Aimee-- I have also been having a few cheats. But I am happy to report that I weighed 145.5 So down my pound gain and then another .5. So that makes me happy.

I made my steel cut oats in the crockpot and have been eating them for breakfast with some french vanilla creamer and walnuts mixed in. I think I will take it for lunch today because I won't have time for a more substaintial lunch.

I am making one of the 3FC low carb slow cooker chicken meals for dinner. Something with italian seasoning and cream cheese. I am using 1/3 less fat kind though, so hopefully it is OP. My husband wants me to make artichokes, but I don't know how to
uh oh!

Lets keep this thread going guys. I like know who is in the same place as me, and there are so many new names. Its great, I just can't keep people seperated.

have a good OP day.

Jamie - I cheated badly yesterday.. and paid for it today! I put on 1.5 pounds! Ugh! I am kicking myself today! After 5 days on plan, that means I've only really lost 3 pounds, I guess all I can do is stay on plan and hope for the best!

I am off to work, stay on plan gals! :)

-Aimee

Hi all. I just started P1 yesterday. I have been doing sbd since last summer with nice results but I've been really really bad lately. I thought i'd go back to P1 to get all those bad cravings out of my system.
Aimee - I LOVE spaghetti squash too. It really gets me through my pasta cravings. :T
Chrissy - good luck. It's good to see that you have a positive attitude about starting over. I'm sure you'll do great. :cheer:
Patty - I try to excercise 3 times a week - treadmill (while watching tv at the gym) or just walking outside during my lunch since it's getting nice outside. I also just started incorporating weights into my workouts since the more muscle you have the faster your metabolism is supposed to get. :crossed: I even joined a 5mile run/walk in july so that I have something that will make me excercise. I'm sure I will just walk the 5 miles (hopefully) but it helps to have something to strive for.
Have a great day everyone!

Hello Ladies,

Aimee - the thing is to get back on track. In life we will always have slips, or TOM, or stress, the key is to just get back on track.

Bobolvr78 - WTG for signing up for a fun run. I need to do that too.

Jamie- I need to start cooking more. Where did you get your recipes?

Chrissy - Don't beat your selfup too badly. Your back and that is the important thing.

I need to start some type of exercise program. I guess by the time I get home, i'm so tired, or stressed that I don't want to do anything. I'm at the point in my weight where I will start to stall, then I get impatient, then I gain. I need to get past this.

I started ph1 over on Monday April 26th. My husband swears I've been on ph1 for a solid month now! I guess I have because if a cheat in the slightest I start over. I wasn't really sure what to do so ........that's what I did! I lost 10 lbs after doing ph1 for 2 weeks and I've maintained that but I felt like I wasn't giving it 100% when I slipped up and ate a piece of chicken off of the grill that had bbq sauce on it! Although I get really sick of salads, I feel good when I'm doing ph1. Also, some brand new capris that I bought about a week ago(they were snug on me/size14) are literally falling off of me now! Any advice or suggestions for me? Yesterday this is what I had: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, a glass of 1% milk, 2 cups of coffee, a bottle of water, String cheese, Salad w/ cauliflower, romaine, green leaf lettuce, radishes, spring onion, celery, mushrooms,tuna,and cucumber, water, sf jello w light cool whip, sirloin burger w/ grilled onions & mushrooms & salad (like above) Tell me whatcha think! I think I need more water. Everytime I'm thirsty I get some and I keep a sports bottle full and constantly drink from it but somehow it still seems like I'm not drinking enough! Well, good luck ladies! I'll keep ya informed on my progress! TARA

Tara, please count exactly how much water you are drinking and try to get in more veggies. Salads are not the only way. See Beachgal's good thread about veggies.
Maybe you should switch to the Phase I starters on April 26th? Let me know and I'll move you.

Hi all,
You've got phase one starters?

Lisi, it means folks starting Phase I of South Beach. Did you think it was "starters" as in food?

