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rose1 · 06-02-2006, 10:31 PM

The same fawn I posted earlier, this time after mommy found him

Glad you all are enjoying my pictures! I hope today's is another winner...

Here's the recipe for the SB Peanut Butter cookies I mentioned. These are from the Quick and Easy cookbook. Very good - too good, sometimes... I decrease the Splenda to 1/2 a cup, which to us is plenty, but you might want to try them with the full amount first.

Quote:

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

3/4 cup granular sugar substitute
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup creamy trans-fat-free peanut butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar-free jam, any flavor

1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Mix sugar substitute, egg, and vanilla together with an electric mixer on low for 3 minutes. Add peanut butter and baking soda. Mix on medium until dough comes together, about 30 seconds.
3. Form dough into 24 (2 teaspoon) balls and place on baking sheet 1-inch apart. Gently press your thumb into the center of each to make an indentation. Fill each indentation with 1/2 teaspoon jam.
4. Bake until lightly browned on the bottom, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 12 (2 piece) servings. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 14 minutes.

Nutrition at a Glance: Per serving: 140 calories, 11 g fat, 2.5 g saturated fat, 6 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 1 g dietary fiber, 210 mg sodium

Oh yes. Unrelated to the cookies, but we are now headed back to P1 for a while.

'Nuff said, trust me!

justmarvi · 06-02-2006, 11:59 PM

Hi Rose and South beachers! Long time no see. I've missed you guys and see lots of new faces, that's awesome.

It's good to be back and thanks for all the pms while I was away.

Hugs,

Marva

Reg · 06-03-2006, 05:41 AM

Hi Gals !!

It's the weekend. I would usually say "woohoo" but the weekends are when I go off plan. My main problem is socializing.....I always slip.

So, I'm going to be anti-social and stay close to home

. Severe? YES, but I have no choice.

justmarvi · 06-03-2006, 09:23 AM

Good morning to all,

Such a neat picture Rose! Thanks for sharing.

Oh man Reg, another social.......me too, Son's birthday, I will not eat ****, I will not eat ****!

So good to see you here girlfriend!

I don't have illegal stuff in the house, just need to curb the drivebys.

Hope everyone has a great day, it feels good to be back!

JoLi · 06-03-2006, 09:40 AM

Good morning. I'm a happy camper today. I allowed myself to have two pieces of meat lovers pizza last night. I could barely finish the second piece. It didn't show up on the scale.
Going to the movies in a litte while, going to avoid the popcorn this time. Holding off on my water so I don't have to get up and pee all the time. LOL

Something I just thought about concerning water retention. A nurse at my mom's cardiac rehab brought this up. If you have a water softener in your house and your drinking predominately water from the faucet/fridge dispenser, then your getting more sodium than you think. Since my Mom quit drinking the house water her weight/bloating has gone down. I usually have been drinking l bottle of water then fill it from the fridge a couple times then start with a new bottle. I'm going to try just drinking bottle water and see if that changes anything.

Menu for yesterday:
B: one egg, piece canadian bacon, 2 tlbs shredded reduced fat cheese, 1 cup milk, one piece 7 grain bread
S: none
L: 3 oz bbq pork, few french fries, I know bad
S: none
D: two slices 5 meat pizza, regular crust
S: one popcicle
No vegetables yesterday, I just wasn't in the mood for them, will have some today.

Well, ya'll have a good day. Hang in there, make good choices. You can do it.

rose1 · 06-03-2006, 02:44 PM

Marvi's back!!!

How are you doing?

Hello Reg!!! Hey, if it takes being anti-social for a while to get you on track, I say go for it! If it were easier to be 'social' without having to eat...

JoLi, you could be right about the water. This is an interesting article I found, which includes a formula to figure out how much sodium the softener is adding to your water: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/AN00317

See you later!

