[MittenNKim]

Originally Posted by pebbles396

Kim,
Actually I found that I developed Bread phobias - so that was really late in the game.

I started with fruit during the afternoon b/c that's when I was most stable. (late night didn't work at all).

But I found that one full week on 1.5 then basically whenever I wanted it. I started to have a bit too much cereal so I had to taper off.

I think that the book suggests just watching the scale and seeing how you feel.

I really don't mind Phase 1 stuff all that much, so I try to eat as much phase 1 as possible.

Do you know what's funny? I had a Ziploc Ice Cream the other night, and I felt like I had cheated! I had an OVERWHELMING feeling of guilt, it was bad! Then I got over it.

Can you give me a vague idea of your Wk1.5 menu looked like on an average day? I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to be eating. I mean, I think I can handle making myself these egg-blintz things I have made for myself for breakfast, with a cup of milk for breaky... then for a snack, I could see an apple with a smear of PB... lunch, I used to eat this bland-but-healthy-meal, it's plain oatmeal (not quick oats), with cocoa and a 1/2 cup of f/f dry cottage cheese and sweetner. It doesn't taste like much but it's easy, and it gives me everything I need. Dinner, I could see myself continuing to eat grilled chicken and a variety of veggies... and then snack, still maybe a ricotta creme or a ziploc ice cream.

Does this sound reasonable for Ph1.5 or Ph2? Too much? Not enough? Wrong foods? Obviously I want to keep losing (who knows if I will have lost after 2 weeks on Ph1 -- every day I feel like I've eaten the wrong things. Too much cheese, too much fat, not enough... who knows) as I'm still pretty far from goal.

Thanks, as always.

[Mel J.]

I am a new member. And I just want to say to Traci that is why I joined I thought it was just me having a hard time on the SB diet. I am a 140lbs and would like to lose 25lbs. I do good at 1 one but at phase 2 is when I start haveing trouble. When I start gaining the wait back I get discouraged and then it seems to be down hill from there. There are days I feel like I am just meant to be fluffy.

[MittenNKim]

Originally Posted by kaetra

I've been measuring my waist size. It's still at 37", no change there over the week, so I had at least that to cushion the blow of the extra pounds. I would have been happier with no weight loss obviously rather than up 2 lbs!

Yeah, I do feel healthier but 1 step forward 1 step back doesn't get you any closer to goal now does it? :-(

Traci -- I feel your pain, girl. I'm in the same boat, you and I have almost identical current weights and goals (I'd like to get to 120 though).

I can't offer much in the way of my own experience, but a friend who has been on it for a bit (and who is studying nutritional sciences) did say to me that for some people, the weight loss happens in a "woosh"... you think nothing is happening, but all of a sudden, you'll wake up one day and it will really start to come off.

She made a good point -- so many people give up right away, but in a NORMAL case, all things equal, it actually takes about 8 weeks to REALLY see results. SO don't give up until after you've given it a solid two months. Then, if it hasn't worked for you, you may need to try something else.

Good luck!

[pebbles396]

Oh sure.

Breakfast - Whey Protein Shake (recipe in the desserts section for phase 1) I'm sooo sick of eggs.

Snack - PB and celery (I have this almost every day)

Lunch - Mozzarella, tomatoes, prosuitto, artichokes heated
- 1/2 apple skin on

Salad with chicken and salsa


Snack -
Nuts or laughing cow

Dinner -
any phase 1 dinner

Dessert
Jello

So pretty much all phase one - and teeny introductions. Fruit was my first choice.

The following week I would have cereal for breakfast w/ FF milk for breakfast.