South Beach diet

BeeAmma · Jul 6, 2010

Radha,

I just started this diet, I eat mung dal chiles (like dosa) for each meal. You can eat it instead of other grains/fours with sambhar, chutney etc.

Sprouts and nuts for snacks seem to work out well.

Hope this helps.

neets · Jul 6, 2010

Hi Radha ,
i am not much into veggies,but i do have lots ff salads for lunch.This is one of the link i found out which has pure veggie diet for phase 1.yes radha,no corn flakes too.

Live To Eat » South Beach Diet Phase 1 Menu for Vegetarians (No Egg Version)

Hope its Helpful.

i have tried the Cauli Rice and its my favorite in phase 1.

Drink lots of water and keep snacking,believe me it helps a lot.STUFF YOUR PANTRY WITH ALLOWED SNACKS.

Some Salad Recipes can be found here

http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2005/04/salads.html

Let me know if you need more info.

smartgrl · Jul 6, 2010

Is ragi allowed in Phase I as one of the legumes..
Just wondering if i can have ragi drink as bfast..
i am planning to start phase I tommorrow.Wish me luck

neets · Jul 7, 2010

Hi Smartgrl,

i just referenced Book for your query.Actually Millets(ragi) comes under the Grains/cereal section,which is not allowed on first phase.and its Glycemic Index is also way greater than braley,rice etc.so don take in this for phase 1 anyways,you can try on any tomato drink or V8 Vegetable with breakfast .

i have put a link in a post before,you could find vegetarian Recipes in there.

ALL the BEst Smartgrl,just 2 weeks,and then you will never know you are dieting....Wish YOU LUck!

smartgrl · Jul 7, 2010

Thanks neets,,,will update u in couple of days

BeeAmma · Jul 7, 2010

4 down 11 to go in phase 1.

Yesterday I overdid the dried nuts at work. I realized that I tend to overeat at work out of boredom. Also drank decaf coffee with artificial sweetener. It tasted like straw. My morning chai with skim milk and artificial sweetener on the other hand is not too bad.

breakfast mung dal chile
snack chana sundal+ some dried nuts
lunch chile again
snack beans curry+ some dried nuts
evening had tea with a sundal
dinner chile with squash dal

Doing the diet when one also has to cook for family is a bit challenging as we have to plan the menus so that the rest do not find much of a difference.

Overall not to bad and I do not feel hungry. Anyways still have 11 more days to go.

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Update: I just realized that I made a mistake and added banana squash to the dal for dinner and a bit for lunch today. Banana squash is a winter squash and was not explicitly called out on the SB phase 1 list.

Check out wiki page for list of all squashes grouped under winter squash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_squash

Essentially banana squash is not allowed in phase 1.

radhaparth2000 · Jul 8, 2010

Dear Neets,

Thanks for reseaching on my behalf. The link was quite useful. Now I have a definite idea for first twoweeks. Thanks for giving this idea. We are startign it from this Monday onwards

Dear BeeAmma,

What is this MoongDhal Chile?Is this Moongdhal sundal with green chile?

radhaparth2000 · Jul 8, 2010

Dear Neets,

Can we have lentil soup during the Phase 1?

BeeAmma · Jul 8, 2010

Moon dal chile is dosa made out of moon dal.
soak 1 cup mung dal + 1/2 cup urad dal + 1/3 cup chanal dal
grind with ginger, hing and chillies and make like regular dosa.

You can make lentil soup in phase 1.

BeeAmma · Jul 8, 2010

5 down 10 to go

Got a bit irritable on day 5. I am not sure if it was a side effect of the diet. However a nap made it better.

Foodwise:
1 cup tea with skim milk and artificial sweetner
breakfast 2 chile with molaga podi
snack 1: cooked cauliflower
lunch lentil+veggie soup and chile
snack 2: 1/4 cup walnuts+almonds
1 cup tea with skim milk and artificial sweetner
snack 3: 3/4 cup lobhia
dinner: mung dal chile with sambhar and eggplant curry