AmyLowCarbs · 06-03-2006, 02:54 PM

I have a question about adding fruit? In the book, the first Phase 2 example menu says to have 1 cup of strawberries at breakfast, but he also says not to add fruit first thing in the morning. Please explain!

Also, on the sample menu, the chocolate dipped strawberries - is that real chocolate with real sugar?

Reg, I totally hear you about being social. I was no angel last week either. But pick up the food, look at it, and ask yourself if you really want it. Did it really taste that good last weekend? Maybe you should just hold it so no one asks you why youre not eating this or that.

I do that when I was around people who drink a lot more than I want to. I just keep a drink and carry it around. They don't pay attention to how many times I get a refill!

Here's what I ate yesterday:
string cheese
questionable soup and spinach salad with egg, very little bacon, mushrooms, and balsamic vinegrette
rum and diet coke
about 3 oz of tuna sashimi with soysauce, wasabi, and ginger
a little bit of shredded coconut
made the 4 min flax brownie, took a bite decided it wasnt sweet or chocolaty enough, tried to adapt the one bowl chocolate frosting on the baker's unsweeteend chocolate box, turned into a DISASTER - i subbed 1/3 c vanilla davincis for the 1/2 c sugar (it was 1am) and it turned into a liquiddy mess! i tried adding cream cheese, but it wouldnt mix.
i have sweetz free, but i didnt want to waste it! so i wasted everything else.

silly AMY!
yay the scale is down today! ive decided my home scale is evil and stubborn and refuses to go down even thoguh the scale at the gym does.

The scale at the gym is probably more accurate.

rose1 · 06-03-2006, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guest

I have a question about adding fruit? In the book, the first Phase 2 example menu says to have 1 cup of strawberries at breakfast, but he also says not to add fruit first thing in the morning. Please explain!

As you have read, the reason for no fruit in the morning is to avoid insulin spikes that can cause cravings through the rest of the day. When you are just moving into Phase 2, it is probably better to follow the suggestions in the chapter,"Hello, Bread." Never mind the menus. The first menu has you eating three fruit servings in the first day. That's just crazy! Add your new foods in very gradually as suggested in the body of the book.

Quote:

Originally Posted by guest

Also, on the sample menu, the chocolate dipped strawberries - is that real chocolate with real sugar?

Yes, it's real chocolate. Bittersweet or semisweet. You would actually be getting very little chocolate if you follow the recipe exactly. That kind of thing is way too much trouble IMO. And what do you do with the excess chocolate that drips off? EXCESS CHOCOLATE????

Lynn18 · 06-03-2006, 07:56 PM

Hey Beachers, it's Saturday and I'm grilling pork chops. We've already had a full weekend and we still have a day left!

Yesterday was the volunteer appreciation dinner at our church (I'm a Youth Group Leader) and it was also the Scout Show Sleepover. Today was the Scout Show and when we got home this afternoon, we all crashed and napped.

I wasn't a very good girl at the dinner. It was a 50's diner theme and they served hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, cold salads and rootbeer floats. I didn't go nutsy, but I did eat a bun, a handful of fries and a teeny-one-scooper of float. My bad.

Today has been back on target. Gotta take it one day at a time. I know this is for life, not just for awhile. It takes time to retrain myself to eat correctly. *sigh*

Ok, food:

Friday
B - oatmeal, coffee-milk (1 cup skim milk and coffee)
L - Mixed greens salad w/ celery, ff cheese, turkey and blue cheese dressing with a sprinkle of roasted soy nuts for crunch
S - Laughing cow cheese
D - Hamburger, fries, rootbeer float

Sat
B - oatmeal made with 1 cup skim milk, 6oz diet V8 berry juice
L - Mixed green salad w/ turkey, celery, soynuts, ff cheese and blue cheese
D - Pork chops and "mashed" cauliflower w/ff sour cream, smart balance, topped with ff cheese and chopped canadian bacon bits
I may eat a sugar free pudding for dessert. We'll see how hungry I am later.

