Re: Day 1 of Phase 2

[Guest guest]

Wouldn't it be great if ice cream became a good food!! If I were

missing food really badly that would be it. Thank goodness I'm not.

Great for you and not having any cravings!! What restaurant was it?

I go to Colorado Springs and Denver every year and maybe I'll check

it out next year.

Cheryl

> Well I started my first day of Phase 2 with NO food because I

overslept! Was

> off and running........had some plain yogurt when I had the chance,

and then

> had a really NICE dinner out with a friend.

>

> I had a very unusual dish of pinion-crusted eggplant, on a bed of

lightly

> cooked spinach, a salad of fancy greens, and a side of MASHED

> CAULIFLOWER.......in a restaurant.......can you believe it?

HAHAHAHA! It was all scrumptous!!

>

> Now, the only questionable thing I did was to indulge in

ONE........only ONE

> small jalapeno corn muffin.........very similar to the kind that I

have made

> for years. It was a little sweet, so I'm sure there was some sugar

in it, and

> there were a few kernels of corn in it. My recipe calls for

creamed corn,

> which is sweet, of course. Now I know I'm supposed to avoid sugar

and corn,

> and I assume cornmeal (?) but I didn't have ANY other bread or

starches the

> entire day. I assume this wasn't a terrible thing to do......it

was VERY

> satiating......and it didn't set off any cravings. I was

thrilled, and hours later,

> I still feel GREAT! No sugar crash, no nothing. I'm verrrrrry

familiar with

> crashes, with severe hypoglycemia for 20 years. So was this

terrible?

>

> For my dessert/snack, I'm having the first fruit I've had since

starting

> SBD.......a small bowl of blueberries and mango.......small=3/4

cup........and

> I'll eat it slooooooooooooooooooowly to savor it. I'm a total

fruit freak, and

> that has been the hardest part for me, besides missing ice cream.

Right now,

> after such an awesome meal with that little muffin, I'm not craving

the ice

> cream at all.

>

> By the way, I did some reading up in GL vs. GI.......ice cream

doesn't fare

> as badly on the glycemic load list, which I know Agaston is looking

more

> closely at. I know that with all the blood sugar issues I've had

over the years,

> ice cream was the one dessert that didn't ever " spike " me.

>

> Janice in Denver