South Beach Diet?

Anyone doing or have already done this program? I am on day 4 of phase 1 and very pleased with the results!

jennasourus
srdandekar
lje7
mjhjones
waterphoenix
canadiantreefrog

We'll take updates from any of the above for the Thursday weigh in *SHOUTOUT* and jen, we can get that tomorrow.  Okay enought posts from me already :P

I am not sure what is going on this afternoon, but I am HUNGRY!!!! I have already had my snack..I have eaten more today than I have by this time any other day...WHAT IS GOING ON??? I have just enough left for dinner and a snack after working out....

Good morning, all! I am fairly new here, and was wondering if you have room for one more in  your group? I am eating the South Beach way, and thought I'd come here for some motivation! ;)

Kelly

morning everyone and welcome Kelly.  South beach is a great way to Live and eat.  Im Sarah and back on phase 1 cause I gained a couple of lbs to binging(yuck)Im 30yrs old and weigh 172 used to be 202 .  Latley  ie been having a hard time resisting temptation.  Its driving me nuts WISH IT WOULD STOP got to get kids ready for school LATER GALS!!!!!

Welcome Kelly,  the more the merrier!!  everyone here is great and if you are looking for support or motivation - this is the place to be!!

Angela, how did you get on yesterday afterwards with the hunger??

Hey Sarah, how is Phase 1 treating you??  Still waiting for you to upload that pic!!!

well starting Day 3.  Yesterday I had a veg detox day.  Was tough but I got through it.  Bascially I had to eat veggies all day & nothing else.  Made a big pot of soup, so had it for breakfast, lunch & dinner and as a snack as well and had loads of raw carrots.  Dont really like any other veggies raw.

• getfitgirl sarah
• sun123 jayne
• srdandekar shruti
• entersandlady gina
• lilreditalian Angela
• lje7 lisa
• mjhjones Mary
• canadiantreefrog   (what is the first name if youre reading this?)

Hey Kelly!  So glad to have another southbeacher.  The above should help with a lot of first names you see on here - Jenna and Carrie's names are in their screennames.  Never realized how it might be confusing to newcomers when we started with the first names. 

I was curious Angela if their was anything different about your day?  Hope you did okay. Hoping Shruti's okay, with so many things she was dealing with - it so expected to see her morning post. 

Going to SB taste test tonight, $25.  Chick quesidilla & chick italiano.  A screening question was how likely I would be to buy them.  Are you kidding me?  You can sell me some leftovers from the research lab LOL.  To be honest though, aside from the breakfast wrap - I actually limit myself to phase I friendly TV dinners.  I guess I cant get my head around the pasta thing yet. 

Gina, I remember a cabbage soup diet that included a vegetable only day.  Now IM not sure how I managed it.  Funny, carrots are one thing I cant handle raw and I was so surprised to see them excluded from SB phase 1.  I thought excluded veg always taste better then carrots (corn, pototoes, peas).  Course its just preference.  Glad your veggie only day is over!

hi all....

am back.... and dead tired.... its just a bad patch.... no time to think... just have to act fast.... well, we tried to convince my bhabhi's mom but she wont listen... now they're gonna elope.... it sounds great but we're feeling so bad for him... he wont get a proper wedding... he so much deserves it.... anyways... we're having a festival at home again (its the season for indian festivals... maybe 'coz its monsoon and in the old times ppl must b happy due to all the rain - good news for crops) we bring home Lord Ganesh - he's the ace god for hindus (hindus have 33 crore gods that they worship!!!) anyways.... we bring home this idol and decorate... we pray - morning and evening - for 2 days here in sangli and 5 days at my mom's place... some ppl do that for 10 days... we also have these huge idols installed in the community places... where ppl pray together.... its nice and cheerful... on the 2nd/5th/10th day ppl bade goodbye to the lord and take him to the river/ lake in a procession with lost of loud music and all and immerse the idol into the water... we wait for it to come back the next year...

this festival has a lot of memories for me... more so 'coz we kids used to do all the decorations back home... it was like u ppl do the christmas tree... i just hope this year He brings peace and Love bak to our homes....

btw my other bro' - ashwin is getting engaged on monday... we've decided to have a bash... that'll cheer up ashutosh (the one who's having a prblm) we've hired a DJ and are planning to dance through the night.... i think i'll give myself a break from the diet that day... afterall i'm gonna dance away all those cals immediately... and moreover... i feel i deserve a break after all that....

about the weigh-in got back home late today... so will weigh in tomm.... thank you for your support... i could not go through much of the posts... but i do see a few new faces here... a big hello to all of you.......

:: shruti waves hello to all the newcomers ::

c ya all tommorow!!!

till then cheers!!!

just saw the length of the post....

oooops sorry abt it... but wanted to tell it all to you ppl anyway...

Jayne, Never tried it, but dont think I would like it - even though I do like cabbage!!!  Glad the veg day is over.  I have one more this week and then another 2 again next week!!!

Good luck with the screen testing tonight!!

Shruti, so glad that everything has been sorted.  And I know your brother is disappointed about the wedding, but at least he gets to marry the love of his life and surely that is more important!!  You should take it easy over the next few days & pamper yourself!!

Im the only one who doesnt apologize for my lenghty post LOL.  Picturing Shruti dancing away the extra calories :D  Have to admit glad to see love won out for your brother over mothers wishes.  And an engagement, and holiday celebration - how great things have turned for you Shruti. 

I can still taste that cabage soup after what 20 years past -- blech. 

