Hi everyone! Yeah the sodium is weird...I have started watching my sodium a while back since I had a random bout of high blood pressure, even some vegetables and fruit have sodium! Now I make my own pasta sauces and rarely used canned foods to avoid it (since apparently I'm sodium sensitive).

Yesterday was an OP day even though I ate too many black bean brownies and the scale showed it this morning with a +0.5lbs. I also had too much dairy yesterday. Back to watching those portions.

Not sure what my meal plans are today, but I will post in a bit when I figure it out. The kale-spaghetti squash gratin sound delicious!

Day 2
 

I am on Day 2 of phase 1. I did SB a few years ago and it worked well, but didn't stick with it. My life in general is much less stressful, so I think it is the right time to get back to it.

The hardest part is making sure you have a good selection of the right kinds of foods on hands. Many of the foods with the best shelf life tend to be high in carbs, so you have to plan ahead. I live in a rural setting, so running to the grocery store on a whim isn't an option, I have to plan ahead.

I feel good! I'd like to lose 30 pounds. Can I lose 15 by the end of the year? That's less than 2 pounds per week. It seems reasonable.

Hey Chicory - I'm aiming to lose 13 by the end of the year so I can be 175 on 1/1/11....we can TOTALLY do it!!! :)

Phase 2 - still looking more phase 1'ish though. I need to get some more fruit and breads in the house, going shopping this weekend. Need to make a stop at Trader Joes for some of that Ezekiel bread...then tell the hubs and son...hands off! lol

b'fast - kinda strange ;)
coffee w/sf creamer
refried beans

lunch
white bean turkey chili
salad w/spray dressing

snack
celery sticks w/laughing cow cheese

dinner
veggie lasagna

Also did 60 minutes of Zumba last night and a 20 minute power blast class that totally kicked my butt!!

Morning on planers and :welcome: Chicory. Your goal is right on. I know you can do it.

I'm proud to say that yesterday was one more on plan day for me even though it was one of those afternoon/evening days when cravings came calling. I hung in there and am so happy this morning that I did.

Phase 1.5

B - Decaf coffee w/sf creamer, mock pancakes, 1 turkey bacon, V8.
S - 12 raw almonds
L - Braised kale w/ black beans and tomatoes.
S - apple and lf cheese
D - Braised kale w/ black beans and tomatoes.
Dessert - 1 cup greek lf yogurt w/cinnamon.

Raspberries on Phase 1?
 

I'd like to hear an opinion. I have just started Phase 1. I have a tub of a good brand of low-fat plain yogurt. I packed a cup for lunch today, and I dropped in 5 frozen, unsweetened raspberries to add a little flavor. Phase 1 says no fruit, but is that a reasonable amount? Or should I totally tough it out for the 14 days?

Thanks

List of Pahse 1 foods
 

Does anybody know of a link to a more extensive list of Phase 1 foods than is in the South Beach book?

chicory - no fruit is just that, no fruit. it's just two weeks.

Here is the current list of allowed foods: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/sbd-...ay-2008-a.html

Were you looking for something more specific? If there is something that is not listed on that list that you are unsure about, feel free to ask here.

Chicory,I agree with Zef. You should not have any fruit during phase one. It actually goes past pretty fast and there are plenty of other things to eat. Try putting cinnamon and the allowed amount of nuts in your yogurt, even some fake sugar if you need it. Or I've sprinkled in a little sugar free jello in mine and it's surprisingly good.

B-Berry oatmeal
L-Big bowl of cabbage and cauliflower soup
S-Small gala apple
D-2 chicken andouille sausages, kale chips, whole grain bread

Zef-TYVM for the recipe link :)

Phase II

B: V8, 2 boiled eggs, veggie sausage
S: RF cheese stick
L: Huge salad with pinto beans
S: Tall skinny hazelnut latte
D: Salmon with basil pesto & roasted red peppers, roasted veggies, carrots, hummus
S: Almond butter

P1:

B:egg french toast, lf capuccino
s: lf yogurt & flaxseeds
L: quark quiche w/mushrooms,bell peppers & lf feta and salad
s: 1/2 pesto chicken breast roll
D:cordon bleu & salad& roasted bell peppers
dessert: sbd cheesecake, hot chocolate

started off the morning with a run. it was so cold! had to cut it a bit short because my asthma was really acting up.

going to a birthday party tonight - there will be gumbo for dinner. at least the cake will be easy to avoid. i might bring a salad to have before dinner.

1: 1 poached egg, 2 c. spinach sauteed with garlic, 1 small slice chia bread; chai tea steeped in almond milk
2: sweet potato, kale and lentil soup
3: apple
4: gumbo sans rice (sacrilegious!), salad

The "on plan" days are adding up!

Phase 1.5

B -Decaf coffee w/sf creamer, mock pancakes, 2 turkey bacon, V8.
S - 12 raw almonds
L - Big old Chicken/spinach salad w/tomato, onion, cucumber and lc sf balsamic dressing.
S - HB egg w/Dijon mustard, ½ cucumber, string cheese
D - Cod (baked), slaw w/mayo
Dessert -1 cup Greek plain yogurt w/rasberries

Phase 2

Orange
Beans (5 servings)
Water: 8 cups

I'm so proud of myself! I ate bread yesterday as a treat yesterday and they didn't cause a craving. In fact, I almost forgot to eat a snack!

Yesterday was a good example of a random unplanned day

• Coffee with unsweetened almond milk.
• Coffee with regular milk.
• ... lots of running around ...
• Detour Bar (15 g protein, 6 g sugar - all I had available at that time)
• Brown rice sushi with fresh spinach (I checked - 400 calories for the whole thing).
• Diet coke (yup, way too much caffeine yesterday :yikes:).
• Peanut butter cookie Lara Bar (just dates and peanuts - the best of my choices)
• 2 tiny mandarin oranges.
• 1.5 servings giant white beans in tomato sauce.
• 1 serving of Triscuits with some lowfat cheddar.
• 1 serving cashews (so I had 2 servings of nuts yesterday).
• 1 square of the darkest chocolate I have ever found.

Pretty bad day in terms of the veggies. Um, like nearly nonexistent veggies. And I didn't eat anything except the Detour bar until 4 pm. Don't know why I am posting this except to remind myself to do better.

Today. Phase 2.
B - coffee with 1% milk. Cantaloupe protein smoothie. Veggie sausage.
L - out with friends, will make it a salad
S - veggies with hummus
S2 - mandarin orange with almonds
D - out with friends, ugh, I don't know where yet
dessert - 1 glass of wine