Re: Longer than 2 weeks in Phase 1?

[Guest guest]

I did it for three weeks. It didn't hurt me, but it didn't help me

lose much more. The point of Phase 1 is not weight loss, but getting

your bloodwork to where it should be - adjusting your body. It could

hurt you if it causes you to take on too much new food when you enter

Phase 2 (feeling deprived.)

Buy that Phase 1 stuff, because it should be the staple of your diet

in all phases. Phase 2 is a lot like Phase 1. You can add in new

food slowly, so you'll be doing Phase 1 plus one or two of your

selected new foods for a week. The next week will be Phase 1 plus

those two new foods and another one or two.

Your shopping list gets added to, but you probably won't drop much

from the Phase 1 grocery list. My egg needs diminished a little when

I finally added whole grain cereal, but I still bought lots of veggies

and meat, for example.

ie

[Guest guest]

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This topic comes up every so often on the list. In fact, I just answered

someone else with the same question 2/8.

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This question has been popping up a lot lately it seems. Our newbies are

just growing up so fast!

The largest portion of weight lost during P1 is water weight. But remember

-- weight loss is actually a secondary effect of the SBD. The goal of P1 is

to realign blood chemistry and get blood glucose stabilized. Once that's

done, it's time to move on to P2. Since the initial weight lost is mostly

excess water, staying on P1 longer seldom leads to significant further

weight loss, even among those with a great deal to lose. Further, P1 isn't

really a healthy diet; it's ok, but a healthy diet really should contain

starches and fruits, neither of which are permitted on a P1 regimen.

When you move to P2, you'll be adding things back slowly. The first week or

two of P2 is just P1 with a slice of toast and an apple added to the daily

meals (1 starch, 1 fruit). Remember: you want to move slowly and give your

body time to adjust while letting you monitor the effects of these new foods

on your system. Many will jump into P2 by adding 2-3 servings a day of

grains and fruits -- that's not good! Your first week should have 1 serving

of starch and 1 serving of fruit, no more. If you start to gain or cravings

return, then you know a food you've added is going to be a bit troublesome

for you (or you're eating more than 1 serving) and as such you should

replace it with something else.

Take your time with the launch of P2. Week 1 and 2 should have 1 serving

each added of starch and fruit. Make the fruit serving something you eat

later in the day (I enjoy mine as a snack, to be honest; just never could

make fruit a meal or even part of one, the flavors didn't work for me).

During weeks 3 and 4, if all went well during the first two weeks, move to

1-2 servings each of starch and fruit. If this goes well, then around weeks

5 and 6 (or a bit later, if you prefer) move to 2-3 daily servings of each

starch and fruit. Note that I said 1-2 and 2-3 servings during those

periods; the goal is to eventually get to 2-3 servings of each per day.

During P2, your weight loss will slow down. Most folks experience losses

ranging from a half to a full pound each week, others may be a tad higher.

Guys typically lose weight more quickly than gals (sorry, ladies). Don't

let this discourage you -- it's perfectly normal and healthy. Those with

more to lose tend to see higher monthly losses than those with less to lose,

but even they slow down eventually.

Good luck!

[Guest guest]

Move to Phase 2 at the end of two weeks. You'll still need the Phase 1

foods, it's just that you'll add to those in Phase 2.

Chuck

at the Beach since Aug. 2003

tanyaavera@... wrote:

>I've read posts about going longer in phase 1 than 2 weeks - is this

>advisable if I have a lot of weight to lose? If so, how does being in phase

>1 longer help/hurt me? I've only been in phase 1 for 1 week right now, so

>i've got a full week to go, but planned on doing grocery shopping today for

>the next couple of weeks and kinda need to know if i should stay in phase 1

>longer than the 2 weeks....

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[Guest guest]

The purpose of phase 1 is to clean your body of all the refined

carbs so you will get rid of the cravings. If you've stuck with

phase 1 without cheating, I really don't see what the benefit would

be of doing it longer. You won't lose weight faster by staying on

phase 1 and you might get discouraged from feeling deprived.

ann

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> I've read posts about going longer in phase 1 than 2 weeks - is

this

> advisable if I have a lot of weight to lose? If so, how does

being in phase

> 1 longer help/hurt me? I've only been in phase 1 for 1 week right

now, so

> i've got a full week to go, but planned on doing grocery shopping

today for

> the next couple of weeks and kinda need to know if i should stay

in phase 1

> longer than the 2 weeks....

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