Hey ladies!!! We are back from Niagara Falls and it was wonderful! We stayed on the falls side. I hope everyone is doing well. I love this forum. My brother had wireless access while we were in canada so I peeked in a few times. Shan congrats on not smoking! I know it's hard girl. Angela I love the new pick! You look amazing!! Tasha my support goes out to you. Being on vacation was hard for me and to be honest I have not been faithful. I got back on the beach today and really gonna put the extra effert into it this time around! To the rest of my SB buddies I hope you all had a great easter. Hugggggs to everyone!!!!!

Happy Friday everyone!! Did you all see how FAB our girl Angela looks? HOTNESS EXTRAORDINAIRE!!
Kudos to my girl Shan, she's smoke free!!
Kudos to my girl Tasha for having her first 100% OP day!
Kudos to my girl Angela...oh, she looks so pretty in her new bod!
Kudos to our girl Jill for coming back to The Beach after her vacation!!
Now ladies, let's go get Jane and Jayne---my two girls have been missing!! Time to call the lifeguards!!
Love you all and thank you for making this forum so successful!

Here's a new recipe I tried last night:
Catfish--I put lime and garlic salt on it. On a teflon pan I put Smart Balance spread and cooked it. Oh, it was delicious!!!

To top off the fish, I finely chopped tomatoes, serrano peppers (you can use jalapeno peppers if you like spicy, like I do), lime and salt---it was yum!!

All of it was SB friendly!!

I'm learning to cook and my boys haven't complained yet!

Next time I will put less Smart Balance and less garlic salt---like I said, I am learning!!

Do any of you use Southbeachdiet.com? I don't want to come up with menu plans on my own and was wondering if this was a good option.

HAHAHAHA... Jo, I don't know whyyyyy, but when I read the words "I put lime...." I instantly got that song in my head "i put the lime in the coconut and drank it all up..." LMAOOOO Jeez, need to get my head on straight... must be all this extra oxygen to my brain or sumpin. The recipe sounds fantastic and I'm going to try it. I have catfish in the freezer that I was planning to use for supper one night this week. YAY!

Diane, never used southbeachdiet.com, but I would imagine it would have some great recipes on there.

Huggggggggggggggs,
Shan

Originally Posted by 13426

Hey ladies!!! We are back from Niagara Falls and it was wonderful! We stayed on the falls side. I hope everyone is doing well. I love this forum. My brother had wireless access while we were in canada so I peeked in a few times. Shan congrats on not smoking! I know it's hard girl. Angela I love the new pick! You look amazing!! Tasha my support goes out to you. Being on vacation was hard for me and to be honest I have not been faithful. I got back on the beach today and really gonna put the extra effert into it this time around! To the rest of my SB buddies I hope you all had a great easter. Hugggggs to everyone!!!!!

Not to worry Jill--- we'll do this together and we got all these fabulous people here to help! glad you had a wonderful time. Wasn't it freezing in Niagra falls this time of year? Welcome back...now let's get on track!!! love ya

Originally Posted by Jo

Happy Friday everyone!! Did you all see how FAB our girl Angela looks? HOTNESS EXTRAORDINAIRE!!
Kudos to my girl Shan, she's smoke free!!
Kudos to my girl Tasha for having her first 100% OP day!
Kudos to my girl Angela...oh, she looks so pretty in her new bod!
Kudos to our girl Jill for coming back to The Beach after her vacation!!
Now ladies, let's go get Jane and Jayne---my two girls have been missing!! Time to call the lifeguards!!
Love you all and thank you for making this forum so successful!

Here's a new recipe I tried last night:
Catfish--I put lime and garlic salt on it. On a teflon pan I put Smart Balance spread and cooked it. Oh, it was delicious!!!

To top off the fish, I finely chopped tomatoes, serrano peppers (you can use jalapeno peppers if you like spicy, like I do), lime and salt---it was yum!!

All of it was SB friendly!!

I'm learning to cook and my boys haven't complained yet!

Next time I will put less Smart Balance and less garlic salt---like I said, I am learning!!

