My South Beach Phase One experiment lasted 4 days. I was hungry and cranky. And I needed food that I liked. So, on the night of our 4th day, we went to our favorite middle eastern place and I had hummus, tabbouleh, grilled chicken and 3/4 of a piece of pita. It was one of the best meals I have ever eaten. I was a little worried stepping on the scale the next morning, but alas, it showed a total loss of 7.5 pounds. Not bad.
I have decided to move into Phase Two, but I am not going to strictly follow the rules. I am trying to limit sugar and white carbs, and to match high glycemic index foods with low ones. Additionally, I am going to try to eat most of my carbs in the morning and afternoon and eat low/no carb dinners. This morning my weight was up one pound, so we will have to see where I level out on Tuesday, which will be my official weekly weigh-in. We also went for a walk yesterday, which was nice, but not necessarily high impact cardio.
I was supposed to go to church today. R and I wanted to hear this particular sermon and we told a friend (B) about it. B was very interested in attending also, but when I talked to him yesterday evening, he was not sure what he would do, as he had not convinced his fiance to attend yet. I told him if he came, we would see him there. We woke up very late this morning, and I was very tired, having not fallen asleep until 4:00 a.m. or so (again) and we decided not to go. I decided not to call B because I wasn't sure if he was going or not. (And if they weren't, it was most likely because B's fiance wanted to sleep in after working a long shift - so I didn't want to call and wake her up.) Well, B and his fiance did indeed decide to go and left us a voicemail afterwords, pissed off because we weren't there. Since we hadn't made any particular plans with him, I didn't really think it was that big of a deal. Also, none of us belong to this church, so it is not like we should be some kind of welcoming committee. And I know the congregation is very welcoming to visitors, so I feel like they were in good hands. I didn't call him back because I got the message late, but I will have to talk to him tomorrow. Eh. I am not very good at this socializing thing.
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