I just got the book today and have started the diet. I quit smoking and that brought on weight. I did lose on the low carb diet before, but that really isn't something you can live on forever. Hopefully, this will be my last diet.

Hey there,

I have not followed the plan the last 2 days, but have not fallen off the wagon. We had dinner out with friends last night. I cannot beleive I am going to say this, but I had a piece of bread to taste the dipping sauce...the bread did not taste good to me! Everyone else thought it was fine. But it was not that good. I am convinced that this diet has altered me in some way...in fact none of the food was that outstanding to me.

Today, I am back 100% on phase 1. I just made my usual smoothie and because I was trying to think of a way to get my oats in...I threw in a 1/3 of a cup...cannot even tell!!! Just put them in dry (uncooked) and so that is a nice change, I was getting tired of that bland oatmeal.

Have a great weekend. Next Friday will be my next weigh in..another 6 days of phase 1...hope I can minus another 5 - 6 pounds since the last time I weighed...(it will be 3 weeks next friday).

Good Afternoon, Suzanna , Jen, Pam, Butterkitty,chicks,,adiny, golden, arline,
sherry, olivia,Carlos and Sandy, Sheryl, 4 your heakth, Auntie cc, Suzi Q,
dishsyfishy, Dolphina, Tracy W, Twisted, happy face, 1lessthan threeyou,
Silamey, Jazzy. Hope all of you are having a great weekend. Everyone
is doing a great job!! we have the best support board around!! so lets
keep on a smashing and we will be where we want to be friends.
One day at a time that is all it takes. Congrats on all the loosers this
week. I didnt have a great week, but will stating today. We are all winners
and sometime we have stumbling blocks. Just like i did today , picked myself
up and dusted off and back were i need to be , smashing all with all of you!!
I did curves this am , gazelle this afternoon. will walk about 730 . Have ate
on target and feeling so much better. Just have to love this plan!! hew!! remember to be commited and do what it takes to have what we all want.
Have good night , see all in the am.
Hugs LINda can do this~~ so go team!! go
we will look so good>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...

I just wanted to report that I started smashing today and it's not as hard as I was expecting. I really enjoyed my oatmeal, cinnamon, and banana this morning. It had been such a long time since I had old fashioned oatmeal...while it was cooking, I put my banana in the freezer so that it would remain firm when mixed with the oatmeal. I can't stand it when it gets mushy.

I also tried the Vigorous Vegetable Soup recipe on page 64...mixed in a cup of brown rice with it and it was yummy. I had to sprinkle some black pepper on it though, 'cause I was missing my salt.

I haven't been hungry at all today. I did start off eating too late this morning, so I have one more meal to go before I'm done for the day...it'll be something light like a plum or something.

I'm planning on making a stir-fry with tofu, veggies, and brown rice for dinner tomorrow. I'm not too good with creating different dishes, so it might be a challenge to not get bored before Day 9. Hopefully, we'll see more recipes posted soon.

I'm off to WOWY...gotta get my exercise done. I'll check in again tomorrow. Have a good night everyone.

Hey everyone,

This is day 3 of phase 2 for dh and I. We haven't really changed our menus a lot. We did have some grilled chicken on Thursday. And today dh made a beef stew with a small amout of lean boneless beef short ribs cut into tiny pieces. They we so small that I had to look for them. LOL. But, they did add some flavor to the stew. It was good. We decided to add meat twice a week and eat phase one foods the rest of the week. It seems to be working for us.

Linda~ Glad you are back on board!

bbobsgrl~ Glad you had a good first day. The nine days go by pretty fast. Hang in there.

Buttercup~ I was just telling dh today that I don't have a craving for bread anymore. I used to eat it at every meal. I believe that detox changed me, too. I don't want the things I used to.

SuziQQ~ I think you will like the diet. It is the last diet I will ever need. Actually, I look at it as more of a lifestyle change. I could eat this way the rest of my life.

Menu:
B~ oatmeal, banana

L~ yogurt, grapes

S~ apple

D~ beef stew, brown rice

S~ yogurt, grapes

Talk to you all later,
Sherry

Good morning and thanks Sherry iam going to fix some stew and have some rice
today. Iam alternating like phase 1 monday and tuesdays , wed, thusday, fridays
phase 2 sat and sunday phase 1 . Dr Ian said you can mix it up. Just want
to see if i can loose that way. Girlfriend keep on a smashing you can do it.

all have a great and very blessed day, remember we can do this ladies.
be commited and do what it takes and you will have what you want.
We have alot of recipes on our board . Please everyone share . The more
we have the better off we are.

