It's October!

[rose1]

Frost is in the air. Time to get out the crockpot - stews, soups, chili, pots of beans - lots of South Beach friendly fall fare!

[Berta48]

Beautiful leaves!!!! Chili sounds so good!!!YUMMO!
Happy Autumn SBEACHERS!

[buckhuntress]

Hi Everyone!

Well I'm back on the beach. Life got a little crazy there, and I realized the scale is up and I've really been eating anything I want. Time to regroup and focus. It's a new season, and a new month, and I feel ready to recommit!

Goal is to lose 10lbs and fit back into my clothes. Starting weight today is 124.6. Just got in from a brisk walk with my daughter. Here is my menu from today:

B 2 egg omelette, salsa, sour cream, cheese

S LF cottage cheese with chopped yellow pepper

L Antipasto salad, RF dressing

S yogurt with nuts

D Pork chop, summer squash

Lots of water...and still sipping away.

Gonna try to be good and check in and post to be held accountable. Gonna be some challenges Im sure but Im ready to tackle them!

Hope everyone is doing great and focused for fall!

[rose1]

Nice to see you again.

[buckhuntress]

Thanks rose! Hope all is well with you

How does the menu look?

[rose1]

I'm muddling along day by day, thanks.

Menu looks pretty good.

[michele777]

b- coffee
l-4 big lettuce leaves with roast beef( 4 oz) and mayo (1 tbsp)
d- mussels in lots of spicy tomato sauce
and... 2 glasses wine

It's a weekend! Oh and a couple more cups of coffee and lots of water and sparkling spring water

[Radmom413]

I have been here; just lurking!

Happy October everyone!

[buckhuntress]

B ham and cheese omelette

S yogurt with nuts

L turkey breast with dill pickle

D roast beef and green beans

coffe (with skim milk and equal) and water

kinda feeling hungry typing this...think Im gonna grab a cheese stick and more water

Have a good night everyone!

[Its me - WENDALINA]

hey everybody

Thank God its Monday!!! The trips turned 5 yesterday and the whole weekend was one big party Ready to get back in the routine of things. Except we leave on friday for two weeks... we are headed to Michigan for the girls to be in a wedding and then coming back home via Ashville, NC. Should be interesting ~ we havent all been bottled up in the car together that long

I have some pork loin that I cubed up, added a couple cans of canneli beans, chicken broth and some spices. The house smells AMAZING! I just love love love fall! I am going to make some pumpkin bean bread as well

Hope everyone is haveing a wonderful day!

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by Radmom413

I have been here; just lurking!

Happy October everyone!

YES AND I MISS YOU

[Berta48]

Hello SBeachers and everyone else!!!
I have been enjoying this new plan and it is working.But I know I have to continue on for life.
I have really cut back on my portions. But I am past that felling hungry all the time finally!(Just like Michelle said) I still incorporate SB ALOT. If I get hungry I go for the protein and I still WW.I have been enjoying the smoothies made with ... Fage yogurt, frozen blackberries and RF milk & sweetner that is reallly tasty!!Put it all in the blender it comes out so good!

Wendalina happy you are back
Michelle I don't see how you are survivng on that little bit of food.I would be ravenous!!!

[rose1]

Edited

[buckhuntress]

B ham and cheese omelette

S unsalted nuts

L salad (lettuce, tomato,cucumber) with turkey breast, boiled egg, and RF blue cheese dressing

S yogurt, coffee

D left over roast beef, with left over roasted mushrooms and peppers, and a sprinkle of rf cheese

unflavored selter, working on the water

[wiz]

Hello from Key West!

We're getting tons of exercise, but my food choices have been just okay...a few too many off plan foods (OK, yes, I have eaten some potatoes - I admit it.)

However, most of my meal choices have been pretty healthy (for example: scallops with a tomato spinach broth, pork tenderloin in a black bean salsa, burger with sauteed onions - no roll) but it's the darn accompaniments that are getting me.

Hope all is well, I will check in with a renewed focus when I get home!!

[tconerly]

Checking in...I've been here just too busy to post.

Menu is as follows:
b: boiled egg, veggie patty
l: going to local deli to make a salad and get some crabmeat salad
s: grapes
d: grilled chicken with steam veggies
d: pumpkin bake ( a new recipe I'm dying to try!)

[rose1]

Originally Posted by tconerly

Checking in...I've been here just too busy to post.

Menu is as follows:
b: boiled egg, veggie patty
l: going to local deli to make a salad and get some crabmeat salad
s: grapes
d: grilled chicken with steam veggies
d: pumpkin bake ( a new recipe I'm dying to try!)

We'll need the recipe, of course.

[buckhuntress]

B 2 scrambled eggs with cheese

S nuts

L salad with turkey, egg, and rf blue cheese dressing

S yogurt

D taco salad (homemade...OP)

S 2 glasses wine

we will call this phase 1.5 ...being held accountable...back on track tomorrow (job stress)

[Laniemargaret]

HELLO BEACHERS!!!!

REALLY HAPPY to be here!! Had some 'excitement' this MONDAY... some of you may have seen the story in th enational news about a FIRE here in Waxahachie.. My work place is 753 FEET from their property line. HUGE building that makes fertilizer burned to the ground-- ANYWAY, we had to get the buses out to evacuate the nearby school... Fire personnel told US to evac... but we DIDN"T!! Finally, our super. came and told us to leave- I didn't waste any time!! SO SCARY!!! In the middle of it all.. here come a TRAIN and zooms right by all these fireballs shooting thru the air!!!

