Lunch...

[sstormwatch]

...was not enough. It was a good salad with tuna, hardboiled eggs, green stuff & cheese, but my stomach is not happy. It is not full, and I don't know what will make it happy, other than carbs I am not allowed to eat yet. I will have my snack by midafternoon, as I don't think this food in my tummy will last long.

Comments

[raenshadoe]

tinsoldier and his wife used to have something called "Almond Blast" while they were doing Southbeach. You might consider that.

Something else to think of...

My friend the nutritionist, when we started talking about my diet, told me that salad wasn't really a friend of mine, unless I liked eating it. Lettuce doesn't take up space in your stomach. It dissolves and goes away pretty quickly. So, instead of salad, when I'm eating out I usually get a lot of veggies. Take Texas Roadhouse, as an example. I can get my six once sirloin, then instead of two sides get a heap of broccoli. After a while, you stop thinking about getting the potatoes as much (like them though I do, they are one of the enemies).

Also, baby carrots. They are your friend. When other people start snacking on things around you, you can eat a handful of them to satisfy the desire to eat something without getting into chips. My friend also recommended bananas and blueberries for that purpose. Haven't tried the blueberries yet. *smiles*

But, I don't know the details on Southbeach. I would imagine its a pretty structured diet.

[sstormwatch]

This Phase 1 is the toughest. No fruits at all, limited veges like those low on glycemic index, which means no carrots which are higher on that scale. Lots of salad, tho I do try to have more vegies than lettuce, and we use darker greens & spinach leaves, not regular lettuce. Also ok with 15 nuts a day, no more. Basically low-fat meats and most green vegies, with a tomato now and then (I'm so so with tomatoes). It's very tough at times to deal with (8 more days on Phase 1).

And the Almond Blast I googled looks good, although I may just use plain yogurt and a little milk instead of soy products. But it will have to wait till Phase 2, when fruits are allowed back in.

[the_vampkitty]

Don't take this wrong, any change in eating habits to improve ones body is good, but SBD has some 'different' ideas of what is and isn't allowed and why.

Having any limits on what kind of veggies one can eat do not understand veggies in how they work with the system.

One of the biggest pit falls of SBD is faulty issues with the glycemic index and how it compensates for the ratio and rate of blood sugar consumption/insulin production.

Btw, one of the places I've been hanging out lately and reading, taking different things from the site and applying them is here -http://healthletter.tufts.edu/

[sstormwatch]

I am not getting anything other than abstracts from that site, at least in the back issued articles. I take it is a subscription site?

And since I am on this diet per my doctor's orders, I will continue with this diet plan as ordered.