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!

What a break through Sarah!  I think your scale isnt lying, its rewarding you! 

I dropped 1/10 lb last week, 372.6 to 372.5 eventhough I was dieting properly so today I was anxious to get to clinic.  I got on the scale and was - 372.5, again.  Wait, what?  All that discipline with the many restaurants for this?  Course I did my second weigh in (I always double check) and then saw 369.7.  Okay, I liked that better.  Repeated - 369.7, 369.6.  What a tease with that 372!  So 360s, by the skin of my teeth but with a triple proof Im happy.  Now 4.7 is a tough loss for new years but Im close enough at 95 lbs already, considering I set this goal months ago.

Now not to screw it up at lunch tomorrow.  What are these restaurants thinking nowaday not to have 1 or 2 lite meals.  El Fenix and this weekend, Cheddars.  Dont redo you menu, just add an option on there.  Do you NOT know how many people are dieting?  Come up with a lite salad - geez. 

I think I like updating my weight log/ graph a little too much LOL.

shruti:  wow.  I'm impressed and so happy for you.  Congratulations.

I ate too many crooked pc's of baklava last night, so was surprised the scale was down 1/2#, but still not down to my recent low. 

For me, not gaining more, I attribute to being on my feet so much and all the shopping for Christmas and running around.  Maybe thats why others are doing so well.  Theres just so much to do, we are burning off calories.

I was on my feet in the kitchen yesterday for 12 hrs.  I kept water with me and kept sipping.

getting ready to leave for the party when the lasagne is done and will keep a glass of water in my hand at ALL TIMES and tell anyone who asks..........I've eaten.  I refuse to eat when I don't want to and I think from being so rushed, I have no appetite.

was up early moving furniture and vacumming for carpet cleaners, so thats more calories burned.

Enjoy what you can, if you can do it within reason  :)

ok, I'll weight in:

183.2  still within my 10# holiday limit.

182...way up from 2 months ago..but down from2 weeks ago...I started back on my journey,...this time with body and mind!!!

So busy catching up at lunch with previous coworkers, they all had the order and I hadnt but glanced at menu but remembered and order the item that was low carb tortilla wrap.  Size of spring rolls, 6 small ones so I ate half and ate the rest at 4:00.  Did the chip thing like I did at Macaroni Grill.  Take like 3 chips (or at the grill, chunk of bread) and ate by breaking off the tiniest pieces.  Great time! 

Hey Angela, glad your keeping us updated and congrats on the recent weight loss.  You sound like your minds made up with losing weight.

Rachael, keeping busy like that helps when your also mindful of what your eating - as you said, in moderation and not the normal eating associated with this time of year.

I got some pumpkin - havent had the pumpkin/ pudding thing since thanksgiving and its got some serious fiber.  My daughter was saying to stock up, thinking its seasonal but Im thinking its available year round - wouldnt know though.  Ended up with 3 cans and I use 1/4 can for each SF pudding cup.

OK, my scale this morning showed an impressive .2 of a loss for the week (so far.) This is an improvement over the 2 pound water weight gain that traumatized me on Monday-Wednesday. The nice thing is that I get to weigh in tomorrow (Friday), plus Saturday and Sunday .... and whichever weight is lowest is the one that I am officially claiming for the week. Sheesh.

By the way, that .2? That's an impressive 3 ounces. Grrrrrr. (And this comes after I've been on the treadmill the last three days in a row AND I raked leaves and trimmed trees!)

*thinks about tossing her digital scale in the swimming pool*

Did I mention that I need to lose about 5 pounds to get OUT of the 300s and into the 200s?!?!?!?  arrrrrgggh!

(Thanks for letting me rant!)

=^..^= MOLLY

Angela its really good to hear from you  thats great that your on your way down again.

Molly a gain is enough to start stomping my scale to pieces it usually wakes up the whole house.  Ive got yard work ahead of me today if the weather holds. 

