4 posts tagged “south beach diet”

So I am still on my diet and extended phase one an additional week due to the Thanksgiving holiday (and also because I just haven't prepared for phase two yet).  All is very well! I've lost weight, I feel some of the t-shirts and jeans that were not fitting quite so well are looking a lot better, and on T-day I didn't overindulge, although I still had all the good things I wanted.

I decided long ago that there would be no diet on Thanksgiving.  That is just wrong. So I let myself have whatever I wanted, and thanks to my cousin's very healthy meal with lots of fresh vegetables I didn't even feel bad about anything I ate.  While I did have stuffing and mashed potatoes, I also had broccoli, which normally I hate, but tasted OK to me (perhaps because I no longer have my sweet tooth?), a lovely salad of cashews and brussell sprouts (which I also normally hate), some cranberry sauce that was sweetened with agave instead of sugar, and asparagus.  So it was a veggie-filled delicious meal. And of course there was turkey, but that's always been on the diet anyway.  For desert I had a slice of apple pie ala mode.  And, I have to admit, the had some nuts covered in white chocolate from Sees which I had to try (twice).  But I still felt pretty good. I didn't even go back for seconds on anything (except a tiny bit of stuffing. I love stuffing).

And I think most importantly I resisted the urge to take home leftovers.  A container of mashed potatoes was offered, and I briefly was like "oh yes!", but I quickly changed my mind. So I didn't bring home ice cream or pie or anything to tempt me.  And this morning I'm only a half a pound heavier than yesterday. I feel ok with that.

So I've been on the South Beach Diet since last Monday. I haven't had bread, sugar, fruit or alcohol in six whole days!  Amazing! I never thought I'd be able to do it. But it's not that bad and after I discovered sugar-free Fudgesicles, it got much better.  The only thing is that I do feel I little less energetic. But I have already lost several pounds! And I probably would've lost more if I had been doing more exercise. But like I said, a little tired.

So I've finished my first day of the South Beach Diet.  It started off fine. I felt energized - woke up early, ate breakfast, walked to the BART station to catch the shuttle to work, and got there not too late.

I had a snack of cashews at 10:30 and lunch at noon.  Then the afternoon came and that's when I started to feel hungry. So I had my afternoon snack. And then I was hungry again, and had another snack. Dinner of chicken and roasted vegetables was fine, but I got kind of sick of it after a while. Finally, I just had a sugar-free popsicle, and a popsicle has never tasted so good!  I was totally craving sugar - or sugar-like substance.

So that is the tough part for me anyway - cutting all the sugar. I have a huge sweet tooth.  Sometimes they're even all I can stomach. But not for the next two weeks. And what's also hard for me is the portions. I don't really find that they satisfy my hunger. But maybe I can get used to that too. Let's hope. Oh, yeah, and I might have one more little snack. :D

So, the biggest news for me is that....I finished my graduate program!  The evil e-portfolio is all done and approved and now I just have to sit back and await the official paperwork that says I'm done. Phew!

So I allowed myself almost a week in which I could drink beer and eat bad food, and now I'm about to embarck on the South Beach Diet.  It's scary, as I don't like eggs (big part of diet), I love sweets and beer (I have had cookies for dinner before), and I'm not used to restricting my diet at all, but I think I can do it.  I'll keep y'all posted on my progress.