Weigh-in
165.6 this morning. I didn't give up after my last despondent post!
I am apparently still losing weight, if ever so slowly. I do think I need to take better control of snacking between meals. The South Beach encourages you to have a morning and an afternoon snack, and promises you'll never feel hungry, but I've sort of taken this as tacit approval that I can have snacks whenever I want, if they're on plan. That's clearly not helping. I'm especially bad in the evenings--I always want something to nosh on before bed. I have really tried to nip that behavior in the bud. At that hour, going to sleep is an easier solution than going downstairs to the fridge.
One thing I have been enjoying for my plan-approved* evening dessert is a banana-walnut ricotta pie recipe that v_cat concocted when I went to visit her one time. It's basically four bananas, mixed with about a cup (or so) of part-skim or fat-free ricotta, and an egg as binder. You use crushed raw walnuts as the crust (on top, bottom, or both, as you prefer), and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30-40 minutes (until not wiggly). Matt has concocted this a couple of ways, including with cocoa powder the last time. It's also good with a scoop of sugar-free, low-fat chocolate pudding on top.
Bananas may or may not be on plan, depending on when you ask. The original book vetoes tropical fruits in phase two due to high GI, but the later cookbooks seem to have no problem with bananas or papayas on phase two. Considering it's less than one banana per serving, with some fat to slow digestion, I'm not going to sweat it.
I've been reading some encouraging weight loss/healthy cooking blogs, too. One I discovered through the bpal.org forums (of all places!) is Love to Eat, Hate to Exercise. I discovered this because I was whining about not losing as much as my male coworkers on the healthy living thread at bpal.org, and Andra--one of the bpal.org regulars/mods, and the blogger of the aforementioned blog--PMed me with an encouraging message. She lost around 100 lbs and has managed to keep it off, so far, for two years. She also pointed me in the direction of Kalyn's Kitchen, which is a low-GI cooking blog.
Well, anyway, enough vamping; it's time for me to go plan my meals for the week.
I am apparently still losing weight, if ever so slowly. I do think I need to take better control of snacking between meals. The South Beach encourages you to have a morning and an afternoon snack, and promises you'll never feel hungry, but I've sort of taken this as tacit approval that I can have snacks whenever I want, if they're on plan. That's clearly not helping. I'm especially bad in the evenings--I always want something to nosh on before bed. I have really tried to nip that behavior in the bud. At that hour, going to sleep is an easier solution than going downstairs to the fridge.
One thing I have been enjoying for my plan-approved* evening dessert is a banana-walnut ricotta pie recipe that v_cat concocted when I went to visit her one time. It's basically four bananas, mixed with about a cup (or so) of part-skim or fat-free ricotta, and an egg as binder. You use crushed raw walnuts as the crust (on top, bottom, or both, as you prefer), and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30-40 minutes (until not wiggly). Matt has concocted this a couple of ways, including with cocoa powder the last time. It's also good with a scoop of sugar-free, low-fat chocolate pudding on top.
Bananas may or may not be on plan, depending on when you ask. The original book vetoes tropical fruits in phase two due to high GI, but the later cookbooks seem to have no problem with bananas or papayas on phase two. Considering it's less than one banana per serving, with some fat to slow digestion, I'm not going to sweat it.
I've been reading some encouraging weight loss/healthy cooking blogs, too. One I discovered through the bpal.org forums (of all places!) is Love to Eat, Hate to Exercise. I discovered this because I was whining about not losing as much as my male coworkers on the healthy living thread at bpal.org, and Andra--one of the bpal.org regulars/mods, and the blogger of the aforementioned blog--PMed me with an encouraging message. She lost around 100 lbs and has managed to keep it off, so far, for two years. She also pointed me in the direction of Kalyn's Kitchen, which is a low-GI cooking blog.
Well, anyway, enough vamping; it's time for me to go plan my meals for the week.