Plumfoodie's diary and ramblings

[Plumfoodie]

Monday's SBD phase 1 food plan:

Breakfast: veggie quiche cups, veggie sausages

Snack: natural yoghurt, protein powder, shredded dried coconut (after kettlebell workout)

Lunch: two-bean chilli, salad (leftovers)

Snack: mixed seeds, glass of milk

Dinner: Summer-in-winter chicken recipe - Recipes - BBC Good Food and steamed green veggies

Snack/pudding: ricotta dessert

 

[Plumfoodie]

Planned meals for Tuesday and Wednesday, because I'll be busy at work. Still in SBD phase 1.

Snacks both days will be selected from: babybel light or cottage cheese + cherry tomatoes, yoghurt with vanilla extract and toasted almonds, nuts/seeds

Pudding both days will be: hot milk with either vanilla and nutmeg or cocoa powder

Tuesday

Breakfast: ham, mushroom and broccoli egg bake

Lunch: baby leaf salad with herbs and turkey bacon/prawns/avocado

Dinner: chicken tagine, steamed veggies

Wednesday

Breakfast: ham, mushroom and broccoli egg bake

Lunch: little gem salad with coronation chicken topping

Dinner: feta-stuffed burgers, sauteed onion/red pepper/courgette/mushrooms, red bean mash

 

[Plumfoodie]

I was thinking this evening, I don't really mind the switch to south beach diet phase 1, because I've already been eating low GI for almost a year now and so am used to relegating good carbs to side dish status instead of the starring attraction, eating plenty of veggies, etc. But I have real admiration for people who go into it straight from a typical diet with a lot of pasta, rice, potatoes etc, as I don't think I would have managed that very successfully. It's a completely different mindset!

 

[Mis-behave]

After reading your dairy notes.. I had always thought the south beach diet was a bit of a "hollywood" type diet .. I have been struggling to change my diet to a mod GI diet/ low- good fat .. So got the kindle version of the diet and sounds good.. So started phase 1 at dinner tonight.. I have already dropped potatoes/ rice/ pasta just struggling with the cookies and rice cakes etc.. Your dairy is really helpful

 

[NatalieW]

I think I need to do some research onto southbeach diet.

Some of your meals sound really nice. I have struggled going from a heavy carb led meals to low GI.

 

[DeeCe]

I think I'm jumping on this South Beach wagon just ordered the book on Amazon should be here Saturday then I'll start

 

[Mis-behave]

I started Monday night.. Am doing ok, dinner lamb and veges with toasted pine nuts and flaked almonds .. Not missing the potatoes

 

[Plumfoodie]

Gosh, what a stressful week at work that turned into. Thank goodness for the long weekend, it couldn't have come at a better time.

Loads of you thinking about SBD! Wow! If you start (or have started) I hope you'll keep a diary; always great to read the experiences of others.

 

[Plumfoodie]

Weekly update:

This week I lost 1.6 lb. I believe most of this to be water weight from starting South Beach Diet phase 1, because it all dropped off in the first two days and then my weight stayed exactly the same for the rest of the week. It's TOTM, though, so I'm really quite chuffed with that. We'll see what next Thursday has in store! I've been enjoying SBD, but I think I would have found phase 1 really challenging if I hadn't already been eating low GI. I am definitely looking forward to the start of re-introducing low GI carbs, starchy veggies and fruit in a week's time! At least cocoa powder is allowed as a 'sweet treat', otherwise I (and everything within a 25 mile radius of me) might not have survived PMT.

AND wooooooohooooooo, I had my first official weekly weigh-in where I was in the 'healthy' BMI bracket. It seems like I've been waiting so long for that to happen, it almost doesn't seem like it really has.

