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| Mon, 01-29-2007 - 12:09pm |
Hi there,
I have been kind of following the South Beach diet for about a month now...did the Phase I, but didn't lose a pound so i moved onto the PHASE II in the new year. I have mostly adapted my eating habits to this however I am finding the weekends to be VERY hard. We have been dealing with a lot of stress at home lately so I find myself turning to cookies or popcorn with mucho butter!
Anyways, I am active...i do spinning a couple of times a week and work out with a personal trainer 3 times a week as well. I walk, and am going to start running again soon. The activity part has never been a problem for me. In all honesty I should be totally fit if it was just to do with working out.
Anyways, the case is that I am not. But like today, I have folled the plan to a T and I'm starving (i just ate my lunch).
My next meal is a snack in 2-3 hours from now...but I don't think it's enough.
I am on my way to the gym for my weight workout...this takes about an hour and is pretty intense. I do a type of circuit training, using weights and the ball.
And then tonight at 5 my daughter and I go to a spinning class which again is SUPER DUPER intense.
Here's my eating plan for today.... PLEASE, let me know what else I can eat to get me through my day without fading OR running to the cookie cupboard!
6:30 - 1 cup Optimum Plus cereal with 1 cup of mixed berries
9:30 - apple and a peice of low fat 'laughing cow' cheese
11:45 - Greek Salad
2:30 - teeny little yogurt
6:00 - Chicken breast, salad and asparagus
Remember....i just finished my greek salad and i'm STARVING!!

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Yep - I definitely ate about 1800 calories per day and lost weight! I did exercise regularly, though - 5-6 days per week at the gym for 1-1.5hrs per day (both serious weight training and cardio) Days I didn't work out as hard I probably ate about 1600 - but NEVER lower than that! I let my body and my hunger be my guide. If I was hungry, I ate.
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For crackers, I eat reduced fat Triscuits, a little bag of the South Beach wheat crackers, or Kashi Original TLC crackers. I usually eat them with hummus or homemade chicken salad spread.
I'm in Phase 2 but sometimes it's more like Phase 3. I've learned over the years that staying strictly to a diet all the time just makes me miserable -- I *have* to be able to indulge in order to stay sane because I'm such a foodie. So I've lost 17 pounds since I started working out and about 13 of those have been while I've been doing South Beach, but I've been pretty liberal in "treating" myself, so it's gone very slowly. The main thing I've been able to learn is to get right back on track after cheating, rather than in the past when I would mentally check out and go crazy for the next couple of meals because I figured I'd already blown it.
I'd like to lose about 10 more pounds which would put me around 135 (I'm 5' 4", 40 years old).
Yes, you're right in your argument with your hubby that if you don't feed your body enough fuel, it goes into a protective "starvation" mode and slows the metabolism down. That's sort of what MichaelAnn was talking about when she pointed out how much she ate and was still able to lose weight. The difference between her and me is that she was working out a lot longer each day and she was younger so her metabolism was naturally faster to start out with. She's amazing though, isn't she?
Hope this helps!
The "rule" of moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2 is to add 1 fruit and 1 grain each day for a week, then move to 2 fruits & 2 grains per day for another week, and then for the rest of your weight loss to have 2-3 grains and 2-3 fruits per day, depending on what works for you. I should think you would be able to lose weight in the upper end of quantities because of how much you exercise.
Today is my last day on Phase 1. So tomorrow begins Phase 2 and I am quite nervous about going back to old ways of eating which are not very good. What are a few things you can tell me to start doing different (examples) to stay on track? Thanks
Hi! Just jumping in here!
Today is my last day on Phase 1. So tomorrow begins Phase 2 and I am quite nervous about going back to old ways of eating which are not very good. What are a few things you can tell me to start doing different (examples) to stay on track?
Congratulations on starting phase 2. IMO the most important thing to remember as you make the transition is to eat enought food!! Although it's no longer as important to eat 3 daily snacks in addition to your 3 meals, some people tend to start skipping meals.
Be sure to take a look at this link for the phase 2 food lists, how to get started on phase 2, information on "carb competitors" and much more!: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-fbsouthbeach&msg=23789.1&x=y
Feel free to post any questions or concerns as you get started. Good
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