[jazztap10]

Thanks for the idea Christian. I think I will start adding veggies and hummus, since hummus is high in calories. It's difficult because I truly am full after my meals, but I am still short.

Good point Ruth. We do definitly need our calcium!!

So yesterday i had:
B:Mushroom and lf cheese omelette
S:Broccolli with calorie-wise italian salad dressing
L:Vegetable stirfry
S:skipped...i was really full
D:Chicken ceasar salad...mmmm
S:sf Hot chocolate, and sf yogurt

Now that I have written this out, it looks I am lacking protein a bit. I need to work on that! Hope everyone has a good day!

Jazz

[Lore1]

Thanks so much for the feedback on my menu. I didn't realize I should be eating turkey bacon. Is canadian bacon ok instead?

I did get some milk in last night. Gosh, I haven't had just a glass of milk in years. It was very wierd! LOL

I do believe I will be cutting back portions. As a kid I was always taught to "eat everything on your plate or you don't get any dessert". So...I have a really hard time not eating everything put in front of me! I'm going to be much more consciece (sp) of how much I fix going forward so I don't feel "obligated" to eat it all. At least until I get can better control over that.

I must say, I'm feeling pretty good and I seem to have more energy the last few days. What a GREAT feeling!

[Barb0522]

Lore1 - Canadian bacon is just fine. Regular bacon has way too much fat. I never used to drink milk before South Beach but now I like a glass of skim milk as long as I add a little SF Davinci or Torani syrup - vanilla and chocolate are really good.

[lotusblossom02]

Hey all.
My hubby and I started the diet on Sunday and so far it seems like it's going good. However, both of us the past 3 days (monday, tues and today) have noticed a couple hours after eating lunch and dinner both us, our blood pressure shoots sky high. Mine was so bad last night, I actually had tremors in my hands. Has anyone had this after just starting the diet or is this an abnormal affect?

As far as what we ate, here's what it's been since sunday (day in paranthesis)
B: 2 eggs, 8 oz 1% fat milk (S), turkey sausage egg quiche (from this forum) and 6 oz of v8 (M-W)
S: Me: 15 almonds; Him: 20 peanuts.
L: Salad (baby spinach, romaine), green pepers, cucumber, grape tomatos, ff feta cheese, a touch of italian dressing. Topped usually with a 1/2 of a can for me a full can for him of Tuna in water (drained). (S-W). sf jello for dessert.
S: String cheese (part skim of course)
D: Marinated super lean sirloin steaks (Mrs. Dash, garlic, tiny bit of olive oil), broccoli and cauliflower (S), Salad (same as lunch) me, leftover steak broccoli and cauliflower for him (M), Mexican Chicken Soup (can provide recipe but i assure you it's sdb friendly...got from a veteran lol) and side salad (T). Dessert: sugar free jello. Tonight, Soup from yesterday again.
Also, usually with each meal, especially salads, we have at least 4 Tbsp of lf cottage cheese as well. Gotta get the calcium and extra protein in
We've both lost weight so far (water of course) and we have been drinking at least 60 oz of water per day.
The raised blood pressure is quite concerning to me tho. Any info/input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[Christian]

Ruth- thanks for noticing the milk, I have been out and payday is Friday but I will get in some extra lowfat cheese till then

[jazztap10]

Morning girls.
So my menue from yesterday:

B:Mushroom Omelette (this is my favorite thing in the world, i would have it for every meal if it wasn't so high in fat and cholesterol! )
S:Celery
L:Ceasar Salad
S:SF jello
D: Tossed salad with chicken and italian dressing
S:skipped!

So far I am feeling GREAT about this diet! How about you guys? It doesn't really feel like a diet at all, I love it!

One of the girls that I work with is on one of those soup diets where all she can eat for a month is soup. She is always complaining about being starving at work. When I told her about SB diet she insisted it wouldn't work because you eat too much! I can't wait to prove her wrong!

I really want to weigh myself and see if I have lost anything in four days! I know that sounds really dumb, heh, but I am really impatient :P I think I might actually just go by how I feel and how I look instead of stressing over numbers.

Have a good day everyone!
Lotus- I haven't heard of raised blood pressure from this diet, so I don't have any suggestions. Sorry! Good luck!

[lotusblossom02]

Well for me it has calmed down. My blood pressure only went up last night about 2 hours after dinner (and the headache followed). The husband hasn't said anything so will keep updated on that.
Today
B: turkey sausage veggie quiche, 6 oz v8.
S: cheese stick
L: Mexican chicken salsa soup; Dannon light n fit low cal (sugar free) yogurt.
S: 15 almonds
D: Homemade oven roasted turkey breast, mashed cauliflower with a touch of butter and lf chedder cheese. 6 oz 1% milk.
D: sugar free chocolate fudgesicle

[Christian]

Lotus- I havent heard of that on this plan either, I hope someopne pops in to help

Todays plan,
B- 2 eggs and 1 slice lowfat turkey ham
L- 1 beef patty and 1 slice lowfat cheese
s- (was shopping)
S- turkey,squash and cauliflower and broccoli and 1 slice lowfat cheese and a huge glass of skim milk (2 cups worth) thanks Ruth
s- sf jello and 15 turkey pepperoni and then about 15 more and another cup of milk, and a fudgesicle

[Schatzi]

Lotus, the only thing I can think of right now is checking your sodium intake I hope that this was a "fluke"...keep us in the loop darlin

[Lore1]

Today's menu will be interesting for me. I'm scheduled to go to lunch with my boss and I have no idea where we're going. Thinking about it this morning, I've decided to go with some type of salad and if there's something in the salad I shouldn't have, I'll just have to pick it out. Wish me luck!

[jazztap10]

Good luck Lore!
Here's some for you!

Have a good OP day everyone

[lotusblossom02]

the only way my sodium intake is higher is if my hubby is slipping it in lol
i'll keep posted don't worry.
and one note: omg on those dannon yogurts. i totally felt like i just ate something absolutely illegal but it wasn't
time for class. life stinks trying to diet and be a college student lol

[Rachel2]

I'm on day 3 here, so far so good! I'm already having trouble finding something for lunch though. I had tuna salad with lettuce and tomato yesterday and am going to eat the leftovers today but it just doesn't sound appetizing. My mom started SB yesterday and found some frozen dinners that are ok for Phase I so I'm thinking of picking up some of them. I'm also making the Breakfast Cheesecake today since I've had the same breakfast 3 days in a row. I also need to remember to get some yogurt, milk and cheese when I go to the store.

Lore - Sounds like you're going in to the lunch prepared!

[tar675]

Hello girls!
Well this is what I've had so far today:
Brk: cottage cheese (I had problems finishing it...not very fond of it!)2 cps coffee
snack: 15 almonds
lunch: chicken salad (chicken breast,celery,onion,light mayo) and sauteed cabbage.
snack: SB peanut butter cup.

QUESTION: Should I have only had the almonds or the peanut butter in the pb cup or was it ok to have both? Thanks! Tara~

[Schatzi]

Hi Tar, only one serving of nuts a day.. so take yer pick..either Peanut butter or nuts: not both and baaaaaaaa-lieve me over indulgence in Nuts can def cause a stall!