First day - difficult!

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First day - difficult!
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Mon, 11-10-2003 - 11:40am
This is my first day...and I'm starving! This is much harder than I expected. Anyone else have this and how long does it last. Breakfast was 2 eggs and 2 candian bacon with coffee - black. Snack was a mozz. cheese stick. Yes...water too. Can't wait for lunch!!

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Laurie

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Registered: 11-05-2003
Mon, 11-10-2003 - 11:54am
Hi Laurie,

I think the important thing that helped me with the WOE is you are not supposed to be starving...if you are hungry, go ahead and eat something that's on the list of allowed foods for phase 1. Have 2 mozarella sticks, or have some veggies w/hummus, or my favorite snack is pistachios!! Very filling. As far as I understand, you can eat as much as necessary (reasonable) so that you are not feeling hungry, as long as it's from the allowed foods list. If this is not correct anyone, please let me know!! I am now on Day 7, and find that I am just not as hungry as I used to be throughout the day, so things definitely change with your apetite as you progress. Good luck and stick with it!

-Julia

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Mon, 11-10-2003 - 12:46pm

As far as I understand, you can eat as much as necessary (reasonable) so that you are not feeling hungry, as long as it's from the allowed foods list. If this is not correct anyone, please let me know!!


You are dead-on!

Maggie  

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

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Mon, 11-10-2003 - 1:31pm
Julia - Hang in there, and if you're hungry, eat something from the approved foods list. Don't let yourself get so hungry that all you can think about is your next meal - you'll drive yourself crazy. If we all can do this, you can, too!

Just a word of caution, and not to make you more nervous than you already might be - the first 3 or 4 days are bears on this plan. It's going to take that long for the "bad-carb purge" to really be complete. You're not likely to feel hungry for all those days, but you just might feel fatigued and lethargic, to the point where if you usually work out, you might just not feel like doing so. Fight through it, and you will make it into the 2nd week. Just keep in touch here; we'll help you stay on plan....

Donna

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Mon, 11-10-2003 - 1:47pm
wishing you luck and patience! i was just thinking today what a terrific way of eating this is, i am on day 20, starting to integrate some phase 2 meals into my week. i have never been hungry, just really satisfied and feel so much leaner, i have lost 5 #s so far. i promise, by day 4, you will feel terrific with lots of energy and actually may go right through to lunch forgetting about snack. hang in there, read the success stories to see how worth it it is, i find it very motivating and a great way to share and support our sister beachers! janet :) 135/130/118
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Mon, 11-10-2003 - 2:18pm
Something that helped me was if I knew I had eaten a sufficient amount, i'd ask myself if I was really hungry or my mind was just on food more since I started cutting out my favorites. If it's the first one, go ahead and eat from the list like the other suggested. If it's the second, drink a glass of water and occupy yourself with something. If you're at home, fold some laundry, go pull weeds, or go somewhere like the library, bookstore, or walmart (or whatever you have). If you're at work, take a break and go for a short walk or do that task you might have been putting off. I find just 30 min of some distraction will get me over the faux hunger (if that's what it is:)

alison