It's time for a new week of talking On-Plan! This is the place for South Beach meal plan and food support, encouragement and questions.
Anyone, from any phase (1, 1.5, 2, 3, etc.) can post, and those who are new to 3FC are especially encouraged to do so!
This thread is for questions, sharing advice and strategies, and encouraging each other to stay on plan. It is not for chatting about daily life unrelated to this topic. Members have indicated that they would like to have chatting remain in the Daily Thread, so any posts that are off topic or chatty will be moved by the mods to the Daily.
People in different phases of South Beach post here so it will help everyone if you indicate what phase you're in when you post. Thanks!
While you may certainly find, from time to time, the need to ask for help after going off plan, remember that this thread is about staying on plan. When you share details of off plan foods you've eaten, it can upset, tempt, and otherwise frustrate other members, so please keep these details to a minimum.
So, share with us: How are you staying on plan this week?
How's it going for you?
Of course feel free to share your daily on plan menu...
After embarrassing myself with some of the craziest eating I have ever experienced (Saturday I ate exactly FOUR things, but lots of them and each of them was ultimately off plan UGH) I have decided to go back to strict "Rules." Not sure if this is going to work out or not, but so far so good, and I only plan to do this for two weeks. It is basically a Phase 1, but with a template for meals, automation-style. My downfall (one of many apparently) is having too many choices.
I am practicing "not for me" (with almost everything around me!). It's soooo hard for me, but I love it when I can cruise along in that mode.
Phase 1
B - coffee with us almond milk. Protein smoothie with spinach and cinnamon
L - Homemade miso soup with a ton of cauliflower and soft tofu - SHOCKINGLY better than I imagined this would be.
S - Red pepper strips and celery (need ) with hummus. Green tea with lemon.
D - Big green salad with tuna, egg, green beans, a few olives, hearts of palm (kinda Nicoise without potatoes)
dessert - if "needed" - Greek yogurt.
Lots o water with lemon. Exercise: walking, walking, walking. Gonna find some hills
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HERE'S THE RULES if anyone is interested:
B - protein smoothie (I vary the source of the protein: whey, soy, vegan pea + rice, hemp...) with spinach.
L - Leafy green salad with protein of some sort, following all the SBD rules
Snack choices (aim for 2/day, I never have the between B & L snack) - Hummus & veggies, celery and Laughing Cow, Greek yogurt, Tofurkey roll-ups (with Laughing cow and pepper strips), matcha green tea latte, 1 serving nuts.
D - Homemade veggie soup if I am home. If I am out, I will get whatever sounds good that is on plan. (I think I will only be out for dinner one night this week.)
L & D can be switched as needed. I will be looser on dinners, doesn't have to be soup every night! ... as long as I have had a good salad and veggie snacks that day.
In the last 2 weeks we had company and traveled so I felt things were getting a little out of control. I am going to try to do a pretty clean Phase 1 this week to get control of the cravings as well as the mindless snacking I was starting.
Monday
B- smoothie: milk, ice, protein powder, green powder, small dab of PB
L- taco salad
S- 2 turkey roll-ups (and I stopped myself before I stuck my hand in the canister of salted nuts!)
D- Meatballs and NSA marinara, cole slaw
D- ricotta cream
Today- lunch on the road:
B- smoothie
L- salad with pulled pork (at a restaurant so not 100% sure on the recipe)
S- a few strawberries, laughing cow wedge
D- leftover meatballs
D- probably a fudgsicle
The freezer will be my friend. I stopped at the farmer's market and bought some strawberries but they will go into the freezer for winter, along with the dark chocolate I bought at a special candy shop today.
B- smoothie, coffee
L- tossed salad with ranch dressing, black bean hummus on the side
S- strawberries, laughing cow
D- Mexican Casserole, easy on the gauc
D- ricotta or fudgsicle
Today, planning ahead and GUM are my friends. How did I get back to mindless grazing???
After losing about 15 lbs on phase 1, it is hard to see the scale slow down as I add back good carbs, but I think I'm headed in the right direction. I admit I've definitely eaten some off-plan foods in the last couple weeks due to some summer-job schedule craziness and lack of planning, but now that I have more time off it is getting easier. The hardest part for me is only adding back a little bit at a time because once I have some, I want it all.
B- smoothie
L- salad with deli ham, ranch dressing, black bean hummus
S- Laughing Cow wedge, celery, handful of strawberries
D- grilled chicken, coleslaw, small sweet potato
D- fell way off the wagon!!
Will do better today!
B- smoothie
L- salad, ham, hummus ( bought too big of a package)
S- string cheese, berries
D- grilled pork loin, broccoli and green beans from the garden (!!), Jennifer's summer veggie side dish, glass red wine
I posted a couple of days ago and lost that post... I have been "OK" (yes that is in quotation marks) this week. Definitely getting back on track with my self-imposed rules. Of course, me being me, I was far from perfect but at least there wasn't any unrestrained binge eating.
Phase 1
B - coffee/us almond milk. Protein smoothie with spinach/flaxseed oil/matcha green tea powder/maca root powder/lime juice.
L - Zucchini noodles with marinara sauce and veggie meatballs (OMG so much zucchini - have to test freezing these "noodles")
S - hummus with (need to go to the farmer's market), celery with Laughing Cow light, maybe some raw almonds
D - Salade Nicoise with hearts of palm instead of potato, cauliflower miso soup
dessert - Greek yogurt
On Plan Thread (South Beach Diet), July 7-13
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(need to go to the farmer's market), celery with Laughing Cow light, maybe some raw almonds