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South Beaching It

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Sadly not the actual beach…the diet.  Kind of. Except for the part where I cheat on it.  Constantly.

I’m eating egg whites and peppers.  I want a big fat chocolate chip muffin.

I’m snacking on celery.  What cruel God created celery? What I want is freshly baked cookies and coffee with cream.

I’m choking down enough green salad to choke a horse.  I want a big fat juicy burger with a side of greasy fries and mayo to dip them in.

For dinner it’s a chicken breast, goat cheese, tomato and asparagus.  Should be more then enough but I’m still obsessing about the damn cookie.

Starting the south beach diet today seemed like a great idea last night, but right about now I would trade my favourite pair of shoes for a bowl of popcorn and a coke. 

Sigh.  I hate skinny people and the creators of all thing chocolate.

Screw it.  I’m eating a cookie.

If you have any great South Beach Diet tips feel free to pass them along.  I have the feeling I’m going to need all the help I can get.

Mwah!

    • Comments

    1. I too agree that clean eating is the way to go…and I will take that a step further because I also do not eat any animal products of any kind (at least I try not to, sometimes dairy finds it’s way into my tummy). A cookie won’t be your downfall – but the whole package might be so just stay away from doing that! 🙂

    2. No words of encouragement because I have no hints….I couldn’t do the southbeach…I like my carbs.

      I will say good luck! You can do it.

    3. Good luck with it!

      I like the clean eating program…dont feel so deprived or the new Weight Watchers Points Plus is great too!

    5. It’s 10 a.m. and now all I want is a juicy burger. With cheese and mushrooms and bacon.

      Damn you, woman! 🙂

    7. I hate dieting, too. I have done Atkins too many times to count and I’m always miserable, yet it’s the only diet that works SO AMAZINGLY. Same with South Beach. Good Luck. Argh. By the way, you look great. So there.

    8. Oh how i hear you! I have a dr appt in 7 days..i’ve had 2 mo to lose even just a LITTLE bit of weight, to show her that i am working on it…I think i have gained 2 lbs 🙁

      I am NOT a happy camper over here!!

    9. Can you think of yourself as the newest member of The Real Housewives of Miami? (except much smarter and prettier – and without all that horrible plastic surgery!)

      I wasn’t sure if you were going to say you wanted to eat your shoes.

      I’ve never specifically done South Beach, but I’ve done A LOT of diets…you’re in the detox stage…can you reward yourself with some sort of non-food item for the next week? By then the sugar should be out of your system, and the cravings should start to settle down.

      Hang in there – I’m in a bit of a detox mode myself…

    10. The salmon with rosemary garlic and olive oil recipe for phase one is one of my favorites ever, I make it a few time a month. I am obsessed with peanut butter the way you are with chocolate and I seem to remember rewarding myself with a spoonful of pb at the end of a long day.
      The “dessert” of the fat free ricotta and vanilla is actually pretty good, the texture and consistency reminds me of vanilla flavored greek yogurt.

      I should probably dig out my SB cookbook and start it up again….I am adddicted to carbs though, so seriously addicted.

    11. the secret-more movements! you can it everything you want as long as you will burn it. Walking is the best. Less tv, less sitting and eating. try it…

    15. You poor thing! Don’t torture yourself like that. Have you ever heard of clean eating? Google it. It’s really worth it. The principle is to eat unprocessed foods and foods which you can read (and know) what each ingredient is. I put the whole family on it. It’s been 2 weeks now and I have lost 1 lbs a week.