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South Beach Diet, Entering Phase II

by Heather on July 31st, 2006

OK. This morning was the grand weigh-in. After two weeks on the South Beach Diet, here’s my moment of truth:

TEN POUNDS … GONE. I’m ten pounds lighter than I was 2 weeks ago. People, this diet rocks! I’ve written before about what you cut out of Phase 1 — I gave up pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, fruit, and anything with sugar. I stuck to the diet pretty well until last weekend when I ate a few spaghetti noodles and some potato chips. And sure enough, the scale was up a little the next day. So I might as well just realize — this is a new way of life for me.

I’ve worked so hard there’s no way I’m going to let the weight creep back on. With South Beach Phase II, you can eat a few good carbs — so I’ll start eating oatmeal for breakfast (not the quick kind — the slow-cooking kind contains more fiber), along with my egg. I’ve still got 20 pounds to go. And I’m loving this new me. Actually, it’s the old me — she’s back. I have energy again.

I read The Zone last week — I’ll tell you more about it later. I found out from Dr. Barry Sears I’ve been stuck in “carbohydrate hell” the last decade. I hate that place — why didn’t anyone TELL ME eating that way zaps your energy and makes you fat? Live and learn.

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