Hello fellow South Beach dwellers!!! Happy Monday!!!! I hope you don't mind me starting the thread...I am still up and was going to post on the weekend daily...but it is Monday here!!!
Everyone is so upbeat!! Isn't it wonderful???!!! We can do this and we will!! The little set backs are nothing, it's going to happen, after all, this is a life time plan, not a "diet", so it is to be expected. This is a learning experience, and the bad choices I make are NOT really bad anymore...so I feel as though I am finally in CONTROL!!
Little story...yesterday we celebrated my moms 71st birthday. Being Italian...well you know!!! Carbs, carbs and more carbs!!! Everyone seems to be sick and tired of grilling, so after taking a survey (four children and their spouses) they decided that my homemade pasta and fresh pesto would be nice. There were 16 of us, so I needed to come up with another dish (have a fussy in-law, won't eat anything green ) So I made chicken, broccoli, ziti with garlic, Romano cheese and virgin olive oil. I also made Italian sausage (that WAS cooked on the grill ) Large tossed salad, Italian bread (more carbs)!!!! Lemon Poppy cake served with low fat ice cream (lot more carbs)!
The reason I am telling you this is #1...I had NO problem cooking all this food, and had no desire to eat it, even though it smelt wonderful. That felt good...but...#2 and more importantly, I felt so DARN GUILTY cooking like that for my whole family knowing that it is soooo unhealthy. None of them have weight problems, but it really isn't about that. They are all very supportive of me, but they just don't have any desire to give up those not so good carbs!! Ya, I know I could of cooked SBD style...but I made the mistake of asking first Some old habits are hard to break...like making my (now adult) kids happy. Only thing now is...I feel like I am clogging their arteries!!!!! This "diet" has altered my brain and how I feel about food, my husband said I am worst than a reformed smoker!! Don't get me wrong...I am happy with myself, just wish I could get the rest of them to join me. Is anyone else getting obsessive about this???
Sorry this is so long...just needed to share with people that understand! I really feel guilty!!! Thanks for listening~~~~~~~~~~~~Meg