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| Wed, 01-10-2007 - 2:31pm |
Hi I am new to the SBD. I started yesterday and have read a lot about it before. I have read that headaches are normal the first couple of days and that drinking lots of water will help. Yesterday i had V8 juice for breakfast with cottage cheese (non-fat) then for lunch I had a small grilled chicken breast on spinach with a vinageret dressing(just a tiny tiny bit) it isn't my favorite but didn't want to use ranch, for a snack before lunch I had string cheese (part skim) and then I had celery as a snack after lunch. I had another piece of grilled chicken and steamed broccoli for dinner with 2 slices of non-fat american cheese and a cup of milk. I had a sugar free fudgecical (don't know how to spell it sorry) for a snack later that night. I drank 8 bottles of water and still had a huge headache.
I slept really good last night though which I haven't done for a long time. Then this morning I had more V8 juice and spinach quiche from the receipe in the book and had 2 of those. I had string cheese for a snack and for lunch I am having the south beach tuna salad and lots of water.
Does this sound okay or is there something I need to change. I read a thread that said cheese was not suppose to be eaten very much but I thought you could eat it all you wanted in phase 1 so I don't know what is true now. I want to do this I have about 20 lbs to get rid of.
Any advice would be great. Thank you in advance.
Kelly

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Hi,
what brand ricotta are you using?
Luly
Day 10 for me tommorrow :) YEAH!
Hiyya again :)
I know I seriously struggled with dairy the first week but I've gotten more creative this week and got out the blender. I made the SB cocoa into a smoothie...I warmed the milk for about a minute added 2 tbls of cocoa powder and a packet of splenda and tossed it all in the blender with some ice and YUM. I've also taken to doing it with cold coffee 1/2 cup of milk, splenda and ice but if I recall you don't drink coffee so that one wouldn't be good, sorry I remembered that as I was typing :) The SF syrups are great if you can find them, I found them at T.J Maxx and Sams club.
Hi Luly!!!
I got the Sargento brand Part-skim ricotta. I'd love to know if there is a better brand out there I should look for!!!
Rebekah
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The smoothie sounds great!!! I tried to fix a bit of chocolate milk last night...found out quick that cold milk and cocoa powder don't mix well...LOL!!! Will warm it up a bit if I try it again tonight...or may just get a SF fudgesicle. My only craving is a strong need for chocolate in the evenings. Even tho the chocolate milk didn't work out well last night, it still conquered that need for something chocolate. Sounds like I need to break out the blender for a while!!!
Thanks for the ideas...I may try to combine some of the ricotta with cottage cheese to see if the consistency is better. This Sargento ricotta that I have is just so gritty that even if it tastes ok, I just can't get past the feel, you know??? May just let hubby have all the ricotta cheese...LOL!!!
I do drink coffee also, but only 1 double cup in the mornings. I have trouble getting to sleep at night, so I try not to drink any caffeine after about 11am...the coffee smoothie does sound good, tho!!!
Rebekah
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I knew it!!!! get yourself the POLLY-O part skim! it is very creamy you will notice the difference immediately- i started with polly-o loved it then tried sargento because it was on sale..it was disgusting! this ricotta has saved my life alot! my favorite one is
Luly
Sounds like we started P1 on the same day!!!
So glad that your headache has eased off. I only had a headache the very first day, thank goodness. I have, however, felt a bit more tired lately and not really wanting to do much. I'm sure that will pass, tho. If nothing else, hubby and I are staying busy in the kitchen after dinner each night, fixing lunch and snacks for the next day. I think we're falling into a routine now and it doesn't seem as hard as it was just a few days ago.
Anyway, I wish you much success in your weight loss and healthy living!!!
Rebekah
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Yea I am glad my headaches went away. Still waiting to feel totally normal again but I have slept better since I started the diet. Your energy should change from what I read. I have a lot more than I did so that is really nice but I don't really know what is normal yet for me but it is getting easier I agree.
Good luck to you with your successes
Kelly
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