tomatoes and cucumbers

S - 4 Bean Salad

L - Left over Cola Chicken (can wait), broccoli, mushrooms, cottage cheese and milk

S - celery with SF peanut butter

D - Sun Dried Tomato hamburgers, spinach/roman salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and celery and probably green beans.

S - SF Jello with a dollop of cool whip

Good luck everyone on staying OP today.:hug:

Well yesterday 'went to the dogs' was feeling particularly sick and was not very OP. You know I have noticed that when I do go OP, other than the usual guilt I just feel really sick. It is like when I am eating OP my system feels 'clean' and when I am not my stomach suffers the consequences. Anyway started the morning off right with a good breakfast. Hoping to make it all day as a perfect angel *wink*

Ruth - duh, I cannot believe I planned it that way. Must have been a slip up, but thanks for the reminder on the Peanut/Peanut Butter issue :)

Loving Mommy - I think your menu looks good. Definitely not enough food for me though lol.

Pearshape - I will have to check out that recipe. Is it in the phase 1 breakfast section of 3fc?

OK well it is back to work for me. Hitting the gym tonight would be great, not sure if it will be possible though. Maybe after I shoot the basketball game...

Steph why do you need to lose you are only 132 how tall are you

check out my menu for today everyone criticze me LOL

Breakfast 1 egg and 2 slices Canadian bacon

Snack Small Salad w/ almonds

Lunch Turkey Burger & Green Beans 1 /2 cup

Snack 2 slices turkey & 1 string Cheese

Dinner Grilled chicken w/ broccoli

Snack SF Jello

Lovin Mommy! We don't criticize her darlin... just helpful :D

Might try a little more dairy, and make sure you are eating enough..darlin!!!

Oh I am a shorty....I am only 5'2 with a very very small frame. I am one of those skinny fat chicks lol. I look great in clothes but pretty different without. I have those love handles than kind of sit over the tops of my jeans in back. And I seem to hide weight in my booty... Overall just trying to tone up...I was about 105 a year and a half ago and it just felt right.

Ohh ok I see...


Well I am adding cheese to my turkey burger and also had a cup of milk with breakfast

Good adds Lovingmommy! (ps I'm guilty of not enough diary myself... I work in through 2% cottage cheese mostly and plain yougart ;) If you havent tried the Chocolate Shake ..it's awesome and a great way to get in some dairy!

Yippee, yippee, yippee:cheer: I lost 2 lbs, yesterday.:goodscale A new day has dawned, for me! :flow1: Remember ladies I am a day ahead of you, on the other side of the world. (Australia) Day 2 will be a little difficult because I will be here, there and everywhere. :bike: A bit tough to push the water, not knowing what corner the nearest loo (toilet) will be around. I think I jumped the gun a bit last night, when at 7:00 I said I had made it through another day. No more had I typed that and logged off, I had a snack attack. :hungry: Cut up a bit of cucumber and snacked on that. I realise, now, the day is not over until you pillow your head and can close your eyes and say, "Well Done". :cp: Does anyone know if the fake crab is allowed on the SB diet? I had already thawed some from the weekend, so I am trying to eat that up, but will not buy, again. Yesterday for brekkie I had 2 veggie quiches, LUNCH: mixed salad with crab, SUPPER: Egg omelet. SNACK: Ricotta cheese, with lime, cucumber, late evening. Any errors, ladies.

Thanks for your support and for inviting me to the newbie site. Catch you on the return trip.:scooter:

I have read where Dr. A said that artificial crabmeat was okay but I wonder if he realized what it contains? There are so many starches in it that most of us have decided it should be avoided.

That's what I figured about the artificial crab. Thanks for that bit of info.

Schatzi yes I tried the shake and it was delish

I also changed my menu around a lil bit I had some grilled shrimp and broccoli instead of Chicken I had chicken last night.

Also having milk with my snack

What is the recipe for the cola chicken? I am sure it is somewhere, here, but I still am working my way around the different threads. So, if someone could give it to me or point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. Thx.

The Cola Chicken is in the Recipes, Phase I. Here's the link. (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65515)

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the fake crab meat was not OK due to all the sugars in it. Hmm! Either way I'd avoid it.

