Eek, I regained most of my P1 loss!
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| Mon, 12-13-2004 - 11:25am |
After successfully losing 4 lbs on phase 1, I moved to phase 2. I only want to lose a total of 10 lbs at most, so I was feeling really good about this WoE and my progress. However, since starting P2 about two days ago, I've regained 3 lbs!!! I unfortunately did not get quite enough to eat on saturday (had a snack for lunch) as we became stuck in traffic got home far later than we had anticipated, but otherwise ate a normal amount. I added back one fruit on sunday and a glass of wine on saturday for a friend's b-day. I anticipate adding a slice of whole grain bread today. I am due to begin menstrating today, which may account for some of the excess weight, but I'm terrified. I have been doing cardio 4-5 times a week and am due to start pilates today (in order to tone and strengthen my new body). What am I doing wrong? I watch my salt, and only drink one caffinated beverage a day.
Any suggestions would be great. I'm really trying to do this by the book, but it's so discouraging to see my hard work practically erased!

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Hi,
Hang in there.
Thanks everyone for your encouragment!
I decided to go ahead and post a sample list of what I eat in a day to get a little feedback . . . just in case I'm way off base. I haven't reweighed myself yet, since I've been stuck in bed with the flu and figured I'd wait until I had another normal week of SB eating. Still, I've been trying to stay really good and eat the P2 way, when I actually manage to eat.
Brekkie:
1 egg/1eggbeater omlet w/Low Fat american cheese and lots o' mushrooms.
1 slice whole grain bread.
1/2 c. plain fat free yogurt w/ vanilla extract and splenda.
Snack:
1/2 c plain fat free yogurt w/ instant decaf coffee powder and splenda
1 slice Low Fat american cheese
a few almonds
Lunch:
Salad w/newman's own lite balsamic dressing, few nuts, and one hardboiled egg white
Low Fat mozzarella stick
1/2 c cottage cheese.
Sugar Free Jello (1/2 c)
small apple w/ 1.5 tsp peanut butter
Snack:
Celery w/ 1 tsp peanut butter
Dinner:
Grilled chicken breast
1 cup zucchini, sauteed w/ PAM cooking spray
salad w/ same or similar dressing
1/2 c cottage cheese.
Dessert:
Ricotta Creme w/ cocoa powder
Are you drinking milk too?
Hi taarna, your menu looks pretty good!
Wow, thanks for all of the feedback!
I'm sorry for not listing certain amounts. I tend to eat large salads, easily 2 cups of salad and veggies at lunch (usually more like 2.5) and at least a cup of salad at dinner along with my cup of veggies, usually zucchini, broccoli, snow peas, cauliflower, or peppers. When I wrote "a few nuts", I literally meant 3 or 4. I usually throw 3 nuts into my "snack" bag and eat them either at the morning or afternoon snack. I'm pretty careful to limit my PB to 1 tbsp to keep my overall serving within the recommended bounds. For cheese, I do eat, most days, one low fat mozzarella stick and 1 or 2 slices of fat free or low fat cheese (depends on whether I'm going for american, chedder, or pepper jack- Kraft makes a great low fat pepperjack cheese that's wonderful with a green pepper omlet!)
I didn't realize that cottage cheese counted as a protein- I'd been counting it as a dairy!!! I'll definately make sure to supplement what I've been doing along those lines!
Thanks again for all the help! I checked my weight today at work on the (annoyingly) medically accurate scale, and it looks like I'm back down to my pre-TOM weight, so I'm feeling much better. Now that I know to expect that sort of thing, I won't worry so much next month!!! :)
Again, thanks!!
Kate
Kate, I'm glad to hear that your weight went back down (see, it was just your period!).