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Originally Posted by Lexxiss
Have you considered a Phase 1.5? If you have been eating refined sugar and white flour, 1.5 would keep your bananas , but still eliminate all other sugars and flours for 2 weeks. I have to say I had a banana in my breakfast drink for the first week of Ph 1 then switched to a sm. apple.
I'm just starting SB, and have been reading through old posts and found this one -- only a week old! I hadn't heard of Phase 1.5 -- eliminating refined sugar and white flour (which is something we do for all phases on SB, right?) I have similar concerns to seesaw's -- although not because of exercising. I had a bad bout of heart palpitations, and my doctor (who has, well, mentioned my weight a time or two before...) suggested SB, but wanted me to include fruit for potassium -- the banana effect, as you noted. (He does not like supplements other than a daily multi).I should say I also have a history of a few experiments with low carb diets in the past and all three times lost a lot of weight very quickly -- diuretic effect -- and that could be dangerous in my situation. I also have to cut out caffeine, at least for a few weeks.
I've been on SB only since Saturday, and have lost nearly 5 pounds in those 2 days. I'm eating either two fruits (a banana at breakfast and a nectarine at lunch) or the banana with a half whole grain English muffin. I haven't had any cravings at all. This morning, I had all bran for breakfast and was hungry within an hour, so I ditched the box and it's back to bacon and eggs tomorrow -- and I'm back to the two fruits and, at most, one whole grain at lunch -- but the fruit has been fine -- for ME. I know everyone is different, has different metabolisms and different sensitivities.
Seewrite, I wonder what you decided, and how it's working for you?