SBD phase 1 day 6 (Thursday)

Breakfast: ham, broccoli and mushroom egg bake

Snack: 2 x babybel light

Lunch: baby leaf salad with prawns, pistachios and turkey bacon

Snack: munchy seeds

Snack: steamed skimmed milk (from Costa, it was too late for me to have even a decaf latte)

Dinner: 2 bean chilli with cheese and broccoli

SBD phase 1 day 7 (Friday)

Breakfast: turkey/tomato scrambled eggs, lowfat Greek yoghurt

Snack: mini babybel light

Lunch: coronation chicken w/salad, lowfat greek yoghurt

Snack: wafer thin ham, leerdammer light

Snack: pistachios

Dinner: pork tenderloin, green beans, mashed cauliflower, red kidney bean cake

Snack: milk w/cocoa

 

[Plumfoodie]

SBD phase 1 day 8 (Saturday)

Breakfast: omelette w/chunky vegetable hash and cheese, turkey bacon

Snack (post-workout): everyday whey protein, Greek yoghurt, dried coconut

Lunch: baby leaf salad with prawns, avocado, pistachios and turkey bacon

Snack: more Greek yoghurt with coconut (no protein powder)

Snack: leerdammer light

Dinner: chicken tagine with chickpeas, a warm spinach and mushroom salad

Snack: warm milk with cocoa

 

[irish molly]

Well done on a great result for your sbd phase one!! Great job Plum and continued success.
Enjoy your long weekend.
Happy Easter!

 

[Plumfoodie]

Thank you Molly! Hope you have a lovely Easter weekend.

 

[Plumfoodie]

Plan for the next few days:

(snacks are going to look pretty similar to the snacks I've already had, I suspect! maybe I'll get some peanut butter in there one day)

SBD phase 1 day 9 (Sunday)

Breakfast: southwest breakfast bowl (pinto beans, scrambled egg, homemade salsa fresca, low-fat feta cheese)

Lunch: tofu & edemame beans on salad with satay dressing

Dinner: roast lamb, roast veg bake with chickpeas, mashed cauliflower

SBD phase 1 day 10 (Monday)

Breakfast: southwest breakfast bowl (black beans, salsa fresca, scrambled egg, avocado)

Lunch: warm steak salad

Dinner: pecan-crusted salmon on lentil/tomato salad with green beans

SBD phase 1 day 11 (Tuesday)

Breakfast: ham, broccoli and mushroom egg bake

Lunch: coronation chicken on salad

Dinner: two-bean chilli

 

[Plumfoodie]

It's not really timed properly with my official weekly weigh-in, but in phase 1 of SBD I lost 1.9 lb in the first week, which for me is a good loss!

I'm loving these breakfast bowls: mix black or pinto beans with homemade salsa, top with scrambled eggs and then one of these choices: lowfat feta or cheddar, or diced avocado plus a bit more salsa. Yum yum!

(Salsa is fresh tomatoes, little bit of red onion, little bit of garlic, green chile, lime juice and olive oil. I like to blitz half to a chunky purée for a better texture. )

 

[DeeCe]

I love your Breakfast ideas; where d you get them from? I ordered the 2003 and 3 book? I'm starting today

 

[Plumfoodie]

I love your Breakfast ideas; where d you get them from? I ordered the 2003 and 3 book? I'm starting today

I have the South Beach cookbooks (sorry not sure what 2003 and 3 book is? feeling a bit dense today, lol) and also use the web. In addition to the main South Beach website and their free newsletter, Kalyn's Kitchen is a great site (I posted a link to her ham etc. egg bake in the recipes thread I think) and I just found the 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet forum which has a big South Beach section with plenty of recipes and ideas. Some of the things I have are just things I've gotten used to having whilst doing low GI (which I started last summer), like the scrambled egg with cheese and wafer thin turkey topped with chopped tomato, avocado, salsa, or a combination thereof. I have a pretty big collection of low GI cookbooks too. Bit of a cookbook junkie really, can't imagine how I ever put on weight.......