Steph: Yes, the recipe is in the b'fast section. It's really good with some flax meal added to it, just be sure to count that as your nut serving, according to Dr. A.

Yesterday was a good OP day. I had a late class so didn't feel like making the soup so just had leftover roast chicken and broccoli. Ruth somewhere posted about having sf syrup in milk as a dessert...I tried it...and it's so good. Thanks for that.

Morning all you Phase 1 chicks. I just have to say YEEEEE HAW!!!!:carrot:

Today was weight in day and I'm down 5.5 pounds.:goodscale Hubby was down 7.

I couldn't believe it. I know it is all water weight because of how much I had to pee yesterday but it is so encouraging to know I am getting rid of some of the weight I have gained since October. WOO WHO!:cb:

I'm going to chime in on the imitation crab also. When I read the package it had some kind of filler and for the life of me I can't remember what it was right now and sugar. I know when I found that out and quit eating it my weight started going down again.

Yesterday was another OP day for me even though the temptations (better know as cream cheese danish) were still in the office. Had my 120oz of water and am feeling really good. I had forgotten how good I feel when I stay OP.

Today's menu:

B - Ham and turkey rollup with a smidge bit of chive onion cream cheese, tomatoes, and cucumbers

S - Bean Salad and Milk

L - eating out with a friend at Burger and Brew will probably have a spinach salad or ceasar salad w/o the dressing

S - celery with laughing cow light swiss

D - Chicken foil pouches (can't remember what they are called in the SBD book), black beans and spinach

S - SF Jello with dollop of cool whip for hubby and SF peanut butter with a dollop of cool whip for me.

Hope everyone has an OP day!!:hug:

Manage to get through, yesterday, with all it's here, there and everywhere's. Thanks for the chicken cola recipe. I do have problem, though. I cannot get all the SF items, here, that you have in America. Makes it difficult. I am not sure about the ketchup, either. Don't know if we even have anything like low carb ketchup. What about tomato sauce. Guess it wouldn't taste the same. Major boo boo, yesterday. Went to the shops and saw some low fat fudgesicles. I thought, yippee, :yes: Bought them and then on the way home, a light pinged in my head. I checked the fat content, but did I check the sugar. NOOOOOOOOO! it had 16.1 g of sugar.:nono: Well, offered them up as a sacrifice to DH when I got home. He gladly accepted. :T Back to the drawing board. :stress: As for the crab meat. What's left in the frig will be breakfast for the magpies this morning.:dz: Well, off for another cuppa and see what I can get into, today. It is a home day. Cleaning and finally take down the Christmas tree.
:coffee:

Just made the Salsa chicken and as I was making it, I noticed the taco mix had sugar in it, the salsa had sugar in it. Was going to make something else and noticed the tinned diced tomatoes had 4.0 sugar in it. What do I do? How much is too much sugar? :?: After having to give up my fudgecicles, yesterday, not ready to give up my chicken:chicken: :tantrum: I dont' think we have many of the LF, SF, items, here, that are available overseas. Oh, woe is me.:stress:

Do they list sugar in the ingredient list or only on the nutritional information? Tomatoes have natural sugar which is fine but you want to avoid added sugar. I know someone has listed a combination of spices that you can use for the Taco mix.

:hug: Arheba :hug: sorry you sound so stressed. I don't know what kinds of salsa you have there but if Pace is one of the brands they don't add sugar to it. It will show a sugar grams count but like Barb said it is from the tomatoes and that sugar is OK. If you can't find one with out added sugar you could always make your own with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos or chillis and cilantro. I haven't been able to find a no sugar added Taco mix. However I did find that the spices that are in the Taco Bake recipe work wonderfully for a Taco mix. And you can make it as spicy or mild as you want just by adding and deleting the spices. The Taco Bake link is http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38592&highlight=Taco Hope this helps you dear.


As for me well I had another OP day and am feeling really good still. I love it. Just wish I could remember how much better I feel when I'm eating correctly when that donut or cookie pops up at me. :lol:

Today's menu will be:

B - Ham & turkey with smidge bit of cream cheese roll up, cucumbers, tomatoes. I know boring but I like it and it is something I can eat while I drive for 45 mins to work.

