Wedding Blog

Day 8 of the *dreaded* SBD (South Beach Diet), and whowouldathunk it… it’s not so bad!! I have officially lost 6 lbs, whoa nelly! Every day I get excited to step on the scale and see what the new magic number is. I realized that in order to stick to this, I needed some structure. So buying all my groceries in advance, throwing away the bad food in my fridge, packing a weeks worth of snacks on Sunday night, and most importantly, having Mr. E on the same plan works wonders! He has also lost 6 lbs (I thought he would lose weight faster since he is bigger and has more to work with).

Honestly, the food is not so bad! There are not too many restrictions in terms of flavoring (I do miss ketchup though), so most of the food we cook is pretty tasty. We aren’t using the recipes in the South Beach book. Instead, we do a lot of broiling, baking, sauteeing in olive oil. Oh yea, and eggs. LOTS of eggs. Thank goodness I love them! Scrambled, fried (in fat free Pam), hard boiled, omelets, you name it, we have it. And we love our sugar free jello. I also found a fabulous sugar free tapioca pudding, but then realized that the tapioca has starch, so it may be on the no-no list…

The bewildering thing is, even though the numbers on the scale are going down somewhat dramatically, I don’t see a huge change in the way my body looks. Normally, when I lose weight, it’s quite noticeable cuz I am small (5’0″). But this time, I feel like my body has not caught up with the scale! (And no, the scale is not rigged, haha  I use the old-school scale at my gym, which is like the ones they have at doctors offices. I’ve used this one consistently for 2 years, so I know it’s correct). Well, my clothes are definitely fitting a LOT looser, so that’s a good sign. According to the book, most of the initial weight loss is in the midsection, which makes sense. My second fitting is Saturday, so this will be the true test!! My dress barely zipped 6 weeks ago, but I am now 8 lbs lighter than I was then, so I have my fingers crossed!!

A typical day on SBD for me consists of:

Breakfast
- 1 egg scrambled and fried very thin so it resembles a crepe, 2 slices of fat free turkey/ham, and 1/2 slice of skim mozzarella, rolled up into the egg crepe. Our very own “egg roll”!
- Coffee w/sugar free creamer

11am Snack
- a hard boiled egg or mozzerella stick

Lunch (after a work out)
- Salad with chicken/salmon/or tuna, and balsamic vinegarette

4 pm Snack
- pistachios or mozzerella stick

Dinner
- Broiled chicken w/lowfat cheese or a broiled lean steak, or last night was lean pork tenderloin
- Veggies on the side

Dessert
- Sugar free jello or sugar free fudgesicle

Hrmm, now that I write it out, it doesn’t sound all that exciting, but hey! IT WORKS!!!