I did great on sbd but got lazy and complacent. I've been calorie ccounntg the last few months but that's only helped me maintain. This allergy season is really hitting me hard-horrible post nasal drip that triggers a nasty cough.
My doctor suggested I avoid all wheat and dairy for a few weeks and see if that might be helpful. Since all the allergy medications are not working for me.
Then I was talking with my dh this morning and he said "you should go back on that South Beach diet. Your allergies were almost gone those years you were on that diet, you had a lot more energy and lost weight without a ton of exercising, you were just getting your 10,000 steps in every day. And you were seldom sick."
Wow, I didn't realize he had noticed all that. I guess eating natural agreed with me. Who knew?
So I was going thorugh my old food journals (other thing I got out of the habit of doing) and realized that every time I did phase 1 I ate a lot of dairy. All that cottage cheese, yogurt and ricotta cheese in addition to the regular low fat cheese I added to just about everything. That was one of the reasons I liked SBD.
So what are some suggestions for phase one dairy-less? More beans, maybe try to figure out some recipes for all the tofu I have in the fridge.
{I shop at a large Korean market and they tend to have it on sale for 0.99 every once in a while and I of course knowing how good it's suppposed to be for you buy it. It sets in the back of the fridge until a month or 2 after it's expiration date and then I throw it away, saying next time I'll do better.}
Probably take an extra calcium supplement. I may hit Trader Joes and get some soy based yogurt and cheese.
Any simple tofu recipes? All my tofu recipes are chinese style and have a done of ingrediants and too many steps
Any post nasal drip relieve ideas?
Sarah in MD