After writing Angela about her appetite, I wake up with a raging one.  Huh?  Ate turkey for breakfast and literally counted down to my snack that I prefer at 10, but had at 9 (Im so clock oriented - I face a large wall one from my desk).  Its like my body just remembered it forgot to bloat me and make me hungry for my period last week so catching up today.  Gonna focus on filling meals today.

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I wonder if it involves cutting off any body appendages or maybe its a bit of exxageration or maybe just complete bull.  Surprising there arent any threads from those using the diet patch with success like 6 lbs a week, Id sure be crowing about it. 

shruti...i am glad things are working out with the family, even if not the way everyone would like...love is not something that you can walk away from...so CONGRATS to your brother (and the newest engagement)....

Welcome to Kelly!!!! I have been on the forum a week and LOVE it!!!

As for the hunger...it lasted all through the day into the night, even after dinner!!! I think I must have drank at least 400 gazillion gallons of water!!! I started back on my exercise, I had stopped for almost a month, so I think the combination of Phase 1 and exercise just has my body working overtime!!! I hope so, that is what I need....One whole week on the program...I cant see any difference yet, still having cravings, but some of it has to be in my mind!!! I know it will not be a fast thing, I dont want it to be....and since I am on the last leg of my weight loss journey, this one will be the longest....

Angela, you jinxed me (but I forgive you :D).  Im never hungry like this and Ive been distracting myself all morn.  Truth is I know Southbeach says go eat some more protein or vegetables when this happens, and I may if it continues past lunch.  You just get so ingrained in you to ignore the hunger with diets. 

Hey Girls.

Shruti- so happy to hear things worked out in the end!

So I weighed myself this morning and I am 151. Ug I feel I am never going to break the 150's. I'm starting to get really down. Its going to be a month soon and I haven't really lost much weight. I do everything right. No cheating workout out all the time...i don't get it. Sometimes I feel like I just cant loose weight, like its impossible for my body. I recently found my boyfriend's x gf on myspace...his last serious girlfriend and she is sooooo thin like to the point where she needs to eat something... Every time he touches me I think ug I bet she doesn't have fat there. We have been together for over 2 years and I know shes not even a thought in his mind anymore, and I know he loves me for me, but that's just me and I always compaire myself to other girls. I know there are girls here who are heveyer then me and I'm not trying to be insensitive to that bc no matter what weight you are if you don't like the way your body looks it hurts you know? We are all here for the same cause. I know 150 doesn't sound like a lot...but its just the way my body is shaped... I have a big tummy as I said and its just really obvious ugly...the more I do research the more I see the belly is the hardest to get rid of and some people just cant. I have been struggling with this for years and years and I just want the weight to go away already. =(

sorry for my self pitty girls im just having a bad day

Thanks for the warm welcome!! I wanted to tell you all a little about myself. As I already said, my name is Kelly. I am a SAHM to one beautiful little 8 year old girl! I'm about to celebrate my 15th wedding anniversary next week! (the 19th).

I had gastric bypass surgery in January of 2003. I went from around 315 pounds down to a lowest weight of 136. I was, as of Monday, 152.8 pounds. I want to turn it around now before a smallish re-gain turns into a large one! Most people think I cant eat much because of my surgery! That is SO not true! The amount restriction doesn't last long, and isn't meant to. After all, I couldn't live on a few tablespoons of food per meal forever. I can't eat as much as pre-surgery, but I can eat a pretty normal amount of food now.

I did step on the scale this morning, (I know, probably a no-no, right?), and just since Monday, I am down from 152.8 to 149.2!! I was SO excited to see that, and it sure helped to motivate me to keep going!

Thanks for having me!

Kelly

Everyone has self pity/ self realization days..i have them all the time....

sorry for the hunger pains everyone!!! I only bring with me what I am suppose to eat, so yesterday was really hard as I had eaten all of my food and my snacks before 3pm....today will be better, if i dont drown myself first...WATER DOES NOT STAVE OFF HUNGER!!!! I have running around to do at lunch time, so hopefully that wont be a problem....

Jenna,

I know that we really don't know each other yet, so I hope it is appropriate for me to reply! I just wanted to tell you that I am so sorry you are feeling so down today! One thing I have learned in my weight loss journey is to try really hard not to compare myself to other women. I know that it hard to do!! I know lots of people that think I look "fine at the weight I am", but **I** am the one who needs to feel comfortable. For my height, I am considered over weight.

Try not to let the way someone else looks make you feel like you are worth any less, my dear! Your BF obviously loves you for who you are....now if you can just get YOU to like you, at the weight you are right now, you'll be all set! We are allowed to not like our weight, but we need to love ourselves anyway. We don't have to wait to get to that "perfect" weight to deem our selves worthy of self love!

Virtual hugs to you!

Kelly

Ths hunger thing must be contagious.  Ive been fighting the urge to eat all morning.  Ive eatten enough food but just want to cram more food in my mouth just to eat it even if Im not hungry This has been a crazy week for me..  TRying to tell my self to chug the water a smile a lot no food for me other than my dinner(ate my snack with lunch)  Im not looking on the positive side that often any more  I think me gettingstuck at the same weight for two weeks has gotten to me.  I love all the support Im getting from everyone here....I think If I hadnt joined in with you guys I would have quit by now.  BIG HUGS TO EVERYONE!!!  LETS NOT GIVE UP WE CAN GET THAT FAT TO LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK LOL!!!!!!