purplemonkey, don't be too hard on yourself.

Usually, that's what I do, but this time when I went off SBD, I planned ahead. I studied the restaurant menu ahead of time and I knew what I was going to order when I went in. OK, I did not plan on eating dessert.

SBD is the way I'm going to eat the rest of my life, but I know that there will be times when I have sugar. I won't get discouraged when I do, just try harder the next meal.

Plus, baby, you are ahead, you have lost 20 pounds!!!!

Back on the Beach
 

Hi everyone. My name is Lori. I started back on the beach last Saturday. Last time I did SB I got through the first 2 weeks, lost 8 pounds, but then started to gain once I entered phase 2. This time I'll add back in new food items more slowly. This way of eating really works for me as long as I stick to the plan. I've already lost 3 pounds. I know that's mostly water and I shouldn't weigh more than once a week, but if feels so good to see the number go down :D

Here's what I've been eating:

B: Breakfast scramble - Saute green & red bell peppers and onions. Add 1 spicy black bean burger patty (pre-cooked for 1 minute in the microwave and then crumbled in the pan), 1/2 cup egg substitute, 1/4 cup low fat cheese, salsa & hot sauce. This is very fillling and keeps me going all morning.

L: Saturday and Sunday I got the grilled chicken ceasar salad from McDonalds. Used 1/2 of the dressing and threw out the croutons. We've (I have a 15 year old son) been in the habit of grabbing lunch on the way out to ski practice so I need to get more organized and pack our lunch instead. Yesterday I made a wonderful chef salad at home with lean turkey, ham, swiss cheese and a hard boiled egg. Dressing was light blue cheese dressing that I thinned out with a little FF half & half.

D: Saturday - Country style ribs cooked in the crock-pot, cauliflower mash, steamed cabbage, green beans. Sunday - got home late after the ski show so had a SB frozen dinner.
Monday - I eat dinner out every Monday on my way to chorus rehearsal. Last night we went to Cracker Barrell and I had a pork chop, green beans and pinto beans.

Snacks - 30 pistaschios, Celery with laughing cow cheese, "peanut butter cup", SF jello w/cool whip free.

Tonight for dinner I'm making a hamburger patty with lots of sauteed onions and mushrooms, steamed yellow squash and broccoli.

Thanks for letting me share!

I just realized that there is a thread for people who started this week...oops!

Yesterday's menu:
B: 2 mini spinach quiche, 2 stuffed mushrooms, 2 strips turkey bacon
S: 2 stalks celery (I just realized I forgot to pack my celery today! Poop!)
L: 1.5 cups burrito soup, raw spinach w/evoo & RW vinegar, bb brownie, diet rite
S: 2 stuffed mushrooms, 1/2 cup cottage cheese
D: mock pancakes & oatmeal
s: frozen pb cup
I only drank 2 liters of water yesterday, but I did go for a nice long walk. :-)
I tell you what, those pancakes and oatmeal hit the spot. Those are my normal "I had a bad day" comfort foods, so it helped. Except I woke up this morning just nauseated, I'm blaming all the fake sugar. Plus I'm not feeling the greatest emotionally. It was a real struggle yesterday not to binge...usually I try to tell myself that I'll just feel worse afterwards, because I do, but that never works. And then I had a lightbulb moment where I just sort of realized that shoveling a whole cake in my face won't make my life not suck: as soon as the cake it gone, everything is going to be right there, sucking. It sounds depressing and a little nihilistic, but it's true. So maybe I might be able to stick to this after all. I'm adding fruit and oatmeal next week though: oatmeal for my morning snack and an apple with peanut butter for my afternoon snack. But that's all. I'm kinda getting ahead of myself though, since I haven't even weighed myself yet. So I suppose we'll see.
My weekend was fine: this not eating sugar thing has grown to near obsession. I have nightmares about forgetting I'm doing SBD and eating a muffin: I have similar dreams about smoking (I quit over a year ago). Last night I looked at the ingredients in Cool Whip free and saw corn syrup and almost swore it off, but it is quite tasty, and as long as I limit it, I think I'll be fine. I'm really looking forward to Irish oats next week though. I keep saying that. I am really foccused on oats.

Hey you guys. Oh my what a last couple of days. My dsl line has been down:mad:

But to date I have lost 6.6 pounds:carrot:

I have had a couple of slip ups but got back on track. Hopefully it won't hurt me.

Should someone start a new thread for the new week this one is getting long.

Glad to see all the weight loss and everyone doing well. Check back later.

Tasha

Hi, thought I would bring this thread back up and see how everone who started phase I on March 13 is doing. I have so far lost 11 lbs and still doing phase I for another week.

Niki

Wow mattandgabbysmom, that's awesome!
I started the week before ya'll on March 8 and I did P1 for 3 weeks. I'm down about 8 lbs. I have done really well eating wise until this afternoon, but I am going to look past that and get right back on track.
Congratulations on your weight loss.

Want2babeachbabe, you did a great job also. That is a great attitude to have, look past it and get right back on track. Your goal is not too far away.
Good Luck!

Whoops! I meant to close this thread after the two week period. I'm glad to see such positive posts. Keep up the good work, Chickies!