Re: Last Day of Phase One

[Guest guest]

It's hard to believe I'm less than 24 hours away from a piece of toast!

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That's exactly how I was (I would insert your name here, but you didn't sign your e-mail). I couldn't wait for that first piece of toast.

I love eggs - but mainly soft poached eggs, but I can't eat them without toast (I now eat mostly omelets with egg substitute) My 15th day I had the 2nd best poached egg on toast that I'd ever had (the first was in the hospital after 4 days on a liquid diet! LOL)

I was a total carb addict, but no longer. I like bread/tortillas, etc for the appropriate meals, but I don't 'have to have bread' with every meal like I used to. In fact, there are many days I go without any starchy carbs --- just don't think about it.

I sure hope your headaches ease up. It would have been so easy for you to give up, but you stuck with it and made it!! Three cheers!!!!

xoxoxNita

[Guest guest]

My name is "Kathleen, who has lost 8 #'s!" Thanks for the Cheers! And I'm with you on the soft poached eggs!K~

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Nice to meet you, Kathleen -- and three more cheers for the 8lbs gone forever!!

xoxoxNita

[Guest guest]

Give yourself a big pat on the back! Way to go!

I had to laugh though on the bit about the toast...lol

I am the very same way. I made my son toast this morning and as I

put some butter on it...just sniffing it was hard. :-(

The day will come though...just waiting....

On the artificial sweetners..I use Splenda in my coffee and do ok but

if I drink one of those Diet Rite sodas or other things sweetened

with it it gives me a mild headache.

Dont like the taste of any of the others so I will just do without or

have a headache...

Keep up the good work

Sherry

> Today is my last day on Phase One! Some of you might remember me as

> the desperate woman with the migraine after a few days on week

one.

> It's hard to believe I'm less than 24 hours away from a piece of

> toast! It's hard to believe that after 14 days without refined

> carbs, what I've been dreaming about is one, crispy piece of whole

> grain toast! I think my brain needs complex carbs to function

> because I've been a little addled. I have to say I had a rough

time

> on Phase One but I stuck to it and didn't slip even when I was

> terribly tempted and doing a darn good job of convincing myself

that

> the whole thing was hogwash.

> I had a migraine from Day 2 through Day 10 of Phase One. Probably

a

> testemant to how truly carb addicted I was. And in true addict

> fashion, my body was desperately screaming for carbs and fighting

> like crazy with me to get the heck off this *#!~*# diet and get me

a

> donut! I kept joking that if I fell off the diet wagon it was going

> to be right into the Krispy Kreme; which I carefully stayed well

> away from when running errands.

> I also think, at the risk of stirring up controversy, that I am

> sensitive to artificial sweeteners, all of them. Obviously, most

> people are able to use them with no problem but some of us,

> especially if you have a history of migraines, need to be careful.

> This made the desert suggestions a dilema. Sometimes I ate them

> anyway because I especially liked the Lime Zest Ricotta if I added

> lime juice, lots of zest, put it in the freezer for an hour and

> whipped it with the hand mixer. Tasted like Key Lime Pie Filling.

> Yum. And by Day 11 my blood sugar must have stablized a bit

because

> even though I was still waking up with a headache it was mild and I

> could get rid of it by eating breakfast and having some coffee, no

> drugs needed which was a big improvement.

> And it wasn't that I didn't like the food. I'm a good cook so I

ate

> well. Improvised and came up with lots of good meals. A good Tuna

> and Garbanzo bean salad for lunch. A sauteed curried cauliflower

> side dish. I made use of the gas Weber and grilled lots of veggies;

> portobellos, eggplant, zucchini, peppers along with chicken,

> halibut, pork loin and a turkey breast with a mustard marinade.

But

> I miss bread. A friend of mine who is a week ahead of me told me

> when I started, " You won't miss the bread, it's the wine you'll

> miss " and I thought " It's the chocolate and the martinis I'll

miss "

> But it was the toast, not even the sweet bakery stuff so I guess

the

> first two weeks did the job if my white flour, white sugar cravings

> are gone and I'm craving a good, crispy piece of whole grain toast

> cuz I can have that! Along with a bowl of strawberries and some

> oatmeal. It sounds like heaven.

[Guest guest]

--oh that is just too funny! I had my first piece of toast yesterday

with 2 soft boiled eggs for breakfast and it was glorious!!! And for

mid morning snack I had my first piece of fruit again( 1/2 navel

orange) I savored every morsel...Enjoy! It's crazy isn't it!!

- In South-Beach-Diet-Getting-It-Right ,

BgRed24601@a... wrote:

> In a message dated 6/2/2004 12:13:29 PM Central Daylight Time,

> dunnachie@c... writes:

>

> It's hard to believe I'm less than 24 hours away from a piece of

> toast!

> **********************

> That's exactly how I was (I would insert your name here, but you

didn't sign

> your e-mail). I couldn't wait for that first piece of toast.

> I love eggs - but mainly soft poached eggs, but I can't eat them

without

> toast (I now eat mostly omelets with egg substitute) My 15th day

I had the 2nd

> best poached egg on toast that I'd ever had (the first was in the

hospital

> after 4 days on a liquid diet! LOL)

> I was a total carb addict, but no longer. I like bread/tortillas,

etc for

> the appropriate meals, but I don't 'have to have bread' with every

meal like I

> used to. In fact, there are many days I go without any starchy

carbs --- just

> don't think about it.

> I sure hope your headaches ease up. It would have been so easy

for you to

> give up, but you stuck with it and made it!! Three cheers!!!!

> xoxoxNita