Pita420 · 06-04-2006, 03:42 PM

Hi ya Beachers!

Well today has been good so far. I don't exercise on Sunday's so got to spend the morning in bed before getting up and tackling the weekly grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. Wayyyyyy to crowded there today!

My menu for today is:
B: 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 oz of cheddar cheese, 1 cup of chocolate Carb Countdown milk, cup of chai tea with creamer
L: Chef salad, made with romaine, spinach, green peppers, onions, radishes, deli ham, turkey pepperoni, cheddar cheese and boiled eggs. I used my homemade mayo dressing.
D: cereal topped with strawberries
S: SF jello with whipped topping, cup of chai tea with a little vanilla creamer.

AmyLowCarbs · 06-04-2006, 04:19 PM

Hi All,

Thanks for the information, Rose.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rose1

That kind of thing is way too much trouble IMO. And what do you do with the excess chocolate that drips off? EXCESS CHOCOLATE????

haha!! yes, chocolate just can't go to waste. it would take some willpower to save it for the next time you dip the strawberries.

Pita, just curious, why do you have cereal for dinner? Is it to minimize insulin spikes? And what kind do you eat?

So I was helping a friend move yesterday and bad...bad bad. Bad planning, hunger, etc. But the scale hasn't shown it today, thankfully. But it is DEFINITELY true that when you have just a little bit of sugar, you get really hungry instantly. Weekends are just going to be bad for me.

I'm back on track today.

Pita420 · 06-04-2006, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guest

Pita, just curious, why do you have cereal for dinner? Is it to minimize insulin spikes? And what kind do you eat?

I eat the cereal for dinner because we decided that our biggest meal should be at lunch. Plus, I'm too lazy at night to cook and having a bowl of cereal is quick and easy with hardly any clean-up.

We have 1/2 cup of Kashi Go Lean mixed with a 1/2 cup of Fiber One. One tsp. of Splenda, 3 or 4 sliced strawberries and one cup of Fat Free Carb Countdown dairy beverage on it. The total is 186 in calories, 56 carbs with 20 of them coming from fiber. I feel much better eating the cereal then a heavy dinner of protein and fat.

I don't have any insulin problems and really do feel I need to watch my calorie intake as much as my carbs. I think the carbs I get from the cereal are good complex carbs that my body likes. Of course time will tell as well as the scale.

Lynn18 · 06-04-2006, 09:01 PM

Good evening all. I hope everyone has had a pleasant weekend. Ours was busy, but I likes it that way.

I measured this morning. Lost ½ inch off waist and ½ inch off hips. Not bad considering all the creative eating I did this past week.
Eating was strange today as I got up so very late. Stayed beachy and that was a good thing.

Food:

B – 1 cup milk and coffee
L – 4 celery sticks filled with salmon cream cheese, 6oz V8
S – almonds and string cheese
D – Veggie/chicken casserole, sugar free fudgsicle

I plan to start exercising this week as well. I only have 3 more days of work, then I'll be able to exercise in the morning but not have to get up at the crack of dawn to get it in.

06-03-2006, 09:40 AM	#5
JoLi MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Central Texas Posts: 2,173 Gallery: JoLi Stats: (253 3/03)209/166/150 5'7" WOE: South Beach/phase 2 Start Date: Restart 1/2/08	Good morning. I'm a happy camper today. I allowed myself to have two pieces of meat lovers pizza last night. I could barely finish the second piece. It didn't show up on the scale. Going to the movies in a litte while, going to avoid the popcorn this time. Holding off on my water so I don't have to get up and pee all the time. LOL Something I just thought about concerning water retention. A nurse at my mom's cardiac rehab brought this up. If you have a water softener in your house and your drinking predominately water from the faucet/fridge dispenser, then your getting more sodium than you think. Since my Mom quit drinking the house water her weight/bloating has gone down. I usually have been drinking l bottle of water then fill it from the fridge a couple times then start with a new bottle. I'm going to try just drinking bottle water and see if that changes anything. Menu for yesterday: B: one egg, piece canadian bacon, 2 tlbs shredded reduced fat cheese, 1 cup milk, one piece 7 grain bread S: none L: 3 oz bbq pork, few french fries, I know bad S: none D: two slices 5 meat pizza, regular crust S: one popcicle No vegetables yesterday, I just wasn't in the mood for them, will have some today. Well, ya'll have a good day. Hang in there, make good choices. You can do it. __________________ YOU'RE A MUDERER OF LOVE Dan in Real Life