I was really bad last night and went bonkers with the cookies Im not even going to tell you how many.  A lot should be sufficent.... so my weight is up a little bit today.  Im going try a vege day again to see if that helps   Good luck everyone!!!!!

yay lost 1.5 #.  I was careful at the party and filled my plate with lettuce, no dressing, but did cave in and had cake but asked for a 'sliver' and avoided the most tempting thing to me, fresh white bread.

late last night we practiced golf (and I hurt my shoulder swinging at air......ok, I missed the ball).  also late, we moved furniture back into place after carpet was cleaned.

I swear..........its the late, late, night activity thats keeping me from gaining more.  At home I'd have my feet up, in front of TV by 7 pm, and here, shes a night owl, so I'm lucky to get to bed by midnight.

Mostly, its knowing I should eat every 3-4 hrs and not skip, then be famished and devour bad foods.  so thank you CC.  By eating more often, I'm not starved and can give consideration to my food.

ok gals, we don't have much longer to go.  3 day till Christmas and 10 till New Years, then the pressure to gain will be over with and its life back to normal and we can relax and go back to regular weight watching.

Until your post Molly, I would wonder how people came up with ounces weighed (and I use a digital scale!).  DUH!  Picking the lowest weight technically makes sense.  The lowest weight is correct although other factors like water weight, full digestive tract, etc can make it heaier. I have to wonder if the treadmill work needs a day or two to show up on the scale.  Exciting 299 weight up ahead!

Funny thing about cookies - I was thinking in missing them one day a cookie is so innocent, its just a cookie.  Your experience last night Sarah brings back memories - not so innocent when a cookie is a full pack of oreos or freshly baked choc chips.  Theyve too much power LOL.  Cmon its just a cookie and the first ones free ....

Yeah Rachael!  I couldnt understand how folks could eat lettuce without dressing and I do use it but with my big salads, Im eating plenty of salad that doesnt get hit with it.  Hope the shoulders better.

4.7 lbs by new years seems like a stretch but I havent completely abandoned it.  At least its more likely to keep me diet concious and I respect those allowing weigh gain for holiday - Ive just such a long journey still so more of an issue to delay it.  Baked up some salmon and looking forward to flaking it into salads - great extender.  Also, discovered how great a sprinkling of parmesan is on cooked brocolli, which I rediscovered with restaurant eating.

BTW I checked the 10 pages of threads on this weight loss forum and ours has the most replies, with only one other (Find your twin on CC! ) also having over 1000.  Way to hang in there guys !!

OK, the scale has now begrudgingly moved a teeny-tiny bit, moving me weight loss for the week to an impressive ..... (-.8)... down to 303.4.  (You can see how close the 200s are, can't you!???) 

:: rolls eyes ::

Anyway, it still has two more chances to redeem itself -- Saturday morning and Sunday morning (Sundays, actually, are my official weigh-in day) ... so I am hoping, maybe, that at least I can S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E one measly pound out of this week, ya know?

(Darn PMS water retention, grrrrrrr)

=^..^= MOLLY

 

yesterday was down, (only gained 7# of my Christmas allowance of 10), so not getting on scale today!  She ordered pizza late and I caved in.........after doing so well all day.  Then got into the salt water taffy. 

Today am deducting the pizza, soon as I look up the nasty calories in it. But it was veggie lovers, so probably better than other choices.  Also have to bake my rolls and will try one first and I know from the analyser here, they have 380 calories. 

It's dark and rainy here.  We did have outside plans, but oh darn, may have to go to a mall instead  :)

I picked up more presents at the golf store.  My budget is as over the limit as much as my weight.  I'll see which gets corrected first.

Morning guys  A little bummed this morning as Im up a lb cause I did it again yesterday at least its still 160 so Im still at my goal.  lucky all the cookies are gone so no more temptation. 

