Hey all. I am doing well. Not weighing because its that time of the month so it wouldn't be accurate, but I am continuing on Phase 1. This makes the first day of week 2 for my Mom and I, she is doing great. Her skirt nearly fell off of her the other day. She weighed today, didn't tell me and I didn't ask, but she wants to start counting her loss from today. She is hoping for 30 lbs off total, but we are really trying for 20 off prior to the end of June (our trip to WDW). I am so proud of her. She was sooooo sick of eggs this morning so I made her mock french toast. She loved it! I have a big bowl of South Beach Unpotato Salad in the refrigerator, along with veggies for snacks. You can really see a difference in her. I am making decaf ice tea in my Mr. Coffee Ice Tea Pot (love that thing) with Splenda and lemon. That is really helping her out, she drinks lots of water but it gets so boring, as we all know. I made a crustless lemon pie from the Kraft Foods South Beach website. We haven't tried it yet, but I will tell you how it turns out. I hope its good because I LOVE lemon. Anyway, we are on target so far, I am hoping she gets some more weight off this week, my guess is she lost at least 5 lbs because it is very noticeable. I am unsure if I lost but I am sure I at least maintained. I will weigh at the weeks end.
To those who have had a cheat day during Phase 1, I have done Phase 1 many times, and cheated the first few times. I didn't start over completely, I just did it for 3 weeks instead of just 2. IF you cheated several days, then I would start over.
Anyway, doing a happy dance here
and looking forward to my lemon pie!
OH, almost forgot. I got a new propane grill for my anniversary and used it for the first time the other night. In addition to steaks (so good) and unpotato salad, I made roasted red and yellow peppers. OH, what heaven!!! They were so easy but I loved them. I had some today cold! I just rubbed them with olive oil and cooked them while I made my steaks. Yummy! I can't wait until next week to put some on a whole wheat pizza crust!!!
Man, I love food!!!
Oh, and the new GT Express Grill they advertise on TV, the sandwich maker, it so great for South Beach. I make eggs in it by just cracking an egg, an topping with a little cheese and bacon. I drizzle some fat free half and half and it cooks up awesome.
Another egg suggestion for Phase 1 is to crack eggs into a glass dish (size depends on how many eggs, I use a square one) and top with either salsa and cheese OR cheese, chopped tomato, basil, and crumbled bacon or sausage. Drizzle either combo with a little fat free half and half and it bakes up into a delicous breakfast quiche without a crust type thing. Very yummy!
Despite all my efforts to jazz up breakfast, my mom is really craving some oatmeal next week!
In a way I think that's even harder than the initial weight loss!