Enough of THAT-- but I can't believe it all happened...

weekend was a train wreck-- so won't go there... had fun at a trades day w friends.

MONDAY: cereal breakfast AGAIN.. didn't make my quiche...
L: cottage cheese/ fruit.
D: 2 veggie patty/ green beans
no snacks
stomach too upset to eat much anyway... NERVES!!!

TUES: cereal breakfast again
L: 2- veggie patty more green beans
D: crustless quiche/ green beans
S: grapes

WED: B: FINALLY got the CRUSTLESS QUICHE MADE last night!
Quiche/ canadian bacon/ zuc./ onion/ green peppers/ cheese 2%/ cottage cheese 1%

V8
snack: NUTS

Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich w mustard
cottage cheese
fruit
celery sticks
Dinner: not sure-- prob turkey sausage squash and beans

[michele777]

Wow Elaine that must have been scary! When you are told to evacuate, get the hell out!!! I'm glad you are ok!

[michele777]

I made a spinach egg drop soup today that came out really good. I took 6 cans reduced sodium chicken broth, 1 frozen package of chopped spinach,4 cloves garlic, 4 small tomatoes, black pepper, a pinch of red pepper flakes and a dash of onion powder and let that simmer until the frozen spinach was hot and then I swirled in 2 eggs mixed with 2 tbsp grated cheese. Everyone really liked it and it was simple.

So today-
b- turkey, lettuce, mayo
l- salad w/ evoo and blue cheese crumbles and bowl of soup
s-banana
d- grilled chicken+ vegies

[buckhuntress]

B hard boiled egg, cheese stick, V8

S yogurt

L taco bowl: (meat, cheese, sour cream, salsa, avocado)

S nuts

D homemade vegetable beef soup (was really good, should post the recipe)

White wine...damn,...my weakness

Took a good walk today though....

[Laniemargaret]

Originally Posted by michele777

Wow Elaine that must have been scary! When you are told to evacuate, get the hell out!!! I'm glad you are ok!

Thank Michelle-- IT WAS scary!! Closest I've EVER come to wondering if I would be around... -- really! It REALLY makes you think.. for the future- If Im in that situation AGAIN.. WOULD I stay?? NOT!!

[Laniemargaret]

Last night I did have:
turkey sausage/ squash with gr beans and kidney beans.

Today:
Crustless Quiche/ V8
coffee

L: 1/2 turkey sand on WW bread- mustard
Squash/ beans/ kidney beans- leftover veggies

S: cottage cheese/ celery

D: unknown...

[Laniemargaret]

MICHELLE--- your soup sounds really interesting- may have to give that a try!

[michele777]

I have been trying to make my own soups so I can control what is in it to fit into SBD better. Like today I am trying a black bean soup with two cans chicken broth and one can beans which will wind up as four servings. That makes the bean serving more appropriate than a typical thick black bean soup which probably has a whole cup of beans per serving. It is looking a bit thin, so I will see how it tastes. Everything tastes good with a plop of sour cream anyway right?

[tconerly]

Originally Posted by rose1

We'll need the recipe, of course.

The Pumpkin Bake was good"ish". Wasn't like my grandma's pumpkin pie, but it was good

8 oz cream cheese (I used fat free)
1 can pumpkin
5 eggs
1TBS pumpkin pie spice
1tsp cinnamon
1/2 c granulated splenda

(If I make it again, I will prob tweak a little bit and add a few more spices)
Beat the cream cheese til soft, add all other ingredients, bake at 350 for 40 minutes. let cool, top with cool whip.

[Berta48]

Here is a recipe that is really good.I changed the sugar to sweetner and salad dressing to RF and also the Parmesan cheese to RF, also the bacon to Turkey bacon.

Cauliflower Salad

1 head caulflower (washed and cut into smaller pieces.)
1 head lettuce
2c RF salad dressing
1 lb T Bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
1 small onion chopped
1.3c RF parmesan cheese
1/4c sweeetner

Layer the ingredients in a large bowl in the order they are given above starting with the cauliflower.Make this the day before and store in the refrigerator overnight. Then 1 hour before serving, take out and stir.Then stir again right before serving.

We had company the other evening and my friend brought this and I ask for the recipe.
I have trouble eating veggies but I loved this!

Hope you try it.Let me know if you do and how you like it!!

[michele777]

I am definitely still messing up! I have eaten 2200 mg sodium and only had half of my calories for the day. Now I guess I don't eat anything else for the day! How can I stop this from happening because I have to keep an eye on sodium because my BP tends to be a bit too high.

All I ate was a bowl of homemade bean soup with 2 tbsp rf sour cream. 4 oz Ham with mayo and a salad with just vinegar and blue cheese crumbles.

[Laniemargaret]

Originally Posted by michele777

I am definitely still messing up! I have eaten 2200 mg sodium and only had half of my calories for the day. Now I guess I don't eat anything else for the day! How can I stop this from happening because I have to keep an eye on sodium because my BP tends to be a bit too high.

All I ate was a bowl of homemade bean soup with 2 tbsp rf sour cream. 4 oz Ham with mayo and a salad with just vinegar and blue cheese crumbles.

Hi Michelle-

I normally use the bullion cubes... this way, I can more or less control the soduim content in soups... I can add MORE water to dilute it... add more SPICES for flavor... they also make lower soduim cubes too. Oh- AND I rinse the beans that contain sodium as well.