S - Bean salad and milk

L - Taco Bake, broccoli, grean beans, snap peas and cottage cheese

S - Laughing cow light swiss and celery

D - Meatloaf (no crackers or oatmeal), spinach/romaine salad, cauliflower

S - hubby get jello with dollop of cool whip and I will have peanut butter with a dollop of cool whip

Hope everyone has a great OP day. :hug:

Ok my menu for yesterday I ready for my critcism

B~ SB Choc Shake

S~ 2 deviled eggs

L~ 3 baked chicken wings, and salad

S~ oops

D~ Turkey with spinach with mozzarella

S~ SB Pnut butter cup


OK GO!!

BTW 3 more pounds gone

Chicken wings are not allowed...stick to breast meat.

That's right - they are too fatty. I'm also wonderng about the veggies. We should be aiming for 4 1/2 cups per day.

Thanks to all for your insight. Will have to learn to read the labels for sugar. Have always read the fat content, but never thought much about the sugar. Off to town, today, to the hairdresser and then to the shops and have a wander and read some labels. Did well, yesterday, but in reading the other posts don't think I am eating enough veggies. Stayed OP all day, which I am pleased about, plus did not feel hungry. Don't we all wish this feeling could last a lifetime. :cb: Congrats to all that stayed OP, yesterday. The taco chicken bake was good, yesterday. I made a cucumber, onion, tomatoe salad with a little olive oil, vinegar and equal. Was quite good, although don't think DH was to fussed on it, but he suffered in silence!:eating2: lLost four pounds so far.:goodscale :cb:

Off for another cuppa before my day begins.:coffee: Catch up with you later.:wave:

Had a poke around at shops before going to hairdresser. Didn't come up with much. Did find some mexican spices for the next time I make the taco chicken. No spray butter. Found a Heinz tomato sauce, Oops, ketchup with 25% less sugar. Nothing SF. Did find some cheese sticks that were low in fat and calories, so went with those, also. That's about the long and short of it. Will keep reading and searching in some other shops as time goes along. Bought some caulie and will cook and mash that tonight. I do have some Molly McButter someone sent me from the States, so will give that a go. I waited until I got home for lunch and finished off the chicken with the tomato, cucumber and onion salad. I tend to be a creature of habit. When I find something I like, it seems I eat it a few days in a row. Catch up with everyone in the a.m.

Hi everyone just a quick drive by today. Lots to do. Still OP and feeling great. Scales down again this morning.:carrot: It is amazing how much water you can retain and not know it.

Today's menu will be:

B - Ham & turkey with smidge bit of cream cheese roll up, cucumbers, tomatoes.

S - Bean salad and milk

L - Left over meatloaf, broccoli, grean beans, snap peas and cottage cheese

S - Laughing cow light swiss and celery

D - Garlic soy pork chops, cauliflower and black beans

S - hubby gets SF jello with dollop of cool whip and I will have peanut butter with a dollop of cool whip. Know this is what we have every night but it works for us. Cures the wanting something sweet/dessert crave after dinner.

We didn't get the foil pouch chicken done this week. Just didn't have time that day so we just ate leftovers. However, the chicken was thawed so I baked it with some seasonings and tomorrow I am going to put it in the crock pot with either the cola chicken items or the SBD BBQ sauce. Not sure which I want to try yet.

Hope everyone has a geat OP day and weekend.:hug:

Hellloooo Phase 1ners! I've been goood.. just haven't been here :(

Sheba: DRAT! I wanted to make your garlic/soy pork chops the other day.. I have NO soy sauce in the house... another item on the grocery list..
I used all the other ingredients fer it, and then used Carboption Asian Marinade. DH looooved it!

Tonight's menu : I get to eat what I want..since DH is away. So I am making Spinach stuffed portabella mushrooms, with a huge tossed salad.

Looks like a good menu, Sheba's Mom.
Arheba, that salad with the cukes and tomatoes sounds good. I may have that with my dinner tonight.
You chickies are doing well on Phase I! Good going! :grouphug:

Yes folks I went into labor this morning and gave birth to a 1/4 inch rabbit pellet. :dz:.. Must add more fiber. I don't get on the scale til Wednesday.. I sure hope that it shows some loss!!!

