Welcome to all the Newbies!

Chelby, our updated lists are from the newest book, South Beach Supercharged, and we constantly update our information as we receive it from South Beach Diet. All beans are fine for Phase 1, but it's recommended to add them gradually because of the side effects if you aren't used to eating them daily. We've found that a daily helping of beans and dairy will also help to you feeling satisfied and may help prevent headaches and that tired, achy feeling that is sometimes experienced around day 3 or 4. We fondly call it the South Beach flu around here. On Phase 1 you should not be eating pudding since it contains starch, but SF jello is fine.

oops, i accidentally had a sf pudding for snack..... is that a huge problem?

No, it's not a huge problem but it's not a Phase 1 food.

Gotchya cottage. Thanks for the heads up!

Today is my official first day of phase I! I read the book last week and I have all the snacks and foods I need for the week. Today's breakfast was two eggs, two slices of Canadian bacon, tomato juice and coffee with milk and splenda. I had cottage cheese, tomatoes, cucumber and hummus for lunch, and I'll have salmon using one of the recipes in the book for dinner. Happy New Year everyone!

Thanks for your help! I'll get the Supercharged book. And I'll cut the pudding. Gotta figure out how to drink milk without Cheerios!

Try a few drops of vanilla or almond extract in it.
You can also have nonfat plain yogurt to help fulfill your daily dairy requirements. Here are some suggestions for things you can add to it to make it really yummy, too -
Crystal Light powder
SF jello powder
cinnamon and Splenda
cocoa powder or expresso powder and Splenda
flavored SF syrups such as DaVinci or Torani
SF jam

I'll try the 'add-ins' for the plain yogurt. I also want to try the ricotta recipes from the book. They sound yummy!

Day 4 for me

Breakfast - a really weird concoction that I probably won't try again it was 1/2 cup mashed white beans, egg substitute, cinnamon and Splenda. I was trying to do a french-toast-tasting thing. I ate it, and it did fill me up.

snack - cup of fat free plain yogurt, espresso powder and a Splenda

lunch - egg and lean ham, broccoli and onions leftover from husband's breakfast.

snack - few slices roast beef, with horseradish sauce

dinner - chicken breast, big green salad, coleslaw made with lowfat mayo, another 1/2 cup white beans.

still to have - cup of skim milk, maybe a TBSP of PB if I'm needing it.

I have done Phase I so many times and been successful each time. Well, here we go again!! I am having great results so far. But the problem is that I do great in Phase I and then I blow it. I think (subconsciously) I am intimidated by Phase II. I will be here for support this time!

Hi RoyalAthena, I think I am the same way as you. I always blow it during phase 2. I don't know if I do it incorrectly and succumb to the cravings or if I am just sabotaging myself.

I definitely plan on being here for support as well.

Chelby - I get the DaVinci or Torani sugarfree syrups and use that in my milk to flavor it. I especially like the Torani vanilla or chocolate ones but coconut is good too and cinnamon isn't bad. There are lots of good flavors.

Where do you find the syrups in the store? Aunt Jemima department? Coffee department?

grocery stores usually have one or two sugarfree flavors in the coffee section. I buy Torani at World Marketplace. They have a large selection of sugarfree in the coffee and tea section. Sam's Club has DaVinci. You can also get DaVinci online and there are more flavors that way.

I'm going to try the plain yogurt with the Crystal Light. It sounds interesting. I've tried the SF Jam in it before and it was tasty. I started over again a few days ago, but I went to the mall hungry and blew it. After a few days of eating junk again, I started over today.
I'm looking forward to being successful with all of you.