Nata's Phase 1 Journal / Start: 3 Feb 08

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Nata's Phase 1 Journal / Start: 3 Feb 08
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Sun, 02-03-2008 - 8:40am
Today is my official start on SB. I have tried a bit of it last week (couldn't wait) and it felt really fantastic! I celebrated my birthday yesterday with a wonderful cake and wine and now starting Phase 1.
My start weight is 137 lbs and my goal weight is 119 lbs, so I need to lose 18 lbs.
I have never been too big, have always been normal at school, then I moved from my parents and gained weight (restaurant food and lack of cooking experience) so I got to my maximum weight (146 lbs) then. After that I moved in with my boyfriend and he loves to cook and always makes healthy food, so my weight went down and stayed at 128 lbs for a long time. Then I quit smoking and gained weight (ate too much chocolate) to my current weight. It's already around 3 years I have been 137 lbs and I am tired of that!
I have never really dieted and have always eaten healthy enough but would eat too much of it and eat cookies or chips sometimes. I don't like sweet food, but I need to stop my overeating habit.
So today is my first day on phase 1, in this journal I will write down what I have been eating and weight myself every week (or maybe every second week - will see how it feels).


Edited 2/3/2008 8:50 am ET by nata.dk
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Mon, 02-11-2008 - 1:47pm
Nata! I'm so glad to see you've been sticking with Phase 1! Just one more week to go! Good luck! hopefully, I'll get back on track tomorrow if my body can flush out the toxins before then.
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Mon, 02-11-2008 - 3:22pm
Thank you! :) I decided to stick with it no matter how hard it can be.
I have found a really nice link: http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php
It's good to know how much good all the veggies are giving to us :)
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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 1:49am

Day 10
132 lbs
Breakfast: fried eggs with spinach
A.M.Snack: hazelnuts (25)
Lunch: boiled chicken filet with a salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber)
P.M.Snack: cottage cheese 1,5% with dill and species
Dinner: green beans with chicken breasts and cheese 6%(I made too many yesterday, so they should be eaten , well, I think they are really tasty, so it won't be a problem)
Dessert: a glass of milk 0,1%

I noticed that my stomach was not happy about cabbage - neither normal cabbage nor cauliflower. It has now been making sounds for 2 days. I am not that happy about it either.

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Edited 2/12/2008 12:51 pm ET by nata.dk


Edited 2/12/2008 12:52 pm ET by nata.dk
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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 8:12am
Cabbage does that to my tummy, too.
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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 10:44am
I found information about this. Very interesting!
"Flatulence-producing foods are typically high in certain polysaccharides (especially oligosaccharides such as inulin) and include beans, lentils, dairy products, onions, garlic, scallions, leeks, radishes, sweet potatoes, cashews, Jerusalem artichokes, oats, wheat, yeast in breads, and other vegetables. Cauliflower, Broccoli, cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables that belong to the Brassica family are commonly reputed to not only increase flatulence, but to increase the pungency of the flatus. In beans, endogenous gases seem to arise from complex oligosaccharide (carbohydrates) that are particularly resistant to digestion by mammals, but which are readily digestible by microorganisms that inhabit the digestive tract. These oligosaccharides pass through the upper intestine largely unchanged, and when these reach the lower intestine, bacteria feed on them, producing copious amounts of flatus. In the case of those with lactose intolerance, intestinal bacteria feeding on lactose can give rise to excessive gas production when milk or lactose-containing substances have been consumed."
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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 2:52pm
Well, that's everything I need to know about gas and then some.

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Wed, 02-13-2008 - 1:40am

Day 11
132 lbs
Breakfast: cream cheese 2 % with tomatoes and lettuce
A.M.Snack: almonds (15)
Lunch: two boiled eggs with a salad
P.M.Snack: cream cheese 2% with celery and lettuce. I've run out of cottage cheese and have not planned to shop today, so I'll just eat cream cheese instead - it's filling me even better.
Dinner: big shrimps on a salad
Dessert: a glass of milk

I feel it has become a bit easier to continue after 10 days with this woe. It feels like it has been a long time, but it has only been 10 days. A very strange feeling!
And this feeling made me cheat!! When I came home I made a cream cheese-vegetables mix and then I was standing in the kitchen wanting for more. So I decided to take 2 spoons of peanut butter, as I didn't get any fat yesterday (only from my a.m. almonds). It resulted in 2,5 spoons peanut butter, 10 almonds and around 30-40 pistascios... I know what my mistake was: I waited too long between lunch and p.m.snack. Never again!
Although I cheated, I didn't eat anything else but nuts, so I consider myself detoxed anyway and continue phase 1. I did have shrimps and a big salad for dinner.

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Edited 2/14/2008 1:51 am ET by nata.dk
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Thu, 02-14-2008 - 1:43am

Day 12
132 lbs
Breakfast: quark 1% with fresh dill and a glass of vegetable juice
A.M.Snack: walnuts (5 halves)
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs on a salad (need to do grocery shopping again!!!)
P.M.Snack: cottage cheese 1,5% with vegetables
Dinner: pangasius and cooked vegetables
Dessert: a glass of milk

Is quark (1%) (fromage blanc) dairy or cheese?
Is fromage frais (0,3%) allowed?

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Thu, 02-14-2008 - 7:54am
I had to look up pangasius.
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Thu, 02-14-2008 - 8:05am

Yes, it's a catfish :)


Here is what I found on it:


Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 4 oz (114g)









Amount per Serving









Calories 96
Calories from Fat 22





% Daily Value *

Total Fat 2.4g
4%

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