I just joined the forum and can't wait to dig in and get some more recipes. When I do something I do it 100% so I went out the other day and bought all the cookbooks and spent about 300$ for food for my sister, father, and I. (They are going to do the diet with me...I will go over there in the evenings and make us all bagged lunches).
Long story short...I know it's only day 2 and I can't have expected to lose 5lbs or anything yet. But despite the
cravings for bread/pasta/etc, I feel fine. I am quite satisfied and even now don't want to snack.
Which makes me wonder, are we (me) overeating? Today I had a 2 egg cheese omelet (low fat cheese of course) and a small can of v8. Lunch was a good sized salad with maybe 2-3 tbps low fat mozz and probably 3tbps of a no carb/sugar dressing. I also added maybe half a chicken breast that had been marinated and cooked the night before. For snack I had cucumbers soaked in vinegar and water. Then for dinner a large arugula salad with maybe 8 pecan halves, an ounce of fresh parm cheese (lf), 4 green olives, 2 cherry tomatoes (halved) and the same dressing as lunch. Then about 1cup of the white chicken chili which was made from the SBD cookbook. For dessert I had a "no sugar added" fudgescicle. My family pretty much ate the exact same thing.
Are we eating too much? It's tough when I think I understand the basics of this diet and why it works and then to see how many carbs are in the beans I just ate (1/4 at
most). I mean, why am I eating carb/sugar free salad dressing now that I know how many carbs are in the tomatoes I put on the salad to help fill me up? Please, any suggestions are welcome
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