Originally posted by Elegant+Nov 20 2004, 02:45 PM-->
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Yeah, I'm not looking forward to Thanksgiving. It is going to be hard. At least my mom is the one having it. I found a bunch of recipes that we might make for the people on the South Beach diet. I will probably cheat though and have some mashed potatoes. Its just not Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes.
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You know what though...After you have gorged (
) at Thanksgiving, go back to Phase 1 for a few days to one week and you will still be right on task.
I lost 15 pounds in 2 months, but, for the past month I have been going on and off the diet, eating a burrito here and there (flour tortilla not good!!!), Chinese food (rice not good, flour coating on orange chicken,...not good!!!), and I end up eating eggs and stuff for the next couple of days, with or without yolk, and I feel fine. I haven't lost any weight, but I have maintained what I did loose...which is a great achievement.
I, personally, am not going to feel guilty for enjoying a great Thanksgiving meal with my family...I may limit some things, but I am consciuosly choosing to not avoid them because I hate feeling the craving for them later.
My advice, eat small portions of stuffing, all kinds of meat, lots of veggies, cranberry sauce, one bun or roll with butter, and dessert. Then get strict on Phase 1 for a few days. I have found that it is extremely DIFFICULT
for me to go back to Phase 1...but I do it.
Oh, I think what works best on SB is the oil...the slowing of the metabolism...so eat some reduced fat butter, etc.
Okay...I'll stop now!
~Elegant
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Thanks! That is a good idea. My mom and I decided we would both cheat on Thanksgiving. We are going to try to be good and control our portions but if we want mashed potatoes and buns we can have some. That is a good idea about dropping back to Phase 1 for a week. I'll have to try that.