Help for a newbie...
 

I'm following the plan and also tracking what I've eaten at the end of the day just so I have a grasp on why my scale says what it says at the end of the week (hopefully).

I eat about every 2 hours and I eat small portions each time.

Yesterday was day 1 and I had about 48 g of carbs and 1600+ calories. Most of which (25) came from the Ph1 Stuffed Bell Pepper I had for dinner.

Today I still have dinner and probably one more snack let and I'm only at 600+ calories but have had 55 g of carbs. It looks like my two things I've had today that were high in carbs was a serving of the Ph1 Refried Bean Soup and my 2 c. of Non-Fat Milk. Everything else I've had has been low in carbs (5 or under).


Is there a magical number of carbs I should stay under carb wise?

I think I'm so nervous I'm doing something wrong because I'm enjoying it soooo much :dizzy:

Please don't worry about carbs - this is a good carb. not a low carb plan. You are doing just fine.

Okay. That's probably all I needed to hear. Being on WW since 2009 has drilled it into my head that I have to track SOMETHING! That will be a hard habit to move away from.

Thanks! :D

I would say for south beach as long as they are good carbs- ie your veggies and beans then you are doing fine. Most of your carbs on south beach will come from there :)

Once you find around how many carbs you can eat and still lose then you should be all set. I know for me my "number" seems to be anything under 100 grams of carbs, but this was through tons of trial and error :)

You sure will find that dairy and beans, as well as nuts, have carbs but don't be alarmed. It sounds like you are doing just great!

I felt the same way when I started with South Beach - "This CAN'T be a *diet*! The food is too good!"

You're doing great! No need to count carbs. The only things I count are veggies (try for 4.5 cups a day) and nuts (to keep myself honest about one serving because I LOVE nuts).

YAYYYY WAN2BE!

That is all.

I agree -- if you need to count something (which I can totally relate to btw), count servings and portion sizes :)