Wednesday, February 3, 2010

South Beach Diet - One Month Update

Today is one month since I started following the South Beach diet.  I hate the word "diet". They have just never worked for me.  So I'm thinking of SB as more of a lifestyle change, a change in the food choices I make.

So far, so good!  I've lost 16 pounds!  

My favorite recipe from the book that I make a lot are the ricotta desserts.  But I eat them for breakfast!

I just take 1/2 cup of part skim ricotta cheese and add a packet of Truvia, a 1/2 tsp of vanilla and cinnamon or unsweetened cocoa powder or lemon zest or whatever I feel like for flavor. It's really yummy and tastes a LOT like cheesecake.  

Another thing I really like are oven-roasted garbanzo beans.  I eat them a lot, too. 

I walk on my treadmill a few days a week but I'm not a fanatic about it.  I never will be about exercise!  :)

But I think I'm off to a good start.  Larry's been doing Atkins for a week and a half and he's already lost 12 pounds.  If I didn't love him so dang much, I'd hate him. Ha! 

So that's where we are.  I'd love it if anybody else out there doing South Beach would leave me some tips!!

4 comments:

  1. That's wonderful! Keep it up.

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  2. Wow, that is wonderful. 16 lbs. Don't even think about men and weight loss, they in a whole different place than women. They can leave off one biscuit and lose a pant size.

    I am just trying to stay back from sugar. So hard since I am sure I am a sugar addict. Is there a pill for that?

    Nice going.

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  3. Way to go! Since you're so good at it, I could send you 16 of my pounds. ;-)

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  4. Awesome job, Ginger!!! I wasn't a big fan of exercise either. Found that I really enjoyed water aerobics. When it gets warmer out, you might want to give it a try - it's actually kinda fun! Here's a tip for you - make whole wheat spaghetti noodles. Make spaghetti squash. Use 1/2 cup of noodles and mix in as much spaghetti squash as you like. I then make a crockpot sauce using canned crushed tomatoes, canned diced tomatoes, diced up zucchini, diced up yellow squash, onion, mushroom, and garlic. I let it cook all day while I'm at work and then put it on top of my noodle/spaghetti squash combo and it's fabulous - low carb and high veggie!!!

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