January 9th Phase 1 starters
 

I am starting phase 1 on Jan 9th and I am going shopping tomorrow.

BTW My Niece is going to do this with me do you think it will stall her weight loss if she has one piece of wheat toast every other day?? It makes her sick to eat eggs every morning..

I did SB in 2004 and lost 17 pounds and hope to be as successful as I was then.

Hi Loving mommy! Me and DH will be joining you !!!

Hmm: Here's a link to Alternatives to Eggs in the morning..and don't forget,Think outside the box.. we don't have to rely on traditional items fer breakfast..

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57532

Phase 1 is to help us rid our cravings fer sugar and processed stuff. I don't know if having WW everyother day will help her with that.. Maybe neice can take a look at that link and try these other things.

Hey Loving~Mommy,

I'm going grocery shopping today and starting on Monday as well. I have about 30 pounds to lose and hope to be close to my goal by the time by 23rd birthday rolls around in May. I've had success on it before too so I know we can do it again. Good Luck!!!



~Stephanie

Well maybe we can all be buddies I have 40 pounds to lose

I'm starting over today (it's midnight lol) so I'll be joining you too!!!

Hey Alisha...we just moved from Lafayette! Dh is from Louisiana. That cooking really got to me LOL.

I'm right there with ya! Two full weeks of P1 starting Mon 1/9 . Tomorrow I go buy a crockpot and a waffle maker. Two appliances I've never had and feel Ishould. Can't wait!!

Alrighty, I've set my PHASER TO ONE.. heh heh, I'm such a cornball!:dizzy:

Dh is joining me sooo we will have a MAN Chicken here... Here's our menu for today:

BF: 2 eggs scrambled with zucchini with Pam.
Cawfee with splenda
V8

Snack: Celery Sticks with Ranch dressing dippage.

Lunch: Turkey and LF Swiss Roll UPs.
Tomato and Onion With Balsamic

Snack: 8 Oz Tomato Juice

Dinner: Cola Chicken
Green Beans

Dessert: SF Black Cherry Jello with a dollop of LF cool whip

Water Water Water

LOL! A man chicken! :rofl: Does he know you just called him that?? :lol:

Anyways!! Today is day one for me too. I started with mock oatmeal since I have no veggies in my house but am off to the store to stock up. I'm sending good OP P1 vibes everyone's way!

Today I'm with Shatz Phaser is set to ONE!
I don't have enough veggies in the house
the menu thus far
Breakfast
1 hb egg and some luncheon meat ham
tea with 1% and splenda ( i put in too much splenda bleh!)
snack
String Cheese
Lunch
Cheese maybe ham or some pork roast or veggie crumbles
and my taco veggie soup which i still have to post I adapted it from core
Dinner
London Broil and a veggie of some sort

Gettin' Real
 

Pearseydew: I told DH he was a MAN chicken... he said Geez, Thanks... No problem darlin, I am doing what I can do reinforce yer masculinity :lol:

OK, as MUCH as I reeeeaaallly didn't want to do this... Time to address the scale avoidance issue I've been having.. I gained 11 pounds :tantrum: since drifting off the beach and hangin with Whales... CRAP!!! I really hope I've learned my lesson. No more choco cherries! No more using pumpkin pie as a vegetable...no more eating ridculous portions. So, with much pain, I have reset my ticker to reflect my current weight. Sigh..Gotta git real, and be honest with you all and myself...

Oh Schatzi I can't wait to get home tonight and tell my hubby he is a MAN chicken. Our phasers are set to one again this week also. Here is today's menu.

B - one cup raw broccoli, one slice extra lean ham, 3 slices deli oven roasted turky, smidgen bit of chive and onion cream cheese to make a rollup

S - 3FC 4 bean salad

L - Taco Bake left over from last night, cottage cheese, milk and snap peas

S - celery with SF peanut butter

D - Schatzi's cola chicken (trying for first time), spinach/roman salad w/ tomatoes and cucumbers, green beans and/or steam broccoli

S - SF Jello w/dollop of cool whip

Typing this made me hungry must be snack time. 4 bean salad here I come.

