My Stomach is Growing Again???

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Registered: 07-09-2006
My Stomach is Growing Again???
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Thu, 08-03-2006 - 5:51pm
Why is my stomach puffed out again and I am only on day 2 of phase 2? I haven't weighed myself to see if I gained a pound or two back. Is this normal. I have taken metamucil once or twice, could this be doing it? Could it be the grains?
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Registered: 04-01-2005
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 8:30pm

It could be the grains and/or the metamucil. Also, I remember a post where you might have been unknowingly overdoing it on the grains, right? In the first week of phase 2 you should be getting one grain serving daily. Too much, plus the metamucil could be causing the bloat.


Drink lots of water, stick with one grain,

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Registered: 07-09-2006
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 8:56pm

Thank you,

Yes I have been over doing it with the grains. I bet that's it!!!

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Registered: 07-09-2006
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 9:07pm

What constitutes a grain. Bread, pasta or rice. Am I missing anything. I guess I really have been over doing it. Yesterday I had turkey bacon, half a piece of ww pita bread, with some cucumbers for breakfast. Then for lunch I had chicken salad on half a ww pita with tomatoes and cucumbers. For lunch i had whole grain bread turkey and cheese sandwich. today was very similar.

I guess my question is how do i add carbs back into each meal without it being a grain. Does that make sense. I know in phase one all of my sides were veggies from the approved list, but of i could not add another side which would have been a starch or a carb. I know I'm confused. If I only do one grain a day, wouldn't that be just like phase 1 except for that fact that during one meal I can add a grain? Am I being to literal?

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Registered: 04-01-2005
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 9:47pm

Have you seen the phase 2 Foods to Enjoy list?


Foods to Reintroduce & Avoid - Phase 2
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-fbsouthbeach&msg=18045.1&ctx=0


And this?


Starting Phase 2 -- Two Ways
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-fbsouthbeach&msg=11083.1


"If I only do one grain a day, wouldn't that be just like phase 1 except for that fact that during one meal I can add a grain? Am I being to literal?" Yes - you are right!! Basically, you are still eating foods from the Phase 1 Foods to Enjoy list, but adding allowed fruits and grains from the Phase 2 list.


In week one of phase 2 you should eat ONE grain each day. Only one and it doesn't need to be the same grain each day. On day one you can have

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Registered: 07-09-2006
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 10:14pm

Oh oh oh!!! I Gotcha! Yes that helped. I'm going to print this out. Now wonder I'm bloated, amped up too fast.

Thanks!!!!

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Registered: 04-01-2005
Fri, 08-04-2006 - 11:37am

Glad I could help!


Enjoy your weekend!


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Tue, 08-08-2006 - 7:53am
I'm bloated too. I thought that fiber was supposed to help prevent bloating.
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Registered: 04-01-2004
Tue, 08-08-2006 - 7:58am
When your body is not used to the extra fiber you can become bloated from it in the beginning.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 08-08-2006 - 8:10am

I get bloated a lot ... I think I have a bad reaction to certain foods like foods baked in butter.

So, I've avoided things like fish that is baked in butter. That isn't SBD-friendly anyway.

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