:) No Ruth, I am familiar with SBD. I just terminated my unused subscription in favor of free 3fc. I've joined a thread of calorie counters, but something feels so right about sbd I thought I'd check out the forums here.

:lol: I guess I was having a brain fart!
Well, this thread is for the folks who started Phase I April 18. There's another one for those who started this Monday. Please feel free to join in anywhere you feel you fit and join us on the Daily. This is a great and friendly place. Some of us count calories or WW points too.
Congratulations on your loss so far.

Thanks Ruth,
There are so many threads, I'm lost. Can you direct me to the "Daily"? thanks. :dizzy:

Ruth,
I really thought I was getting enough veggies! The salad that I had at lunch filled an entire large plate and had a good variety of veggies and at dinner it was a good portion of grilled onions and mushrooms plus a good sized side salad. Today I had 2 over easy eggs and 2 pieces of bacon, Sirloin burger, sauteed zuchini and yellow squash, and for dinner I'll probably have chicken breast, brussel sprouts, and some other vegetable. Could you explain how I'm not getting enough veggies cause I really thought I've been sticking to it good and staying right OP. Your suggestions are always appreciated. Tara~

Hi Lisi! Welcome. The daily is the one titled Hump Day 4/27. Look forward to seein ya around!

Tara, it looked to me as if there was not enough variety but now I see. Hmmm. Water amount? Also - what kind of bacon was that?

Lisi, here is the link to the Daily. It gets called different things on different days but should always have a date on it. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57017

Ruth,
I've been drinking 4-5 Dasani sports bottle 24 oz. and that was turkey bacon. Thanks for the help! Tara

Oh my god, I'm dying from a lack of coffee headache!! But I was a good girl today, nothing bad, at all, I'm impressed really. How'd you all make out today? I also started my new job, so even with that stress I stayed on plan :) The job worked out really good though.

-Aimee

Hi Aimee,
WTG for staying on plan. I did not do to well yesterday(thursday). Today trying to get back on plan. The weekends are the hardest for me. Tomorrow is my official weigh in so we'll see how I did. Still have'nt found any of that spag. squash. I wonder if the season is over?

Patty - I think it depends on the store, the place I shop I can get it all year around. It's hard to find it other places.. I didn't do so well on Thursday either, I had some ice cream.. which I just don't understand!! I don't even LIKE ice cream 99.9% of the time! I'll cross my "skinny" fingers for your weigh in tomorrow :)

-Aimee

Aimee,
That is what I have been craving. I was at home today, had some contractors working on pouring a patio. I was just dying for ice cream, instead ate about 3 SF fudgicles.

Patty usually you find the summer squash in the fall. Odd name for it's season. But you can always ask your produce person if they will have or can get any now.

Ruth, thanks for the link. I figured I'd subscribe but it says it is a closed thread. I think someone gave another link and I'll try that.

Lisi, that was the link to the daily thread for that particular day. It is closed and a new one is opened every day. Today's will probably have the work Weekend in it and today's date.

Hi Aimee!
My weight in did not go well. I had a 2lb gain, yesterday I ate alot of junk, getting back on track tomorrow. I think i'm going to restart ph1 AGAIN!

Patty - I need to restart phase 1 as well. I made it about a week, but have lost 6 pounds. I've been adding some weights in, and I really think thats going to make a huge difference. And while I'm not 100% on plan, I'm making better decisions, today for lunch I had a salad, and juice (which they made right in front of me!). And this was faced with food court food, including my fav food court place (Mmmm.. bourban chicken, ohh, and honey garlic chicken.. yummy! But I skipped it!). Are you making better decisions? I will probably restart Phase 1 on Friday though, I just got "paid" yesterday and can't really afford too much in the good food part this week. Anywho, I'm babbling.. we definitely gotta restart!!

-Aimee

I am restarting on May 2. I will start using that thread because this one got HUGE!! We sure do like to chat again. I will see some of you there.

Keep it up ladies

I hope you all did well on your two weeks of Phase I. Now...on to Phase II or to the new Phase I thread.