Okay, i am so frustrated. I have been on South Beach 3 times in my life. The first time i was on it..i died..cause i couldnt get past the first week..The second time, i was on it , i was monitored by an endocrinologist and she gave me an anti-diabetic medication called Glumetza to help me balance my blood sugars so i would stop eating so much to try and balance them myself..So it worked.. I went to the gym and worked out every day for like..2.5 hours a day and that included running, swimming, biking and weights..I lived off of protein shakes for the afternoons because i worked a job that was physically demanding and i needed something fast to keep me going at the gym..I followed the diet religiously and aside from protein powder, i lived off of cottage cheese and tomato and eggs for breaky..and beans..and i lost about 20 pounds in less than a month...But then of course, i met a guy, fell in love and he had really really bad eating habits..aka..sugary candy..and i being very emotional and wanting to do what others did, ate what he ate..and gained it all back plus more and abandoned my gym time in the evening to spend time with him..
So now..im back on South Beach..its day 7 of phase 1..The first 4 days when i unknowingly cheated by eating sugar free fat free pudding, i lost 5.6 pounds..but now i have gone up a pound.. I was at 187 and then i went up to 188 and now its 188.7.. But what i dont get is...why am i going up when i should be going down? Since i found out that pudding on phase 1 was a no no..i got rid of it..all of it ..threw all the packages out..then i realized that coolwhip(sigh) was also not allowed..because it wasnt coolwhip free.. so now ive thrown that out..and yes.. i even had to get rid of what i thought was safe sugar free fat free yougurt that was vanilla..cause it wasnt plain..so thats gone too..
But why am i gaining? Is it because im not exercising? I admit to being a couch addict. I am a mom to a 6 month old baby girl. I live in a rainforest climate out here in Canada.. it rains every single day..even on the sunny days..we are lucky if we get through a week without rain...let alone 2 days.. I cant get out to the gym during the day because my husband works during the day , doesnt make it home till 5 pm..there is no child minding at the gym. You cant bring your child to the gym with you either. My baby girl is in bed at 7pm every night..so in order to go to the gym, my hunny has to watch her..but of course i havent gotten my 50$ monthly membership yet..Which i need to do desperately, because i too, before becomming pregnant and becomming a couch addict, was once a treadmill potato instead.
Is it because im not exercising? Do you have to exercise? Should i be sticking to just cottage cheese and tomato instead of trying out all these other recipes like the no flour, flaxseed foccacia bread phase 1? and the flaxseed muffin?
I see all these people in phase 1 claiming boredom or dying of overconsumption of cheese and eggs..but cant you lose weight eating flax and other recipes for phase 1???