Sorry for the lack of updates. Between work and family life with a two year old, time is limited. Also, I have decided since I have officially finished Phase One of the South Beach Diet I would stop charting my exact daily menus, etc… and focus on more general aspects of the diet and what Phase Two means to going forward.

Phase two has started but I am still sticking with the Phase One diet. For many its to restrictive but I am fine with it plus I now weight 151. I have dropped 13 pounds since I started this diet, but more importantly I have lost about two inches on my waist. My “tight” pants now feel fine and my old “loose” pants are now really loose.

Lilly has lost 5 pounds in the same time period. I think she is a little discouraged, but I try and tell her it’s actually a good sign. Here’s my logic. On the SBD they say the first fat to go is “Belly Fat”. She has very little and I had much more. My fat sits right on my waist. Her’s like many women goes to the thighs. So the fact that she has not lost as much as me means she had less Belly Fat to loose.

We will move to Phase Two probably in a day or two. Lilly and I spoke about phase three and we agreed that we would like to try and make this our life style. However we are adding one modification to the diet. Once we hit both our target weights then we will allow ourselves to have a “cheat day.” This will allow us to indulge once a while and curb our need to binge. The problem with all diets is they ask us to cut out the things we love to eat. It has been proven time and time again, from one diet to another; people will eventually fall off the wagon.

We plan on staying on the wagon by having a livable diet which in fact is life style choice. Diets in the long term do not work! In my eyes we should kill the diet and focus on a healthy life style.

We will include:
Follow the SBD mentality on good carbohydrates and sugar
Exercise
Portion moderation
Allow for cheat days.

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