One step back, two steps forward on the diet

Apr 15, 2010

Clearly my experience with the South Beach Diet has proved one thing to me: I'm not a hard-core dieter. Over the past several days, I've succumbed to the temptation of rice (usually brown rice), some fruit, and even a little ice cream. A couple days ago, for the first time since starting the diet, my morning weigh-in showed me higher than the previous day. The good news is, that prompted me to be ever more vigilant thereafter, and this morning, I had made up for the lost ground and was continuing the overall weight decline.

So far, I've been pretty pleased with myself, the diet and its effects. I can even say that my pants fit a little better -- that is, I don't have to suck it in as much each morning. Yet, I fear where my cholesterol might be these days.

Nonetheless, I've been better about eating salads and other veggies, and avoiding cookies and other high-carb snacks. The goal now (or, starting in a couple of days) is to cut more of the meat out and return whole-grain foods back in. Hopefully that will keep me on the glide path to sub 200 and half that in cholesterol.