My husband and I started South Beach about 3 weeks ago, I am starting on my 4th week. When we started I was nervous as I am a carb-aholic! But I was excited and gung-ho. We actually stayed on Phase I for 3 weeks because we messed up and had some low carb whole wheat tortillas and it stopped our progress, so we cut them out and added an extra week to phase 1. We did well Hubby lost 17 lbs (he is a big and tall guy) and I lost 10. Now that we are on Phase II I am scared because 1.) I thought oh you can just add the healthy carbs back in, I didn't realize this was going to be experiment and see what you can add in and when. This is the part I am not enjoying. I like rules and I am wanting to keep losing and I don't like try this and see what it does. 2.) I am having hard days where I just want a piece of cake or something crunchy. Its not a craving its more that I love to bake and this diet has basically halted all baking. I just love cake. So there are days where I just feel frustrated, because the thing I love doing is cut out (baking) and I am fighting against my emotional eating. This past monday I didn't gain any and I didn't lose any. It was my first week on Phase II Well I lost 3 oz. I had brown rice one day (my only carbs that day) Then I added fiber one cereal with smart balance skim milk almost every day of last week. I would occasionally have the low carb whole wheat tortillas. I also added in strawberries with Truvia and sf cool whip. And I would have a bite of Peanut butter.
I am having a hard time with snacks as I am tired of cheese and sandwhich meat.
This week I have gone back to no carb breakfasts , Yesterday I ate a bubba burger turkey patty with cheese on top for breakfast, 1/3 cup of brown rice with beans and sausage, and I ate turkey sausage for lunch plus a few sf candies and strawberries and as a snack I age the smores South beach diet bar (I got on the scale this morning and I have lost 2 more lbs) I am not putting this on the weight tracker yet as the official day to weigh is Monday.(this diet is so confusing )
So I guess I am trying to figure out am I eating enough because I know if you don't eat enough it can cause you to start storing stuff back even though clearly I am not starving. Also I am fighting fear of eating too much or too many carbs because I want to lose weight I don't want to plateau for too long. And what are some things I can make that help satisfy my crunch snack needs and my cake desires?
I am very glad to be on this diet or new way of eating because I don't feel I can go back. I understand now what all that white flour and sugar and crap I was eating was doing to me and I don't want to ever subject my body to eating that way again. And I will say I have been reading lots of stuff on here and you guys are very encouraging and have lots of good tips.
The hubby and I plan to start incorporating more exercise starting tomorrow. I go to Zumba every Thursday night and we are going to start walking and doing wii fit. I also have to get better on my water, I do drink it but probably not as much as I should.
Any tips and encouragement or rules you can give me would be much appreciated!