Re: Different Question from Celeste

[Guest guest]

> I may have a salad correction here...but then again it may

> have changed....are peas allowed in Phase 1?

Nah -- forgot we were talking about P1. No peas in P1. Strike that and

substitute " cauliflower, broccoli " .

[Guest guest]

-Beth,

I would love to lose 100 pounds ~ but, quite honestly

would be happy if the scale was any number under 150

lbs. Current " mini " goal is to get the scale under

(and stay under) 200 lb mark...

My current problem is stress ~ I'm not skipping meals

to try to lose weight faster ~ No, I know that is not

smart.

I find myself, if alone, sleeping (probably

depression), or if I'm running around, I don't realize

I haven't eaten until it's time for me to start

cooking dinner. And then, I'm not sure if I should

eat something quick and then not be able to eat

dinner.

I have plenty (and I do mean plenty) of Phase 1 foods

handy & accessable ~ it's just I can't eat.

We are going to have to make a decision about our dog

soon, I'm not sure the bill we are racking up at the

Vet's is going to be easy either (which is another

stress point). I have made it a point, not to ask

what we currently owe, as just the thought of what we

will be told terrifies me.

The dog is my husband's, since before we were married,

and so he is struggling with that and grasping at

straws. The Vet has told us, the stroke has caused

brain damage (as well as the paralysis), but to what

degree... Although, we are being assured he is in NO

pain ~ but, he just lies there, with all these tubes &

IV's coming out of him... The other thing is we are

told, that he could recover,(how likely? they don't

know and can't say). I don't think I can take the

visits anymore.

I'm just a basket case when it comes to my pets. When

my cat (of 18/19 years) died about 5/6 years ago, I

lost it ~ and I do mean " I lost it " . I couldn't go to

work (I was put on emergency leave), they had to put

me on medication to calm me down. I mean, to this day

~ I cannot believe how lacking my coping skills are.

Celeste Marie in Texas

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[Guest guest]

First let me say I really do hope things work out with dog. Whatever happens I

am sure it will be the right thing....and the best thing in the long run.

You sort of wound like me a few years ago until I really learned to make time

for myself. This way of eating made me see that I HAD TO do that if I wanted it

to work. I would run around all morning with just a few cups of coffee in me

until about 3 PM when I got a headache. I would be so hungry and on the run so

through the drive window I would go. I would pick at dinner because I was

probably doing 5 things at the time so of course I would be hungry at 7PM....and

then came out all the snacks!

Once I started the beach I really made myself a priority. I actually ate

sitting down with a magazine...no more standing at the counter while I was doing

something for my kids. I told my kids to wait for their rides or I could not do

that right not because I was involved in a SB recipe or working out. In the

long run this helps everyone in the family because you will be happier and

healthier.

I know this is easy to say and hard to do...but I hope once this crisis is over

you will take the time for you.

MB

Re: Different Question from Celeste

-Beth,

I would love to lose 100 pounds ~ but, quite honestly

would be happy if the scale was any number under 150

lbs. Current " mini " goal is to get the scale under

(and stay under) 200 lb mark...

My current problem is stress ~ I'm not skipping meals

to

[Guest guest]

I have found that, for me, Phase 1 might not take a lot of time in actualy meal

preparation,

but it DOES take a lot of time in meal planning and eating re-education. I

spend hours

poring through cookbooks to find recipes that will hold my interest and also

taste good. I

get so bored with the usual vegetables. . . and I am so impatient and so fickle,

that I know

that if I'm not eating things that taste really good, or different, I will

start feeling sorry for

myself and start to feel deprived, and will be tempted to " cheat. " (And I'm

always tempted

anyway) So, finding the right combination of foods for me for P1 is not easy.

I now have

Dr. A's TWO SBD cookbooks and they're great because there are pictures of the

dishes in

there, an they help! There are wonderful recipes in the files section of this

website, too!

And I've gone online and found some terrific veggie recipes that don't take much

time.

