Kara, I believe we will allow you the salad.
Fl mom, sorry for your refrigerator troubles. Must be the week for refrigerators going bad! I stuck to plan all day and had a lovely dinner at home with DH. We even got rid of the kids for the night again! I've been very spoiled this week...
It's that dangerous time of night again, and I'm feeling munchy, but I'm off to drink some water, even if I do have to wake up to pee tonight.
Wish me luck, I'm off to Florida in the morning for three days of meetings. It will be a challenge to stay on plan this week, I'm sure. I'm going to pack some cheese sticks and will probably hit the grocery store once I get there and check out if the hotel room has a mini-fridge. I'll be on the gulf coast, so hopefully I can treat myself to some good seafood. Yuck, I hate staying in hotels. And my usual coping mechanism is to buy a big bag of something yummy and try to find a movie on HBO in the evening. Or go shopping. Or find something good playing at the theatre and accompany it with a big bucket of buttered popcorn. I never sleep well. But I'll be near the beach, so I hope I can get in some nice beach walks instead, and make good use of the hotel pool.
If the hotel has a business center, I'll try to check in, but I'm not dragging that heavy laptop along this time. If I can't check in, I'll give a full report at the end of the week. In the meantime, everyone have a great week!

Bye Schmoodle! Have a nice trip. Funny you should say you're feeling munchy. That's the exact reason I came to the board just now. I'm really trying to resist the thoughts about what would taste good in my mouth. Popcorn or a granola bar would be the usual, according to the old rules. I just ate an ounce of cheese. That helped for about a 1/2 hour. I'm going to stick 100% to plan but I'm really obsessing about cereal right now! It's so hard to wait until Wednesday to start Phase II!

FL_Mom, life does suck without a fridge! And Kara is right about the Beachy foods all needing a fridge to stay fresh. Do you have a cooler you can keep full of ice? This has gotten me through some fridgeless times before. I hope you get something soon. I'd hate for you to fall too far off plan over something like that.

Oh well, off to dream about cereal some more....:drool:

L

Schmoodle, you made me laugh out loud! Thank you for your kindness and good will.

We should have a sarcasm battle. That would be fun!

Kara

Lianne, chew some gum!

Kara

Have a good trip Schmoodle, atleast it's only three days.

Kara, I enjoy your sarcasm thrown in, makes me laugh.

Well I almost done with this weekends 36 hours of work and now will have blessed four days off with family....Hope everyone has a great week....I did much better staying on Phase 2 today so back on track will see what scale says at the end of the week.

Good job, Pearl, and glad I can make you smile!

Four days off would make the 36 hours over the weekend seem better. Hope you finish up quickly! I'm trying to stick more closely with a Phase 1/early Phase 2 meal plan this week as well, so we'll have to keep each other on track, K?

Hey, where's my new-to-Phase 2 buddy, Mess? Whatcha been up to?!

Kara

I think bows is a cool theme. And getting married in Hawaii is going to be gorgeous! Have you ever been?

Branch out, Mess, and try some new stuff. Veggies taste different prepared differently so try steaming or roasting or grilling them. I hate raw cauliflower, but throw it in the oven at 400 for about fifteen minutes with some olive oil and red pepper flakes and I'll gobble it up! We love our broccoli steamed and then sauteed with some fresh minced garlic, with a bit of lemon squeezed on top. Slice some zucchini and summer squash and stick them on some shishkabobs (Is that how you spell that?) and bruch some olive oil on with garlic powder and a little salt and pepper sprinkled on top and grill them along with your meat. OOOOOO, and put mushrooms and cherry tomatoes on there, too! How about some green beans steamed and then sauteed with a little olive oil, garlic, and slivered almonds? Peas steamed and then drizzled with a little olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper, and a sprinkle of parmesan? Brussel sprouts roast nicely, too.

Couple ideas. Really, add garlic to anything and I'll like it!

Kara

That is a cute movie. And I'm glad you "signed" your name because I feel badly calling you "Mess"!

I stuck with my plan perfectly...right up until dessert. I did NOT have a piece of the pie I had made last night, but I did have a little of the chocolate Reddi Whip that my husband picked up at the store on top of my strawberries. It was really yummy. Oh, I also had a couple walnuts on my salad even though I'd had 15 cashews for snack. I don't think that was truly evil, though. My salad was screaming for walnuts.

However, I also got to the gym today and did a half hour on the elliptical, so perhaps it all evened out.

I'm off to do some laundry and then teach Tom about algebraic equations. Here's my meal plan for tomorrow:

Breakfast - Leftover zucchini frittata
Snack - Cheese stick
Lunch - Cottage cheese in red pepper cup
Snack - Cucumbers with hummus
Dinner - Whole wheat rotini pasta with tomato sauce that has no sugar and steamed spinach with a sprinkle of parmesan
Dessert - South Beach "peanut butter cup"

Have a good Monday all!

Kara

Oooo, I just realized there's no fruit in there. Maybe I'll have an apple with my cheese stick for my morning snack.

Kara

kara what's your protein with dinner... is there meat in your sauce?

Hi folks today is my first day on Phase 2. I am trying to take it slow. I didn't loose as much as I wanted on Phase 1 but I think its water because alot of people have told me I look like I am loosing so I will go with that. This week I am only going to add fruit just to see how my body reacts. Next week I will go back to grains. I have a great tuna recipe that I will post on the Phase 2 thread hope you all will try it and like it.

Good luck to everyone.....!

WOW !! Look at all the beachbabes on this thread that I never met on the Daily one!!!! You gals are kickin butt!!!
:cheer: :cheer2: now you guys gotta venture out on to the daily thread too! Post your questions and get to meet some new chicks on there too. :p:):D

On to my second week on phase 2... no weightloss to report. The scale did dip one pound on saturday, but that is just because I was cleaning my garage and I was dripping sweat!

I did have a downfall yesterday, and I am paying for it today. Incredible what this diet has done to my body.

Since, I work out at least 5 times a week, I am loosing a lot of inches. I don't want to go shopping just yet, I will just walk around in saggy pants :D

2nd day on Phase II. I added back a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast yesterday. So far today I have only had Ph. 1 foods. Not sure if I am going to add in any Ph. II for today or just wait and have oatmeal again tommorrow. I think next week that I may try to have an apple every couple of days. I was pretty satisfied with my oatmeal yesterday though since I haven't had any in forever. Hope everyone else is doing great on Ph. II

Nessa, you're right. There is no protein with my dinner. It's leftovers from what I made for the kids while Tom and I went out last Saturday. I'll throw some of those soy crumbles in the sauce when I'm reheating it.

Thanks!

Kara