I'm on day 1 of south beach. Ok so I had:

eggs with cheese, green onion and half n half
turkey roll-up, no cheese
2 bowls of chicken queso soup
garlic parmeasan chicken
brocolli
salad
FF ranch dressing
ricotta (acidently bought regular, so most of my cals. are from this)
cocoa powder
splenda
FF coolwhip

Grand total-

Cal 1063
Carb 56
Fat 45
Protein 105

IDK if I can do this, my cal goal is 1700. What else can I eat to up my cals?

I also heard the argument that the stuff in fat free products are worse for you than the fat. Is that true? I've read Atkins and SBD, but both about 2 years ago.

Should I switch to Atkins or just eat a ton more?

I'm concerned I;m not going to be eating enough. If I ate all that regular instead of fat free, I'm sure I'd eat enough calories then.

I also heard the argument that the stuff in fat free products are worse for you than the fat. Is that true? I've read Atkins and SBD, but both about 2 years ago.

Should I switch to Atkins or just eat a ton more?


I don't know which to do

I answered part of your question in over in the General area.

If you're following the SB menu plans, most days will be around 1200 calories. Just add approved foods to the menu to bring up your cals.

Where is your milk allowance? You can have 2 cups of milk/yogurt each day. You can also have nuts or nut butter. Those things alone will give you 300 extra calories.

IMO, you are eating too many fat-free products. You need fats. The plan allows for them, so take advantage of that.

Like what? I hate oils.

olives, nuts, avocados, are considered fats on SBD. You can see this when you look at the food lists. You can see the food list through the link in my signature.

Also, you can eat beans on phase I and this too, will bring up your cals.

I have a very gassy baby, so beans are a no-no. Olives are nasty, I ate some nuts. As for advocados....never tried one. Maybe I will