Out of sight, out of mind Sarah - well, sometimes LOL.  So cool to remember when it was 170 that was fighting you and that was 10 lbs ago :D. Rachael considering all the damage the can occur this time of year, you still are doing wonderful keeping an eye and managing it.   Molly, you are so close!  Good luck with today and tomorrow weigh ins! 

To all my other beachers, Good Morny!  

I had such a chocolate craving yesterday.  Its funny about trusting yourself because sometimes you just know your okay but I didnt think one small treat would do it and more likely open a bad door (remembering my pre-Thanksgiving binge).  I went out for my ridiculously postponed Christmas shopping.  Stocking stuff really and boy does that money add up.  My daughter is getting into this style called Kawaii which is a mix a 1980s Cyndi Lauper and cartoon cute.  The dollar stores helped out though.  Venturing back out shortly.

Ive still got a little shopping to do so it has to get done today along with packing and picking up the house and wraping gifts and oh boy I could go on and on with all the stuff that needs to be done.  Im a big procrastinater and then its rush rush to get it all done.  Jayne Hearing you talk about the salmon made me want some so I went out and bought some... Im starving and wish it would thaw out already.  Got things to do so... good morning and good luck today!!!!!!

One of the reasons I can procrastinate is because I really have my daughter to shop for - ordered online for mom and three friends I exchange with always occurs after holiday so I dont have to rush that. 

You know my memory - forgot the leftover salmon in the fridge!  Making sure Im FULL FULL before venturing out (which I keep saying is any second - but just finished my list).

Well, I deserved the lines and the limping around stores but wasnt that enough?  Guess not since the temperatures dropped to 39 degrees.  Nothing like pulling up to a store and talking yourself into leaving the car especially when its such a slow walk to get inside. 

I did eat my wrap right before leaving and true, I didnt know how long I'd be out but by four I was hurting hungry.  I didnt know what to get and decided to pick up a canister of mixed nuts and had 15 which did great holding me over.  Came home and had dinner at 7 - salmon with salad.  I didnt feel like it  but was running low on TV dinners and the salad didnt have much time.  Funny thing with salmon though - I always underestimate how much I like it LOL.

The work down to Christmas is so big but then again, Ive been counting down for months to my New Years goal. 

We went shopping, for 6 hrs and I forget the calories that burns, but am down another 1# of new weigh.  I'd eaten my limit before, but was talked into going to our fave seafood restaurant, but had no problem ordering very lightly.  Will ty to deduct those calories over the next couple fo days.

Also carried a power bar, this was a chocolate brownie, Clif bar, to ward off hunger when I'm away from home and maybe it helped me to contol dinner. 

I think we're all doing amazingly well..........considering.

tonight we're having salmon, yes, love it, and so healthy.

Hey guys how did everybodys day go?  mine was okay with a few sweet treats this morning but a healthy dinner this evening.

what is worse.....on going higher and over.......my weight, or my Christmas spending?

Just broke down and bought one more thing.  The nice store was out of what I wanted, so I went to a part of town where I didn't feel safe, and found my dads old knife in the car and carried that............like what would I do with it?  It wasn't me, but the fact I had cash in my purse for our Christmas dinner grocery shopping that worried me.

Got the item I wanted and high tailed it out to my car, and then spent 1 hr in the grocery store, driving everyone nuts...........I'm not from here, where do you keep etc etc.

Leaving at 7:30 tomorrow for an outdoor outing with friends from out of town, then have to make our traditional cutout Christmas cookies.  Everything for dinner can be done on Christmas day.

I'm beat, I'm broke, but so far its been everything a holiday should be...........how about the rest of you?

Oh.....and again.....here we go.....I may have a date, after how many yrs, 6 best that I can remember.  We're both golfers.  That would be a nice Christmas present for me  :)

Good morning..... apparently I ate more than I thought yesterday.  the scale is telling me Im 161.. dont like that so much.  My hubby should be home today so Im pretty excited about that.  Kind of makes up for the gain.