Missmess, I don't want to freak you out! I am still not craving things like I used to. Even though I ate too much Friday night, it was still all food that was on the plan. In the past, it would have been a half bag of oreos! And I had a bag of oreos in my cabinet, so I still feel slightly victorious. I am so paranoid about the cravings coming back, that I notice every little twinge, but I think we'll be fine if we make adjustments quickly. Kara, I portion them out into little baggies too, and I take them along on the days I go to my office. I eat them in the car and that works fine. Problem was I grabbed the whole container of nuts on Friday instead of just one bag. I ate one preportioned bag, and then kept on going! Pearlrose, Good for you avoiding birthday cake. I've been worrying about that too because I'm having a birthday party next week. I'm not going to deny the birthday folks their cake, but I'm wondering if I should allow myself a bite, or avoid it completely. I know for sure I will not keep any in the house after the party! They can take it home or it goes in the trash! Nessa, I haven't had any wheat since I started the plan - over three weeks now. I haven't missed it at all. I may add a slice of whole grain bread in the future, and I will watch to see how it affects me.
Anyway, I had a good food day yesterday, after my messup on Friday, so I'm over that little bump for now. I will learn from it! I was watching Sunday Morning a while ago, and they were doing a report on how sugar is in almost every processed food, and how much of it most Americans consume every day, and how your body sees a bagel the same as a bowl of sugar. They interviewed a lady who has a new book out called Sugar Shock. She said she was diagnosed with hypoglycemia and after she went off sugar, she stopped having migraines and felt much more alert and focused. It made me think how I have definitely felt more focused and energetic over the last few weeks. I get bad headaches too, and I haven't had one of those either, although it's too soon to tell if there's a connection.
I think I am ready to join this thread. I skipped phase 1 because I am breastfeeding and have been on phase 2 for a week now, that is not counting overdoing it on butter when I went out last night for my Bday. I have already lost 5lbs this week and feel great.
I am lucky enough not to have cravings but that causes a problem for me that I also had last time I was on SB, I have no appetite. I have to force myself to eat most days and I don't really like to cook that much so it's easier for me just to not eat. I have been getting in at least 2 meals and 1 snack but working on getting the others in as well. Some days have been better than others.
My endocrinologist wants to put me back on glucophage but I told him I am not ready to do that right now. If I do decide to take it again, it won't be for a while yet.
eta - actually the lack of appetite has been my whole life, not just on SB, just wanted to clear that up.
I love CBS Sunday Morning.... I have watched it since i was a kid with dad... he made me.... now i adore it...
I saw that program... sadly the website only has a brief blurb on it.
but it was very very interesting
basically everything has sugar
we eat sugar
sugar makes us feel good for a short time and creates insulin but then shortly after wards we are hungry again and eat more sugar....
Hi Fl mom, glad you joined in. I'm sure it's as important to eat enough as it is too eat not too much! If you don't like to cook, you'll have to develop some strategies - I don't like to cook much in the summer either, because I don't have AC in my kitchen. Last night I grilled about 8 pounds of chicken breast and have them bagged up in the fridge now. My husband and I can pull them out for lunch, and I might get another dinner out of them. I do stuff like that a lot. If I'm going to cook, I cook double always and try to get a couple of meals and some lunches out of it.
Nessa, that's it in a nutshell, except:
Conclusion - sugar is evil!
I just went to the CBS Sunday Morning website and checked out the article because I missed the show. And I can testify to how laced with HFCS and sugar everything is! I made a pizza last week with Barrilla green pepper and onion rustic pasta sauce that had no sugar, and I wanted to buy that same variety but I couldnt find it in two stores. I read every single label of every different kind of pasta sauce and I couldn't find ONE without added sweetener! So I was going to just make my own. Well, even a lot of the canned tomatoes had added sugar. I don't want to be a freak about this, but I'm going to have to make my own list of what I'm willing to buy that I can get in my neighborhood and then just order the rest online. I don't want people sneaking sugar into my food!
And that comment by the lady in the article about sugar not being the problem, but overeating and no exercise being the problem.... How about admitting that the sugar triggers the overeating?!
