Eek, I regained most of my P1 loss!

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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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Mon, 12-13-2004 - 11:38am
Im right there with you. I lost 8lbs on phase 1 and regained almost 3 lbs since being in phase 2. TOM should be arriving this week so that might be part of it. So I feel your pain!!! Im sticking with it. I have been completely faithful to the SBD so I am just hoping things will change soon!!!
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Mon, 12-13-2004 - 11:59am

Hi,


Hang in there.

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Mon, 12-13-2004 - 3:03pm
You are doing everything right.
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Thu, 12-16-2004 - 11:28am

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

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Thu, 12-16-2004 - 12:18pm

Are you drinking milk too?

 

 

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Thu, 12-16-2004 - 2:56pm

Hi taarna, your menu looks pretty good!

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Fri, 12-17-2004 - 12:15am

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

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Sat, 12-18-2004 - 9:19am

Kate, I'm glad to hear that your weight went back down (see, it was just your period!).