Hi all!! I too started on the 9th and am working my way through the first week. Have headaches, light headedness, all the typical stuff from what I've read. I'm deployed overseas so food is pretty limited (what the galley serves, we eat). But I've stuck with it (my buddy quit after 3 days). There's eggs every morning and a salad bar for lunch and dinner. Haven't stepped on the scale yet, it's been almost a week and I'm curious. Hardest part for me is night snacking, I love nuts! Take care, God bless, and good job everyone!!:p

I started January 10th and am down about 5 pounds - nevermind the fact that this is day one of myT.O.M. and I would normally be up 5-8 pounds!!! Now that I am over the hump of feeling bad for the first couple of days, I am feeling great! I am not hungry and I love the foods that I am able to eat. I was on a plateau for several weeks before I started this and SBD has gotten me off of it!

WOW!! Does everyone else think this is the best diet ever?? :carrot:

Morning all you phase oners!!

Man Schatzi you crack me up :rofl: gave birth to a rabbit pellet. :rofl: Eat those beans, drink that milk, eat those veggies and so on and so on and so on:p

:cheer: Cograts to all of you that have lost this week. :goodscale I too have had a good week with a loss of 9 pounds. What is even better is that my clothes are fitting better already. AND I feel great with lots of enegry.

Today's menu:

B - Bacon and eggs (I know, I know where are the veggies)

S - Bean Salad and milk

L - Not sure spending the day taking my mom shopping so something salad ish somewhere

S - Going to take nuts with me and maybe some celery

D - Crockpot chicken - Still haven't decided if I'm going to try the cola chicken in the crockpot or just do SBD BBQ sauce chicken.

S - Must make some SF jello. Hubby didn't have any last night and OK he isn't wild about my peanut butter and cool whip.

Well better go get my dinner in the crock or it won't be ready for tonight. Hope everyone has a great OP day and weekend!!:hug:

Week 1 of Phase 1 and the Scale Gods saw fit to award me with a 3 pound loss!
YiPPPPEEEEE Fer MEEEEEEE :cp:

So the rabbit pellet weighed three pounds? Congratulations. :rofl:

Schatzi so glad the scale gods were good to you this week.:goodscale They have been good to me also but my official weigh in day is Wednesday so I am waiting for it.

How are the rest of the Phase oners doing?:?:

Well as usually my mother tried to sabotage my WOE this weekend when we were shopping Saturday. She insisted on going to Krispy Kreem and practically through a fit until I took her there. Well you need to be proud of me ladies I sat there and watched her order and eat 4 donuts and I didn't have any!!! Hurray for me!!! :carrot: The scale gods were good to me this morning for it also as I was down another 3 pounds this morning!

Today's menu:

B - Ham & turkey roll up with that smidgey bit of cream cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers

S - bean salad and milke with protein power in it

L - cola chicken, broccoli and cottage cheese

S - celery and laughing cow cheese

D - Have an early meeting tonight so we will be eating out. Probably the mom and pop drive thru that has a wonderful grilled chicken salad. They don't marined the chicken just a few seasonings and then grill it.

S - hubby gets his jello and I get my peanut butter with a dollop of cool whip when we get home from the meeting.

Hope everyone has a great OP day!:hug:

Weighed in after one week and hit the 5 lb loss mark. :goodscale I feel good about that loss, although I know most was water. Things will probably slow for me, now. I know the average weight loss on the Phase 1 is 8-10 pounds, but unless I get movin don't think it's gonna happen.:tread: But, hey, as long as weight is on it's "weigh" down, no complainy!:bubbles: I have been trying a few of the recipes and most have been good and DH has even liked them. I loved it when he actually thought the shredded caulie was rice.:eating2: Well, time to hit the coffee, again. :coffee2: Have a good week OP.