Oh, and WELCOME PEARLROSE! Don't let us freak you out. Some of us are scared to leave the comfort of Phase I, but we'll make it. Good job on that birthday cake!
And that comment by the lady in the article about sugar not being the problem, but overeating and no exercise being the problem.... How about admitting that the sugar triggers the overeating?!
well maybe. truth is i had sugar yesterday. i had cravings last night. I said NO and i stuck to my guns and snacked on hard boiled eggs instead of other stuff....
grains and starches are much more easily converted to sugar by our bodies than fats and proteins.... and veggies of course...
while I do believe that HFCS is responsible for a lot of the upswing in Type 2 diabetes in our country I also believe that our current lifestyles with overeating and lack of exercise contribute deeply.
Thanks Schmoodle. DH grilled 2 bags of chicken and I cut it a few different ways and bagged it up for the fridge. I am going to grill some steak today and do the same thing with it. I usually try to make things ahead on the weekend so I will just be able to get things out during the week and not have to cook during the day. I still have to make breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the kids but it doesn't take as much as it would to cook for me.
Sugar - oh sugar, how I miss it sometimes but it's the enemy. I have insulin resistance so the more sugar the eat, the worse I feel.
Hi Erika, Welcome to Phase II. I thought about staying on Phase I longer also, but it was definitely the eggs that decided me. I really wanted that oatmeal. Anyway, if you start Phase II very slowly, you're really still mostly doing Phase I. 9 pounds is great, congratulations on that loss. Don't freak out if it slows down now.
Missmess, I'll be waiting with bated breath to hear if you have any muffin after-effects!
I've got my morning cleaning and laundry done, now I'm waiting for oldest DD to become fully concious. I just woke her up and it takes a little while. She brought all her clothes home from college and dumped them in her room, and I do mean DUMP. I was worried she'd bring some silverfish or something else nasty home with them, so I've made her wash EVERYTHING, dirty or not. It took us all week, it's ridiculous really, she's got enough clothes for five people. So before it all gets put away, I'm going to make her sort through and get rid of the stuff that doesn't fit or that she doesn't wear, and pack away all the winter. Hopefully when we're done, it will all fit into her closet and dresser. She used to be much better, but since she went to college, she's turned into an absolute slob! It drives me nuts. End of rant.
I am feeling like I'm getting out of control. No downward spirals, but I feel like I'm about to slip, so today I am going to be very strict about my portions and stick to my plan. I hope you don't mind if I post my meals for today so I feel accountable...
Breakfast: Zucchini frittata (makes two servings so I am going to cook it up, portion it out, refrigerate tomorrow's portion, and THEN eat)
Snack - 1/2 cup of cottage cheese
Lunch - Leftover stuffed zucchini from last night (zucchini day today!)
Snack - 15 cashews
Dinner - Chilled Lime Tofu with Black Beans and Stewed Tomatoes (Phase 1 recipe) with a whole wheat roll
Dessert - 1 cup of strawberries with 4 ounces fat free Cool Whip
Now it's out there. Gotta stick to it! I will also be weighing every day this week to keep myself honest about what I'm eating and make sure that I don't let one slip up (although there won't be any!) lead me off plan.
I got Long John Silver's for DH for Father's Day but I ended up eating 3 pieces of chicken I didn't want it but we had a setback with our food situation and we have absolutely nothing SB left. Did I mention I don't even like LJS? That's all I have had to eat today so a double BAD for me. I didn't realize that everything we had was bad so the steak I was planning today didn't even happen. I only have a few things that are non parishable and that would be rice and potato type things. I knew if I made one of those, I'd eat way too much.
FYI - in case anyone missed it, our fridge died Thursday
Brush yourself off and move on. When can you get to the commissary? I know it's hard to not have the easy-to-grab stuff around, but I keep thinking that at least it's keeping me from snacking uncontrollably! Most of the South Beach food *is* refrigerated...
I didn't want it but we had a setback with our food situation and we have absolutely nothing SB left. Did I mention I don't even like LJS? That's all I have had to eat today so a double BAD for me. I didn't realize that everything we had was bad so the steak I was planning today didn't even happen. I only have a few things that are non parishable and that would be rice and potato type things. I knew if I made one of those, I'd eat way too much. 