Here is the column I was telling you all about last week. My husband is the sport's editor of the local paper, and this was his weekly column last week. It's about he and I being on the SBD!
There it was, sitting lonely in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
It looked like a piece of wood, but on closer inspection, it was a jilted remainder of a cinnamon roll.
Since going on my diet the day after Labor Day, I have not eaten anything sweet. No candy. No cookies. No cakes.
And definitely, no cinnamon rolls.
Oh, sure, I have my weak moments where I crave sugary foods. And when I walked by that cinnamon roll Tuesday night, there was this brief thought: Hey, that looks pretty good.
But alas, I had to just keep walking.
I’ve had several opportunities in the last few weeks to indulge in a piece a cake here and there. But proudly, I can say that I’m still unsweetened.
Lauren and I are on the South Beach Diet. Arthur Agatston, who developed the South Beach Diet, stresses that the diet is not low-carb or low fat. But the diet is intended for people to rely on the “right” carbs and the “right” fats.
Regardless, I was skeptical of the whole low-carb craze, but I’m a believer now. Getting rid of carbohydrates really means getting rid of sugar. For the first two weeks of the diet (we extended it to three weeks), you are not allowed to eat bread, potatoes or sugar of any kind. That includes fruits and fruit juices, such as orange juice.
I was practically a spokesman for Tropicana orange juice; now I have to drink milk or water in the morning. I haven’t guzzled this much milk since I was in elementary school.
But you know what? The diet works. I’ve lost 10 pounds, and I’d like to lose 10 more. Even Steve Latname noticed a difference when he saw me in the Missouri Western press box a couple of weeks ago. (I had to turn down press box pizza that day, by the way.)
Somewhere in Seattle, my brother would be proud of me. Before my wedding, he sat me down for a little “we need to talk about the weight gain” talk. Dad’s been on me like a cheap suit for a few years now, pleading with me to lose weight.
One of my friends went on the South Beach Diet, and at my bachelor party dinner, I was shocked at how skinny he was. Some of the more famous people who went on the South Beach Diet are Bill Clinton (no, it didn’t cause him to have heart surgery) and Dennis Franz, better known as Sipowicz on “NYPD Blue.” (Is his butt looking smaller?)
The idea of the South Beach Diet is that sugar makes you hungrier. The less sugar you take in, the less hungry you’ll feel. The diet encourages you to eat peanuts or Jell-O between meals. A dessert after dinner is OK, too, provided that it’s sugar-free. Plus, you can still eat red meat, chicken, fish, eggs and cheese.
It’s not surprising that companies such as Dolly Madison are struggling with this low-carb craze. I worry for our own Dolly Madison plant in Emporia. But I just don’t think people, once they’re on a diet such as South Beach, will go back to putting sugary crap in their mouths.
Which gets us back to that broken-off piece of cinnamon roll. I passed it again on our way back to the car, and a third time when I put the shopping cart away. There were no urges anymore. I was at peace with myself and at peace with the piece of cinnamon roll.
Find another taker, cinnamon roll. Find another taker.
Lauren
They were advertising their low carb bread and bagels and my clue in that it would probably be a no no is it said 5grams of carbs even though it claimed to be "multi grain". Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the ingredients anywhere. I did decide to go with half a sourdough turkey sandwich and half a salad. The sourdough bread is probably the only bread there that is acceptable, unfortunately.
