I’m contemplating The South Beach Diet. I don’t actually have a lot of experience dieting. I was a stick-girl growing up – even voted thinnest girl at Scout camp, so I never concerned myself with what I ate.
But now I’ve hit forty. And I’ve had two kids. And the metabolism has definitely slowed waaay down. I’m 25 pounds more than I’m comfortable with.
I don’t want to do the whole diet thing where you try a million wacky diet, lose some weight and then put it all back on plus some. I want something that works the first time and that I can easily adapt for a life long change.
Cutting out refined carbs, as well as sugar, and focusing on lean protein, veggies, fruits and whole grains seems like a healthy prescription for me.
And exercise. Yep, gotta do that too. I know it makes me feel good when I exercise and that’s a bonus. I just hate going outside when it’s cold. I won’t spend the money on a gym membership. I’ll figure that out.
I’ve tried watching my calories before, but that really sucks writing everything down. I always give up by dinner. It’s so hard estimating what I’ve had for dinner, especially where we often cook from scratch.
Giving up bread is going to be a challenge. I love bread. And bagels. And cookies.
We’ll see what happens. Can’t hurt to try, at least.