Good luck to all us phase oners. Newbies and retreads!:hug:

Alright chickies, third time is the Charm right. STarting PH1Day1 today. I am feeeeeeeeling awful due to this cold I am having :stars: so even though cough medicine has sugar in it, I am going to have to cheat on that. Here is what I have planned for today:

B: LF String Cheese (woke up late)

S: Peanutes

L: Water Packed Tuna with rf mayo

S: Celery Stalks with Natural Peanut Butter

D: LF Chicken Parmesan

De: Fudgcicle

Wo: hopefully 60 mins of cardio...:tread:

I am starting this plan not only fully supported by you all but also my DH, and his M and F.

Pearshape - I cannot live without my waffle maker (except on this phase I will have to lol) I have a really nice crockpot, never used it. Hoping to learn how on this phase.

Schatzi - Man chicken, you are so funny! Your day looks great! ANd why isnt pumpkin pie a vegetable lol. I am resetting mine as well which pretty much negates me back to the start of my goal :(

Well I hope you ladies have a great OP day!

Sorry about the cold, Stephie. Any chance you can get sugar free cough medecine? I know they make it for diabetics.

Um...just a hint - peanut butter and peanuts. The Phase I rule is either, not both unless you halve the recommended serving size.

Can I join too?
 

I have been reading my SB book again today and plan to shop for everything and start actually on Jan 10th. Close enough, right?

:D

Yeah thats cool LOL

Here is my menu for today

Hot Tea to wake me up

B~ SB Choc Shake

S~ nothing was at docs office

L~ shrimp Ceasar salad w/ Ranch

S~ Left over shrimp ceasar

D~ Chicken, Broccoli, Cheese, ham, Green Beans

S~ SF Fudgesicle w/ Cup 1% milk

Ok ready for criticizism LOL

Ok so I didn't start today as planned, life got in the way and poor preparation on my part. Starting definitely tomorrow and I'm SO glad I found this board again, that other board was making me paranoid about eating period!

You guys are just so wonderful I tell you want!

Good luck ladies :)

Here it is DAY 2 !! I did pretty good yesterday! Need to slug down more water...
My Man Chicken :chicken: did great too... Cept he hates water.. The man has a 6 pack a day Diet Pepsi habit...nuthin I can do bout that...

Now let's see what's on the Menu at Chef Shatzi's ::chef: today


B: Gonna try Synergy's Mock Pancakes

S: My typical Celery stuffed with laughing Mooooooo

L: Salad with Kidney Beans and left over Chick

S: Roasted CAJUN Chickpeas YEHAWWWWWW

D: Pork Chomps-- Shebas soy and garlic recipe....or. there's a recipe on the WW site that calls for FF sour cream...might give that a go... with Smashed Cauliflower

Dessert: either sf jello or sf ice pop.

Hey chicks! Yesterday was not too good on the water or veggies unfortunately. I felt like crap all day from jetlag. This morning my sinuses are killing me but I just took a pill so hopefully they'll let up. My menu for today is as follows:

B: Mock waffles (w/ my new waffle maker)
L: spinach/romaine salad with roast chicken
S: cucumbers and lauging cow cheese
D: beef and veggie soup, steamed broccoli
S: ricotta something or other

STephanie: you can make the mock waffles in your waffle maker w/ sf syrup. Yummy! Even better than the mock panckaes which are good too!

Icmethinner welcome aboard the more the marrier. Amy I understand about life getting in the way. Just hop on today.

Did really good yesterday. 120oz of water. I know sounds like a lot but it seems to be just about right for me. Lots of veggies. And I didn't have any of the cream cheese danishes that someone brought into the office. Yea for me!!:carrot:

By the way Schatzi your cola chicken is so wonderful I thought I had died and gone to heaven last night. I highly recommend it to anyone.:T :T

Today's menu:

B - Ham & turkey rolled up with smidge bit of chive onion cream cheese, grape tomatoes and cucumbers

S - 4 Bean Salad

L - Left over Cola Chicken (can wait), broccoli, mushrooms, cottage cheese and milk

S - celery with SF peanut butter

D - Sun Dried Tomato hamburgers, spinach/roman salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and celery and probably green beans.

