Greetings Everyone!! I'm Jess and I'm 22 years old. I weigh 235ish and I'd ultimately like to be around 180 or so. I've struggled with my weight my entire life, pretty much. After my dad passed away in November 2007, I got serious about changing my unhealthy eating habits. I went from 311lbs to 214 at my lowest. After getting a little too comfortable, I shot back up to 250. I tried Atkins a few months ago, but discovered it was way too restricting for me. (I don't think I could live without milk) haha. Anyways, I think South Beach is a much easier WOE that I could follow for the rest of my years, with some of the good stuff in moderation, of course
I started dating this guy a couple of weeks ago and I've gained 5 lbs in the past week alone from cooking good for him(biscuits and sausage gravy, hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, bacon, fajitas, chips n dip) From now on, he'll be following South Beach along with me if he's eating my cooking..lol. I clearly don't have the will power yet to be able to cook great carby foods without partaking in the festivities.
I just left the library with a copy of the book, so I'll be reading up on that this afternoon. I have a few questions/comments thus far. Firstly, it is optional to stay in phase 1 for longer than the 2 weeks? Also, from everything I've read, snacks are required. My issue is that I'm absolutely stuffed with all the water and veggies that I've eaten today, and I just don't feel like eating. Should I still have a stick of cheese for a snack regardless of if I'm hungry or not? I'm going to list my days menu so far so all of you pro south beachers, please feel free to disect it if there's anything I should be doing differently. I pray to God I can stick with this diet and finally get down to where I'd like to be. Sorry for the novel! Any and all comments/tips/advice is welcome. Thanks for reading!
Day 1
B- mushroom, bell pepper, onion, egg, and low fat mozzarella concoction
S-1 string cheese
1 medium coffee from micky d's with 1% milk and 1 packet of splenda. (not decaffeinated) This is all the caffeine I'll have for the day.
L-2-3 cups of iceberg lettuce, cellery, mushroom, 98% fat free ham, tiny bit of cheese salad with 2 tablespoons of ranch dressing.
(That brings up another question...I literally will not eat any other salad dressing than ranch..will I be okay making my own? I use penzey's buttermilk ranch spices mixed with Helman's light mayo and a little bit of 1% milk.)
That's all I've gotten in for the day. I'll probably have a few mixed nuts for my afternoon snack when I get home. Something along the lines of chicken breast sauteed in olive oil, garlic, onions with a bit of roasted red pepper aioli sauce drizzled over...and a veggie.