Hong Kong-I like eggs too...in general...but I am so sick of eggs I could scream. I switched off of doing eggs in the morning and I think that was one of the major reasons I was constipated. I had eggs this morning again for breakfast (gagged the entire time) and I was back on schedule....as far as a BM goes. The eggs really do help but if you need a break definitely go for the other options you mentioned. I hate cottage cheese and pretty much any other kind of chese other than my colby jack and cheddar so those options are out for me. I am a verrrry picky eater.
Good luck to you though and let us know how it worked out for you with switching it up. Right now I am sticking to eggs, regardless of the fact that they make me gag, because they keep me regular and they give me a results the next morning on the scale!
I am starting tomorrow. Still trying to learn everything. I just got the book today. How do you prepare your eggs?
Phase one is over.....Total loss is 11 lbs and 3 inches from my waist!!!!! YAHOO!!!!
Now can someone tell me where I can find the 3fatchicks tickers???? Can I not configure one either until I have reached 20 posts?
Amazing, congratulations!!
I'm not sure about the ticker but I have 21 posts and have used mine since the start.
Day 6 and I too have had it with eggs. I'm going back to work tomorrow and am wondering what I'll do about breakfasts for the next few days, but I'll figure it out. Probably fat free greek yogurt sprinkled with a little cinnamon. The good news is my carb cravings are really subsiding - plus it's a mental achievement for me to get through this, as I have continually failed at weight loss for the last few years. Lots of fits and starts. This is boosting my confidence!
I no longer have cravings either. We have eaten out several times since starting and its great to be able to find such SB friendly dishes in restaurants!
I am totally shocked that I have finally found something I could stick to!
Grocery shopping is a pain now though because I am reading EVERYTHING!!!
I've had a good weekend so far. Today will be more challenging, I'll be in transit and hanging out with friends most of the day. All these friends are naturally skinny and don't ever think about what they eat so that's usually bad news for me
I've lost about 3 pounds on Week 1. Which is unbelievable, as I have been trying to lose those 3 pounds for probably around 6 months - yes, specifically those 3 pounds as they put me in a new weight "decade" that I hadn't seen since 2008. I don't have that much weight to lose, but I still need to lose a good 10+ lbs more (stinkin' "small frame"!) to be back at the weight where I used to comfortably reside. Anyway, it's been nearly two solid years of trying to get to this point. So for small victories!
I have to admit that I have not been 100% perfect, but I'd say 95%. The only additions were things that were fine for Phase 2, and most of that occurred one day last week (Thursday, maybe?) when I felt really groggy, headache-y, grumpy... So at least I didn't gorge on cheesecake and call it a small cheat It's like what rioactress said, it's a VAST improvement over my cookie-binge of two weeks ago!!
On a funny note, I had to visit a big supermarket to buy a few things I was craving on Phase 1 - nsa hot chocolate, sf Torani vanilla syrup, nsa ketchup and shirataki noodles. And that's all I bought there. The noodles were on sale, so I bought a bunch and the cashier was asking me about them, why I liked them so much. Hard to explain, but I really do like them! In fact, that was the main item I was in search of there. I think the cashier thought I was a bit weird, though...
For those of you struggling w/ breakfast on Phase I and getting sick and tired of eggs, don't forget that nothing says you have to eat breakfast food for breakfast. Lots of people do things like turkey roll-ups and what not.
For those of you struggling w/ breakfast on Phase I and getting sick and tired of eggs, don't forget that nothing says you have to eat breakfast food for breakfast. Lots of people do things like turkey roll-ups and what not.
I was also just thinking today that egg crepes - which obviously are eggs, lol - are so thin that you barely notice the eggs are there. Egg crepes are basically just really thin omelets but have more of a wrapper-like quality than an eggy quality. Here's a recipe. One of my fave breakfasts, which maybe I'll revive tomorrow, is "creamed" spinach (just frozen spinach cooked with Laughing Cow light wedge/s and blended together) inside an egg crepe with a side of sliced tomatoes or a V-8.
Welcome, Week 1-ers! It gets better... For what it's worth, my low point was around Day 4, but things feel good now (Day 9).
Week 2-ers, we're gettin' through it ! Are you starting to think about what you will add back first?
I totally agree w/another poster...about what you eat at breakfast. We are totally tooo indoctronated in my opinion. I eat c.cheese w/ fresh tomatoes,and sometimes what ever is my healthy/on program left overs for dinner..What ever works! If it's in plan for dinner,then it's in plan for breakfast,,,lunch...etc. It's food..It's healthy,and it's legal (to use a phrase from WW)
One of my fave breakfasts, which maybe I'll revive tomorrow, is "creamed" spinach (just frozen spinach cooked with Laughing Cow light wedge/s and blended together) inside an egg crepe with a side of sliced tomatoes or a V-8.
Funny you should mention creamed spinach b/c I've got a recipe from a cooking class I attended in April that I want to try to make SB friendly. The biggest hurdle, though, is the entire stick of butter it calls for. LOL I know I could use a substitute that's SB friendly, but I don't know how it would turn out. The flour is easy...just replace w/ wheat flour. Half and half...just use evaporated skim milk. But those 2 changes along w/ the butter...hmmmm, I'm skeptical.
AND I'm back on Phase 1. Fell off the wagon...gained 4 lbs. Now I am back down though so I've been good all day today. Hopefully will see a difference tomorrow as well.
Christi713--I finally found a way I can actually eat my eggs. I have this cheese cubes in my fridge and I cut them in small pieces and throw them in with my eggs. This isn't that unusual...I do this all the time but this time I cooked them different. I constantly move the eggs around but I didn't cook them until they were fully done. I allowed them to still be a little shiny and the chunks of cheese were just barely melting. They were so good and I dare to say I have brought back my love of eggs. I DO NOT miss the first few days of SB though. I go to the bathroom at the same time everyday---11:30! My stomach didn't feel so hot today. Shock to the system I guess.
I don't know anyone who has ever made it through Phase one without hating eggs with a fiery passion. I think my favourite breakfast is whatever I had for dinner last night.
So far the best cold leftover breakfast has been cabbage rolls (P1 friendly of course, no rice or bottled tomato sauce or anything fun like that). Like a breakfast burrito, only cabbagey... But it wasn't eggs. And the breakfast veg was built in. I have a rough time choking down veg at 6am so it was a nice change.
But I am seriously counting down the days until I can eat steel cut oats oatmeal for breakfast. 7 to go!! That first grainy breakfast will taste better than any junk food or fatty food I used to eat. I think that's the best thing about this diet. You're so satisfied with very slightly less healthy foods in tiny amounts, that it never occurs to you to eat something like a chocolate bar. Yay us!!!
Hey! So one week down, one more to go and I have lost 4 lbs already which for me is a big success. I worked out 4 times this week and I feel good about doing this another week. I guess mentally, it's easier knowing that you're past the halfway mark. I am having trouble getting 4-5 cups of vegs in. Can't do it. Lettuce makes me hungry and burpy (sorry), tomatoes, which I love, can only be consumed in moderation, broccoli - meh... zucchini - can't even look at them any more, peppers give me heartburn... So I suffer. The good news is I don't miss or crave anything.
Re: spinach, I eat it raw, seasoned with EVOO and apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper and a sprinkle of e.g. grated romano cheese. Or I dump some sauteed mushrooms on it.
for small victories!
Lots of people do things like turkey roll-ups and what not.
! Are you starting to think about what you will add back first?
(sorry), tomatoes, which I love, can only be consumed in moderation, broccoli - meh... zucchini - can't even look at them any more, peppers give me heartburn... So I suffer. The good news is I don't miss or crave anything. 
