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Does anyone have the grocery list for the South Beach Diet book?

I just bought the South Beach diet softcover book that says Lose Belly Fat First in a yellow circle on the top right corner of the cover. In the back of the book it gives you a list and recipes of foods for the first 2 weeks of each phase, but it doesn't give you a grocery list. It is taking me forever to try to figure it out. Is there anyone that has the same book and has already figured out the grocery list, that wouldn't mind giving it to me? That would be really helpful, thanks!

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1. lila's lowcarb diet log My first week on the South Beach Diet went by rather quickly. It required me to read the SBD book to better understand what foods were allowed and which were to be avoided. You need to drink plenty of water while on this diet. I didn't mention it before since I normally drink over four pints of water each day--nothing new for me. You should always drink lots of water, but it is really important with the SBD. be sure to put bottled water on your grocery list. We have two refrigerators in our home. One in the kitchen and an older one down in our basement where we primarily keep our cold beverages (water bottles, sodas, beer) and overflow of freezer foods. I found it helpful to take many of the outlawed foods downstairs. You know, "out of sight, out of mind" mentality. It helped. Plus I appreciated the extra room in the upstairs fridge for all the fresh vegetables I needed to prepare our SBD menus. I also tossed all of my husbands english muffins and bagels into the freezer, much to his chagrin. Breads and beer are his worst temptations, whereas mine are Cherry Coke and rice. My first week was a success. I lost 4.5 pounds and reduced a substantial amount of puffiness from my belly. Super! I'm loving this diet for the most part. However, for the second week I've decided to modify my diet somewhat from week one. I'll still be closely adhering to the basic SBD guidelines (with minor cheating) as I did the first week, but I feel I need to back off from eating raw vegetables and nuts. I'll be preparing more cooked veggies, and choosing creamy peanut butter in place of nuts. I love fresh salads and crunchy foods and vegetables but they are playing havoc on my digestive system. If your body can tolerate the raw foods then that is the way to go because raw foods make your stomach work harder and will help you burn fat faster as it churns to digest them. But, for me, I feel it is more important to take care of my discomfort first. It is my habit to listen to my body. I will reintroduce roughage foods gradually when my stomach is feeling better. This change may slow down my weight loss... I guess I'll find out. DAY 8 Breakfast - Two slices bacon, two poached eggs Mid-Morning Snack - stick of string cheese Lunch - Bowl of black beans Mid-Afternoon Snack - Banana flavored popsickle (sugarfree) Supper - Chicken Avocada Swiss Melt (my recipe), Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms (recipe from the book) Dessert - Fudge Lite Today I was craving something sweet. Fortunately it was a wayward type of craving, not a nagging one. I thought the afternoon popsickle would kick it, but it wasn't until I ate the Fudge Lite that I felt satisfied. I enjoyed my bean lunch. Normally I would have had them with rice, but I didn't miss the rice at all, they were quite tasty all by themselves. I would have had chopped onions with them but didn't want to offend an afternoon client with hot breath. I was really looking forward to my chicken supper. It would have been better if I hadn't burnt the cheese. Kraft non-fat swiss burns faster than Kraft provolone. The stuffed mushrooms were very yummy! DAY 9 This morning my husband told me that my face looks leaner... I love that man! However, the scales tipped forward half a pound, guess I better suck my cheeks in a little bit more...laugh. Breakfast - Vegetable Quiche Bar, glass of calcium enriched V8 juice Mid-Morning Snack - Rounded teaspoon of Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter (reduced fat) Lunch - Tuna and cottage cheese Mid-Afternoon Snack - skip Supper - Roasted Eggplant and Peppers (recipe from the book) Dessert - Cherry popsickle (sugarfree) The best part of my menu plan today was that my husband prepared our supper. He can be pretty handy in the kitchen. The cherry popsickle was a nice treat. I think I like it better than the banana flavor I had the other day, both were good. by http://www.dhaarvi.blogspot.com