DIET - I hate this word. To me diet means failure. Why? Because of the bazillion "diets" I've been on for the past 30 years. Any every diet has lead to failure. So....I'm in search of a new word to replace diet. Something has occurred to me. With birthdays, people get tripped up with a number that they've turned. Like; I'm 65. Oh, 65. That is so old. Wow, 65, yikes! It's just a number right? Same with diet. It's just a word. It's neither bad nor good. It just is. This "diet" will be what I make of it.
So...
Why did I choose the South Beach Diet? It's been around a long time and put together by a doctor. It is intended for people who have heart or diabetes issues. I have in the past been diagnosed as pre-diabetic and carrying around all the extra weight cannot be healthy on my heart. It is considered to be a low carb diet. I've been on something similar years ago and if I remember well, I did well on it. The premise is to omit everything that has sugar, all packaged foods, breads, rice, potatoes, etc. I will be eating mostly vegetables, lean meats, limited fruits (more on this later) and other low fat proteins.
Phase 1 is for 2 weeks only and is fairly limited. Veggies, lean meats, and other low fat proteins. No fruit or wine. Pretty much that's it. Very limited, but I will continue to remind myself, it's only for 2 weeks. Like most diets and as a way of life, always remember to drink lots of water. After 2 weeks, I then start Phase 2. I will be on this phase as long as it takes to shed the weight until I'm at a healthy number. I don't have a number yet in my mind. I'm hoping it will show by my blood tests results and how I'm feeling.
I notice 2 things so far in this first day. As soon as Joel walked out the door to go swimming, I wanted to go and find some snacks. I didn't. Yeah! Then about 1/2 hour ago my clock said it was time to have wine and cheese. Hard to break some habits. More water and started to write todays blog.
Distractions are good.
Eat to live!
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