06-03-2006, 02:54 PM	#7
AmyLowCarbs Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: N. Cali. Posts: 214 Gallery: AmyLowCarbs Stats: 180/174/140 WOE: South Beach Start Date: May 22, 2006	I have a question about adding fruit? In the book, the first Phase 2 example menu says to have 1 cup of strawberries at breakfast, but he also says not to add fruit first thing in the morning. Please explain! Also, on the sample menu, the chocolate dipped strawberries - is that real chocolate with real sugar? Reg, I totally hear you about being social. I was no angel last week either. But pick up the food, look at it, and ask yourself if you really want it. Did it really taste that good last weekend? Maybe you should just hold it so no one asks you why youre not eating this or that. I do that when I was around people who drink a lot more than I want to. I just keep a drink and carry it around. They don't pay attention to how many times I get a refill! Here's what I ate yesterday: string cheese questionable soup and spinach salad with egg, very little bacon, mushrooms, and balsamic vinegrette rum and diet coke about 3 oz of tuna sashimi with soysauce, wasabi, and ginger a little bit of shredded coconut made the 4 min flax brownie, took a bite decided it wasnt sweet or chocolaty enough, tried to adapt the one bowl chocolate frosting on the baker's unsweeteend chocolate box, turned into a DISASTER - i subbed 1/3 c vanilla davincis for the 1/2 c sugar (it was 1am) and it turned into a liquiddy mess! i tried adding cream cheese, but it wouldnt mix. i have sweetz free, but i didnt want to waste it! so i wasted everything else. silly AMY! yay the scale is down today! ive decided my home scale is evil and stubborn and refuses to go down even thoguh the scale at the gym does. The scale at the gym is probably more accurate. __________________ Amy

06-03-2006, 07:56 PM	#9
Lynn18 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Go West Young Man Posts: 287 Gallery: Lynn18 Stats: 249.4/216/175 5'10" WOE: South Beach Start Date: 5/8/06	Hey Beachers, it's Saturday and I'm grilling pork chops. We've already had a full weekend and we still have a day left! Yesterday was the volunteer appreciation dinner at our church (I'm a Youth Group Leader) and it was also the Scout Show Sleepover. Today was the Scout Show and when we got home this afternoon, we all crashed and napped. I wasn't a very good girl at the dinner. It was a 50's diner theme and they served hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, cold salads and rootbeer floats. I didn't go nutsy, but I did eat a bun, a handful of fries and a teeny-one-scooper of float. My bad. Today has been back on target. Gotta take it one day at a time. I know this is for life, not just for awhile. It takes time to retrain myself to eat correctly. sigh Ok, food: Friday B - oatmeal, coffee-milk (1 cup skim milk and coffee) L - Mixed greens salad w/ celery, ff cheese, turkey and blue cheese dressing with a sprinkle of roasted soy nuts for crunch S - Laughing cow cheese D - Hamburger, fries, rootbeer float Sat B - oatmeal made with 1 cup skim milk, 6oz diet V8 berry juice L - Mixed green salad w/ turkey, celery, soynuts, ff cheese and blue cheese D - Pork chops and "mashed" cauliflower w/ff sour cream, smart balance, topped with ff cheese and chopped canadian bacon bits I may eat a sugar free pudding for dessert. We'll see how hungry I am later. __________________ Keep on keeping on. Today I change the way I eat Today I change the way I feel Today I am healthy ~~~~~* Today is gone Today was fun Tomorrow is another one. ~Dr. Seuss

