please give me some advice

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-31-2007
please give me some advice
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Tue, 01-01-2008 - 10:17pm
im confused on what to do.... i only have about 10 pounds to lose and whenever i try to go to phase 1 i always have to "start the next day" because i cannot seem to go without feeding my sweet tooth (or three of four times) so everytime i start over im mad at myself for not doing it so i was wondering if i should kill myself to get phase 1 over with or just start on phase 2. im really sad because i usually eat around 1,800 calories a day and for the pase three days ive had day 1- 2,200 calories day 2- 2,600 calories and day 3- 2,200 calories!! im SOO off track and so lost and i really want to do phase 1 and kick my cravings!! can you lend some advice and tips, and maybe a bit of insperation? thanks so much!!

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Registered: 10-04-2006
Tue, 01-01-2008 - 11:03pm

Are you allowing yourself legal sweet treats? You can feed your sweet tooth legally on phase 1. You can have sugar-free jello, sugar-free fudgsicles and popsicles, sugar-free hot chocolate, etc. Have you tried the SBD Peanut Butter cup? Soften a fudgsicle in the microwave for 15 seconds, scrape it off the stick and mix with 1 T peanut butter and 1 T cool whip.

Also, if you really can't do phase 1 - its not a big deal. You can successfully start the diet in phase 2. Its much better to just start in phase 2 than give up all together.




























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Registered: 12-19-2002
Tue, 01-01-2008 - 11:07pm

"whenever i try to go to phase 1 i always have to "start the next day" because i cannot seem to go without feeding my sweet tooth (or three of four times) so everytime i start over im mad at myself for not doing it so i was wondering if i should kill myself to get phase 1 over with or just start on phase 2."


Questions for you:


What are you feeding your sweet tooth with?

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Registered: 12-31-2007
Tue, 01-01-2008 - 11:48pm
ive been feeding my sweet tooth with kashi whole grain oatmeal (yummy) skinny cow light lce cream, fruits like apples and clementines, fiber bars, south beach diet high protien cereal bars, and reduced fat triscuits. not all in 1 day ofcourse but i have weaknesses for them. im a runner (not a professional one but would like to be). once every 2 weeks i run for an hour straight 6.3 miles but i like running outdoors and since its cold outside ive been cheating a bit on my running and replacing it with an intense calorie burning kickboxing video (about an hour long) one of my new years resolutions is to workout at least 4 times a week but ive only been doing it 3 times a week. i also mentioned my calorie situation (bad me) :(

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Registered: 12-19-2002
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 7:06am

Why not just take the heat off of yourself and do Phase 2.

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Registered: 12-19-2002
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 8:44am

I was thinking about you some more on my way to work.


"im really sad because i usually eat around 1,800 calories a day and for the pase three days ive had day 1- 2,200 calories day 2- 2,600 calories and day 3- 2,200 calories!!"


Could it be that you psych yourself out with the idea of "dieting", and that makes you want to eat the extras?

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Registered: 12-31-2007
Wed, 01-02-2008 - 9:42pm
thanks for thinking about me!! :) but i need to control myself so tomorrow im starting phase 1. i went shopping to prepare myself....i bought dannon all natural plain fat free yougurt, part skim ricotta cheese, sugarfree fudgicles, and all natural peanut butter (ingredents- peanuts, salt). today i did a smidge better, i only had 2,000 calories but i need to get down to about 1,400 -

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Registered: 10-04-2006
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 9:38am

Just a caution - I think 1400 calories a day is WAY too low if you are running as much as you are. You don't want your body to go into starvation mode. The biggest reason people stall is not eating enough. 2000 might be too high for weight loss - that is what I eat to maintain, but I wouldn't drop below 1600. I ate about 1600-1700 calories per day while I was losing and lost steadily. I was exercising 5 days a week, but I don't run, so I wasn't burning anywhere near the calories you are.




























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Registered: 12-31-2007
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 10:23am
thanks!! ill try having around 1,500 - 1,600 calories a day only because i dont run 5 days a week i only workout 3 or 4 days a week and its a mix between ither running or kickboxing.

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