Sandy Edge of the Bottom-most Area Eating Lifestyle Plan
My wife and I have started the South Beach Diet. Yeah, yeah, yeah…I know what you’re thinking. “Dumb.” “Hype.” “Bullshit.” I know, because I thought that, too.
And maybe it is. But if it is, it’s really sensible bullshit. Yolanda brought the book home from the library and I decided to read it as well, what the heck…might as well know all about this latest trend.
Well, it’s revealing. The guy who wrote it is, as far as I can tell, a good cardiologist. This has been a field-tested, doctor-monitored diet from the start. It is sensible…it doesn’t make demands that real life can’t deal with. It has a lot of escape routes — if you screw up, that’s ok. It’s life. Get back on the horse and keep trotting. The book even admits that some people fail and the reasons why. It makes no bones about being a quick fix — it isn’t. It’s a lifestyle change of eating.
Well, I decided that if nothing else it was worth a shot, right? I’ve been overweight since probably 12, but I didn’t really start to stack it on until I got my current job out of college. Since then, I’m in a desk job where I sit in a rather comfy chair and stare at the screen for 9 hours or so. This is not what they call, “excercise”. It’s a great pity that typing doesn’t render a lot of burning of calories, because if it did, I’d have lost a lot by now. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
So, I’ve stacked it on slowly but surely and just put up with it. Now I’m up to a rather large number and it’s quite depressing. So, it’s time to change. My wife has had problems keeping hers under control since shattering her ankle and the resulting long period of recovery when she was younger, so it makes sense for both of us to go on it. Thanks goodness for her, if I didn’t have her support and such, I’d be screwed. It’s much easier when you have another person to support and bitch you out if you even think of cheating on it.
So, I’m doing well so far. The first phase (2 weeks) is the hardest because you basically cut out every single carb except those tied up high-fiber veggies and such. So my eating is essentially meat, veggies, cheese, and not much else. It’d get boring to do for 6 months, but for 2 weeks, I think I can hack it.
If any of you readers out there have more questions about this diet, I’d be happy to try to field them. I’m not saying I’m an expert…I’m a newbie, trying for a new way to do things, and hopefully a healthier me.