06-04-2006, 03:42 PM	#10
Pita420 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 563 Gallery: Pita420 Stats: 244/225/150 WOE: Atkins Induction/exercise Start Date: March 20, 2006	Hi ya Beachers! Well today has been good so far. I don't exercise on Sunday's so got to spend the morning in bed before getting up and tackling the weekly grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. Wayyyyyy to crowded there today! My menu for today is: B: 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 oz of cheddar cheese, 1 cup of chocolate Carb Countdown milk, cup of chai tea with creamer L: Chef salad, made with romaine, spinach, green peppers, onions, radishes, deli ham, turkey pepperoni, cheddar cheese and boiled eggs. I used my homemade mayo dressing. D: cereal topped with strawberries S: SF jello with whipped topping, cup of chai tea with a little vanilla creamer. __________________ March 20,2006,Starting weight ~244 End of the month totals: April '06 ~234 May '06 ~230.5 June '06~224 July '06~228 Vacation gain! August '06 ~225 Sept '06 Oct '06 Nov '06 Dec '06 Jan '07 Feb '07 ~Hopefully Goal at 150 lbs!! I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothing. If I HAD any loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn't have signed up in the first place!"

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06-02-2006, 11:59 PM	#2
justmarvi Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,218 Gallery: justmarvi	Hi Rose and South beachers! Long time no see. I've missed you guys and see lots of new faces, that's awesome. It's good to be back and thanks for all the pms while I was away. Hugs, Marva

06-03-2006, 05:41 AM	#3
Reg I see everything as points Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island Posts: 3,635 Blog Entries: 38 Gallery: Reg Stats: 247/184.6/172 (124-155 WW's goal: TBD) WOE: WW: FLEX: WI: Wednesday. 23-25 Points Start Date: 01/09/08	Hi Gals !! It's the weekend. I would usually say "woohoo" but the weekends are when I go off plan. My main problem is socializing.....I always slip. So, I'm going to be anti-social and stay close to home . Severe? YES, but I have no choice.

06-03-2006, 09:23 AM	#4
justmarvi Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,218 Gallery: justmarvi	Good morning to all, Such a neat picture Rose! Thanks for sharing. Oh man Reg, another social.......me too, Son's birthday, I will not eat **, I will not eat **! So good to see you here girlfriend! I don't have illegal stuff in the house, just need to curb the drivebys. Hope everyone has a great day, it feels good to be back!

06-03-2006, 02:44 PM	#6
rose1 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 10,931 Gallery: rose1 WOE: Vegetarian version of SB Start Date: June, 2005	Marvi's back!!! How are you doing? Hello Reg!!! Hey, if it takes being anti-social for a while to get you on track, I say go for it! If it were easier to be 'social' without having to eat... JoLi, you could be right about the water. This is an interesting article I found, which includes a formula to figure out how much sodium the softener is adding to your water: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/AN00317 See you later!

06-04-2006, 09:01 PM	#13
Lynn18 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Go West Young Man Posts: 287 Gallery: Lynn18 Stats: 249.4/216/175 5'10" WOE: South Beach Start Date: 5/8/06	Good evening all. I hope everyone has had a pleasant weekend. Ours was busy, but I likes it that way. I measured this morning. Lost ½ inch off waist and ½ inch off hips. Not bad considering all the creative eating I did this past week. Eating was strange today as I got up so very late. Stayed beachy and that was a good thing. Food: B – 1 cup milk and coffee L – 4 celery sticks filled with salmon cream cheese, 6oz V8 S – almonds and string cheese D – Veggie/chicken casserole, sugar free fudgsicle I plan to start exercising this week as well. I only have 3 more days of work, then I'll be able to exercise in the morning but not have to get up at the crack of dawn to get it in.