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Sunday, January 20, 2008
11:10:00 AM EST
Feeling Hopeful
We're well into the new year already. It's been interesting. My hubby and I started on the South Beach Diet on the 1st January because we both felt that we needed to do something to make ourselves healthier. We both felt motivated and ready to make a change, so here we are, on day 20, still sticking to the diet. If I get the chance, I am going to try to enter my progress in here - almost like a diet diary, so that I can keep track of where I'm going and where I've been. I'll keep track of what I'm eating so that I can look back and see what was a success and what was a failure.
For the first 2 weeks on this diet, everything is low fat, low carb. No starches at all! This is hard for me because I LOVE my bread and cakes and cookies, but my bodydoesn't. I was also worried about being hungry throughout the day, as I am on every diet I've ever been on.
My breakfasts have consisted of omelets with mushrooms, mozarella cheese, tomatoes and bacon / ham / turkey. These have sustained me throughout the morning. I would eat 15 nuts as a snack (snack required) and by lunchtime, I wouldn't be very hungry at all. A simple green salad with tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, low fat cheese and grilled chicken with a low fat salad dressing would be more than enough. I would also have a sugar free jello as dessert. Mid afternoon would be a cheese stick and dinner would be chicken breasts, pork, and vegetables (no corn, carrots, potatoes, peas). Lots of zucchini, squash, beans. Enough to fill me up.
After 2 weeks I managed to lose 7 pounds. I am now on phase 2 which allows me to slowly introduce some starches. Yesterday I had an egg on a wholewheat English muffin and half a grapefruit. I had some nuts as a snack, and a salad for lunch. Dinner was curried chicken with peas served on a very small portion of brown rice. Sugar/fat free chocolate pudding was for dessert.
To date, I have lost 8.5 pounds - in 20 days. Not too shabby. When I zip up my jacket, I no longer feel like a Tellytubby! I can actually move inside it! I am having a cup of tea in the morning with sugar instead of sweetener which has probably slowed down the weight loss, but I don't mind because I don't like the sweetener taste in tea.
I will try to keep up a daily / weekly log - mainly for my own sake. I will also write down what I have eaten. I am excited. I have never felt this motivated towards a diet before. My first goal is to lose 20 pounds. Once I am there, I will set another.
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11:10:00 AM EST
Feeling Hopeful
A New Year, a New Diet, a New Body (?????)
The
tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
Benjamin Mays
Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can
usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown
I think I just ate my willpower. ~Author Unknown
I wake up every day with the realization that this is it, that there's only one shot at this life and I can either enjoy the ride and live it to its fullest and to my highest potential or I can stay the way I am.We're well into the new year already. It's been interesting. My hubby and I started on the South Beach Diet on the 1st January because we both felt that we needed to do something to make ourselves healthier. We both felt motivated and ready to make a change, so here we are, on day 20, still sticking to the diet. If I get the chance, I am going to try to enter my progress in here - almost like a diet diary, so that I can keep track of where I'm going and where I've been. I'll keep track of what I'm eating so that I can look back and see what was a success and what was a failure.
For the first 2 weeks on this diet, everything is low fat, low carb. No starches at all! This is hard for me because I LOVE my bread and cakes and cookies, but my bodydoesn't. I was also worried about being hungry throughout the day, as I am on every diet I've ever been on.
My breakfasts have consisted of omelets with mushrooms, mozarella cheese, tomatoes and bacon / ham / turkey. These have sustained me throughout the morning. I would eat 15 nuts as a snack (snack required) and by lunchtime, I wouldn't be very hungry at all. A simple green salad with tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, low fat cheese and grilled chicken with a low fat salad dressing would be more than enough. I would also have a sugar free jello as dessert. Mid afternoon would be a cheese stick and dinner would be chicken breasts, pork, and vegetables (no corn, carrots, potatoes, peas). Lots of zucchini, squash, beans. Enough to fill me up.
After 2 weeks I managed to lose 7 pounds. I am now on phase 2 which allows me to slowly introduce some starches. Yesterday I had an egg on a wholewheat English muffin and half a grapefruit. I had some nuts as a snack, and a salad for lunch. Dinner was curried chicken with peas served on a very small portion of brown rice. Sugar/fat free chocolate pudding was for dessert.
To date, I have lost 8.5 pounds - in 20 days. Not too shabby. When I zip up my jacket, I no longer feel like a Tellytubby! I can actually move inside it! I am having a cup of tea in the morning with sugar instead of sweetener which has probably slowed down the weight loss, but I don't mind because I don't like the sweetener taste in tea.
I will try to keep up a daily / weekly log - mainly for my own sake. I will also write down what I have eaten. I am excited. I have never felt this motivated towards a diet before. My first goal is to lose 20 pounds. Once I am there, I will set another.
Enjoy the ride with me!
"You have failed only when you quit trying. Until then, you're still in the act of progression. So, never quit trying and you'll never be a failure.---Tommy KelleyWritten by caromarls Blog about this entry |
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Way to go Caro! Congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself!
Marie
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OMgosh that is terrific!!! Okay I am jealous of your motiviation and still laughing my butt off at I think I just ate my willpower. Everyday I think I will start my diet tomorrow and then tomorrow comes and goes. Anyway I would definitely like to follow your journey. You're off to an excellent start!
Amy -
WTG!!! enjoy your week:)
Deb -
NO dieting here... I've been on diets so many times, and each time gain back more weight. I'm opting with being happy just the way I am. Good luck with your South Beach diet. Several teachers in my school are going that route as well. I'll start back at the gym in the spring like I did last year. Worked for me. Today I'm having pork loin, hash browns, pineapple, and vegetarian baked beans for lunch. Like you, I hate the taste of sweetener... also it makes me nauseous... real sugar for me too. Until my doctor tells me otherwise! Love ... enjoy the snow. thanks for the pictures. bea
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