I don’t know how many of you are dieters, but if you know myself or my husband you know we are not. We enjoy eating healthy but my husband is not one that is willing to agree to a diet. And unless I get violently ill after eating something, I will continue to eat it regardless of how fattening it is. Honestly speaking we both need to tone up (exercise). I could stand to loose the six pounds I put on after having our daughter and my husband could stand to loose maybe fifty pounds (I’m estimating, I really don’t know). However, a friend of his has succeeded in convincing him that he could stick to the South Beach Diet.
Oddly enough, he reviewed the diet and agreed to it. So Monday morning my husband began the South Beach Diet. I try to be a supportive wife and in my efforts, I decided I would go on this diet with him so he wouldn’t have to do it alone. I really want him to do this. He would like to loose the extra weight and his doctor has been saying it for years, so I am trying to be as encouraging as possible. Plus, eating healthy as a family is good teaching for the kiddo. So I too, began Monday morning doing the South Beach Diet.
I made it all the way until 7pm Monday night. I was so hungry, I just couldn’t do it. Maybe I didn’t eat enough for dinner? Who knows. My husband thought it was funny, and never expected me to do this diet with him. Yet, I still felt bad not doing it. So, last night I decided to get back on the diet with him. I am not doing exactly what he is doing. I decided to skip phase 1 and go straight to phase 2. Hopefully I will be able to achieve this new goal and we (my husband and I) can do this together.
I am posting this as a way to hold myself accountable. Maybe if others know we are doing this, they can occasionally ask how it’s going. If you have any suggestions or helpful advice feel free to share. Happy eating everyone!
Jocelyn said,
January 25, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
I know several people who have found the South Beach diet effective and maintainable (after phase 1, of course…no fruit is hard!)
) Hope it goes well for you guys!
Tracy said,
January 25, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Let me know if you need any recipes or my favorite recipe collection websites.
Remember, protein and veggies are unlimited. So if you get hungry eat some ham, nuts, cheese, or an egg.
I’m so impressed!
Oh, and have successfully made my first loaf of bread. I found a whole wheat one that looked doable. Its not a brick and the kids seem to like it so I guess its a success. Who knew?!?
marti said,
January 25, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
Jocelyn, I am glad to hear that it is something people can maintain. That has been a worry of mine.
And Tracy, good for you! I made bread today from the recipe I sent you and it turned out well too. Was your recipe a bread machine recipe or an oven recipe. Oven bread does turn out softer than machine bread, but dumping everything in the machine is much easier.
I have one question. If I get hungry and it’s not time to eat anything, can I eat veggies, meat or cheese and it be “OK”? We have a copy of the book, but are mostly using the lists, so we might be missing a few tips.
Thanks for your help ladies!