But they DO take imagination and you have to hunt for the things you like, and

then you

ahve to buy the ingredients -- if you havent' done this before -- and since this

IS a

completely new way of approaching food, I did have to buy a lot of

ingredients..... Now I

have them (many, not all), and I'm developing a repertoire of SBD-friendly

recipes. But it

takes take for me...... There are so many people with so much more talent than

I, and so

much more background in food, so for many people this kind of eating might be a

snap.

But I must constantly pursue it to be learning more and streamlining my efforts

so that I'm

eating right AND enjoying it.

--Annie

>

>

> > My husband thinks that this should be okay, and once

> > the 14 days are up to go on to Phase 2, but I'm

> > thinking that we may want to have at least 7-10 days

> > of eating the proper meals, before moving to Phase 2.

> > Do you'll think that the way we are eating, even

> > though it is sparse, will acheive the " reset " that

> > Phase 1 does?

>

> Nope. In fact, it's probably doing more harm than good. You're likely

> putting your body into starvation mode and as such you'll probably slingshot

> the other way soon. Your husband will probably cheat, if he's not already,

> especially since he apparently cannot even fend for his own lunch.

>

> It really doesn't take much time to prepare for phase 1.. . . . (snip) >

>

[Guest guest]

, you have a gift!

It is easy for you. For me, it isn't. Monday, I went through my SBD cookbook

and picked

out a bunch of things I wanted to make. I wrote down the ingredients on several

pages of

paper -- things I needed to buy. Then I sorted them by recipe. I was out of

town

yesterday. Today, I opened the door to the refrigerator -- which, in fact, did

have many

of the ingredients I wanted to use -- and I went: " Ugh! "

I could not bring myself to make the veggies. I looked at frozen veggies in the

freezer:

" Yuck. "

Finally, I threw some escarole, chopped garlic, dried parsley, celery seed, and

baby

arugula into a chicken stock I had made on Monday from some leftover chicken

carcases

and wings (I had thrown out the fat and bones). Doctored it up with a little

pepper and

some of this morning's garbanzo beans (just a few),.

It IS delicious. . . . however . . . I STILL am supposed to be eating THREE OR

FOUR MORE

cups of veggies today.... and I so filled up on beans (from a milkshake snack I

had earlier)

and garbanzos (from this morning), that I am not hungry for three cups of some

undescribed, unthought-of veggie of the day.

The light soup hit the spot -- however, I probably will eat some more of

Sunday's leftover

Chicken Capri since I have it there, and since I SHOULD eat a proper dinner....

I guess....

That's what I mean.. . . I need to PLAN TO EAT PROPERLY . . . and if I had

planned things

out, I would have had the proper veggies so I wouldn't be relying so much on

high-

protein, high-fat foods... like chickpeas . . . and fat-reduced cheeese . . .

..and lean meat

and chicken.... .which probably are one reason why I am not losing as fast as I

should

be....I get SO bored with constant salads, and the regular green beans/ squash/

snow peas

brussel sprouts/broccoli routine. And yet, I don't yet know enough other

recipes for more

exotic or more interesting veggies, to have a varied and flexible repertoire

that I can

access easily and handily. I am having to learn this. Once I do, then, yes, it

probably will

be easy. But deleting starches, that I love, means -- to me -- that I now have

the need to

replace my beloved comfort foods and staples, with some dishes that are equally

loved.

And that is the hard part: Finding them or creating them. And it means that,

until I've

accomplished that particular mission, my life will be more about food than I

really would

like it to be.

I think my personality needs to be modified to do this SBD properly. And yet,

I do like it

and do want it to work and am willing to work with it until I get it to where it

needs to be.

>> Seriously though, although it DOES take some planning, it's really no more

> than what you already do! > Think of it like this -- what would you NORMALLY

eat for

the meal? Meat,

> vegetable and potato? Ok, go with meat, vegetable, vegetable then! Like

> Italian? Make up some chicken, cover it in a home made pasta sauce, add

> cheese then serve it over pasta if you're on P2 or as-is if you're on P1.

> Add a serving or two of veggies to make up the difference.

>

> It's really that easy -- just take what you would normally eat otherwise and

> make it SBD friendly.

>