This week I have lost four pounds. I’m really pleased with that, but that’ll be my last big loss for quite a while, I think. You see, on Phase One of South Beach, you’re essentially doing a detox. Most of the weight I’ve lost is water weight but I’m pretty sure I’ve lost a few pounds of fat, too. (I’ve had to tighten my belt a few notches or suffer the indignity of my jeans falling straight off.)
Today I started Phase Two of the diet and there I’ll stay until I hit goal. Reintroducing “good carbs” has gone well so far: I had my sweet potatoes today and they were just amazing. Almost as good as the banana I had with my morning snack. Yum!! No cravings so far which is good news.
Since I started life on the beach back in August ‘09, I’ve lost 29 pounds or 2 stone 1 pound! I’m really proud of that and my next mini-goal is to reach 3 stones of fat, gone for good! I’m really hoping to achieve that before we go on holiday.
In foodie news, I bought some gourmet sugar-free syrups that I’m really looking forward to trying out. I got some fake maple syrup that I’m going to drizzle over some porridge tomorrow morning and also some cookie dough syrup which we’ll use to flavour quark for desserts and maybe I’ll try making some tofu ice-cream with it, too! All very exciting.
One thing I need to work on is to drink more water. My water consumption seems to have tailed off this week and I’d like to get guzzling again. I always feel so much better when I’m hydrated!
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Mmm sweet potatoes. I love those things. (I remember, though, when the only way I’d eat them was with plenty of brown sugar. Now the thought of that makes my mouth pucker! I much prefer them with plenty of pastured butter.)
Congrats on the weight loss. Hope your 10 weeks (and year) go well!
Congratulations on the weight loss. I hope you can reach your ultimate weight loss goal as well.