I made up a thing i call it!! I didnt post this on!! hew!! I used the instant
, i was out of reg oatmeal. same cal. low sugar l ike 3gams. you take it
i used blueberry and put enough water to mix not real wet. cinnamon
splenda brown sugar not much . 1 cup of blueberries. spray with pam
it takes like a cobbler sort of!! hew!! but real good. You can use diffent
fruit like peaches. Bake in oven for about 15min 350 deg

DONT FORGET TO DO OUR DRINK YOUR WATER AND SMASH IT!!

AND OUR GREAT SUPORT GROUP !! HOW COULD WE NOT KEEP

ON A SMASHING!! GO TEAM GO!! LET MAKE THIS THE REST OF 2006 THE

BEST IT CAN BE!! SEE ALL OF YOU LATER. REMEMBER NO FOOD TAST

AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS.

Hello all! I am so thankful to have this page to read every morning. It is so helpful to see what other people are eating.

I am also interested to learn how successful others have been before me who have stayed on Phase I longer than 9 days. I really like Phase I! It's vegetarian -- which is a good thing for me. But I am concerned that staying on it too long will result in a plateau. I've done weightwatchers so many times and always had 2 good weeks of loss and then the needle stuck. Of course, it is easier not to cheat on this plan. I got too taken up with mixing pumpkin with cake mix and all of those other WW trick recipes.

So this has been relatively easy with a little planning. Even the weekend was not too bad, but I have not had to go out to dinner yet.

Yesterday:

B: Oatmeal with blueberries, herb tea with soy milk
S: Peach
L: Kinda hummus - mashed chick peas with a little garlic and cumin

Thank you so much for the encouraging words, buttercupkitty! I think you are completely right. I have been doing the same exact workout at the same intensity for far too long - since January. Time to change things up. I like your idea of changing things up and think I am going to do intervals on the treadmill in addition to starting to lift light weights. I have a DVD from Kathy Smith called "lift weights to lose weight" that I am going to start using again.

Thanks for the congrats on the weight loss. Seems like it is coming off slow, but I think and hope that this time it will be permanent weight loss because I am making permanent lifestyle changes.

Have a great day!!!

Hey DishyFishy - I don't know this for sure but I woud think that all natural peanut butter, when in the phase where we are allowed nuts would be okay. At our local health food store they have a machine that grinds peanuts into peanut butter right in front of you. So that kind of peanut butter would think would be fine

Does anyone know if whey protein is allowed on Phase 1? I made myself a smoothie for a snack today which included 1/2 scoop whey protein and it tasted sooooo good. Here are the ingredients I used (BTW, I haven't posted this on the recipe thread, just in case the whey protein is not an approved Phase 1 item). I included the whey protein because I work out pretty intensely and feel that my body needs it.

4 oz. - lowfat yogurt (I used peach; use what you like)
1 cup - frozen non-sweetened strawberries (Walmart brand)
2 oz. - fat free skim milk
1/2 scoop - GNC 100% Whey Protein

I tracked my calories yesterday and thought I had stayed within range, but after re-figuring it again today I was under my calorie requirement by about 200 calories. I was figuring the calories for the brown rice incorrectly...was giving it way too many calories. I know the book states that calorie counting is not required, but I just want to be sure that I at least meet my minimum.

I'm only on day 2, but so far I'm loving this diet...oops, lifestyle change. I had soooo much energy last night and today when I worked out. Okay, I'm off to plan my meals for tomorrow. Have a good evening y'all. Keep smashing.

happy weekend to you too happy face!

You are right - 5 meals 'stokes the metabolism' - why am I still having such a tough time? I think I am not hungry so i don't want to take the time to stop and eat - so I am thinking my 3 meals are too big and need to make them smaller so I have 5 small meals. that is my goal for the coming week!

have a great day!

Looked at the scale this AM and am down another 1/2 pound! I know I shouldn't weigh in more than once a week, but it is kind of motivating!

Hope everyone had a smashing weekend!

I have been all over that book and I can't find when nuts are allowed. They are mentioned as a food with fiber but I need guidelines.. which ones? How much? Does anyone know? Maybe I'm just missing it.

I got these from the database in the Yahoo fatsmash group.


**Can I have nuts in Phase 2?


Nuts can be started on Phase II and to follow the amount carefully in the snack section.**



**How about a little natural peanut butter?

In Phase 3. Not in Phase 2.**


I think that these questions were answered by Dr. Ian.

Sherry

Hello Everyone. I am new here, I have been waiting to post to see how I like this diet. I started on 9-5-06 and the first couple days was great except the no meat part. I ended up loosing 14 pounds on the morning of the tenth day, and I really didnt want to eat any meat when I was able too. I started exercising the beginning of this week, and I am addicted to my treadmill. My sister is doing this with me which helps, we have a friendly exercise competition going on. Today we Walked for 90 min and went 4 miles. For the first time EVER I fell like I can do this LIFESTYLE change. I am not eating everything on my plate, which is unheard of for me.