I've been on the south beach diet for 4 days now, and I've been tracking what I eat and still doing exercise. I can already see that I'm losing weight, however when I added up my calories for the last few days, it's been around 1000 calories a day. I've been eating breakfast, a midmorning snack, lunch, an afternoon snack, and dinner...so I haven't been hungry. Should I amp up some of my meals to have additional calories? (Cause I know as soon as I start throwing some carbs back in, I'll gain the weight back eventually...and I really don't want this all to be for nothing.)
Any advice ladies?
Alright, this is basically how it's gone the past few days:
breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 slice of cheese and asparagus. (appr. 220)
snack: celery with 1 wedge of light laughing cow cheese. (appr. 50)
lunch: salad with 2 slices of turkey bacon, 1 slice of cheese, and some broccoli. (appr. 200)
snack: 30 pistachios and jello (appr. 130)
dinner: 1 small chicken breast, some shredded low fat cheddar cheese, some salsa, and 1 cup of broccoli. (appr. 300)
dessert: 1 fudgesicle (appr. 40)
That's only just below 950 calories. But I've haven't really been hungry other than just before my meal times.
Last edited by beachbum88019; 04-18-2010 at 05:35 PM.
It is a nice basic menu. I'm hesitant to add too much food because I think your body will insist you add more soon. On the other hand it is really low.
Here's a few suggestions off the top of my head -
Bulk up the lunch salad with more veggies and 1/2 cup of chick peas or black beans and add a little more protein.
Add another cup of veggies to dinner, you should aim for at least 2 cups.
You need more dairy. Might make that morning snack a little more substantial.
Are you getting any healthy fat from dressings or olive oil? A little EVOO & vinegar dressing or some avocado will do the trick.
I like refried beans with my eggs, but that's not for everyone
You also don't want to start so low that you have nowhere to go when you stall. It's nice to have a little room to adjust when you need to break a plateau.
Yeah, I don't want to stay so low, I'm just glad I noticed it now instead of after phase one ended.
I think I'll add some milk and yogurt in, and some other veggies. Also, I haven't been able to find a good dressing (I know there's one in the book, I just haven't had time to make it yet...I'll probably head to the store tomorrow.)
Thanks so much for your input!
I cook my veggies and chicken in olive oil. It adds extra calories, but the healthy kind. You should be getting in 2 Tbs. healthy oils. Beans & dairy like Cyndi suggests.
Maybe some healthy peanut butter on celery stix? Avocado in your salad? I like to put half of my daily pistachios in nonfat plain greek yogurt w/a little splenda.
I don't know if you have Safeway stores where you live but they have a couple of their "Eating Right" brand dressings w/no added sugar that are yummy. They fit the guidelines in the SB book for prepared dressing.
Not enough calories...
