Stacy - With the beans how about hummus and bean dips? You can season them with anything you like. If all else fails absolutely try the chick pea crunchies. I don't think I've ever met anyone that didn't like those. I made them for a party so I would have munchies and everyone else ate them all!
ETA - White beans are especially mild tasting and yummy with garlic, Parmesan cheese & basil.

For veggies it sounds like you've got an approach that will work. I like to hide things in spaghetti sauce too. I never ate eggplant before starting SBD and discovered I could hide it in sauce. Now I add it to everything because it just disintegrates into whatever you make. Shredded, steamed cabbage is good under saucy foods and really has no significant flavor of its own. I often use that where I used to use noodles.

You can do it!

Stacy, make sure the bacon is turkey bacon or Canadian bacon. I have Heinz One Carb ketchup that has no added sugar.

:D by "canadian bacon" ya'll mean peameal bacon right? ive had this dicussion b4 and never got a real answer lol.... im canadian, so we dont call it canadian lol.. its pink with yellow corn meal around the edges, and we call it peameal. and yes i do use the turkey or even the chicken bacon, although bacon bacon tastes better lol....

That's right, Stacy. Up here it's made from the pork loin and is then sliced. In the States it seems to be rolled into a round sometimes - Hormel?

I'm starting AGAIN today as well. I was doing well on SB before we went to Cancun for the week...well needless to say "All Inclusive" is just too tempting. Gained 12 pounds and so far lost 6 of it...back on Phase One today!

Stacy -- My 'canadian' bacon doesn't have cornmeal. But, you're right, it isn't as good as bacon bacon. :) Cornmeal... sign. I miss cornbread more than anything with this WOE.


Wannabe -- If 'inclusive' involved margaritas, I'd be in trouble! Welcome back from the beach, to the beach. :D

Why did the other thread get closed?

twilight.... i dont know, i went to post and it said closed. which makes no sense to me cuz im the one who opened it lolo.... i guess this our new meetin spot lol.. talk soon... stacy x

I know! The other one was only 2 weeks old. Oh, well. I'm in PH 1.5 this week, so I'll probably be moving on to find a Ph2 thread next week. Regardless, I love this site and the support I get here!:hug:

oh i thought you were talking about the thread that i opened... it was closed too and it was only a few hours old!! lol... i just started today so i'll see ya in a few weeks over there-> lol

My canadian bacon is made with soy and wheat so what do I know? ;)

I close the Phase I thread periodically when it gets too long or there are lots of people moving into Phase II. When it hasn't had entries for a couple of days I close it and start a new one as it's usually off the page. Please note that I did include a link to it in my opening post in this thread and a reference to this thread in my closing post on the old one.

Besides it gives me a real sense of power! :rofl:

Ruth, you crack me up!

Cyndi, Soy bacon doesn't really sound good, but neither does tofu or tofurkey. In fact, tofurkey sounds like a disease. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Jones. Your son has tofurkey." :) I need a real vegetarian to cook for me. No doubt I'm doing it wrong!

Ruth has the power! :carrot:

Thanks for the congrats! I'm afraid to step to Ph2. I think I'll hang on Ph1 for a few more days.

I tried the cinnamon omlette thing - GROSS! I must have made it wrong. It was like cardboard. I still can't get the taste off my tongue.

*sigh* I'm still waiting for my ticker time to come up, too. Waiting, waiting, waiting. Waiting for the pounds to melt, waiting for my ticker, waiting to g to Ph2, waiting to buy the book (rather than check it out of the library for the upteenth time) because that would mean I HAVE to move to Ph2.

Are most people afraid?

Twilight- The cinammon omelet is one of my favorite recipes I've found posted, but I will say that the first few times I tried it, it left a really bad aftertaste in my mouth... I tried cutting the splenda a bit, and it is much better, and still plenty sweet.

As for the transition to phase 2, you can do it!!! As I am sure you'll here from everyone else here, go slow and be patient... add phase 2 foods one at a time, and pay attention to how you react to them. Best of luck :)