S - SF Jello with a dollop of cool whip

Good luck everyone on staying OP today.:hug:

Ph1Day1
 

Well yesterday 'went to the dogs' was feeling particularly sick and was not very OP. You know I have noticed that when I do go OP, other than the usual guilt I just feel really sick. It is like when I am eating OP my system feels 'clean' and when I am not my stomach suffers the consequences. Anyway started the morning off right with a good breakfast. Hoping to make it all day as a perfect angel *wink*

Ruth - duh, I cannot believe I planned it that way. Must have been a slip up, but thanks for the reminder on the Peanut/Peanut Butter issue :)

Loving Mommy - I think your menu looks good. Definitely not enough food for me though lol.

Pearshape - I will have to check out that recipe. Is it in the phase 1 breakfast section of 3fc?

OK well it is back to work for me. Hitting the gym tonight would be great, not sure if it will be possible though. Maybe after I shoot the basketball game...

Steph why do you need to lose you are only 132 how tall are you

check out my menu for today everyone criticze me LOL

Breakfast 1 egg and 2 slices Canadian bacon

Snack Small Salad w/ almonds

Lunch Turkey Burger & Green Beans 1 /2 cup

Snack 2 slices turkey & 1 string Cheese

Dinner Grilled chicken w/ broccoli

Snack SF Jello

Lovin Mommy! We don't criticize her darlin... just helpful :D

Might try a little more dairy, and make sure you are eating enough..darlin!!!

Oh I am a shorty....I am only 5'2 with a very very small frame. I am one of those skinny fat chicks lol. I look great in clothes but pretty different without. I have those love handles than kind of sit over the tops of my jeans in back. And I seem to hide weight in my booty... Overall just trying to tone up...I was about 105 a year and a half ago and it just felt right.

Ohh ok I see...


Well I am adding cheese to my turkey burger and also had a cup of milk with breakfast

Good adds Lovingmommy! (ps I'm guilty of not enough diary myself... I work in through 2% cottage cheese mostly and plain yougart ;) If you havent tried the Chocolate Shake ..it's awesome and a great way to get in some dairy!

Yippee
 

I have read where Dr. A said that artificial crabmeat was okay but I wonder if he realized what it contains? There are so many starches in it that most of us have decided it should be avoided.

That's what I figured about the artificial crab. Thanks for that bit of info.

Schatzi yes I tried the shake and it was delish

I also changed my menu around a lil bit I had some grilled shrimp and broccoli instead of Chicken I had chicken last night.

Also having milk with my snack

What is the recipe for the cola chicken? I am sure it is somewhere, here, but I still am working my way around the different threads. So, if someone could give it to me or point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. Thx.

The Cola Chicken is in the Recipes, Phase I. Here's the link.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the fake crab meat was not OK due to all the sugars in it. Hmm! Either way I'd avoid it.

Steph: Yes, the recipe is in the b'fast section. It's really good with some flax meal added to it, just be sure to count that as your nut serving, according to Dr. A.

Yesterday was a good OP day. I had a late class so didn't feel like making the soup so just had leftover roast chicken and broccoli. Ruth somewhere posted about having sf syrup in milk as a dessert...I tried it...and it's so good. Thanks for that.

Morning all you Phase 1 chicks. I just have to say YEEEEE HAW!!!!:carrot:

Today was weight in day and I'm down 5.5 pounds.:goodscale Hubby was down 7.

I couldn't believe it. I know it is all water weight because of how much I had to pee yesterday but it is so encouraging to know I am getting rid of some of the weight I have gained since October. WOO WHO!:cb:

I'm going to chime in on the imitation crab also. When I read the package it had some kind of filler and for the life of me I can't remember what it was right now and sugar. I know when I found that out and quit eating it my weight started going down again.

Yesterday was another OP day for me even though the temptations (better know as cream cheese danish) were still in the office. Had my 120oz of water and am feeling really good. I had forgotten how good I feel when I stay OP.

