Anne, thanks for the feedback. Yes, I am aware of the nuts issue. I usually eat a few "raw" and then just put a pinch of chopped in my salad. I do add green peppers and cukes to the salad, to a spring mix or such. But I'm not a big veggie fan at all which makes this diet a challenge. I should add more dairy - milk tastes so much better on cereal!
Mindy

Ok - I admit it - the honeymoon phase with PHASE 1 is OVER for me!! My weight loss has been fluctuating and it seems to have stalled. I know what I'm doing wrong, too - I've been picking here and there at the cashews.. and those add up!! I also think I need to add more water and be careful about not overdoing it on "Desserts", even if they are the SB approved type skim ricotta things. I have to remember just because I'm eating less-sugary things doesn't mean they're low fat, and it all comes down to calories in, calories out. So yeah... I ALMOST grabbed a piece of salt water taffy today at work since I was feeling a little dreary.. but then I remembered if I did that, a whole week and two days of extreme "good" would be wasted. Happily, I haven't cheated yet and while I might be overdoing it on a few things, I am so proud of myself for not reaching for the pretzels or popcorn! Hoping I can hang in there - I really only have four days left on phase one and I want to rock it!

Good morning everyone! I have also been up and down on the scale in phase 1. I was down to 131 and then yesterday 133.Today 132. Can you say-stay away from the scale?

I have been having a muffin made with bean flour (only beans in the ingred), eggs etc. I got the recipe from another site and it said phase 1. It also has 1/2 cup of pumpkin in the recipe. So last night I am reading my book and it says-phase one-avoid pumpkin. Now I bet each muffin only has about 1tsp of pumpkin in each but do you think it could be effecting my loss at all?

These muffins have helped me stay on track as I hate eggs in the am. I guess I am really on phase 1.25. The good news is that I am sugar free, carb-free and alcohol free (love a good chardonney) for 9 days. I feel so much better and have a lot more energy.

I also have to watch the peanuts/nuts. I ate three handfulls yesterday as my snack. OOps!

Have a great day!

Yup - better watch the peanuts! By the way, where did you get the bean muffin recipe? I'm not sure why bean flour is allowed on Phase I - beans are but it's something to do with flour being higher GI.

checking in before we head to the pool. Made eggs and ham for breakfast and had 11 grape tomatoes(hope that covers 1/2 cup of veges).

popcorn- I find myself having the same problem with eating to much of one thing. I am trying to figure it out. Good job for leaving the taffy it will be worth it at the end.

tchermom-I like to do meat rolls in the a.m. when I tire of eggs. Deli meat,spinach leaves,pepper slices,onions, whatever vege available and roll it and go.

abovethedin-on your mini goal! spagetti night at our house is zucchini night for me. Yum it is coming soon.

Ruth- good morning.

Gotta go the kids even say so!!!!

I got the bean recipe over at LO-carb friends. The ingredients on the package says garbonzo beans and fava beans-that is it. I think I will refrain from these until phase two. Thanks! Kim

Jen, I make spaghetti sauce with No Added Sugar Spaghetti sauce and ground turkey (my family can't tell the difference) and ladle it over roasted veggies (onions, peppers, zucchini) with a little grated fresh Parmesan. It is heavenly and very filling. I don't miss the pasta at all.

Jen,
when the fam is having spaghetti, which I could take-or-leave, too, and I want to keep it simple, I'll roll some ricotta in some chix lunchmeat and cover with sauce and a sprinkle of parm and bake for me - I could swear I was eating a stuffed shell or something and I get to enjoy the sauciness. Mindy

I'm on Day 4 and have already lost 7 pounds! This is very exciting and I hope to continue on this trend . I have been drinking nothing but liters and liters of water and a little milk here and there and am getting pretty sick of it.

Anyone have any ideas as to what else I can drink?

There's a lot you can have!! I'm drinking sugar free kool-aid right now, you can have iced tea (Sweetened with Splenda), or they have minute maid light drinks in limeade, lemonade that are 15 calories a serving with no sugar. At work, I have the crystal light lemonade packs to go (dump them in a water bottle!) and also propel grape flavored drink mix (Again, dump them in a water bottle!). Both are sugar free and yummy! If you like water but just need to jazz it up, try adding cucumber slices. Sounds weird but tastes really crisp and refreshing. Good luck, I know how it gets redundant! It's good you're not too into diet soda, though I admit it.. I do like a diet sprite every now and then!

I love sun tea in the summertime. I also like the South Beach drink mixes. The tropical breeze flavor is very good.

Hi All,
I'm feeling a bit more optimistic than earlier in the week. I'm back down on the scale so while I've lost absolutely NOTHING this week, and 1/2 of last week, I'm still down and not starving, so I guess baby-steps are the rule. And, physically it's impossible to be eating this healthily and this "light" (approx 1400 cal/day) and NOT lose at some point. I have noticed that the older I get, the more sporadic my weight loss is. When I was young, if I was faithful, I'd lose 2# per week. Now, I tend to lose in larger chunks every few weeks. So, can I hold on until the scale drops? We'll see.

Today is day 21 so tomorrow I think I'm entering phase 1.5 and will have 2 fruits per day added to my repertoire. I've got a hankerin' for blueberries.

Happy Friday all!!

Hey everyone! I weighed this morning and my stall is officially over thank goodness. I am down 2 lbs. Not a lot, but atleast it's something. I think it helped that I worked out more this week. Now I just want to keep the momentum going. I hope all of you are having a good week. Tomorrow is my last graduation party and then no celebrations until the 4th of July, yay!