Good morning all. The sun has returned!!!! It's been hidden behind clouds for days now and everything just looks cleaner when the sun is out......except for my office. Just realized that the sun is pointing out that it's been a while since dusting took place!
Tootsie So glad that you're going to the class for both you and for how your family will benefit. It sounds like you've found some South Beach sites, but I also found this one:
http://weightloss.about.com/cs/diets/a/aa060403a.htm that is specific to South Beach. Using the GI index will help with selecting foods -- for instance eating berries as a fruit is better than eating pineapple or a pear all of which are better than eating ice cream. Good luck with making the change. For me, just watching my carbs and calories has helped a lot.
Fi Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am so glad (make that we are) that you're going to have local help and support while Bob is gone. I totally understand what you mean about looking forward to the alone time. You'll probably be ready and eager for him to return, but it is so nice to just have some "me" time every once in a while. Sounds like you're long overdue.
Obsidian Doesn't it feel wonderful to be able to do things that you totally avoided before?
Sometimes those NSVs mean a lot more -- quality of life improvements are a huge reward!
Sam I'm so glad that you are going to do your blog. You always seem to come up with such interesting food ideas that remain on plan. I'm really looking forward to it.
Ubee Of course your first number isn't a 3 -- and the fear of that number reappearing is enough to shake those cobwebs off your resolve. My fear of seeing 4 as my first number (I was only 4 pounds away from that!!!!) is what got me started on this journey. Unfortunately my weight loss journey is much like my RV trips -- wander here, wander there but eventually I arrive. I'm with you on spending so much on a house, but living on the left coast means that one is going to spend an obscene amount of money compared to the Midwest. Right now they're so excited that I'm not going to burst their bubble.
Tootsie Just saw another post from you about people losing a pound a day and maybe giving those diets a try. They are very effective at getting the weight off. The only caveat is that they are also very easy to regain the weight very, very quickly. It can be avoided, of course, with a very gradual increase in the number of carbs being taken in. But I know that if I cheat at all, it's a weight gain the next day of between 1 to 4 pounds. Just something to think about.
Bill comes home today -- which means I'll be up at the airport at 10 PM. But it also means that Becky can go back home and my life can get back to what passes for normal. She's been staying here for 4 out of the last 8 weeks. Toby has been in 7th heaven, but I'm ready to go back to being a one dog household.
Bad day on the diet front. After seeing the weight loss in the morning, it's like I went on a bender. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Back to it today.