Hi, I started this am (round 2). Hanging in there so far past lunch. Just started with this site. Any hints on how to find the streams you're interested in easily? Good luck everyone!

Day 2 and I am doing better than yesterday. I didn't slip up yesterday but I wasn't prepared food wise so I didn't get as many veggies as I should have. Today will be better and then I hit the market tomorrow to stock up for the holiday weekend. The hard part is going to be an International Street Fair this Saturday, this thing is all about eating and drinking. I know now that I will be having something to drink there so my plan is to eat before I go (tons of veggies) and then stick to wine althought I will be wanting a beer.

Yeah, I'm a veggiemuhtarian. Have been for 10 years. Not because I want to, just because I have to for health reasons.

I like to tweak the recipes on here. Most of them are so good!

No wine aloud on Phase 1 Nilla!!!!!!!!!

I am feeling a craving comming on

Eat beans! Chick peas are great even right out of the can.

Good Morning chicks day 3, how is everyone doing?????? I am doing good so far. I have had no slip up and I am actually drinking my water. Which for me is amazing. Hope you are all doing great.

Hey chicks where are you. Today is day 4 for me and so far so good. How are all you chicks doing?????????

hey little chick. i'm glad things are going well for you. i also haven't had a slip up yet whichh is really good. easy to do though when you don't have any non SB food in your house and no money to go buy other stuff. i am, however, upset cause i used my last 2 eggs to make the chocolate meringue kisses and they failed miserably so now i don't have any eggs.

i am also getting my water .... i drank 32 oz of water yesterday! i had the hiccups numerous times and drinking a bunch of water really fast is the best way to get rid of them so that helped.

hope everyone else is doing good.

Er... I'm ashamed to say that i had to drop out on day one. I was so hungry that I couldn't sleep, so I had a bowl of cereal. I've done phase one before, so I know it's not impossible for me, but I've never been so hungry on this diet! I even ate tons of veg (mostly lettuce) and drank lots of water. I don't know what happened, but I was miserable. (Shaky, dizzy, etc. Like hypoglycemia.) I think I'm going to give it another go next Monday, and if I can't cut it, I may just go straight to phase two. Better than not doing it at all, right?

samsara - lettuce doesn't contain a lot of nutrition. Were you eating healthy carbs like legumes? Dairy products like milk and fat free plain yogurt are also helpful.

Samsara, a belated welcome to The Beach. I just spotted you now.

Please be sure to read the Revised Phase I Food List in the FAQ Section. You need milk and legumes to feel good.

Morning chicks today is day 5.... for me still good. I faced off a piece of cake at work last night. For me working at the store is my biggest challenge. Anyway there was birthday cake, I avoid it when I first went to work then I thought oh maybe one little piece wouldn't hurt....so I went down and looked at it then walked away. YIPEE for me.

nefarious_wytch - keep up the good work. don't get discouraged. Go buy some eggs atleast they are cheap. It is sooooo expensive to get healthy. You have 4 days in and YEAH for drinking your water. That is one of my biggest challenges.

little chick...thanks for the encouragement.

day 5 and still going strong, just enjoying my cheese, tomato, avocado and dill omlette this morning. I borrowed $20 off a co-worker so i could eat and feed my cat (she gets more pissed off than me when she doesn't have food).

hope everyone's doing well.

Well, for me it's Day 4, and so far so good. It's TOM, so I may have retained a couple of pounds of water back, but I still have lost since Tuesday. (I also had a "celebration" after I posted this morning, so maybe that was some of the extra weight, too?)

I'm not going out this weekend, even though it's Labor Day weekend, because I know I will drink if I go out, and I don't want to drink. (Yes, for those of you who think you're losing it, I just said I DON'T WANT TO DRINK.)

Now, I could USE a drink....but that's something completely different. I also could use a lot of other things to eat (especially last night) because of TOM and the depression that comes along with it. But, I'm staying strong, so far!

Good luck to the rest of you who are fighting your way through Ph1 too.