Cool WTG on the loss

:encore: :cheer: :cheer:

Morning all you Phase oners! Today was weigh in day and it was wonderful!! Down a total of 10.5 pounds since starting P1 again. WOO WHOO!!:carrot: :goodscale

Today's menu:

B - same ole same ole ham, turky, cream cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers

S - forgot to make bean salad last night so I'm going to do broccoli and milk with protein powder

L - taco bake, chinese broccoli, cottage cheese and pea pods

S - celery with laughing cow

D - spaghetti w/o the noodles, (I'm thinking about serving it on cauliflower tonight will have to see), black beans

S - Jello for hubby and peanut butter for me with a dollop of cool whip

Well I'm off the change my ticker. Hope everyone has a good OP day.:hug:

WOw Sheba...That is great!!

Sheba!!! WOW!!!! :cp: :cp: You must be on Cloud Nine Girl!!!!!! :cloud9:
How absolutely FABUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My official weigh in is Wednesday's tooo.. I've lost 4 pounds..chicken Man is down 5. And we both feel great!

Tonight I'm gonna try that chicken /spinach casserole.

Sheba!!! WOW!!!! :cp: :cp: You must be on Cloud Nine Girl!!!!!! :cloud9:
How absolutely FABUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My official weigh in is Wednesday's tooo.. I've lost 4 pounds..chicken Man is down 5. And we both feel great!

Tonight I'm gonna try that chicken /spinach casserole.

:cheer: Congrats on the loss for you and your chicken man Schatzi!! :carrot: :goodscale

Isn't it amazing how much better you feel when you stay OP.:dancer:

Well I'm not telling my chicken man how much I have lost and he doesn't ask anymore. I have lost about 3 pounds more than him this time and the last time that happened I think he sulked for a week. Men and their egos go figure. :rolleyes:

Got back on track - have lost a few more!

Hope everyone is doing great!!

Well it's day 12 of P1 and I'm still doing good. Forgot to eat my black beans for two days and started feeling crappy. Litteraly. :lol: Had a large portion of them last night and everything is moving through like it should again this morning. Amazing how lousy you can feel when things aren't moving right.

So far I'm down 11.5 pounds and hope to make it 12 by Monday. Would be a record for me on P1. Usually I only loose about 7 pounds so I must have been holding a lot of water.

Today's menu:

B - Same old thing-Ham, turkey, cream cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes

S - Bean salad and milk

L - Spagheti sauce, broccoli and cottage cheese

S - Laughing cow swiss with celery

D - Chicken foil pounches, BLACK BEANS, :D and spinach

S - Jello for hubby and SF peanut butter for me with dollop of cool whip

I know our menu really repeats itself a lot but it is all food we really like and it is what keeps us on track for the two weeks.

Hope all you phase oners are doing well. Just think we are almost done!!:carrot: I can already taste that whole wheat bagel for breakfast on Monday.

Hope you all have a great OP weekend. :hug:

Good on ya Sheba's mum. I am on day 12, too, but only lost 6, so far, but not complaining. The chicken foil pouches keep popping up and I have tried to find the recipe but must be overlooking it. Could you give it to me?
Maybe, I am not eating enough beans. Don't know if we have black beans, here. Did put some white beans in a stir fry last night. I did roast the chick peas last week and loved them, but was afraid I might over eat them if I kept making them. But, me thinks, it's on for, today. Again, congrats. Check back in with you on weight in day.

Hi Arheba sorry about the chicken pouches thing. It is a recipe in the P1 section of the original SBD book. The first one that is the blue color. It is called Chicken en Papillote and is on page 150 of the book. I call it chicken pouches because I can't ever remember the en Papillote. :lol: I modified it for our tastes as we discovered we don't really like tarragon or orange zest, so I just leave that out. I alway double the amount of the chicken and triple the amount of the zucchini. If you don't have the book I will put the recipe into the recipe section.

It calls for one medium carrot and I go ahead and add that even though being in P1 it says we aren't suppose to have carrots. It hasn't ever given me any set backs or caused cravings.

It makes the chicken really super moist and gives it lots of flavor with the veggies. It freezes really well is why I always double it. I usually make it on Friday night because our weekends are usually insane. So I can just grab the leftovers, through them in the microwave and heat up a couple of cans of veggies and have lunch or dinner (or both some weekends) in a matter of minutes.

Hope you have a great weekend!