 

[Plumfoodie]

OK, I've had to deviate from SBD phase 1 a tiny bit. After my kettlebell workouts I have some greek yoghurt with protein powder, vanilla, and dried coconut mixed in. I had been using the Purevia sweetener in this (I can't tolerate the artificial sweeteners as they aggravate my ME but had started using this daily as it didn't have artificial stuff in it) but realised yesterday that it has maltodextrin in it which is a really high GI filler. I was getting all kinds of crazy blood sugar swings and mood swings etc, it wasn't good.

So I've stopped using that and today used Sweet Freedom instead. Technically this is a cheat, but as it's low GI and as I can't think of another suitable alternative I'm going to carry on. I don't use very much and will only have it right after I've exercised (when, as I understand it, the body pretty much burns right through whatever you eat for the first hour or so).

I might do some more research and see whether Truvia (which uses a sugar alcohol instead) would be any better. I've been able to eat things with xylitol and malitol (also sugar alcohols) in before with no ill effects and I think they're GI-friendly as I'm sure Patrick Holford gives them the OK in his book. I do have pure liquid stevia right now and some pure stevia powder/tablets on order, but the liquid stevia doesn't work well in yoghurt. I have tried several times and just not gotten it right.

 

[DeeCe]

I have the South Beach cookbooks (sorry not sure what 2003 and 3 book is? feeling a bit dense today, lol) and also use the web. In addition to the main South Beach website and their free newsletter, Kalyn's Kitchen is a great site (I posted a link to her ham etc. egg bake in the recipes thread I think) and I just found the 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet forum which has a big South Beach section with plenty of recipes and ideas. Some of the things I have are just things I've gotten used to having whilst doing low GI (which I started last summer), like the scrambled egg with cheese and wafer thin turkey topped with chopped tomato, avocado, salsa, or a combination thereof. I have a pretty big collection of low GI cookbooks too. Bit of a cookbook junkie really, can't imagine how I ever put on weight.......

oops..I just meant the 2003 book.. but thank you might check out some of those websites for ideas!!

 

[Plumfoodie]

oops..I just meant the 2003 book.. but thank you might check out some of those websites for ideas!!

No problem

 

[Plumfoodie]

This week's result (postponed from yesterday): -0.8lb

For me at this point this is a decent loss. Now that I'm maybe 10 or 15-ish pounds from where I want to wind up I don't think I can really expect any more than that.

I got hold of some 'proper' stevia that doesn't have maltodextrin in it, so can happily use that again now which is good.

I've enjoyed the SBD phase 1, but I am looking forward to a piece of oat scone bread and some blueberries tomorrow. And a bit of my dark chocolate Easter egg, which is currently out of sight! I'll update tomorrow with my final total SBD phase 1 loss.

And now, a diary catchup. This week has been so hectic!! On work days I've been finding it difficult to eat my snacks when I should - I'm hungry, but I'm just too busy to stop and have them. I'll have to try harder next week.

(for those who are not sure about the ricotta desserts, I find it makes a much creamier texture the more you whisk it, in phase 2 I think it will be great with berries - I also find sometimes I have to put a bit more sweetener as some of the brands have a more tart flavour)

SBD phase 1 day 12

Breakfast: ham, broccoli and mushroom egg bake

Lunch: coronation chicken

Snack: greek yoghurt, celery with peanut butter

Dinner: lentil stew, purple sprouting broccoli

Snack: 1/2 ricotta dessert, milk w/nutmeg

SBD phase 1 day 13

Breakfast: ham, broccoli and mushroom egg bake

Lunch: egg/bacon salad

Snacks: yoghurt w/seeds, babybels w/cherry toms, boiled egg

Dinner: two bean chilli with cheese, milk

Pudding: ricotta dessert

SBD phase 1 day 14

Breakfast: ham, broccoli and mushroom egg bake, salsa fresca

Lunch: Greek salad, chicken breast

Snack: yoghurt, celery with peanut butter

Dinner: med. chicken burger, roast veg w/chickpeas, mashed cauliflower

Pudding: hot milk with nutmeg