I hate to tell you all this but I've gotten divorced.
The South Beach Diet and I have parted company. It was mostly amicable but it still stung a bit since I had almost completed the two week "hazing" ritual. (The things we do for love!) But it really came down to a question of fundamental values.
I really, really wanted to have bread. And SB really, really didn't want me to have bread until I'd already lost most of my weight. (Well, there's this stuff that sort of resembles bread. In the same way, you know, TREE BARK resembles bread.)
At any rate, I knew I could never be faithful to a diet like that. Not long-term. And it's not my nature to cheat once I've committed.
I ended up subscribing to The Best Life diet, which is the same diet that Oprah is on (because you know how Oprah and I are likethis.) To be successful on this diet you have to log your food every day and you have to exercise.
These were things I was really hoping to avoid.
But I'm doing it. And I am faithful about it. Yesterday, not only did I make dessert sushi for my daughter Ana's birthday party, I also made my little one (Jane, 8) chocolate chip cookies. And I never touched a single bite of either.
The good news about The Best Life diet is that it's based on all those things we all know and just don't do. It's reasonable: restricting calories and trans fats and upping the exercise. It's about being mindful of what we put in our bodies and I find that I'm really ready to do that. To focus on getting healthy and getting my body back.
I am a little peeved at having done two weeks already without any sort of wine, to now be embarking on another four wineless weeks on THIS diet. (What do these diet people have against wine??)
Oh well, call it the price of love.
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On this diet, are you feeling any less inclined to commit murder when someone mentions "lifestyle change"?
ReplyDeleteNo.
ReplyDeleteWell, okay, I think I'm more resigned and I'm not as hungry so I feel less homicidal in general. That's good. But ask me after I've actually lost some weight on it. Maybe I will be so happy that I'd like to buy the world a (diet) coke!
ReplyDeleteI just hate it when the answer is always "eating sensibly and exercising". But it's better than living in a world without bagels.
ReplyDeleteany diet without wine is an intolerable diet in my book. deb
ReplyDeleteThe best advice I was ever given for weight loss and better health in general was "never do anything you won't be able to keep for the rest of your life". I lost forty pounds last year, and still have ten to go but I figure the longer it takes the longer the good habits have to become an integral part of the way I operate. Just for the info, I'm doing this through Weight Watchers. If you don't like the idea of meetings, you can do it on line. And you can have a glass of wine on day one, if you want it. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteI always gain weight on Weight Watchers. I've joined online at least six times and the last time I tried going to the meetings. It didn't matter. It just isn't the diet for me--although I think it's nutritionally sound, etc. Maybe it just really comes down to timing and that when we are ready, we make whatever diet we choose work for us.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, I'm barely two weeks along my journey. But I seem to have a different resolve and discipline than I've ever had before. I also have real weight to lose this time. Maybe all of that is the equation for success.
NO WINE??? what evil soulsucking plan is that?
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