Re: question on adding back starches

[Guest guest]

Everyone is different, but I like to limit it to one grain and one, maybe two fruit a day. That's not written in stone, though. I am lucky (if you can call it that) that I have the advantage of testing my blood sugar to see how I am doing. I'll know immediately if I've overdone it and need to cut back.

in Atlanta

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From: maryshann@...

Hi! For those of you who have been on phase 2 for awhile, I am curious... is there a typical number of servings of "starches" that you seem tousually eat per day? Say oatmeal once and then a whole wheat bread andthen??? Do you normally do none, one, two? I'm sure you don't do the 6- 11 that the food pyramid recommends, even if they are whole grain lowGI. Or do you? Thanks! C

[Guest guest]

---I think I have to agree with you on this because since

I've been able to put back some fruit and grain, I am finding that I

want to eat more fruit than I should..a)because its sooo good and

it helps with the " back up " problem(constipation) and c) alot of

fruits are coming into season and are plentiful again. I was doing

well getting out of the a.m. habit of 2 piece of toast for breakfast

when I couldn't have any toast. Now I wake up and want that again. I

guess its a question of balance but geez some days its hard not to

fall back into the old pattern!! And the testing of the blood sugar

is an excellent guide. When I " poke " and I am on the high side, I

know I've had either too much fruit or two much grain(complex carbs)

and it is time to watch it!!!

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

<lesliemm@m...> wrote:

> Everyone is different, but I like to limit it to one grain and

one, maybe two fruit a day. That's not written in stone, though. I

am lucky (if you can call it that) that I have the advantage of

testing my blood sugar to see how I am doing. I'll know immediately

if I've overdone it and need to cut back.

> in Atlanta

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: maryshann@j...

>

>

>

> Hi! For those of you who have been on phase 2 for awhile, I am

curious

> ... is there a typical number of servings of " starches " that you

seem to

> usually eat per day? Say oatmeal once and then a whole wheat

bread and

> then??? Do you normally do none, one, two? I'm sure you don't

do the 6

> - 11 that the food pyramid recommends, even if they are whole

grain low

> GI. Or do you?

>

> Thanks!

>

> C

[Guest guest]

I eat one a day.

question on adding back starches

>

> Hi! For those of you who have been on phase 2 for awhile, I am curious

> ... is there a typical number of servings of " starches " that you seem to

> usually eat per day? Say oatmeal once and then a whole wheat bread and

> then??? Do you normally do none, one, two? I'm sure you don't do the 6

> - 11 that the food pyramid recommends, even if they are whole grain low

> GI. Or do you?

>

> Thanks!

>

> C

>

>

>

> Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The

South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right

fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad

carbs and bad fats.

>

> For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur

Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

>

[Guest guest]

> Hi! For those of you who have been on phase 2 for awhile, I am curious

> ... is there a typical number of servings of " starches " that you seem to

> usually eat per day? Say oatmeal once and then a whole wheat bread and

> then??? Do you normally do none, one, two?

Generally I do 1 in the morning for breakfast, either a slice of toast or a

bowl of shredded wheat. For lunch I have a salad, no starches. For dinner I

usually have no starches, but sometimes I'll have some rice or pasta if I

haven't had any yet that day.

I think I'm ready to go to Phase 1.75 - two starches a day, spread out a

couple days a week.

--

Ann

You spend your life fighting dirt, and when you die they bury you in it.

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North Bend, Oregon, USA