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I decided to start the South Beach Diet on June 1st. I did it once before a few years ago in high school, but my mom wouldn't buy me all the expensive food so it was unsuccessful. She did however, buy me the book and the cookbook. I also did this diet a few months ago and lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks, but was unable to keep the diet up because of money problems.
This time around, I will not be following the recipes plans perfectly because I find that the diet gets too expensive when buying all the ingredients. So I am mostly just sticking to the "foods you can enjoy" list. I will be making a few of the recipes however, but mostly just dinner.
I kind of started the diet without preparing myself so I screwed up a little the last 3 days. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to have ketchup. I liked the ricotta desserts last time I did the diet, but I got tired of them pretty quick, so I didn't really want to eat those again. I went to the store and bought some fat free, no sugar added chocolate ice cream, but I'm not sure if it's a no-no or ok. The book says no sugar added fudgesicles are ok, so maybe the ice cream is ok too. But I will probably just buy the fudgesicles and not eat the ice cream. Only 75 calories of sweets per day anyways.
I would recommend the book to everyone, and any of the cookbooks. I just have the first cookbook, but I love it. I really want to get the cookbook with 30 minute recipes. It's nice to not have to count anything, but there sure is a lot of cooking!
I've also started working out since Monday. I do 15-30 min. of cardio, walk or jog for 15-20 min. and do about 20 min. of yoga. I have started work-out routines many times and usually cannot keep it up for more than a week. I don't know why this time would be any different, but maybe I will be able to push myself until I get used to it.
Good luck to everyone!
Diet Calendar Entries for 04 June 2009:
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1411 kcal
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Fat: 92.68g | Prot: 90.34g | Carb: 95.88g.
Breakfast: Truvia Nature's Calorie-Free Sweetener, half and half, coffee, vegetable juice low sodium, Hot Scrambled Tofu. Lunch: Vegetarian Chili with Avocado Salsa. Dinner: water, Zucchini Hash Browns, Turkey and Cheese Stuffed Pepper, Parmesan Chips. Snacks/Other: balsamic vinegar, Thick Chocolate Milkshake with Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup, water, truvia, half and half, smart balance peanut butter, celery, Truvia Nature's Calorie-Free Sweetener, olive oil, mozzarella, tomato, cucumber. more...
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2278 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Driving - 7 minutes, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 10 minutes, Standing - 5 hours, Sitting - 4 hours, Desk Work - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours, Resting - 4 hours and 5 minutes, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 30 minutes, Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 20 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 18 minutes. more...
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