Hi everyone! Day 3 and I think it is going ok. Except for a few mistakes that I did not really know I was doing. I was feeling tired today toward dinner so I am assuming that is the sb starting to kick in. I made some foods today to have a use in case of an emergency, so hopefully I will always have something to fall on. I am going to try the yogurt thing tonight! I hope that I like it.
My meals today: Breakfast...ricotta shake
snack...cheese and nuts
lunch... salad with chicken, ranch and like buffalo sauce mixed together.
snack.Jello
dinner , london broil with au jus ( i just found out not good) sb mashed pot, salad with oil and vinegar
tonight yogurt or the hot choc mix someone posted ...sounds yummy..

I have been trying very hard but have found I am screwing up by mistake which I hope does not hinder my loss this week. If anything at least I can say I am trying and just need to do more research .. It has been a few years since I read the book. I should review it as well.

Welcome Rae!!

Me 4 life good question... I do that as well.

raebeaR, :welcome3: to The Beach! You sound like you are determined to be successful on this plan, and are doing great so far! We look forward to getting to know you better. :)

me4life, the 2oz. of protein for breakfast is just a breakdown of how to spread out your total protein throughout the day. You are correct, though, that in Phase 1 you can have as much protein as you want.

Chelby, there are some brands of ricotta that are grainier than others. I prefer the smoother, creamier type myself. I really like the Maggio and PollyO brands.

Chelby, djmommy and cottagebythesea, thanks so much for your warm welcomes. I appreciate it, and I'm looking forward to your companionship as we travel down this well-worn road together! :)

All the best, Rae

Hi everyone! I'am new here. So I hope you dont mind if I start posting right away :) I'm on my 2nd day of the beach and I've been complimenting it with boxing for exercise. I live all the way here in Philippines so SBD food is really hard to get by ( we are as a nation a rice eating nation. we literally die without rice). So here's my food for the day:

Bfast: Hardboiled eggs and canadian bacon
Snack: dry roasted nuts
Lunch: side salad plus chili shrimps on cabbage
Snack: Celery sticks with salmon dip
Dinner: grilled pork loin with cabbage in olive oil
Dessert: SF chocolate pudding tapioca :)

I hope this is acceptable?

:welcome3: Pinnay! The tapioca pudding is not allowed on Phase 1 since it has starch in it. If you haven't read the book yet, please DO read it so you can fully understand this plan and familiarize yourself with the Phase 1 and Phase 2 food lists. :) Good luck to you and we look forward to hearing from you often!

Welcome raebear and Pinay!

I am on day 5 of the SBD. I am feeling good. I had planned to start exercising yesterday but I have been having some very long nights with my 6 month old. The poor little guy is cutting 6 teeth and is miserable. If I get some energy later, I will try to walk on the treadmill.

Pinay, I'm from Southwest Louisiana, which is a rice-eating state. I think my mom put rice in my baby bottle. :) I feel your pain. Is the rice from the Philippines highly processed, or is it whole, with its bran (brown)?

mythreesons, I remember teething days, I feel your pain, also. I used to give my son frozen washcloths to gnaw on. It seemed to help.

Me: My son finally went back to school today (4K). Hooray! He had a BAD case of the Monday Morning Blues, even though it's Tuesday. He did NOT want to go. DH had to go back to work today, too. Home alone! I'm going to get my house back in order. I seem to be doing a lot more cooking on SBD. Cereal for breakfast is a thing of the past!

Good morning ladies! Day 2 of phase 1 for me.. yesterday went pretty well and am hoping today will be just as easy... still getting the sleep out of my eyes so i haven't planned my menu for today yet but i'll post it later when i do...

question ... i am not a seafood lover and seafood seems to be a big thing for this diet.. which is understandable.. but i honestly do not like seafood... tuna from a can and imitation crab legs is about as much as i can handle.. in the past the only other seafood i would eat was usually breaded and fried (fried clams, fried shrimp) which wouldn't be a good thing now.. anyone have any ideas or suggestions for a seafood non-lover?

:welcome: Jenny.

I'm not fond of fish either but can hack tuna salad once in a while. (Those fake crab legs are not OK for SBD, by the way.) I take a salmon oil capsule every day to make up for not eating fish.

Ruth.. thanks.. I was thinking about adding a fish oil capsule... now i'm going to make sure that I do

What does everyone cook their dry beans with. I was thinking of cooking some in the crockpot but I'm not sure what to add to it. I don't think a ham hock or something like that would work..LOL

oh, and about the fish oil capsules. You mean you can take one of those everyday or the omega 3's if you don't eat fish that often. I very rarely eat fish.

hello everyone! this is day 6 of phase 1 for me. I had the SB flu on Sunday but other than that I am finding this relatively easy to stick too.
On todays menu:
b/fast: ricotta shake and V8 juice - though not in same glass!
snack: cheese and pistachios
lunch: 1/2 chicken breast with cauliflower & bean mash
snack: ff yoghurt
dinner: steak and BIG salad

Good luck everyone!
I have a mantra in my head: Eat for health not for taste!

Karen, yes that's my understanding of adding fish oil capsules that it will help if you are not a seafood lover...

well today is going pretty well... had one minor obstacle that i overcame easier than i thought i would... my 3yo wanted mac and cheese for lunch.. normally i make a box of mac n cheese and he eats about 1/3 of it and then the remainder would be my lunch... well today after i dished his out with vegies (yes my 3yo prefers vegies to chocolate.. he can't be my son) and then i took the rest and packed it up and put it in the fridge for lunch for him tomorrow... i was sooooo tempted to take a taste but i didn't.. i'm proud of myself for that

ok so today's menu is as follows:

B = eggs scrambled with tky bacon, mushrooms, peppers, cheese and a glass of V8, large glass of water & crystal lite

S = Celery with 1/4 c LF cottage cheese

L = ham & cheese roll ups (light cheese stick cut in four with LF ham slices rolled around each) various veggies with 2TBS hummus, sf jello, large glass water w/ crystal lite

S = peanuts

D = well was going to make chicken divan but didn't have curry so instead took the chkn breasts , mixed mayo, lf sc, broccoli, mushrooms, chkn broth, dill, dijon mustard together and threw it in the crock pot... it smells great.. i'm going to add some cheese during the last hour of cooking i think, plan on cooking up some more broccoli and cauliflower to drizzle with some of the sauce.


S = chocolate shake recipe

what are some ways (other than hummus) that you get your beans in? i'm not a real big bean lover either... ugh lol

JennyGirl -- I love eating the 'rest' of my son's mac & cheese. You did great!