I love CATFISH jo and thanks will try...thanks for the compliment you guys make me feel like Miss America lol lol lol and to be perfectly honest Brittany said the pictures made me look heavier so go figure anyway I sincerely appreciate all the comments from the bottom of my heart. It has been very hectic these past few months and instead of running to the fridge I took it out on Billy Blanks (TAEBO) and SHAUN T (HIP HOP ABS) . I guess I'm just addicted to exercise and I love love love TAEBO bootcamp it is so fun lol Gotta run guys heading to my conference...still haven't packed a thing but hey at least I can grab a few new suits and be already to go! Talk with you guys later...SHANNA no splashing her on the beach! Tasha keep up the good work and Jo kudos to you for not cheating...Jill welcome back and come on we can do this..Jane where are you my dear sweet Jane! And to my aussie Jayne hello...did I miss anyone if so blame my head and not my heart! Love you guys talk to you soon!! SOUTHBEACH ALL THE WAY!!!!!

I have been awol but have stuck to my diet and exercise plan so I had a good loss (3lbs) and now I'm joining Tasha in phase 2. I'm glad to be moving in to phase 2 where I can eat a bit more variety.

Jo I love the recipe, I haven't had catfish but I think it would do nice with any fish, might try it this week.
I chickened out of training outdoors, the weather here has turned cold and rainy. But I kept up my times on the treadmill instead.

Shanna, congrats on stopping smoking !!

Angela you look Fantastic!! I love the new pic!!

hope you all have a good weekend. I'm going to have a big clean out today and declutter some junk. I have a lot more energy that past few days and don't feel tired and grumpy like I used to, so the diet and exercise is agreeing with me. So at the minute life on the beach is pretty good

Originally Posted by Diane

Do any of you use Southbeachdiet.com? I don't want to come up with menu plans on my own and was wondering if this was a good option.

I used their 7 day trial and canceled, but I let someone borrow my book, so I decided to sign up again. It turns out that there's so much info on the site that is not in the book, and so many recipes. I was eating a few Turkey sausages, as it turns out it should only be an occasional treat. So I have to say that it's the best $20 a month I've spent in a long time. At least for now, until I become an expert on this diet, it's a valuable tool at my fingertips!

Sounds like everyone is going great!

Diane, I have never used southbeachdiet.com

Sometimes they have free recipes on there. That is all I have ever used, never 'signed' up for the other stuff.

I wanted to share this recipe with you all. Something I just kinda threw together.....It is a bean salad.

I used:
can of kidney beans
can of black beans
can of white beans
about 1 cup of chopped tomatoes ( I just use grape tomatoes)
about 1 cup sliced cucumber
about 1/3 cup chopped red onion

Rinse all the beans and throw into large bowl
add in about a 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar....(Pretty strong so start out with less, you can always add more if you need more flavor)

add in about 1/2 tsp basil, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/4 tsp sweetner (I use Splenda)
Stir everything up and you can eat right away or chill in the fridge for a few hours. I prefer to eat it cold.....
It makes quite a bit so feel free to use less beans and other ingredients.

Thanks for the fish Tip Jo. I am always looking for new ways to cook fish so I will try that!

I have another recipe to share. It is a dessert recipe....if you are tired of the plain ole sugar free jello or popsicles..

Crustless Zesty Lemon Pie

Phase 1,2, & 3
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 3 hr 10 min
Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients:
1 container (32 oz) plain nonfat yogurt
2 pkgs (4 serv. size each) Jell-O Brand Jello ( i use generic sometimes)
Lemon Flavor SUGAR FREE ( I have used many other flavors but Lemon is my fav)
1 tsp finely grated lemon peel ( I don't always use)
1/2 tsp ground ginger (Sometimes I don't use this either)

Directions:
Mix yogurt and dry gelatin in medium microwaveable bowl. Microwave on high 2 1/2 mins or til gelatin is completely dissolved, stirring after 1 1/2 min. Stir in lemon peel & Ginger.

Pour into 9 inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
Refrigerate 3 hours or until set. Store leftover in fridge.

(I like to put 2 dollops of fat free cool whip on my slice)

Nutrition:
Calories: 70
Sat Fat: 0
Sodium: 1440 mg
Dietary Fiber 0
Total fat: 0
Carbs: 8g
Sugars: 8g