Good afternoon my little(er) chickadees! I forgot that I didn't have to work today and slept IN!!! Got up at 10 and made breakfast for me and my little chick- a 2 egg omlet w/ hotsauce, chicken(I grilled 3 extra breasts last night for a no excuses lunch!!), 2% cheddar, green & red peppers and onions. Put a little salsa on it then realized that it had 1g of sugar and nixed it.
My pc is on the fritz so I headed over to my MIL's to "visit". She's not home so I thought I'd stop by and see what the waters like in your neck of the woods. Also, I packed my lunch- a salad w/ left over chicken and chickpeas(my favorite) and snacks, hard boiled eggs, and some cheese. I had to make a concious effort to NOT eat strawberries while I was cutting some up for lily for her snack. MMM... strawberries. I can't wait for P2.
HELLO slimmingdown!!!This is the start of a brand new day, lots of choices to be made, let's make good ones together!! Take it easy greasy, it's a LOOONG slide home!
Caryn, way to go on day 2- you are an inspiration. The next time I want to reach for something unauthorized I'm going to remember that you had a salad for BREAKFAST- that is intestinal fortitude!!! Keep up the good work
Hello to all the new chicks-good luck. Keep posting, let us know how it's going.
I'm so glad we have this thread to get us through the beginning of our journey.

I am doing much better today! Finally!

The grocery store was an adventure. I definately looked at foods in a much different way than I have in the past. I really almost enjoyed SBD when I attempted it a few years ago, I changed a lot of my habits and I think became an overall healthier person even though I wasn't very successful with weightloss. This time I am going to try to keep health as my overall reason since I lose weight very slowly normally.

Thanks for the support everyone. Unfortuantely I do tend to be hard on myself. I'm still recovering from an ED so I have a tendency to let food REALLY affect me. I love the support around here! Y'all are great!

tifanicole - The 1gm of sugar in the salsa was probably from the tomatoes and that is perfectly acceptable. Just make sure there was no added sugar. That is why you have to check the ingredients instead of just the nutritional information.

1. OMG Jill, you are BEAUTIFUL!!!! and Barb, thanks for the support but I checked, at the very bottom of the list there it was SUGAR. I thought the same thing- I didn't even think about it at first. Good thing I checked. I wasn't on the Beach when I bought the salsa, I'll be sure to check from now on I can NOT live without salsa!!! I am skipping my mil's meatloaf tonight at dinner and had the courage to ask her (you know Italian woman and their cooking) to leave out some chopped meat so I could have a hamburger, thenI stopped at the store to get asparagus and SBD friendly salad dressing and black beans to make those brownies. Hope you all have a sunny weekend on the Beach!!!

I'm on Day 5 and it's going pretty well. I met my hubby for lunch today. He's running a half-marathon Sunday and is carb loading so we went to Olive Garden (not my favorite place to begin with but sometimes you have to take one for the team ). I never realized how heavy-sauce laden the menu is so I created my own dish. I ordered grilled chicken w/double vegetables on the side and plain salad w/vinegar and oil on the side. The veggies were a little on the oily side but at least it was olive oil (w/basil and garlic) and with so many on the plate I was able to choose the "drier" ones. Surprisingly satisfying.

So we'll be traveling to St. Louis for the race and I'll do my best to stay on plan. We used to live on the East Coast and would travel to Chicago a couple times a year to see family so my kids are accustomed to car rides, but we established some traditions over the years ... one being we ALWAYS bring Pringles and licorice in the car. We do include healtier choices, too, but being on Phase 1 makes things a bit trickier. We'll bring a cooler with so I'm packing cheese sticks, chopped celery, laughing cow cheese and natural peanut butter. I also found some s/f licorice at the store so I figure I can join in the fun (and, of course, count the calories as sweet treats). Dinner tomorrow night will be tricky as we'll be eating at the home our our friend's parents, but I'm make the best choices possible. Other than that, I'm focused on smooth sailing.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Well I passed up the huge muffins at work today. I was brave and actually surprised that it really didn't bother me to much. I was proud of my accomplishment thats not easy when there is a whole platter sitting in front of you at a meetinG. I had some black coffee instead that was good coffee. Then went back to my office and ate some lunch. I was satisfied. Then tonight broiled some haddock and scallops for dinner and had cottage cheese. Any good recipes or ideas for nonfat yogurt for stage 1? Thanks again for the support. Carynm good idea to bring your healthy choices I like the laughing cow got groceries and forgot the dang cheese next round I will get it. Can we have the ww popsicles? On phase 1?

Oh the scale is showing another lb. gone hurray! Just wanted to share my good findings with all of my support system. I am reading the SB book I got from the local library. Interesting reading. I do have to say I would love a crunchy bowl of grapenuts right about now. But I am off to make some eggs and turkey bacon for my breakfast the scale going down will help me make good choices throughout my day today. Have a great one!