Today's menu:

B - Ham and turkey rollup with a smidge bit of chive onion cream cheese, tomatoes, and cucumbers

S - Bean Salad and Milk

L - eating out with a friend at Burger and Brew will probably have a spinach salad or ceasar salad w/o the dressing

S - celery with laughing cow light swiss

D - Chicken foil pouches (can't remember what they are called in the SBD book), black beans and spinach

S - SF Jello with dollop of cool whip for hubby and SF peanut butter with a dollop of cool whip for me.

Hope everyone has an OP day!!:hug:

Good morning
 

Manage to get through, yesterday, with all it's here, there and everywhere's. Thanks for the chicken cola recipe. I do have problem, though. I cannot get all the SF items, here, that you have in America. Makes it difficult. I am not sure about the ketchup, either. Don't know if we even have anything like low carb ketchup. What about tomato sauce. Guess it wouldn't taste the same. Major boo boo, yesterday. Went to the shops and saw some low fat fudgesicles. I thought, yippee, :yes: Bought them and then on the way home, a light pinged in my head. I checked the fat content, but did I check the sugar. NOOOOOOOOO! it had 16.1 g of sugar.:nono: Well, offered them up as a sacrifice to DH when I got home. He gladly accepted. :T Back to the drawing board. :stress: As for the crab meat. What's left in the frig will be breakfast for the magpies this morning.:dz: Well, off for another cuppa and see what I can get into, today. It is a home day. Cleaning and finally take down the Christmas tree.
:coffee:

Not Happy! "Need Help"
 

Just made the Salsa chicken and as I was making it, I noticed the taco mix had sugar in it, the salsa had sugar in it. Was going to make something else and noticed the tinned diced tomatoes had 4.0 sugar in it. What do I do? How much is too much sugar? :?: After having to give up my fudgecicles, yesterday, not ready to give up my chicken:chicken: :tantrum: I dont' think we have many of the LF, SF, items, here, that are available overseas. Oh, woe is me.:stress:

Do they list sugar in the ingredient list or only on the nutritional information? Tomatoes have natural sugar which is fine but you want to avoid added sugar. I know someone has listed a combination of spices that you can use for the Taco mix.

:hug: Arheba :hug: sorry you sound so stressed. I don't know what kinds of salsa you have there but if Pace is one of the brands they don't add sugar to it. It will show a sugar grams count but like Barb said it is from the tomatoes and that sugar is OK. If you can't find one with out added sugar you could always make your own with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos or chillis and cilantro. I haven't been able to find a no sugar added Taco mix. However I did find that the spices that are in the Taco Bake recipe work wonderfully for a Taco mix. And you can make it as spicy or mild as you want just by adding and deleting the spices. The Taco Bake link is http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...highlight=Taco Hope this helps you dear.


As for me well I had another OP day and am feeling really good still. I love it. Just wish I could remember how much better I feel when I'm eating correctly when that donut or cookie pops up at me. :lol:

Today's menu will be:

B - Ham & turkey with smidge bit of cream cheese roll up, cucumbers, tomatoes. I know boring but I like it and it is something I can eat while I drive for 45 mins to work.

S - Bean salad and milk

L - Taco Bake, broccoli, grean beans, snap peas and cottage cheese

S - Laughing cow light swiss and celery

D - Meatloaf (no crackers or oatmeal), spinach/romaine salad, cauliflower

S - hubby get jello with dollop of cool whip and I will have peanut butter with a dollop of cool whip

Hope everyone has a great OP day. :hug:

Ok my menu for yesterday I ready for my critcism

B~ SB Choc Shake

S~ 2 deviled eggs

L~ 3 baked chicken wings, and salad

S~ oops

D~ Turkey with spinach with mozzarella

S~ SB Pnut butter cup


OK GO!!

BTW 3 more pounds gone

Chicken wings are not allowed...stick to breast meat.

That's right - they are too fatty. I'm also wonderng about the veggies. We should be aiming for 4 1/2 cups per day.