South Beach - Phase I
I'm on Phase I of South Beach (SBD)
B. two coffees
- protein shake again - I needed to resist the muffins when I went out for coffee!
L. tuna salad with chickpeas on lettuce
Jello and rhubard dessert
D. sirloin on the BBQ
broccoli
oven roasted peppers and egplant
I WILL have a mid-afternoon snack of ff cheese and celery
Water - lots of it because it's hot
D. - stir fried pork tenderloin with veggies and black beans.
Hey there ruth - just curious how you make your protein shake?
I make mine using protein powder in a can from Walmart, but I blend 1 cup very cold water, 1 scoop protein powder, 1 banana, 5 or 6 frozen strawberries and 3 packets of splenda and it is sooooooo yummy good. Do you make yours from scratch too?
If you are on Atkins or most other low carb diets, you need to eliminate the fruit. Bananas are very high carb (35.15)! You may as well throw in a slice and a half of white bread (21.8)!
My protein shake is: a cup of water, two scoops of protein powder, Splenda to taste, an egg and some SF Jello or Crystal Lite to flavour.
Breakfast"
Got my package with my Butter Pecan Flax-o-meal!(found a Canadian site which sells low carb stuff - also ordered sf maple syrup with 0 carbs and sf spiced cranberry sauce, also lc - can't wait to have turkey now!)
1/2 cup flax of meal bp cereal (2)
1 tsp butter (0)
1 packet splenda (1)
decaf w/cream (3)
=6
Lunch:
salad (3)
italian dressing (1)
oven roasted chicken breast (1.2)
=5.2
Snack:
3 pepperettes (1.7)
diet crush (1)
=2.7
Dinner:
roasted chicken (0)
halibut (0)
mayo (.5)
green beans (3)
= 3.5
Total = 17.4 (but I am feeling kinda hungry and my percentages are way off today: too much protein, not enuf fat!)
I sometimes use eggbeaters, sometimes whites and sometimes live dangerously and have a raw egg! I've been eating raw eggs for years and have never had salmonella poisoning - EVER! I personally know the hens who produce my eggs so I don't worry. There are too many other things to worry about.
Janie, the best thing for you to do is read a few books and pick a plan. Experience of my own is the perfect example that you can't mix plans too easily! Zone isn't low carb, and their bars aren't either. If you want to do a low carb diet, you will have to pick another kind of bar.
As for the fruit, it depends on what plan you are on. Almost all of them have strict no-no's on fruit in the beginning. You need to get it all out of your system, then you can add it back in.
The rest of your day looked pretty good, except for the light salad dressing. Make sure you are getting enough fat, and also make sure that it doesn't have added sugar. Low fat ones often do.
At the very least, look at the low carb diet guide here, and then choose a plan from what you read. http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-toolb...arb-guide.html is the Low Carb Diet Guide. In the Toolbox section on the left hand menu, you will find different diets to click on and read about. Hope it helps!
Thanks for the reminder, Jennifer. I'd forgotten about the 3FC carb counter!
Today - South Beach Diet
B. Western Omelet - 2 eggs, green pepper, 1 green onion and an ounce of boiled ham plus a slice of fat free cheese
L. I will be on the road so am taking some Laughing Cow Lite cheese and celery sticks and peppers
D. TBA but I think it will be scallop skewers again
